Cookie Crisp
Cookie Crisp is a breakfast cereal that is manufactured to look like chocolate chip cookies. It is produced by General Mills in the United States and Cereal Partners under the Nestlé brand in other countries. Introduced in 1977, it was originally produced by Ralston Purina until they sold the trademark to General Mills in 1997.
Varieties
From its introduction in 1977 until the early 1990s, Cookie Crisp was available in three varieties: Chocolate Chip Cookie Crisp, Vanilla Wafer Cookie Crisp and Oatmeal Cookie Crisp.
Peanut Butter Cookie Crisp was introduced in 2005 but was phased out by 2007.
Double Chocolate Cookie Crisp was introduced in 2007.
Sprinkles Cookie Crisp was introduced in July 2009. This variety contains crisps shaped like tiny vanilla cookies topped with tiny multicolored sprinkles.
Birthday Cake Cookie Crisp was introduced in March 2018.
Imitations
Keebler Cookie Crunch was introduced by Kellogg's in 2008. This cereal has standard cookie pieces as well as round O shapes meant to resemble Keebler Fudge Shoppe Fudge Stripes cookies.
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Cookie Jarvis
The first Cookie Crisp mascot, Cookie Jarvis, was introduced in 1977. A wizard in the Merlin mold, he magically turns cookie jars into cereal bowls with a wave of his wand and rhyming incantations. He was voiced by Lennie Weinrib.
Cookie Crook and Cookie Cop
In 1980, Cookie Jarvis was joined by Cookie Crook, a robber who attempts to steal the Cookie Crisp; in 1984 he was followed by his opponent, The Cookie Cop, a police officer with an Irish accent who thwarts the Cookie Crook's attempts to steal the Cookie Crisp.
Chip the Dog
In 1990, the Cookie Crook was given a sidekick named Chip the Dog. From 1990 to 1996, while serving alongside the Cookie Crook in his schemes to steal Cookie Crisp, Chip would serve as a partial foil to the Cookie Crook, often by howling "Cooookie Crisp!", exposing them to Cookie Cop and, in some commercials, often saying "Doggone it" after his and the Cookie Crook's plans are foiled.
In 2005, Chip was redesigned into a wolf which possessed the same thieving characteristics as Cookie Crook. His commercials have Chip attempting to steal Cookie Crisp cereal from children only to be foiled every time. He has been voiced by Marc Silk and Robb Pruitt.