Most people have heard of Cracker JackĀ®. Itās sort of like caramel corn, it comes in a box with a prize, and it was immortalized in āTake me out to the Ballgameā. But why does it have that name? The food is vaguely cracker-like, sharing more similarities with crackers than Grape NutsĀ® shares with either grapes or nuts. Apparently, crackerjack was a late 19th century slang expression …
