Turns Out Those Lucky Charms Marshmallows Are Actually Called 'Marbits'

Remember those teensy-tiny marshmallows in Lucky Charms, the breakfast indulgence you loved as a kid (but know way better than to eat now)? 

Turns out they had a name all along: marbits. (Like "marshmallows" + "bits," get it?)

And oh man, they were magically delicious.

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When Lucky Charms first hit shelves in the early 1960s, there were four marbit shapes: clovers, hearts, stars and moons. (The heart is the only original shape still left.) When the company added a blue diamond marbit in 1975, Lucky Charms sales grew by more than 30 percent, General Mills spokesperson Derek Wimmer told HuffPost.

You can buy entire bags of knockoff marbits online, Eater points out. But we wouldn't advise eating more than just a few, for nostalgia's sake. The ingredients are pretty much just sugar, corn syrup and artificial coloring. Yikes.

If you're craving marbits now, we suggest adding a naturally sweet dash to your morning oatmeal instead, with grown-up add-ins like caramelized strawberries, black cherries and dark chocolat chips. 

Mmm, the taste of adulthood.

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