#Nabisco

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A dozen Barnum's Animals crackers laid out on a white background, animal shapes engraved in each cookie
Food 1902–present

Barnum's Animals Crackers

The little circus-wagon box of animal-shaped cookies with the string handle — worn around the neck like a tiny snack pendant by generations of kids. Nabisco's Barnum's Animals date to 1902, when the string was added so the box could hang on a Christmas tree, and they never left the grocery shelf.

Video thumbnail — Bonkers! candy commercial (1980s)
Food mid-1980s–1990s

Bonkers!

Chewy rectangular fruit candies with a tangy center, sold on the back of some of the most surreal commercials of the era — a giant piece of fruit dropping out of the sky to flatten some unsuspecting bystander. 'Bonkers! Bonks you out!'

A can of Nabisco Easy Cheese in Sharp Cheddar, the aerosol-style spray cheese
Food 1965–present

Easy Cheese

Cheese in an aerosol-style can — squirt it onto a cracker in a squiggle, or straight into your mouth if no one was watching. Shelf-stable, faintly artificial, and weirdly satisfying, Easy Cheese was the ultimate lazy snack.