Quisp Cereal Returns to Store Shelves: Find the Retro Cereal in Target Stores

Quisp Returns! Men of a certain age, as well as women, will know exactly what those words mean. Those men and women of a certain age can remember back to Saturday morning cartoon heaven when interspersed between Inch High Private Eye, Sigmund the Sea Monster and Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space were commercials for a deliciously sweet cereal. Actually, there were two different cereals: Quisp and Quake. Kids were encouraged to decide whether Quisp or Quake was the better tasting cereal and Quisp eventually won. The fact that Quisp was represented by a cool alien and Quake was represented by a dull miner and then an Australian may have had something to do with Quisp winning the commercial wars. Then, not too long afterward, Quisp itself disappeared from most stores. Except for various isolated spots, Quisp cereal has been impossible to find.

Until now.

You won't find any cool animated commercials in the style of Bullwinkle and Rocky announcing the return of Quisp. In fact, some Target stores have been selling Quisp for almost a year now. I merely happened upon a Target selling Quisp by accident when I recently made a trip out of town. It has been well over 30 years since I tasted the sweet delicious Cap'n Crunch like flavor of Quisp cereal and the nostalgia of Saturday morning cartoons and cereal flooded over me like a flood that washes over somebody being nostalgic.

Apparently, not all Target stores have yet been targeted for this retro cereal delight. Men and women around the age of 50 and over will definitely be on the lookout for Quisp at their local Target when they find out that the cereal is making a comeback. Those who have forgotten the Quisp and Quake Wars will instantly be reminded when they view the familiar alien on the front of the box.

The return of Quisp cereal, Mountain Dew Throwback, Taco Doritos and the Muppets to the silver screen represents a last gasp of nostalgia for Baby Boomers about to enter the Alzheimer years. So many wonderful things from out childhood, teenage years and early adulthood are so much better than what exists today. While I doubt seriously that television will ever return to its Golden Age, or the Age Before Reality Shows, one can certainly hope that this look backward will continue in at least one area.

Memo to Pizza Hut: Jump on the retro bandwagon now and bring back the Priazzo!