Vintage advertisements are all the rage & and so are their icon counterparts! Now you can find all your favorite characters, brands and logos from the past as well as the present in cookie jar designs. Advertising cookie jars are as great for cookie jar enthusiasts as they are for vintage ad enthusiasts. These are hot collectibles!
Coca-Cola has been manufacturing cookie jars for quite some time and boasts a nice selection available ranging from designs of their Coke cans to soda fountains and jukeboxes, all with their world-famous Coca-Cola logo. Other companies like Campbell's and Nabisco keep producing jar after jar, while others remain exclusive. Some collectors have been known to go to extreme measures to get their hands on some of these rare designs!
Folks flavor up their collections with these whimsical replicas. Some collectors will only buy one brand's advertising cookie jars, some may purchase within a product category, such as beverages, some will look to just expand their logo collectibles, and others will just want to add to their cookie jar collection, period. A cookie jar is a cookie jar, right` Not to collectors it isn't. And not all cookie jars are created equal & especially when they're manufactured in different materials such as glass, ceramic, porcelain and plastic.
Brands such as Pillsbury, Keebler and Quaker Oats, just to name a few, have all hopped on the bandwagon of making logo cookie jars. Even McCoy's keeps producing Barnum's Animals with its fun circus theme, perfect for animal crackers, er, cookies. You can find cookie jars in Cracker Jack, Pepsi and McDonald's themes. There are Aunt Jemima Syrup, Wade's Tetley Tea Brew Gaffer and M&M's jars. And you can find Hamm's Bears, Keebler's Elves and Kellogg's Tony the Tiger.
Outside of the food and beverage realm, you can find logo cookie jars for companies such as American Radio Flyer, Harley Davidson and even Milk Bone & which would be perfect for your dog's favorite treats. Even the entertainment industry has some cookie jars on the marketplace, with NBC's peacock logo and one for Nick at Nite.
So, are advertising cookie jars right for you? They very well could be. But do your research before you purchase. Determine what kind suits you best. Select your ideal material from those available such as ceramic, glass, porcelain and plastic. And be prepared to make a wise decision.