Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes the smallest ingredient raises the biggest question. While testing my Cracker Jack-style Caramel Corn, I wondered ...

DALLAS – After more than 100 years and 23 billion tiny toys, Cracker Jack is no longer adding those traditional surprises to its packages of caramel-coated popcorn. Plano-based Frito Lay, which owns ...

It was on Feb. 19 of that year that someone came up with the idea to put a small "prize" in each box as a promotion — and sales boomed. Previously, prizes or coupons were only included in random boxes ...

Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner has spent over a decade working as a writer in New York City. She currently covers all aspects of food, dining, travel and lifestyle trends and the intersection of culture, ...

Move over, Cracker Jack. Cracker Jill is stepping up to the plate. More than 125 years after the caramel-coated popcorn and peanut snack launched, it’s now also being offered for the first time in a ...

Cracker Jack has enjoyed an all-American reputation as the signature snack of the national pastime for more than a century. "Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack/I don't care if I ever get back," is ...

PepsiCo announced this week it is unveiling new characters named “Cracker Jill” as part of its “Cracker Jack” brand in an effort to promote the accomplishments of women in sports. “After more than 125 ...

The introduction of Sailor Jack, the boy saluting us on the side of a Cracker Jack box, was no accident in 1918. The Chicago-based company that produced the famous snack was mired in multiple ...