Movies have not only entertained us, but it also tantalizes our taste with delicious snacks through their characters. There’re many movies that show how delicious snacks by some characters scenes. It’s going to make you feel hungry while you’re watching, because you must have snacks while watching movie. So why do these snacks often become as iconic as the movies? Surely it won’t just be popcorn that we’re familiar with. Let’s check out how these snacks looks delicious and what significance does it to the stories?
The Internship – Lay’s Potato Chips
The most famous snacks are absolutely chips like Lay’s Potato Chips. It’s having the highest sales from all snacks. This is a snack that is easy to buy, cheap and everywhere. So, you can enjoy it for all activity like while you are traveling, working, or watching movies. There are many flavors adapt in food culture variety countries, such as Asia, Western, Southern, and others.
In the “The Internship” Lay’s potato chips make a notable appearance, during a scene where the characters Billy and Nick engage in a creative sales pitch to promote Google’s products. As part of this scenes, they use Lay’s potato chips to explain the concept of branding and consumer engagement, showcasing the snack’s packaging and universal appeal.
The Sandlot – S’mores
A classic campfire snack treats popular in the United States and Canada. “S’mores” is a contraction of the phrase “some more,” which is a perfectly delicious snack when you go camping with your friends. Imagine that on a cold night, you have a toasted warm marshmallow and a piece of chocolate between two graham crackersม you will love this moment!
The coming-of-age classic “The Sandlot,” the young characters shared love for baseball and summertime snacks calls “S’mores.” This scene where children gather around a campfire to make s’mores captures the nostalgia and innocence of childhood friendships. A gooey marshmallow with chocolate, and graham cracker reminder friendship with each other.
Zombieland – Hostess Twinkies
Hostess Twinkies are famous American snack that all families must have! It’s first shelves in 1930, with the recipe created by James Dewar and produced under the Hostess brand. This snack gained popularity and was even featured in movies. However, it’s unfortunate that the company closed down in 2012.
In the post-apocalyptic comedy as Zombieland, Tallahassee starts to find the last remaining box of Hostess Twinkies among zombie outbreak ─he loves this snack more than his life. His obsession with Twinkies serves funny moment and nonsense subplot. This highlight is joke like a nonsense ─but yeah, it’s comedy movie.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Reese’s Pieces
One of the most iconic snacks from movies “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Reese’s Pieces is a bite-sized candy coated in peanut butter. The movie’s partnership with Reese’s Pieces snack is not only helped boost sales for the candy, but also popular culture as the snack for alien. This showing the power of strategic branding within movie scenes.
Reese’s Pieces are a popular chocolate candy manufactured by the Hershey Company. This snack was first introduced in 1978 as a spin-off of the original Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. They are often enjoyed as a standalone snack, but are also used as a topping for ice cream, baked cookies and brownies, or mixed with popcorn for a sweet peanut smell.
The Princess Diaries – Genovian Crunch
Mia Thermopolis discovered her royal lineage and introduced to a snack called Genovian Crunch. This snack is a combination of potato chips and chocolate, serves as a symbol of Mia’s journey of herself and adaptation to her new royal identity.
This delicious dessert made with chocolate ice cream, whipped cream, and nuts. Even Genovian Crunch is a creation of the movie’s writers and isn’t an actual dessert in real life, but it has become a beloved dessert menu by film’s fan, and some have recreated this menu based on the description in the movie!
Forrest Gump – M&M’s
No one knows the chocolate dessert snack “M&M’s”, one of the most popular candy-coated chocolates. M&M’s were founded in 1941 and named from founders “Mars & Murrie’s” (Forrest Mars Sr. and Bruce Murrie) In the original, they were available in only brown, then many colors in years later. Many people often add some M&M’s in bakery and dessert toppings like cookies, brownies, cakes, ice-cream, and others for more colorful and flavorful DIY snacks.
M&M’s found in a memorable scene where the character Forrest shares a bag of chocolates with his friend Lieutenant Dan while they talk about life story. The inclusion of M&M’s adds a touch of sweetness and nostalgia to the scene, the friendship between the two characters which linked by a snack.
Wayne’s World 2 – Doritos
“Doritos” is a brand of flavored tortilla chips, a famous American tortilla chip since 1964, produced by Frito-Lay of PepsiCo. It’s a crispy corn with a triangular shape, and crunchy texture with variety of flavors like Nacho Cheese, Spicy, Sweet Chili, and more. Doritos are a popular snack for parties, and some takes to create food menus by dipping with sauce or cheddar cheese.
In the movie, a sequel to “Wayne’s World,” the characters Wayne and Garth have enjoyed once again with favorite snack calls Doritos. These scenes where the characters enjoy Doritos chips, while they banter and antics together, friendly with the beloved comedy franchise that show how they are positive person.
Bringing Snack into the movie brand awareness within movie scenes offers into the world of product placement and strategic marketing to influence consumer behavior and drive brand recognition. Snack in movie scenes also between friendship, relationship, also an idea that more creative. So, snacks are not just snacks, but it has meaning and more good things. For next time when you watch a movie, don’t forget to have some snacks you love!