Pirates of the Caribbean food tie-ins

Pirates of the Caribbean food tie-ins refer to food products featuring Pirates of the Caribbean and deals made with restaurants.

=Ferrara Pan Candy Company=

Ferrara Pan Candy Company struck a deal with Disney to create Pirates of the Caribbean Chocolate Cannonballs. They are chocolate-covered candy balls with a cookie center. Their packaging suggest this was a promotion for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

=Kelloggs=

Fruit Snacks
At some point, Kelloggs produced Pirates of the Caribbean fruit snacks. The shapes included an Aztec coin, a skull and crossbones, a ship's wheel, a map, the Dead Man's Chest, and the key to the Dead Man's Chest. It's unknown when they were made, but the presence of the Dead Man's Chest suggests it was around the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Pirates of the Caribbean Cereal
To promote the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Kelloggs produced Pirates of the Caribbean cereal. The cereal was more or less Cocoa Puffs with marshmallow pieces. The regular pieces were Black Pearls. The marshmallows were ship's wheels, swords, hats, and treasure chests.

Skull Projection Alarm Clock
As a promotion for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Kelloggs offered a alarm clock in the shape of a skull. The clock projected the time onto the wall. To get the clock, five pirate tokens or one token and $4.99 had to be sent to Kelloggs. The offer ends on June 30, 2008.

Products with the Pirate tokens included Pop-Tarts, Famous Amos cookies, Keebler cookies, Corn Flakes, Raisin Bran, Cocoa Krispies, Mini-Wheats, and Toasted Honey Crunch.

=Masterfoods USA=

Masterfoods USA was part of a promotional deal for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. They agreed to make changes to M&Ms, Skittles, and Starburst.

M&Ms
The traditional "M"s were replaced with skulls, cannons, ships, hooks, telescopes, and sword and shields. The packaging of the candy featured M&Ms dressed as pirates and all packaging except for M&M Minis featured Jack Sparrow. M&M ice cream also featured Jack Sparrow.

The white chocolate M&Ms were called Pirate Pearls and featured white, cream, light yellow, and light blue M&Ms. Peanut M&Ms became Captain's Gold and were various shades of gold. Regular M&Ms were renamed Jack's Gems and came in blue, green, red, and purple. M&M Minis were Shipwreck Treasure Mix. They came in various blues and greens, but the green candy became gold after being in the mouth.

A television spot was part of the deal. Pintel appeared in it along with the M&M characters.

Skittles
Skittles featured Pirates of the Caribbean-themed packaging as well as introducing the Pineapple Passionfruit, Strawberry Starfruit, and Mango Tangelo flavors.

Starburst
Starburst featured Pirates of the Caribbean-themed packaging as well as introducing the Royal Berry Punch and Piña Colada flavors.

=McDonald's=

McDonald's made a deal promoting Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Happy Meals
McDonald's gave away Pirates of the Caribbean toys with their Happy Meals between July 7 and August 3, 2006. The toys included an inflatable sword, a pirate bandanna, a skull telescope, an aye ball[sic](basically a Magic 8 ball), a small replica of the Dead Man's Chest, an adventure journal, a plush Jack Sparrow doll, and a plush skeleton doll.

Sweepstakes
Along with Happy Meal toys, McDonald's also hosted the Search for the Golden Treasure Happy Meal Game. Twenty-five winners would get a free trip for four to Disney World or Disneyland.

McDonald's also hosted the "Are You Mac Enough?" sweepstakes. Prizes included Playstation Portables, GPS systems, portable DVD players, and 28 cars provided by Volvo. Prizes directly related to Pirates of the Caribbean included several iPods with Pirates of the Caribbean skins and arch cards decorated with art from the movies.

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