Bagel Bites
{{Short description|Brand of frozen pizza snacks}}
{{Infobox brand
| name = Bagel Bites
| logo =Bagelbites logo.png
| logo_size =200
| image = Bagel bites pepperoni.JPG
| image_size = 200
| caption = Pepperoni Bagel Bites
| type = Pizza bagel
| currentowner = Kraft Heinz
| origin = U.S.
| introduced =
| discontinued =
| related =
| markets = Worldwide
| previousowners = Heinz
| trademarkregistrations =
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| website = {{url|https://www.bagelbites.com/|bagelbites.com}}
}}
{{Pizza}}
Bagel Bites are a brand of frozen pizza bagel snacks produced by Kraft Heinz.
History
Bagel Bites were invented by Bob Mosher and Stanley Garkzynski, both of Fort Myers, Florida, who then sold the company to major food producer John Labatt Co. Later a large portion of Labatt Co. was purchased by Heinz in 1991 in a $500 million deal.{{cite web |url=https://fortmyers.floridaweekly.com/articles/creative-energy-unleashed/ |title=Creative energy unleashed: Southwest Florida inventors who shaped the world |access-date=2010-03-17 |last=Williams |first=Evan |work=Florida Weekly|date=25 February 2009 }} Bagel Bites is currently still owned by Heinz via the Ore-Ida brand.{{Cn|date=February 2025}}
Varieties
The mini-bagels are topped with cheese and other pizza toppings. Bagel Bites are available in six flavors: Cheese & Pepperoni;{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagelbites.com/cheesepep.aspx|title=Cheese Pepperoni|website=www.bagelbites.com|access-date=January 25, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125071241/https://www.bagelbites.com/cheesepep.aspx|url-status=dead}} Three Cheese; Cheese, Sausage & Pepperoni; Mozzarella Cheese; Supreme; Cheesy Garlic Bread; and Extreme Nacho. Bagel Bites come in 9, 18, 24, 36, 40, and 72 count varieties. Bagel Bites are manufactured in Southwest Florida.
Bagel Bites also makes Breakfast Bagel Bites, which consists of breakfast toppings on the mini-bagel. These are available in Bacon & Cheese,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Cheese|title=Breakfast. Bacon Cheese|website=www.bagelbites.com|access-date=January 25, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125071236/https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Cheese|url-status=dead}} Bacon Egg & Cheese,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Egg-Cheese|title=Breakfast. Bacon Egg & Cheese|website=www.bagelbites.com|access-date=January 25, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125071236/https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Egg-Cheese|url-status=dead}} Bacon Sausage & Cheese{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Sausage-Cheese|title=Breakfast. Bacon Sausage & Cheese|website=www.bagelbites.com|access-date=January 25, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125071236/https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Bacon-Sausage-Cheese|url-status=dead}} and Sausage Egg & Cheese.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Sausage-Egg-Cheese|title=Sausage Egg & Cheese|website=www.bagelbites.com|access-date=January 25, 2023|archive-date=January 25, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125071243/https://www.bagelbites.com/en/Products/Breakfast+Bagel+Bites/Sausage-Egg-Cheese|url-status=dead}} Preparation of Bagel Bites involves either a microwave or an oven.
Popular culture
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In the 1990s, Bagel Bites ran a television commercial, most popular during children's programming, featuring the jingle:
{{blockquote|
Pizza in the evenin',
Pizza at suppertime!
When pizza's on a bagel,
You can eat pizza anytime!|Bagel Bites' 1990s commercial}}
The lyrics were altered from The McGuire Sisters' 1957 single "Sugartime", written by Charlie "Sugartime" Phillips.
In 2002, an ad was aired featuring pro skateboarder Tony Hawk.
The jingle was performed on a web exclusive video for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, in which he and Meat Loaf do a rock operatic style extended remake of the jingle (with additional lyrics), titled "Ode to Bagel Bites".{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/27/fallon-meat-loaf-bagel-bites_n_854374.html |title=Fallon, Meat Loaf Sing An Ode To Bagel Bites (VIDEO) |access-date=2011-06-27 | work=Huffington Post |first=Carol |last=Hartsell |date=2011-04-27}}
In the television show Superstore (TV series) episode "Cloud 9.0," several character sing the jingle while holding a candlelight vigil.
In the television show Brooklyn Nine-Nine episode "Halloween IV," NYPD detective Amy Santiago criticizes fellow detective Jake Peralta for eating pizza for breakfast, to which Jake replies "When pizza's on a bagel, you can have pizza anytime!"
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.bagelbites.com Bagel Bites]
{{Heinz}}