11 Famous food mascots and their stories

« Snap! Crackle! Pop! Brand: Rice Krispies Year Introduced: 1933 In homage to the distinctive sound that emits from a bowl of Rice Krispies cereal once it's doused in milk, Kellogg's introduced the company's first food mascots: Snap! Crackle! Pop! These tiny gnomes first appeared in print ads in the early 1930s and became fixtures on the cereal box by 1939.

Though they're best known as an inseparable trio, the best way to distinguish between them is by the hats they wear.

Snap! always wears a baker's hat; Crackle! dons a red or striped stocking cap; and Pop! prefers a dashing a military hat. Fun Fact: The threesome have different names in different countries.

In Finland, they're called Poks! Riks! Raks!; in Mexico, they're known as Pim! Pum! Pam!; and in Germany, their names are Knisper! Knasper! Knusper Mr.

Peanut Brand: Planters Year Introduced: 1916 Thanks to the imagination and artistic prowess of schoolboy Antonio Gentile, who submitted a sketch to Planters's brand-icon contest, Mr.

Peanut became the company's official mascot.

In 1937, Mr.

Peanut appeared on his first billboard in New York City's Time Square.

By the 1950s, he was starring in television commercials.

In 1997, he appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and in 2004, he earned his highest accolade: a star on the Madison Avenue's Advertising Walk of Fame. Fun Fact: According to Mr.

Peanut's facebook page, this top hat- and monocle-wearing groundnut is 2.87 inches tall and weighs 1.48 ounces.

He is a Virgo who enjoys starring in and doing his own stunts for movies, as well as training for tree-athalons, contemplating, and problem solving.. »