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Ever since the Pokémon franchise began in the 1990s, many Pokémon food products have been manufactured. These food products include pasta, cereal, candy, and many other items. Some products simply have Pokémon characters added to the packaging, while others feature detailed likenesses of Pokémon characters.

Breakfast

Kellogg's Pokémon Eggo Waffles

Two boxes of the waffles

Kellogg's Pokémon Eggo Waffles were Pokémon-themed Eggo waffles which were released in August 2000.^[1] The Pokémon which were outlined on the actual Eggos are Pikachu, Togepi, Marill, Elekid, and Gengar. All of these Pokémon were also featured on the front of every box. Three UPCs from boxes of this product along with $1.99USD shipping could be redeemed for a Pikachu Syrup Holder.

Kellogg's Pokémon Pop-Tarts

The box of Pop-Tarts

Kellogg's Pokémon Pop-Tarts were limited edition toaster pastries produced by Kellogg's in the early 2000s sold under the Pop-Tarts subsidiary. They came in boxes consisting of twelve pastries in a "wild cherry" flavor, topped with "Yellow Pikachu frosting," and sprinkles shaped in the form of Pikachu, Charmander, Poliwrath, and Chansey. The box included a figurine of one of the aforementioned Pokémon.

Kellogg's Pokémon Toasted Oat Cereal with Marshmallow Bits

Main article: Kellogg's Pokémon Toasted Oat Cereal with Marshmallow Bits

Kellogg's Pokémon Toasted Oat Cereal with Marshmallow Bits was a breakfast cereal released by Kellogg's in the year 2000.^[2] The cereal consisted of oat rings and marshmallow pieces in the shape of various Pokémon.

Condiments

Heinz Pokémon Tomato Ketchup

All five bottles with their promotional labels

Heinz Pokémon Tomato Ketchup was a special edition of Heinz Tomato Ketchup distributed for two months in the United States beginning in mid-March of the year 2000.^[3] The ketchup did not taste or look any different than normal, but the bottles had special labels on them featuring Charizard, Charmander, Jigglypuff, Pikachu, or Squirtle. This label could be used as a $5 mail-in rebate for a VHS or DVD of Pokémon: The First Movie.^[4]

Welch's Pokémon Jelly Jars

The unique designs on the back of each jar

The front of the Bulbasaur jar

Welch's Pokémon Jelly Jars are collectible jars decorated with Pokémon characters to encase Welch's grape jelly. Sold for the first time on April 1, 2000^[5], the jars include designs of one of nine Pokémon. These Pokémon were Pikachu, Togepi, Clefairy, Bulbasaur, Meowth, Squirtle, Charmander, Psyduck, and Poliwhirl. This is Welch's 25th set of collectible jelly jars, and like the other cartoon characters' jars, are used to reflect the popular culture of each generation. The jars contained nine ounces of jelly, and over nine million of them were produced.

A contest was also held by Welch's to go along with the promotional jars. It was a coloring contest held from when the jars first appeared up until July 31, 2000. 100 winners received a Game Boy as their prize.

Confectionery/treats

Betty Crocker Pokémon Rolls

One variation of the box

Another variation (it came in full color, of course)

Betty Crocker Pokémon Rolls were released in 1999.^[6] They were rolled-up candies which were modelled after Fruit by the Foot. They came only in punch red flavor and in packs of six. Each box included one of five Pokémon cards for a limited time.^[7] Jonathan Yusen, marketing manager of Betty Crocker, stated the following in regards to the rolls: "In order to keep our fruit snacks fun and entertaining, we love to work with equities that are hot with kids."

Pokémon Popzoids

All four Popzoids

Pokémon Popzoids were a type of lollipop made around the year 2000 by Topps. Miniature figurines of Bulbasaur, Charmander, Psyduck, or Squirtle would be in the center of the lollipop, which acted like a magnifying glass.^[8] This effect made the figures looks about twice as large as they actually are. All of this sits at top of a "collectible" stick, which has an oversized Pokémon logo on it.

Pokémon snack cakes

In Japan, several Pokémon-themed snack cakes have been manufactured. These include varieties such as "Togepi's Egg Bread", "Infernape's Curry Bread", "Arceus's Vanilla Steamed Cake", "Munchlax's Melon Bread", "Plusle's Strawberry Steamed Cake", "Minun's Chocolate Steamed Cake" and "Rayquaza's Ring Doughnut".

Popsicle Pokémon

A sticker advertising sales of the Pikachu single Popsicle

The box of the ice pops

Popsicle Pokémon was the name given to Pokémon ice pops produced by Popsicle in the year 2000.^[9] All ice pops contained strawberry and lemon flavoured ice, and came in the forms of Bulbasaur, Charmander, Gengar, Meowth, Pikachu, and Squirtle. The 3-ounce (89 mL) pops came in boxes of six, with each box containing just two of the available Pokémon shapes. The boxes had a suggested retail price of $2.99, and single servings were suggested to be priced between $0.75 and $1.00.

Topps Pokémon Gum-Filled Lollipop With Sticker

A grape flavored lollipop along with three stickers

Topps Pokémon Gum-Filled Lollipops With Stickers were distributed by Topps around the year 2000. The lollipops were filled with Bazooka bubble gum in the middle. The treats came in four flavors: strawberry, grape, cherry, and watermelon.^[10] Each lollipop was bundled with one of thirty-nine Pokémon stickers.^[11]

The following Pokémon were available as stickers: Aerodactyl, Arbok, Beedrill, Bulbasaur, Charizard, Charmander, Charmeleon, Clefairy, Drowzee, Eevee, Electrode, Exeggcute, Flareon, Gyarados, Hitmonlee, Jynx, Krabby, Lickitung, Machamp, Machoke, Magikarp, Magmar, Meowth, Mr. Mime, Muk, Pikachu, Poliwhirl, Ponyta, Psyduck, Raichu, Rattata, Scyther, Slowbro, Snorlax, Squirtle, Tauros, Tentacruel, Vaporeon and Zubat.

Exeggcute's name on its sticker is misspelled as "Exeggute".

Dinner/supper

Kraft Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Macaroni

Main article: Kraft Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Macaroni

Kraft Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Macaroni was a product released by Kraft Foods in 2009. It is similar to regular Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, except the noodles are in the shapes of different types of Pokémon. There are six different varieties of Diamond & Pearl Macaroni, with each variety having a different Pokémon on the box and different Pokémon noodle shapes.

Kraft Pokémon Macaroni

The Pikachu box

Kraft Pokémon Macaroni was a product released by Kraft Foods in January 2000.^[12] It is similar to regular Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, except the noodles are in the shapes of different types of Pokémon. These Pokémon, Pikachu, Squirtle, Poliwhirl, Jigglypuff, Charmander, and Meowth, also appeared one at a time as the focal point on the front of each box. The other 5 monsters would appear in the background.

Heinz Pokémon pasta

Main article: Heinz Pokémon Pasta

Heinz Pokémon Pasta was a product released by the H. J. Heinz Company beginning in the year 2000. The product consists of pasta pieces shaped like various Pokémon characters, including Ash Ketchum, in a thick tomato sauce. Originally, the product was available in both a Red Version and a Blue Version, but the Red Version was later discontinued in favour of a Gold & Silver Version, which featured pasta shapes of Generation II Pokémon.

References

This article is part of Project Merchandise, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all Pokémon toys, dolls, books, and collectible merchandise.