Golden Girls Cereal Is a Real Thing, and Available Now!
Updated: Mar. 20, 2019
It must be a St. Olaf miracle! In honor of one of our favorite '80s sitcoms, Golden Girls cereal is available now—complete with a prize inside!
When it comes to ’80s sitcom The Golden Girls, we can’t get enough of the foodie crossovers, like the upcoming cookbook and these crazy hot sauces. And now there’s a new addition to the Golden Girls foodie family: cereal!
Where to Get Your Golden Girls Cereal Fix
In honor of this classic, Target partnered with pop-culture company Funko to bring us Golden Girls Cereal. This breakfast treat is a Target exclusive that you might track down in the breakfast aisle, or in the toy department. Or if you pester the sales associates enough there may even be boxes squirreled away in the back!
(Ever wonder why you can never leave Target without spending a mint? Yeah, we can’t, either.)
The cereal consists of multigrain Os that are a very vivid shade of aqua blue. (A nod, perhaps, to seaside Miami where the show was set.) Though there is no clue as to the flavor of these bright blue Os on the package, we hear they have a very pleasant fruity taste like that of Trix or Froot Loops.
And if having a breakfast cereal themed on one of your favorite old TV shows isn’t enough, then how about this: a collectible toy hidden inside! You will find a cute little Pocket Pop figurine of Rose in every box. Yes, relive that childhood thrill of digging through the cereal to find the prize at the bottom. (We know nobody ever waited to finish all the cereal!)
Psst: If you’re not a cereal fan, you can get all four Pocket Pops without ever tearing open a box.
Want More Pop Culture at the Breakfast Table?
This is not the first pop culture cereal that Funko has introduced. The company famous for its bobble heads and Pops! figures began earlier this year with cereals themed for Batman, Lord of the Rings, the cartoon Thundercats, and other cult-favorite shows and movies. Their Golden Girls cereal is the first one based on a sitcom, and has us excited to see what other TV-themed goodies we can look forward to. Happy Days? Mork & Mindy? Cheers!-ios, perhaps? With bowl and spoon in hand, we can’t wait to find out!
Next up: The real reason there’s a toy in your cereal box.
Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake
In one iconic episode of the Golden Girls, Blanche sits at the table and declares, "Here we are not eating chocolate cake which we obviously adore so we can stay very thin and then drop dead—that's nuts!" So if you fancy yourself a Blanche (or just a chocolate-lover), indulge in this rich chocolate truffle cheesecake. Blanche Devereaux-approved, we're sure! Want a cheesecake refresher? Check out our homemade cheesecake guide for all the tips and tricks you need!
Banana Cheesecake
In the words of Rose Nylund, "The older you get, the better you get—unless you're a banana." Use up your bunch of bananas in this tasty recipe.
Lovely Lemon Cheesecake
We admire the Golden Girls as a model of perfect friendship. Dorothy talks about how her housemates and mother are the best pals she could ask for over lemon cheesecake in one heartwarming episode. Whip up a similar cake to share with your BFFs.
No-Bake Oreo Cheesecake
"Here we are in the middle of a crisis and there's no cheesecake!" Blanche bemoaned in an episode of the Golden Girls. If you find yourself in a baking crisis, a simple no-bake cheesecake like this one is a cinch to make.
Amaretto Ricotta Cheesecake
In one episode of the Golden Girls, petite Sophia is concerned that she's lost a pound. In efforts to put on a little more weight, she whips up an amaretto ricotta cheesecake. Maybe it looked a little like this one.
Island Crunch Cheesecake
While not an island, Miami gives us some tropical vibes for sure! This island crunch cheesecake is full of coconut, pineapple and other tropical flavors that would be at home on the lanai!
No-Bake Blueberry Cheesecake
On a hot Miami day, no Golden Girl wants to turn on the oven to make a sweet treat. That's where recipes like this no-bake lemon blueberry cheesecake come in!
Caramel Pecan Cheesecake
Hailing from the South (Twin Oaks in Georgia to be precise), you can bet Blanche indulged in plenty of pecan treats. This cheesecake would certainly be on the top of her list.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cheesecake
Rose Nylund liked to live a bit dangerously. As she proclaimed: "I eat raw cookie dough. And occasionally I run through the sprinklers and don't wear a bathing cap. And at Christmas, I've been known to put away more than one eggnog." If you identify with Rose, you just might like this cookie dough cheesecake (though this dough is safe to eat!).
Chocolate-Topped Strawberry Cheesecake
In one episode, Dorothy and Blanche scold Rose for whipping up a batch of sparhearvan crispies. The St. Olaf original recipe smells awful, but once the gals bite into the treat (noses plugged, of course), they proclaim that they "taste like cheesecake, strawberries and ice cream!" This cheesecake combines all those sparhearvan flavors (and it smells amazing, too!).
Raspberry & White Chocolate Cheesecake
We love Rose Nylund for her famed St. Olaf stories and Midwestern charm. We think she'd love this recipe for a beautiful swirled cheesecake right from Minnesota!
Pumpkin Cheesecake
Dedicated fans of the show surely remember the Turkey Lurkey episode where Dorothy dresses up as an oversized turkey for a school play (if you haven't seen it, it's worth a watch!). We think this pumpkin cheesecake is the perfect compliment to this Thanksgiving-inspired episode.
Dulce de Leche Cheesecake
Living in the heart of Miami, you can bet the Golden Girls enjoyed a dulce de leche treat or two. This cheesecake would be right up their alley!
Lavender Honey Cheesecake
Rose always had some odd recipes from her Scandinavian-influenced town. One of her better recipes, though, was vanskapkaka. Though we never see it on screen, she describes it as being full of milk, sugar, "a whole lot of love and just a drop of sunshine." This might not be an authentic St. Olaf vanskapakaka, but it's definitely made with all those iconic ingredients.
