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Cracker Jack prizes are now a thing of the past

They will be replaced with QR codes for mobile games

An image of what these new "prizes" look like. 
An image of what these new "prizes" look like. 
Pepsi/Frito-Lay

I am honestly appalled:

Cracker Jack has been putting toy prizes in its boxes of caramel coated goodness for 125 years.

But not anymore.

Frito-Lay, the purveyor of said goodness, is going to replace the toy with stickers containing digital codes that’ll get customers into baseball inspired games they can play on their phones.

I get progress and everything, and I love my phone, but this is a step too far.

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