Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Rice Krispies Treats Are Making A Huge Stride Toward Inclusivity ❤️

Rice Krispies Treats Are Making A Huge Stride Toward Inclusivity ❤️
Kellogg's, @santanadarko/Twitter

Kellogg moves to make the hand written notes feature on its Rice Krispies Treat usable for visually impaired children and their families.


In 2017, Rice Krispies Treats unveiled a new packaging design which featured a space to write notes of encouragement for parents to place in their kids' lunches. It was a lovely idea, but it kept visually impaired children from being able to receive––and enjoy––the same messages. Now the company has joined up with the National Federation of the Blind to announce two new solutions.

First up, "Love Note" stickers in braille with eight positive messages. The second, is an audio box that holds a Rice Krispies Treat and plays a message when opened. Parents can re-record up to 1000 different 10-second messages, plenty to cover many school years.

Emily Minardi, the associate marketing director of Rice Krispies Treats, says of the new "Love Notes":

Rice Krispies Treats realized not every child is able to experience the written notes of encouragement on the writable wrappers. So we wanted to make these 'Love Notes' more accessible this back-to-school season.

The best part? The stickers and audio box can be ordered through the Kellogg's website for free while supplies last.




Consumers are applauding Kellogg's decision:












We agree. It is pretty awesome!

H/T: Huffington Post, USA Today

More from Trending

Harrison Ford; Joshua Horowitz
@mtv/Instagram; @joshuahorowitz/Instagram

Harrison Ford Has Hilarious Reaction After Being Told He Was On Shortlist To Play Batman

It's no secret that Harrison Ford has had a truly robust career. From Star Wars to Indiana Jones, he's contributed to almost every major fandom.

He also recently became a part of the Marvel Universe by appearing in Captain America: Brave New Worldas Thaddeus Ross after the death of the character's previous performer, William Hurt.

Keep ReadingShow less
Adriano Espaillat
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

GOP Account Slammed For Racist Attack On Dem Rep's Spanish Response To Trump Speech

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) was called out for blatant racism after referring Democratic Representative Adriano Espaillat of New York as an "illegal immigrant" shortly after he delivered a Spanish-language response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to Congress.

Espaillat, a Dominican-American, has been transparent about his family’s experience overstaying their visas when he was a child, before eventually obtaining green cards and his own path to citizenship. Now a U.S. citizen for decades and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Espaillat has proudly described himself as a “former undocumented immigrant turned progressive Congressman.”

Keep ReadingShow less
Amanda Seyfried; Jimmy Fallon
@fallontonight/YouTube

Amanda Seyfried Leaves Jimmy Fallon In Awe With Stunning Rendition Of Joni Mitchell Song

Some of us took up bread making, or gardening, or existential dread during the early COVID pandemic.

Actor Amanda Seyfried apparently picked up...the dulcimer?

Keep ReadingShow less
Sick person in bathroom holding their stomach
Nuttawan Jayawan/Getty Images

Dysentery Is Now On The Rise In Oregon—And Everyone Is Making The Same Retro Joke

One fun thing happening in America right now is how everything old is new again—you know, like virulent racism and diseases once thought to be eradicated on these shores.

But now they're back, baby! Including, of all things dysentery. The state of Oregon is having a bit of a problem with the gastrointestinal illness.

Keep ReadingShow less
Mark Zuckerberg
Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images

Newspaper Dragged Over Headline Claiming Mark Zuckerberg Is Now A 'Gay Icon'

The LGBTQ+ community railed against British paper The Evening Standard for suggesting Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was a "gay icon" after he surprised his wife at her 40th birthday party by replicating Benson Boone's Grammy performance.

Boone, a supporter of LGBTQ+ people, is not gay and has been with his girlfriend, Maggie Thurmon, for about a year.

Keep ReadingShow less