Bagel Bites are a frozen

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History

Bagel Bites were invented by Bob Mosher and Stanley Garkzynski, both of Fort Myers,

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, who then sold the company to major food producer John Labatt Co. Later a large portion of Labatt Co. was purchased by

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in 1991 in a $500 million deal. Bagel Bites is currently still owned by Heinz via the

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brand.

Varieties

The mini-bagels are topped with

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and other

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toppings. Bagel Bites are available in six flavors: Cheese & Pepperoni; Three Cheese; Cheese, Sausage & Pepperoni; Mozzarella Cheese; Supreme; Cheesy Garlic Bread; and Extreme Nacho. Bagel Bites come in 9, 18, 24, 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, Bacon Egg & Cheese, Bacon Sausage & Cheese and Sausage Egg & Cheese. Preparation of Bagel Bites involves either a

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or an

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Popular culture

In the 1990s, Bagel Bites ran a

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, most popular during children's programming, featuring the jingle: The lyrics were altered from

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' 1957 single " Sugartime", written by Charlie "Sugartime" Phillips. In 2002, an ad was aired featuring pro skateboarder

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. The jingle was performed on a web exclusive video for ''

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'', in which he and

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do a rock operatic style extended remake of the jingle (with additional lyrics), titled "Ode to Bagel Bites".

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