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Monsters Cereal Characters Brought to Life as Hilarious Puppets as General Mills Partners with the Legendary Jim Henson Company
MINNEAPOLIS, July 29, 2025--This Halloween, spooky nostalgia meets innovative imagination as General Mills unveils a monstrously magical makeover for its iconic Monsters Cereal lineup. In a first-of-its-kind collaboration with the legendary Jim Henson Company — celebrating its 70th anniversary this year — Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry are being reimagined as puppets to delight fans in an entirely new way.
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