1940s
A jar shaped like it is keeping a secret
Vintage-Style Ceramic Cookie Jar
I bought cookie jars my whole life and never put a cookie in one. The jar is the object, the cookie is just the excuse. It is a...
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The Kitchen · 1912
A black circle that everyone already knows
Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies (Family Size)
It is a black disc with white in the middle and the same face on every one. You could stack a thousand and they would all agree. I think a cookie that never changes is a kind of famous.
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French's Classic Yellow Mustard (Squeeze Bottle)
It is the loudest yellow on the table and it never tries. Ketchup gets all the attention and the mustard just waits next to it being that color....
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1900
The brown bar in the brown and silver wrapper
Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars (Full Size, 36 Count)
It is the same bar it was before anyone was born and it comes in a box of thirty six identical ones. I like a candy that shows...
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