Cracker Jack is a brand of snack food consisting of molasses-flavored,
caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts, well known for being packaged
with a prize of trivial value inside. The Cracker Jack name and slogan,
"The More You Eat The More You Want", were registered in 1896. Some
food historians consider it the first junk food.
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CRACKER JACK GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS ~ 1956
CELEBRATE, IT’S NATIONAL POPCORN DAY!
Then & now: Cracker Jack and its signature sailor mascot have
evolved over the years.
One of the oldest American forms of junk food, the Cracker Jack was invented
and trademarked in 1896 when the brothers who formed F.W. Rueckheim &
Bro., mixed molasses-flavored, caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts together.
Fredrich William Rueckheim
Louis Rueckheim
Today,January 19, celebrates all of the different ways the corn-based treat
popcorn can be enjoyed savory or sweet, caramelized, buttered or plain.
The Popcorn Board, a non-profit started in 1998, says Americans consume
13 billion quarts of popcorn a year, more than any other country in the
world.
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A CRACKER JACK LAST–MINUTE GIFT IDEA!
Ad appeared in the “Ladies’ Home Journal,” December, 1956.
The Cracker Jack name was registered in 1896. A slogan, "The More You Eat
The More You Want", was also registered that year. Some food historians
consider it the first junk food.
Sailor Jack and Bingo.
Don’t forget the Surprise Inside.
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