One thing I remember from my days as a kid is Cracker Jack. Really not so much the Cracker Jack as the prizes that were included in the boxes. I had a large collection of those prizes at one time but somewhere along the lines of time they got lost. The picture above shows one of the kind of prizes that were typical in Cracker Jack. You could write a story using the figurines and charms as an outline. I loved my necklace that I made using the charms.
My mother used to make popcorn balls which were actually cracker jack. She made
the popcorn and made a caramel coating and poured it over the popcorn and then made it into balls. It was delicious to eat but it just wasn't the same without the prizes!
I have a recipe for caramel corn that I occasionally make but it, also, isn't the same without the prizes. I very often see little things that remind me of the prizes in Cracker Jack. Then is when I start remembering all of the tiny little jewels that I used to have in my possession but are now long gone!
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