Rice Krispies Rice Krispies Rice Krispies (also known as Rice Bubbles in Australia and New Zealand) is a breakfast cereal marketed by Kellogg's in 1927 and released to the public in 1928. Rice Krispies are made of crisped rice (rice and sugar paste that is formed into rice shapes or "berries", cooked, dried and toasted), and expand forming very thin and hollowed out walls that are crunchy and crisp. When milk is added to the cereal the walls tend to collapse, creating the "Snap, crackle and pop" sounds. Rice Krispies cereal has a long advertising history, with the elf cartoon characters Snap,
Cocoa Krispies resembling a strong teenager while keeping the head of the mascot, the cereal too had a recipe transformation to add more vitamins and minerals in order to focus the product into a health is fun type of communication. In Australia, the mascot is Coco the Monkey. Coco Pops received two stars out of five on the Australian Government's health star ratings. Kellogg's was criticized by health authorities in the United States and consumer experts in October 2009, when it unveiled a description on its boxes of Cocoa Krispies cereal that stated "now helps support your child's immunity". Kellogg's responded that