Packaging

## 1908-1936 Packaging

The first official package made by Sunshine Biscuits, and their first model of Hydrox on it. This cookies design has a box like shape that’s yellow, with a bowl of Hydrox on it, along with their famous “Sunshine Hydrox” name on it too.

#### Additional 1908-1936 Packaging

The packaging had a transparent window in the front, but a box in the back

## 1936-1960s Packaging

The original design consisted of a top that said “Sunshine Hydrox Cookies”, and had a lower packaging with a max of 48 Hydrox Cookies, it had packaging very similar to that of the one now, but transparent. This design only lasted until an estimated time to about the early 70s. In the package would include two known versions of the Hydrox cookie. That being the famous design with “Hydrox” splashed on it, and another being a cookie with “Sunshine” splashed on it.

#### Additional 1936-1960s Packaging

Along with the transparent version with the cookies, comes another version that’s boxed up, most likely to keep them from going stale

## 1960s-1970s Packaging

This packaging consists of the previous on and the next one mixed together. Along with other Sunshine Biscuits products, this product was different and kept its iconic transparent package design. This packaging lasted until 1969 before being changed.

## 1970s-1980s Packaging

The second design consisted of a packaged style that of the styling right now, but transparent, its logo was in the center of the packaging. This cookies packaging design only lasted until 1999, when Hydrox was discontinued. It would hold a max of 48 cookies. It is unknown if the Sunshine model was included.

## 1980s-ish-1990s Packaging

This design consists of a Hydrox’s first non-transparent package. It had a window in which you could see the cookie’s interior and was the first design with the window. It had an estimated amount of 40-75 Hydrox Cookies

## 1990s-1999 Packaging

This design shows a window at the top with the cookies in the container. It has a Hydrox Cookie split showing the creme on the bottom of the cookie, and it has its famous “Sunshine” logo at the top. It shows a classy design of the Hydrox logo. It has the “y” in the sentence wapring into the “d”, the “r” going over the “o”, the “h” behind the “y”. This was the last package design made by Sunshine Biscuits before it’s closure in 1999.

## 1999-2003 Packaging (Extra)

As Sunshine Biscuits closed their doors in 1999, Keebler held their business and created “Droxies” to be known as the ‘new creator’ of Hydrox. This didn’t last very long, and in 2003 got discontinued. It consisted of a newer design with a “Droxies” logo being put on it. Its design is instead of being transparent, a bluer color, and had a window that you could view the cookies with. It had a “milk waterfall” with the main mascot the “Keebler Elf” going down the “milk waterfall”

#### Hydrox Droxies

If you include Hydrox Droxies, which was the main package design for 2 years after Kellogg’s production process, lasted from 2001-2003.

## 2008-2009 Packaging

As Kellogg’s grabbed ahold of Hydrox and its buisness, it remade Hydrox as it was, and put a newer design like Oreos, with the cookies visible on the outside. As well as putting a “100th Anniversary” tag on it signifying that they were celebrating its 100th birthday. On the back, it explained the rough history of Hydrox’s past, stating: “In 1908, Sunshine bakers intoduced America to its first crème filled chocolate cookie. People fell in love with its subtle sweet taste and rich chocolate flavoring that went so well with milk.” Along with the back packaging had an old contest you could enter. It had 33 Hydrox Cookies in it.

## 2014-present

As Kellogg’s left Hydrox in the dust, Leaf Brands revived it after its 6 year absence, and brought a new design to the counter, with the previous design from before but a bit different. This time, it had no transparent window to see the cookies, (due to copyright reasons with Oreo) and splashed the Hydrox logo on it. On the back was its history, explaining how the popular cookie made its awesome ride throughout time. The design of it includes all the healthy certifications they got over the years. It has an amount of 27 Hydrox Cookies in the 13oz package.