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|name=Pixie Puffs
 
|name=Pixie Puffs
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|sold=[[Honeydukes]]
 
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{{Quote|They're gobling great!|Promotional sentence on the box.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)}}
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{{Quote|They're gobling great!|Promotional sentence on the box.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1}}
   
'''Pixie Puffs''' was a wizarding breakfast cereal made by [[Honeydukes]]. It came packaged in a blue box featuring yellow cartoon [[pixie]]s with spoons running around the edge of a bowl.
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'''Pixie Puffs''' was a wizarding breakfast cereal coated with [[Pixie Dust]]<ref name="LeakyCon2013">"''[[MinaLima|Making the Magic Real]]''" presentation by [[Miraphora Mina]] and [[Eduardo Lima]], at LeakyCon 2013 (29 June, 2013) {{see image|File:PixiePuffsReference.png}}</ref> made by [[Honeydukes]]. It came packaged in a blue box featuring yellow cartoon [[pixie]]s with spoons running around the edge of a bowl.
   
This cereal once ran a contest that involved finding a gold pixie in the box. There were a thousand prizes to be won.<ref>See [[:File:PixiePuffs2.jpg|this image]].</ref>
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This cereal once ran a contest that involved finding a gold pixie in the box. There were a thousand prizes to be won.<ref>{{See image|File:PixiePuffs2.jpg}}</ref>
   
 
It was served for breakfast in the [[Great Hall]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
 
It was served for breakfast in the [[Great Hall]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]].
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*Pixie Puffs seems to be a reference to ''[[Wikipedia:Sugar Puffs|Sugar Puffs]]''. Furthermore, the box of Pixie Puffs has a colour scheme similar to that of a ''Sugar Puffs'' box.
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*Pixie Puffs seems to be a reference to ''{{w|Sugar Puffs}}''. Furthermore, the box of Pixie Puffs has a colour scheme similar to that of a ''Sugar Puffs'' box.
*It is possible that the Pixie Puffs' tagline, ''They're Gobling Great!'' is a reference to the [[Wikipedia:Frosted Flakes|Frosties]]' tagline, ''They're Great!''
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*It is possible that the Pixie Puffs' tagline, ''They're Gobling Great!'' is a reference to the {{w|Frosted Flakes|Frosties}}' tagline, ''They're Great!''
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{GOF|F}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
 
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*{{OOTP|F}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]'' <ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/dhmoviepics/26951.html#cutid1 BBC Radio 1's tour of Leavesden Studios]</ref>
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*{{DH|F1}}<ref>[http://community.livejournal.com/dhmoviepics/26951.html#cutid1 BBC Radio 1's tour of Leavesden Studios]</ref>
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*{{LEGO|Y1}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
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*{{LEGO|Y2}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]''
 
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*{{HPFW}}
*''[[Harry Potter Film Wizardry]]''
 
 
*''[[The Art of Harry Potter Mini Book of Graphic Design]]''
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[Category:Breakfast cereals]]
 
[[Category:Breakfast cereals]]

Latest revision as of 02:19, 21 January 2024

"They're gobling great!"
— Promotional sentence on the box.[src]

Pixie Puffs was a wizarding breakfast cereal coated with Pixie Dust[1] made by Honeydukes. It came packaged in a blue box featuring yellow cartoon pixies with spoons running around the edge of a bowl.

This cereal once ran a contest that involved finding a gold pixie in the box. There were a thousand prizes to be won.[2]

It was served for breakfast in the Great Hall at Hogwarts.

Behind the scenes

  • Pixie Puffs seems to be a reference to Sugar Puffs. Furthermore, the box of Pixie Puffs has a colour scheme similar to that of a Sugar Puffs box.
  • It is possible that the Pixie Puffs' tagline, They're Gobling Great! is a reference to the Frosties' tagline, They're Great!

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. "Making the Magic Real" presentation by Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima, at LeakyCon 2013 (29 June, 2013) (see this image)
  2. (see this image)
  3. BBC Radio 1's tour of Leavesden Studios