Your birth year
2006
Bugles
19661960s
Bugles is 40 years older than you
It's from 1966, before you were born.
- Maker
- General Mills / Tom's
- Type
- Cone-shaped corn snack
- Debuted
- 1966
- Note
- wear them on your fingertips
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About
As of 2026, it's 60 years old.
Bugles are corn snacks shaped like tiny horns, and at least half of their cultural value is putting one on the end of each finger and pretending to be a witch before eating your own claws. The snacking is secondary; the cosplay is the point.
Around since 1966, they deliver a buttery, salty crunch in a shape that no other chip dared, mostly because no other chip understood children as well.
Salty, crisp, and weirdly architectural, Bugles are the rare snack with a built-in activity.
Bugles through the years
1966
1966
Introduced
Crunchy cone-shaped corn snacks.
1970
1970
Worn on fingertips
Kids slip the cones onto their fingers like claws before eating.
You were born — 2006
