Lori Grisham

USA TODAY Network

Cereal fans rejoice: French Toast Crunch is back on U.S. shelves after an eight-year absence.

General Mills announced the news Friday on the General Mills blog and via Twitter.

The breakfast cereal is shaped like tiny pieces of toast and tastes like cinnamon and syrup. It entered the market in 1995, but was discontinued in 2006.

It's available again in select grocery stores and will be widely distributed by the end of January. The company said it's back by popular demand.

"We have been overwhelmed by the consumer conversations, requests and passion for the cereal to come back," Waylon Good, a marketing manager at General Mills, said in the blog post.

People celebrated the return using the hashtag #FrenchToastCrunchIsBack.

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