"Honey Smacks Honey Smacks is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's. Introduced in 1953, the cereal has undergone several name changes. It started out as Sugar Smacks. In the 1980s, it was renamed Honey Smacks. In the early 1990s, perhaps because the product mascot, Dig'em Frog, had customarily been portrayed as calling the cereal ""Smacks"", the word ""Honey"" was dropped from the name and the product was then simply called Smacks. That name is still used in Germany, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. However, in the US the name reverted to Honey Smacks in 2004. In"
"Kurtz & Friends, These commercials performed poorly since they seemed too much like the Trix commercials, and Dig'em Frog was brought back the following year by popular demand. Dig'em Frog (redux) During the 1990s, advertising campaigns for the cereal featured Dig'em attempting to have a bowl of Smacks while trying to outsmart his nemesis, Kitty. By 1997, these commercials were discontinued. Dig'em's voice was provided by Len Dresslar and later Frank Welker. While ads for Honey Smacks no longer air in the US, more recent ads in other countries depict Dig'em as a character who is crazily addicted to Smacks."
"UK In the United Kingdom, the cereal was promoted with the character Barney Bee from the mid 1980s, to compete with its rivaled Quaker's Sugar Puffs brand. By the 1990s it was changed to Dig'em Frog. In France the cereal was called ""Smacks"" with a box featuring prominently in Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film ""Alphaville"". Honey Smacks Honey Smacks is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's. Introduced in 1953, the cereal has undergone several name changes. It started out as Sugar Smacks. In the 1980s, it was renamed Honey Smacks. In the early 1990s, perhaps because the product"
"Smackin' Brothers, two boys dressed in boxing shorts and boxing gloves. These ads usually featured the brothers wanting Sugar Smacks but winding up smacking each other instead. Also during 1966, promotional box designs were briefly introduced featuring characters from ""Star Trek"". Later commercials were similar to most Cheerios commercials as they demonstrated how the cereal was ""vitamin-powered"". Paul Frees narrated these ads. Dig'em Frog In the early 1970s, an Indian Chief appeared briefly, replaced by Dig'em Frog in 1972. He continued as spokesfrog when the cereal was rechristened Honey Smacks in the early 1980s. In these ads, Dig'em would appear"
"are represented as simply stuffed animals come to life. Tigers are also mascots for various sports teams around the world. Tony the Tiger is a famous mascot for Kellogg's breakfast cereal Frosted Flakes. The Esso (Exxon) brand of petrol was advertised from 1969 onwards with the slogan 'put a tiger in your tank', and a tiger mascot; more than 2.5 million synthetic tiger tails were sold to motorists, who tied them to their petrol tank caps. The tiger appears in heraldry but is distinct from the heraldic beast tyger, a wolflike, snouted creature which has its roots in European Medieval"
"Toucan Sam Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Froot Loops breakfast cereal. The character has been featured in advertising since the 1963. He exhibits the ability to smell Froot Loops from great distances and invariably locates a concealed bowl of the cereal while intoning, ""Follow your nose! It always knows!"", sometimes followed by ""The flavor of fruit! Wherever it grows!"" Another version of this phrase in a string of commercials in the late-2000s presents the character at the end of the commercials saying ""Just follow your nose!"", followed by a group of children retorting, ""For the fruity taste"
"over as the mascot. Ogg the Caveman took over towards the end of 1967. By the end of 1973, Tusk the Elephant became the mascot of the cereal, and he remained until the end of 1982, when Snap, Crackle and Pop (the mascots of Rice Krispies) replaced and retired Tusk the Elephant. In 1991, the mascot became Coco the Monkey. In 2001, Snap, Crackle, and Pop returned and they have remained the product's mascots to date. The cereal was introduced in the United Kingdom under the ""Coco Pops"" name in 1961, with Mr. Jinks as the mascot. Later in the"
"cereal, and challenged an audience member to eat a bowl, which he did. Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal was a cereal based on the Bill & Ted movies and cartoon of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was promoted with the branding slogan ""A Most Awesome Breakfast Adventure"". The magazine ""Mental Floss"" ranked it first in their list of the 10 best marketing-inspired breakfast cereals. The cereal was made by Ralston Purina, which at the time sold food products for both humans and animals. The cereal was cinnamon-flavored and had mini music-themed marshmallows, although"
