Photos: Cedar Rapids sets a breakfast record as organizers pledge to repeat the feat

A total of 2,410 people showed up at Green Square in downtown Cedar Rapids Saturday to break a record for largest cereal breakfast

Elizabeth Wood

Sep. 21, 2025 12:04 pm

Boxes and bowls of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries sit on the table while volunteer Tara Louisa Allen, of Cedar Rapids, grabs more bowls to hand out during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The world record for the largest cereal breakfast was set in 2016 with 1,852 people in Lebanon. On Saturday, 2,410 participants showed up at Greene Square and Z102.9 radio morning show co-host Eric Hanson said that they will attempt to beat the record again in the future, so it can be officially recorded in the Guinness World Record book.(Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Arabella Galbreath, 15, of Cedar Rapids, and Thomas Riggle, 9, grab bowls of cereal and milk from volunteers for Z102.9’s attempt at a world record for largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Jeanne Barbian, of Cedar Rapids, pours cups of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries into bowls for Z102.9’s largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Eric Hanson and Clare Duffy said Quaker Oats sponsored the event by providing the cereal and Prairie Farms donated milk for the event. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Ron Laue, of Cedar Rapids, gets his spoon ready to take a bite of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries as the countdown to the largest cereal breakfast began during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Laue said his favorite cereal was Quisp before it was discontinued, and Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries became his new favorite cereal. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Jeanne Barbian, of Cedar Rapids, and members of Jazzercise Cedar Rapids Fitness Center volunteered to prepare bowls of cereal for Z102.9’s largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. To make sure everyone had a bowl of cereal, Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Eric Hanson and Clare Duffy said volunteers had pre-measured cereal bowls. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Participants line up in front of the milk and cereal stations five minutes before volunteers pass out cereal bowls for Z102.9’s largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday,. 102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Eric Hanson and Clare Duffy said Quaker Oats sponsored the event by providing the cereal and Prairie Farms donated milk for the event. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Emilee Gevock, of Cedar Rapids, take a bite of cereal after Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Clare Duffy and Eric Hanson completed the countdown for the largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Gevock said she got her Cap’n Crunch plush as a kid in 1992, and she wanted to participate in the record to be part of history. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Alexis Ammeter, 13, Kelsey Drahos, of Solon, and Jude Ammeter, 11, take a bite of cereal after Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Clare Duffy and Eric Hanson completed the countdown for the largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Z102.9 radio morning show co-host Eric Hanson holds up a poster with the current world record for the largest cereal breakfast 30 minutes before attempting to break the record during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The world record for the largest cereal breakfast was set in 2016 with 1,852 people in Lebanon. 2,410 participants showed up at Greene Square. Z102.9 radio morning show co-host Eric Hanson said that they will attempt to beat the record again in the future, so it can be officially recorded in the Guinness World Record book. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Bowls of Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries and cartons of milk sit on tables at the milk and cereal stations for Z102.9’s largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Eric Hanson and Clare Duffy said Quaker Oats sponsored the event by providing the cereal and Prairie Farms donated milk for the event. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Chole Edgerton, of Cedar Rapids takes a photo of their bowls of cereal while she and Izzy King (right, center), of Cedar Rapids, Claire Schwarting, of Cedar Rapids, and Allison Bys, of Cedar Rapids, wait to participate in the largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Participants for the largest cereal breakfast record Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Clare Duffy’s and Eric Hanson’s final remarks before the official countdown during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. The world record for the largest cereal breakfast was set in 2016 with 1,852 people in Lebanon. 2,410 participants showed up at Greene Square. Hanson said that they will attempt to beat the record again in the future, so it can be officially recorded in the Guinness World Record book. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Clare Duffy and Eric Hanson discuss their attempt at breaking the record for the largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Duffy said it was exciting to see it all come together after months of planning. “I almost cried,” Duffy said, referring to when she saw the official attendance for the morning. While it’s not an official world record, it is an official city record for the largest cereal breakfast. Hanson added they plan on attempting to officially break the Guinness World Record in the future. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Penelope Rogers, 9, of Cedar Rapids, hugs Captain Crunch 30 minutes before Z102.9 radio morning show co-hosts Clare Duffy and Eric Hanson attempt to break the record for the largest cereal breakfast during the final Cedar Rapids Farmers Market at Greene Square in southeast Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Rogers’s mom, Adrea Rogers, said they wanted to participate in breaking the record because Rogers has been very interested in world records and wanted to try to break one. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)