Cookie Crisp is a breakfast cereal that is manufactured to look like chocolate chip cookies. It is produced by General Mills in the United States[1][2][3] and Cereal Partners in other countries. Introduced in 1977, it was originally produced by Ralston Purina until they sold the trademark to General Mills in 1997.[1]
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 Cookie Crisp – Naturally Flavored Sweetened Cereal with milk | |
| Product type | Breakfast cereal |
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| Owner | General Mills (1997–present) |
| Produced by | General Mills (US) Nestlé (outside US) |
| Introduced | 1977 |
| Markets | Worldwide |
| Previous owners | Ralston Purina (1977–97) |
| Website | generalmills.com/cookiecrisp |
Varieties
editFrom its introduction in 1977 until the early 1990s, Cookie Crisp was available in three varieties: Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp, Vanilla Wafer Cookie Crisp and Oatmeal Cookie Crisp.[4]
Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp[5] was introduced in 2005 but was phased out by 2007.[citation needed]
Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp[6] was introduced in 2007. [citation needed]
Sprinkles Cookie Crisp[2] was introduced in July 2009.[citation needed] This variety contains crisps shaped like tiny vanilla cookies topped with tiny multicolored sprinkles.
Birthday Cake Cookie Crisp was introduced in March 2018.[7][8]
Imitations
editKeebler Cookie Crunch[9] was introduced by Kellogg's in 2008. This cereal has standard cookie pieces as well as round O shapes meant to resemble Keebler Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes cookies.[10]
Advertising
editCookie Jarvis
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The first Cookie Crisp mascot, Cookie Jarvis, was introduced in 1977.[1][11] A wizard in the Merlin mold, he magically turns cookie jars into cereal bowls with a wave of his wand and rhyming incantations. He was voiced by Lennie Weinrib.
Cookie Crook and Cookie Cop
editIn 1980, Cookie Jarvis was joined[12] by Cookie Crook,[1] a robber who attempts to steal the Cookie Crisp; in 1984 he was followed by his opponent, The Cookie Cop (full name Officer Crumb), a police officer (reminiscent of the Keystone Cops) with an Irish accent who thwarts the Cookie Crook's attempts to steal the Cookie Crisp.
Chip the Dog
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In 1990, the Cookie Crook was given a sidekick named Chip the Dog.[1] From 1990 to 1996, while serving alongside the Cookie Crook in his schemes to steal Cookie Crisp, Chip would serve as a partial foil to the Cookie Crook, often by howling "Cooookie Crisp!" (with cookies in place of the Os in the word "cookie"), exposing them to Cookie Cop and, in some commercials, often saying "Doggone it" after his and the Cookie Crook's plans are foiled.
Chip the Wolf
editIn 2005, Chip was redesigned into a wolf which possessed the same thieving characteristics as Cookie Crook.[13] His commercials have Chip attempting to steal Cookie Crisp cereal from children (mainly by creating decoy cookies to lure them away from the cereal) only to be foiled every time. He has been voiced by Marc Silk and Robb Pruitt.[14][15]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e f COOKIE: A Love Story. Sember Resources. 2012. ISBN 9780984502691.
- ^ a b Knapp, Sarah (December 9, 2009). "General Mills to Shrink Sugar Content in Cereals". AdWeek. Archived from the original on January 21, 2016. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ McKinney, Matt (December 9, 2009). "General Mills is dialing back its sugary cereals another notch". Star Tribune. Archived from the original on April 3, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ dodoadmin (2019-03-18). "A Brief History of the Cookie". DoDo Cookie Dough & Ice Cream. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-10-17.
- ^ MacGregor, Hilary E. "On the edges: Nutrition in the grocery store". MailTribune.com. Archived from the original on January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ Ritzer, G. (2014). Essentials of Sociology. SAGE Publications. p. 76. ISBN 978-1-4833-5979-3. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
- ^ Jackson, Danielle (March 13, 2018). "Every Day Is Your Birthday Thanks To This New Cookie Crisp Flavor". Delish.com. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Archived from the original on December 2, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Fonseca, Gabe (March 10, 2018). "Peach Cheerios (2018) & Birthday Cake Cookie Crisp (2018)". YouTube. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
- ^ Abigail Goldman (August 11, 2010). "If Nevada and other states have their way, you'll know immediately what you're eating". LasVegasSun.com. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ^ Roberts, Michael. "Milking It: Keebler Cookie Crunch Cereal". Westword. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-09.
- ^ Geis, Michael L. (1982). The Language of Television Advertising. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122789809.
- ^ "Saturday Morning Commercials from 1980-1989". uploaded by Stephen Payne. at 5:02. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved April 10, 2019 – via YouTube.
- ^ "General Mills Is Bringing Back Cereal Toys". Morning Drive with Christie Live. Archived from the original on 2024-04-14. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
- ^ "Biography". robbpruitt.com. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022.
- ^ "THE STORY SO FAR". marcsilk.com. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023.
