Cookie Crisp Balloon Skateboard

Cereal toys used to be kind of interesting, or at least they held the promise of being something cool, which leads us to this balloon powered skateboard. Unless it was heavy and the balloon was really small, this collection of future landfill probably didn’t roll at all. More likely it just sort of turned over sideways and skipped across the the floor. They really went all out for these, 6 designs available in 4 colors. The seller is asking an insane $50 for this (cut up) 70’s era Cookie Crisp cereal box. Cookie Crisp was first introduced by Ralston Purina, so it must have been a salvo in the war to name cereals unlike anything remotely healthy. (See Super Sugar Crisp)

UPDATE: 3-19-26 – Added some pics of the actual cereal toys and a 1986 Cookie Crisp TV commercial with skateboarding in it

Alternate box.

Here’s a red balloon skateboard out of the packaging. I can’t imagine this actually worked very well unless you barely put any air in the balloon.

The photos of this blue one still in the packaging aren’t very good, but they do show the instructions.

Here are the instructions:

1. Stretch balloon and attach to stack.
2. Blow up balloon to softball size through hole in the bottom of the skateboard and pinch off air at balloon neck.
3. Place skateboard flat on smooth surface, keeping an pinched off with one hand and holding the board down flat with the other.
4. Release air first then, release skateboard.

A Cookie Crisp Tv Commercial from 1986. Looks like the Cookie Crook is riding an uncut blank. Yes, that is his name.

Here’s some screencaps. It seems like this was sort of lovingly animated by someone with a knowledge of skateboarding. As lovingly as could be done in the limited frames per second. Fo rthe most part the stance is right except for a very brief ski stance occurrence. Even a bit of freestyle in there with a one-handed handstand, and a nice nose grab. All of course before ending up in the back of the paddy wagon.

Here’s some non-skateboard related Cookie Crisp TV commercials through the years, because why not?