Lucky Charms is adding a 'magical' new marshmallow to the mix — and people are freaking out (2024)

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What marshmallow was removed from Lucky Charms? ›

Yeah, you read that right. General Mills has decided to retire what are nominally hourglass marshmallows from Lucky Charms boxes. General Mills debuted these hourglass 'marbits'—a nifty portmanteau of “marshmallow” and “bits” in the Lucky Charms universe—in 2008.

When Lucky Charms debuted in 1964 the marshmallows — officially called “marbits” by General Mills — came in shapes of green clovers, pink hearts, orange stars and yellow moons. Of those original shapes, only the pink heart marshmallows remain.

In 2015, new diamond-shaped marshmallows were added in. Introduced in 2017, limited edition cinnamon vanilla Lucky Charms include only snowman, snowball, and snowflake-shaped marshmallows. In 2018 a unicorn shaped-marshmallow was added; it became a permanent addition later that year.

It turns out what differentiates your puffed-up bag marshmallows from their smaller cereal counterparts is a matter of a few ingredients. According to Lucky Charms' packaging, your favorite hearts, stars, and horseshoes are made up of sugar, modified cornstarch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, and calcium carbonate.

The proposed bans target 13 additives, including Yellow 6 and Titanium Dioxide, found in well-known products such as Lucky Charms, Doritos, and certain cupcakes. These substances have been linked to serious health issues ranging from adrenal tumors to DNA mutations in white blood cells.

In 1863, James Caleb Jackson, a religiously conservative vegetarian who ran a medical sanitarium in western New York, created a breakfast cereal from graham flour dough that was dried and broken into shapes so hard they needed to be soaked in milk overnight. He called it granula.

A: We have set our Charms Cereal Marshmallows' best by date at 5 to 7 months. The exact date is printed on the back label of each bag. Thank you and have a great day!

Original Lucky Charms™

Original Lucky Charms^TM are deliciously gluten-free.

General Mills owns many cereal brands including Cheerios, Trix, Lucky Charms, Count Chocola, and Cocoa Puffs. Other major brands of General Mills includes Annie's, Nature Valley, and Häagen-Dazs.

What are the 8 Lucky Charms marshmallows? ›

Hearts, Stars, and Horseshoes. Clovers and Blue Moons. Unicorns, Rainbows, and Tasty Red Balloons. Plus, crunchy, oat cereal pieces, too!

If you guessed Lucky Charms™ breakfast cereal, you are correct. This St. Patrick's Day, General Mills celebrates the 53rd birthday of the cereal, which debuted in 1964. Product developer John Holahan wanted to jazz up a Cheerios-type cereal with something reminiscent of Circus Peanuts, one of his guilty pleasures.

The gelatin in our marshmallow marbit pieces is made from pork collagen. Collagen as an additive is tasteless and clear, and is used in many types of food. Big G cereals that contain marbits include Lucky Charms, Trix with marshmallow, Chocolate Lucky Charms, Count Chocula, Boo Berry, Carmella Creeper and Frankenberry.

Surprisingly, the only remaining original marbit is the pink heart.

As generations of Lucky Charms fans already know, the cereal contains colorful marshmallow charms, each of which bestow upon Lucky their own special powers: hearts (power to bring things to life), shooting stars (power to fly), horseshoes (power to speed things up), clovers (luck, but you never know what kind of luck ...

Why is Lucky Charms recalled in 2022? The Lucky Charms recall story began when there were 3,000+ filed reports stating that consumers had dealt with nausea, vomiting, dehydration, and other symptoms after eating their morning bowl of cereal.

The gelatin in our marshmallow marbit pieces is made from pork collagen. Collagen as an additive is tasteless and clear, and is used in many types of food. Big G cereals that contain marbits include Lucky Charms, Trix with marshmallow, Chocolate Lucky Charms, Count Chocula, Boo Berry, Carmella Creeper and Frankenberry.