I was wondering how much Barnum’s Animals — “animal crackers” — cost these days. My brother and I used to get them as treats when shopping with our mom. Their box had a shoelace-like strap for easy carrying. Nowadays there’s a cardboard handle. And the animals have long since been freed from their cages.
I couldn’t check while sleeping, but once awake, I did. My friendly neighborhood multinational retailer sells the individual 2.13 oz. boxes for $3.79. That makes them $28.48 a pound.
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Saturday, April 11, 2026
The cost of crackers
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That makes them older than Lorna Doones!
I remember a Peanuts cartoon. Linus, as best I recall, is seated on the floor munching away. Snoopy is looking at the audience in shock: "He's eating animal crackers... and smiling!"
I had to look for it: it’s from May 1955.
I wonder what Snoopy thinks is in his dog food. :)
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