Cookie Puss

For song based on this ice cream cake, see Cooky Puss.
Carvel's Cookie Puss cake

Cookie Puss is an ice cream cake character created by Carvel in the 1970s as an expansion of its line of freshly made exclusive products, along with Hug Me the Bear and Fudgie the Whale. The cake is fashioned with a space alien that uses cookies for eyes and an ice cream cone for the nose.[1] According to Carvel's backstory for the character, Cookie Puss is a space alien who was born on planet Birthday.[2] His original name was "Celestial Person," but the initials "C.P." later came to stand for "Cookie Puss."[2] In his television commercials, Cookie Puss has the ability to fly, though he requires a saucer-shaped spacecraft for interplanetary travel. During the 1980s, Cookie Puss was repurposed to serve as a cake for St Patrick's Day, dubbed "Cookie O'Puss", which continues to be sold annually.[3]

  1. ^ Jain, S.C. (2001). Marketing Planning & Strategy: Casebook. South-Western College Pub. pp. 288–289. ISBN 978-0-324-06262-5. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Carlson, Jen (June 25, 2014). "The Strange History Of Carvel's Cookie Puss". Gothamist. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Nelson, Dustin (January 15, 2019). "All the Weird Green Food You Can Find on St. Patrick's Day". Thrillist. Retrieved January 15, 2019.