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 the rest of the world. However, sales quickly declined, and in the spring 1999, telephone and internet poll with over one million voters found that 92% of voters wanted the name changed back to Coco Pops. Thus, Kellogg's reverted to the original name in May 1999. The adverts featured newsreader Alastair Burnet and Screaming Lord Sutch as the returning officer. Cocoa Krispies first appeared in the United States in 1958, represented by a monkey named Jose. He was reportedly replaced by Coco the Elephant in 1960 when Mexican-Americans complained about the ethnic stereotype. In 1963, the Hanna-Barbera character Snagglepuss took