Frosted Mini-Wheats (Frosted Wheats in the United Kingdom, Mini-Wheats in Canada, and Toppas in certain European countries) is a breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg's consisting of shredded wheat cereal pieces and frosting. Frosted Wheats were available from the 1980s until the early 1990s in the United Kingdom under the Toppas name. They subsequently disappeared from shop shelves but were reissued several years later under the Frosted Wheats brand, similar to that used elsewhere in the world.

The new cereal uses far smaller pieces of frosted wheat parcel than the original Toppas and contains beef gelatine. Initially Kellogg's Mini Wheats were available without the sugar frosting and with raisins or blueberries in the center. Frosted Mini-Wheats are marketed variously.

They enjoyed a short stint on television advertisements with a series of commercials about one Frosted Mini-Wheat with "split personalities;" the sweet (frosted) side and wheat (shredded grain) side argued over who was more popular. When the new MyPyramid debuted, launching the whole grain craze, it enjoyed another short-lived advertising stint as a fiber-conscious cereal. These advertisements involved a man walking around, asking "Have you had your fiber today?", then handing unsuspecting, confused people a bowl of the cereal.

However, these ads have discontinued. The best-known of all ads feature adults turning into children and kids turning into adults (actress Marcia Wallace appears in one of those "Kid in Us" spots). Current advertising involves a new Frosted Mini-Wheat helping children in various childhood situations.

In one, a girl in a spelling bee retracts a letter after saying it outloud and passes, despite the fact that it is against the rules in an actual Spelling Bee competition. Another has the Mini-Wheat helping a girl keep time to a dance in a school play. It promotes eating breakfast in general.

The tagline says, "Keeps them [the children in the ads] full, keeps them focused."

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