It was originally called Sugar Pops in 1951 , and then changed Sugar Corn Pops , and then to `` Corn Pops '' and in January of 2006 the name of the cereal was changed to Pops , only to be changed back to Corn Pops several months later . The name was changed to Sugar Corn Pops in 1978 , and then to `` Corn Pops '' in the 1980s , a time when many cereals dropped the word `` Sugar '' from their titles . In January 2006 , the name of the cereal was changed to Pops , but after a few months of poor reception , was changed back to Corn Pops .