Cocoa Pebbles
Cocoa Pebbles is part of the Pebbles brand of breakfast cereal manufactured by Post Consumer Brands, featuring characters from the TV series The Flintstones as spokestoons. It was first sold on the West Coast in 1969, and went nationwide in October 1971 after strong consumer demand.
The cereal contains chocolate-flavored crisp rice cereal bits, and contain 10 grams of sugar per serving.[1] Television commercials typically revolve around Barney trying to steal Fred's Cocoa Pebbles, though that doesn't seem to be the case, as they have been replaced with other advertising campaigns since the 2010s.
It had an in-universe "Stone Age" cameo in the 1994 live-action film The Flintstones.
History
In 2010, Hulk Hogan sued Post for defamation and exploiting his name without his permission, after including a character named Hulk Boulder in its "Cocoa Smackdown" commercial.
Fictionalized version
The Flintstones owned Cocoa Pebbles in the kitchen of their house in the aforementioned live-action film, The Flintstones.
Marketing and promotion
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Toys
Funko
- Main article: Funko
- Barney Rubble with Cocoa Pebbles (2021)
A Funko Pop! non-poseable super deformed vinyl figure of Barney holding a bowl of Cocoa Pebbles cereal.
In popular culture
- Main article: List of pop culture references to Flintstones
- In Seinfeld, Cocoa Pebbles appeared in Jerry's kitchen in the episodes "The Fusilli Jerry," "The Diplomat's Club," and "The Face Painter." It was also at a shelf of cereals that Jerry and Jeannie checked out in "The Invitations."
- In the Moesha episodes "Hello, What's This?," "Teacher," "I Know What You Did in the Third Grade," "The Crush," "Had to Be You," "Girls' Night In," and "The Prom," there is a box of Cocoa Pebbles in the cabinet of the Mitchell kitchen.
- In The King of Queens episode "Supermarket Story," in a supermarket on the day before Thanksgiving, Carrie follows another woman through the breakfast aisle to copy her shopping list, with one of the shelves containing Cocoa Pebbles.
- The Parkers have a box in their kitchen in The Parkers episodes "Scammed Straight" and "Grape Nuts."
- In the "Duff Daddy!" story of Simpsons Comics #55, there is a Pebbles cereal commercial homage, wherein Homer is lying in a hammock drinking Duff Beer, when the drunken Barney Gumble comes over dressed as Barney trying to trick Homer into giving him his beer, by saying Betty needs to borrow some, and calls him Fred. But Homer tells him to stop calling him Fred and to leave.
- In the film Mr. Deeds, Longfellow offers Emilio some Cocoa Pebbles for breakfast, but he turns them down.
- In the Third Watch episode "Firestarter," Cocoa Pebbles appear on a breakfast aisle in front of Bosco, where Bosco helps patrons escape a grocery store that has just been set on fire.
- In the film Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), Harley Quinn and Cassie Cain pass through a cereal aisle containing Cocoa Pebbles and Fruity Pebbles.
- In the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, a box of Cocoa Pebbles is in Wanda Maximoff's kitchen on Earth-838.
What's the deal with Cocoa Pebbles, anyway?
Third Watch
- "...And Zeus Wept:" The Yokas have a box of Cocoa Pebbles on their table in the morning.
- "Firestarter:" Cocoa Pebbles appear on a breakfast aisle in front of Bosco, where Bosco helps patrons escape a grocery store that has just been set on fire.
See also
References
- ^ "Cocoa Pebbles Nutrition | Post Foods". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01