"at some point during the summer of 2018. The product's ingredients are listed as: The product's ingredients prior to May 2017 are listed as: When Bran Blend, defined as whole grain corn flour and corn bran, was included in the ingredient list, the fiber content was tripled (from 1g to 3g per serving). This put the cereal in Kraft's Sensible Solution program. Originally, the animated Honeycomb Kid (a cowboy) was the cereal's mascot. The cereal's jingle was borrowed from the song ""Honeycomb"", a 1957 hit for Jimmie Rodgers. During the 1970s and 1980s, television commercials featured visitors to a children's"
"Cruncheroos Cruncheroos is a whole grain oat breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg's, originally available in the United States and Canada in two flavors, apple and cinnamon or honey and almonds. As the name states, the cereal was crunchy and O-shaped. The cereal was created in the early 1990s and featured a mascot named ""Crunchosaurus Rex"", an anthropomorphic purple dinosaur who, in television advertisements, used stealth and cunning to steal the cereal from another character who was consuming it, such as a hungry museum guard working late at night. Kellogg's discontinued the cereal from the retail market by the late 1990s,"
"Jim Cummings. In recent commercials, Toucan Sam's three nephews have joined him in opposition to many practical Froot Loop-loving enemies through a series of integrated commercials (each of them as well appropriately advertise the cereal itself). The Toucan Sam campaign was produced by Pepper Films, Inc. until 2013, when Kellogg’s transitioned the Froot Loops brand to CGI with animation company Nathan Love. Toucan Sam is currently voiced by Maurice LaMarche. Toucan Sam Toucan Sam is the cartoon toucan mascot for Froot Loops breakfast cereal. The character has been featured in advertising since the 1963. He exhibits the ability to smell"
"as its mascot, as well as for Honey Loops, replacing ""Loopy"". Corn Pops Corn Pops is a puffed grain breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's, described by the company as ""crunchy sweetened popped-up corn cereal."" The cereal was introduced in 1950 as Corn Pops. In 1951, the name was changed to Sugar Corn Pops and later it was called Sugar Pops. It was the sponsor for ""The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok"" radio and television show. The name was changed to Sugar Corn Pops in 1978, and finally to Corn Pops in 1984, a time when many cereals dropped the word"
"After a decline in popularity, the cereal was discontinued. Post made an unsuccessful revival attempt of the cereal in 1987. This time, the commercials featured a puppet mascot named ""Crispy"" with pom-pom antennae and a furry yellow body, resembling a moose-lion hybrid. Crispy spoke and sang with a voice based on that of Jimmy Durante including the nonsense phrase ""Ah-cha-cha-cha"". This puppet interacted with a child actor and was accompanied by smaller puppets which resembled the individual pieces of cereal. Together, these puppets spoke the cereal's tagline: ""It's indubitably delicious."" Crispy Critters Crispy Critters was a breakfast cereal manufactured by"
"poor sales, although in the last few years of production the cereal had been difficult to find due to having very few suppliers, latterly only Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Ocado. Since then, the Force wheatflakes brand was revived for UK consumers, and was acquired by Nestlé. It was, but is no longer, for sale on the Waitrose website. Force (cereal) Force, first produced in 1901 by Force Food Company, one of three American companies owned by Edward Ellsworth and advertised using a popular cartoon figure called Sunny Jim, was the first commercially successful wheat flake breakfast cereal. Prior to this, the"
"Lucky Charms Lucky Charms is a brand of cereal produced by the General Mills food company since 1964. The cereal consists of toasted oat pieces and multi-colored marshmallow shapes (""marbits"" or marshmallow bits). The label features a leprechaun mascot, Lucky, animated in commercials. Lucky Charms was created in 1964 by product developer John Holahan. General Mills management challenged a team of product developers to use the available manufacturing capacity from either of General Mills' two principal cereal products—Wheaties or Cheerios—and do something unique. Holahan came up with the idea after a visit to the grocery store in which he decided"
"Flutie Flakes Flutie Flakes is the name of a brand of frosted corn flakes breakfast cereal named for American football quarterback Doug Flutie. The brand was created in 1998, after Flutie, then the starting quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, saw his popularity soar because of his scrambling, last quarter heroics and his impressive win-loss record. A large portion of the profits made from sales of Flutie Flakes were donated to the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism, created in honor of Flutie's autistic son. The goal of the foundation is to create awareness of autism and to seek a cure."
