Crø̈ønchy Stars was a
breakfast cereal by
Post Cereal
Post Consumer Brands (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals; also known as simply "Post") is an American breakfast cereal manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota.
The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post, owns a large portfoli ...
of North America. The cereal was released in 1988,
and discontinued about a year later, though it made a brief return in 1992. The box featured the
Swedish Chef from ''
The Muppet Show
''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a s ...
'', who described the cereal as "
cinnamonnamony".
The product's name is likely a pseudo-phonetic rendition of how the Chef would pronounce "crunchy." The back of the box featured ridiculous, and sometimes unsolvable, games and puzzles,
including a
memory
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered ...
-type card game on every box.
Most of the cereal's labeling and promotional material used the idiosyncratic spelling ''Swed̈ish Chef'', with an umlaut over the letter "d". This is an instance of an
umlaut being unconventionally used over a
consonant
In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract. Examples are and pronounced with the lips; and pronounced with the front of the tongue; and pronounced wi ...
, as with ''
Spın̈al Tap''.
Nora Singh, a recording studio assistant working with
Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, is shown eating a bowl of Cröonchy Stars cereal in episode six of the 2023
Disney+
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series ''
The Muppets Mayhem'', with an original box for the cereal present on the table.
See also
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List of defunct consumer brands
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References
External links
YouTube video of the 1988 Cröonchy Stars cereal commercialYouTube video of the 1992 Cröonchy Stars cereal commercialCröonchy Stars – Muppet Wiki
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Post cereals
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Products introduced in 1988
Defunct food product brands
Products and services discontinued in 1989