Easy Bake Oven

Easy-Bake Oven was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2006


This photo shows the most recent version of the 1960’s toy.  My grandson got one for his birthday and we have been sampling his creations. 

 What a bright idea it was to power a real baking oven with an ordinary, household light bulb. Ten minutes in the oven and you have a tasty confection.  In the early 1960s, pretzel  vendors on New York City streets inspired toy makers at Kenner, Inc. to make the Easy-Bake Oven. Anticipating parents’ concerns about safety, Kenner substituted two 100-watt light bulbs for a heating element to minimize the possibility of burnt fingers.

 Accompanied by special cake and cookie mixes, a recipe book, utensils, and slide-thru bake pans, the oven debuted in fashionable turquoise and pale yellow.  I think when I had mine it was an avocado green color. 

More than 23 million have been sold.