"Snap, Crackle and Pop Snap, Crackle and Pop are the cartoon mascots of Kellogg's crisped-rice breakfast cereal Rice Krispies. The gnomic elves characters were originally designed by illustrator Vernon Grant in the early 1930s. The names are an onomatopoeia and were derived from a Rice Krispies radio ad: The first character appeared on the product's packaging in 1933, Grant added two more and named the trio Snap, Crackle and Pop. Snap is usually portrayed with a chef's toque on his head; Crackle often is shown wearing a red (or striped) tomte's tuque or ""sleeping cap,"" and Pop often wears a"
"years. Tony the Tiger began his trademark debut with Kellogg in 1952. The Tiger was used as a cartoon character featured on every box of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes. The feline was federally registered as Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes trademark. Furthermore, the registration and classification was under food products. Twelve years later one of the top oil companies, Esso (now ExxonMobil), began using a similar tiger as a promotional mascot within gasoline products. Exxon then followed through with protocol and federally registered its tiger under petroleum products category. Unlike the Kellogg slogan behind the voice of Thurl Ravenscroft, ""They’re gr-r-reat!"", Esso also"
"Sugar Bear Sugar Bear is the advertising cartoon mascot of Post Super Sugar Crisp (later Golden Crisp) cereal, appearing in commercials for the cereal. Sugar Bear originally appeared in the 1940s as the mascot of Golden Crisp (then called Sugar Crisp), a cereal produced by General Foods Corporation under the Post brand. The original bear was designed by Robert ""Bob"" Irwin, a graphic designer for Post Cereal and voiced, in animated commercials, for 40 years by Gerry Matthews in emulation of a Bing Crosby persona – a shallow-eyed, easy going character who crooned his cereal's praises to the tune of"
"Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal Bill & Ted's Excellent Cereal was a cereal based on the Bill & Ted movies and cartoon of the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was promoted with the branding slogan ""A Most Awesome Breakfast Adventure"". The magazine ""Mental Floss"" ranked it first in their list of the 10 best marketing-inspired breakfast cereals. The cereal was made by Ralston Purina, which at the time sold food products for both humans and animals. The cereal was cinnamon-flavored and had mini music-themed marshmallows, although they resembled pieces of Kibbles 'n Bits. While the cereal was sold, which"
"Grains Council. The company was started by Warren Struhl and Richard Demb. The investors also included Isiah Thomas of the New York Knicks and Goldman, Sachs & Co. The company also at one point included the Dale and Thomas Popcorn brand. Eagle Foods, a manufacturer of condensed milks and snacks, acquired Popcorn, Indiana in August 2017. Popcorn, Indiana (brand) Popcorn, Indiana is a brand of popcorn in North America founded in 2002. Popcorn, Indiana is headquartered in Westport, Connecticut and Indianapolis, Indiana - 72 miles north of the community that gave it its name: Popcorn, Indiana. Popcorn, Indiana's ready-to-eat popcorns"
"Monster cereals The monster cereals are a line of breakfast cereals produced by General Mills Corporation in North America. The line was introduced in 1971, and at various times has included five brands, each featuring a cartoon version of a classic movie monster: Count Chocula, Franken Berry, and Boo Berry (all still produced seasonally), and Fruit Brute and Fruity Yummy Mummy (both discontinued, except for limited productions). In March 1971, the first two cereals in the line were introduced, the chocolate-flavored Count Chocula and the strawberry-flavored Franken Berry. In the commercials, the two monsters, Count Alfred Chocula and Franken Berry,"
"an uncanny ability to smell Froot Loops from great distances and locates a concealed bowl of the cereal while intoning ""Follow my nose! It always knows!"" or ""Follow my nose! For the fruity taste that shows!"" Kelloggs made several varieties of snack foods, including snack bags called Snack Ums. Snack Ums were similar to the cereal but larger. Their slogan was ""Super-sized bites with deliciously intense natural fruit flavors""...""Flavor Bursting!"" Froot Loops branding by Kellogg's was also used with the Froot Loops cereal bar. In the middle of 2012, Kellogg's introduced Froot Loops to the UK market for a limited"
"Sunny Jim ""Sunny Jim"" is the name of two completely unconnected characters used in advertising and product branding: (1) a cartoon character created to promote ""Force"" cereal, the first commercially successful wheat flake; (2) the name of a brand of peanut butter produced in the Seattle area. The character on boxes of Force cereal was created in the United States in 1902 by writer Minnie Maud Hanff and artist Dorothy Ficken, initially for an advertising campaign. Rather than selling the benefits of eating wheat, which Hanff assumed customers already knew, her copy for the original advertisements told stories in verse,"
