Vintage Breakfast Foods

About Vintage Breakfast Foods

Vintage Breakfast Foods is a free nostalgia trivia quiz with 15 multiple-choice questions with a mix of 12 easy, 3 medium questions. Rise and shine with memories of the breakfast foods that started your mornings in decades past! A typical run takes about 7 minutes, hints are always one tap away, and your streak ticks up the first time you finish a game on a given day.

A few sample questions

1. 1. What toaster pastry, introduced by Kellogg's in 1964, came in a foil pouch and could be eaten warm or cold?

   Answer: Pop-Tarts

   Pop-Tarts were introduced by Kellogg's in 1964. The original flavors were strawberry, blueberry, brown sugar cinnamon, and apple currant (unfrosted). Frosted varieties came in 1967.

2. 2. What hot cereal brand featured a character called 'The Right Way to Start the Day' and had a Quaker on its box?

   Answer: Quaker Oats

   Quaker Oats, with its iconic Quaker gentleman logo, promoted oatmeal as the healthy way to start every morning. Hot oatmeal with brown sugar was a winter breakfast staple.

3. 3. What breakfast drink, advertised as a way to get nutrition in the morning, came in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry flavors?

   Answer: Carnation Instant Breakfast

   Carnation Instant Breakfast was introduced in 1964 as a quick, nutritious morning drink. You mixed the flavored powder into a glass of cold milk for a complete breakfast.

4. 4. What was the popular Sunday morning breakfast treat that came in a can, popped open with a satisfying 'thwack,' and baked into crescent rolls?

   Answer: Pillsbury Crescent Rolls

   Pillsbury Crescent Rolls came in pressurized cardboard tubes that you had to 'thwack' against the counter to open. The smell of fresh-baked crescents was a Sunday morning tradition.

5. 5. What pancake mix required only adding water, making it the easiest way to make pancakes since the 1930s?

   Answer: Aunt Jemima Complete

   Aunt Jemima Complete Pancake Mix (now Pearl Milling Company) required only adding water, making pancakes accessible to anyone, even those with minimal cooking skills.

Things you'll learn along the way

• ✓Cream of Wheat, with its iconic Rastus chef character, has been a hot breakfast staple since 1893. The creamy wheat cereal was served with butter, sugar, or milk.
• ✓Jimmy Dean Pure Pork Sausage, introduced by country music star Jimmy Dean, became the top-selling breakfast sausage in America. The sage-seasoned patties were a breakfast plate staple.
• ✓Soft-boiled eggs served in egg cups with 'toast soldiers' (strips of buttered toast for dipping) was a classic mid-century breakfast, especially for children. Many families had special egg cup sets.