On February 19, 1913, Cracker Jack began including a prize in each box

[IcyPeas]

That was a clever bit if marketing. I loved this stuff when I was a kid.

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[Inkey]

1. I remember my favorite ...

Back in the 60's I got a whizzer whistle ring.

[gopiscrap]

2. my favorite was the small magnifying glass

you could actually start a fire with it and dry leaves

[KS Toronado]

3. Yep, been there done that also

[gopiscrap]

4. yeah I got into trouble tho

my mon took her hairbrush to my butt for lighting fires with it

[KS Toronado]

5. LOL, had the opposite

Dad instructed my brothers & I how to "focus" the beam for maximum effect, then he had a fire safety class.

[debm55]

6. I got the tattoos in my box.

[Nittersing]

7. That was my favorite

But I don't remember what the tattoo was!

[Xavier Breath]

8. I was a kid in the '70s

so I didn't get all of the neat prizes that came in the decades before, but our prizes were still decent. I liked the little games that involved moving a bb around a maze, or that were a little pinball game. And now I just want some Cracker Jacks.

[Different Drummer]

9. Loved those old Cracker Jack commercials with Jack Gilford.

[LudwigPastorius]

10. This one was my brother's and my favorite.

[IcyPeas]

11. Ohmigosh I remember that jingle. /nt