"Ricicles Ricicles (stylised as RiCiCLES) is a breakfast cereal sold by Kellogg's in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is similar to another Kellogg's product, Rice Krispies, but with the addition of a frosted sugar coating. The product is known as Frosted Krispies in the United States. Ricicles' mascot was the astronaut 'Captain Rik', who replaced Henry's Cat who replaced Tony Jr. in the 1980s, and Noddy in the 1960s. In the 1990s in the United Kingdom, and some other markets, small marshmallow pieces were added to the cereal. This met with a mixed, but generally unfavourable, reception. For a"
"The company also decided to remove their advertisements from the Breitbart News website. Breitbart News in turn called for a boycott of Kellogg's products. Kellogg's The Kellogg Company, doing business as Kellogg's, is an American multinational food-manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States. Kellogg's produces cereal and convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, and toaster pastries and markets their products by several well known brands including Corn Flakes, Keebler, and Cheez-It. Kellogg's mission statement is ""Nourishing families so they can flourish and thrive."" Kellogg's products are manufactured in 18 countries and marketed in over 180 countries. Kellogg's largest factory"
"breakfast cereal Flutie Flakes, Flutie Fruities were created to appeal to fans of Flutie's football career, and a large portion of the proceeds went toward the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism. Both the profits of the cereal and the fruit snacks went right to the organization helping with the cure for autism. Flutie Flakes Flutie Flakes is the name of a brand of frosted corn flakes breakfast cereal named for American football quarterback Doug Flutie. The brand was created in 1998, after Flutie, then the starting quarterback for the Buffalo Bills, saw his popularity soar because of his scrambling,"
"Force (cereal) Force, first produced in 1901 by Force Food Company, one of three American companies owned by Edward Ellsworth and advertised using a popular cartoon figure called Sunny Jim, was the first commercially successful wheat flake breakfast cereal. Prior to this, the only successful wheat-based cereal products had been Shredded Wheat and the hot semolina cereal, Cream of Wheat. The product was cheap to produce and kept well on store shelves. The first advertising copy for the new product described the cereal as ""The Food That is all Food"", the advertising images showed rosy-cheeked children, and it was sold"
"Frosted Flakes Frosted Flakes or Frosties is a breakfast cereal, produced by the Kellogg Company and consisting of sugar-coated corn flakes. It was introduced in the United States in 1952, as Sugar Frosted Flakes. The word ""sugar"" was dropped from the name in 1983. Generic versions, such as store brands, are also available. Unlike many cereals (Cheerios and Rice Krispies, for example), Frosted Flakes shares its name with generic competitors. Frosted Flakes was the second best selling cereal in the first half of 2017 within the US in gross sales, after Honey Nut Cheerios. Tony the Tiger has been the"
"that shows!"" Toucan Sam became the mascot for Froot Loops cereal in 1963. The cartoon character was created by Manuel R. Vega and originally voiced by Mel Blanc, using an ordinary American accent. Blanc's original commercials were noted for their use of Pig Latin (referring to the cereal as OOT-fray OOPS-lay). The ad agency later decided to switch to the English accent more commonly associated with the character. They then employed Paul Frees to do what is, in effect, an imitation of Ronald Colman. Most recently, Toucan Sam was voiced by Maurice LaMarche after the death of Paul Frees. Toucan"
"S'mores Grahams S'mores Grahams (a.k.a. S'mores Crunch) was a short-lived cereal produced by General Mills. This cereal was similar to Golden Grahams with a blend of chocolate mixed in. It consisted of chocolate graham cracker cereal pieces and tiny marshmallows pieces similar to those found in packets of powdered hot chocolate mix. It was launched in 1982 and discontinued in 1988. General Mills later resumed S'mores Grahams production throughout the late 1990s, but it has since been re-discontinued. The cereal's mascot was the S'morecerer (an animated sorcerer). Ads with this mascot would feature a couple of kids trying to get"
"this sugar cereal as being appropriate to eat for breakfast, as a snack, or as candy, similar to candy-coated popcorn products like Cracker Jack. Early advertisements featured three animated cartoon bears named Candy, Handy, and Dandy as the mascots. The early slogan said, ""As a cereal it's dandy—for snacks it's so handy—or eat it like candy!"" Later television advertisements feature one mascot, an anthropomorphic cartoon bear character known as Sugar Bear, who sings the jingle, ""Can't get enough of that Golden Crisp."", to the tune of Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho. In commercials, Sugar Bear could turn into ""Super"
"them in the 1970s and now had their own children. The packaging features various cartoon characters (drawn by Gary Dunn): Klondike Pete (a gold prospector who mines Golden Nuggets), his mule Pardner, his enemies; two claim-jumpers named Plum Loco Louie and Boot Hill Bob (jointly ""The Breakfast Bandits""), and a Golden Nuggets Bee.. The box also sometimes features puzzles suited to the 7–12-year-old range. The cereal is marketed with the slogan ""They taste Yeee-Haa!"" (Previously ""They're honey-crunchin' good!""). In 2002, as part of Nestlé's Lilo & Stitch promotion, chocolate-flavoured nuggets were mixed in with the Golden Nuggets (according to Klondike"