Lucky charms might be something to hold in your hand, wear around your neck, or maybe use as a house decoration. No matter how you display them, they are supposed to ward off bad luck and bring you good fortune. Some people swear by them, while others may think they're silly.

According to Lucky Charms' packaging, your favorite hearts, stars, and horseshoes are made up of sugar, modified cornstarch, corn syrup, dextrose, gelatin, and calcium carbonate.

Inspired by circus peanuts He developed the original prototype by experimenting with Cheerios cereal pieces and chopped-up pieces of his favorite candy – Circus Peanuts. Lucky the Leprechaun debuted on St. Patrick's Day in 1964 with full-color print ads in Sunday comics and comic books plus animated television ads.

Chocolatey whole grain breakfast cereal with Lucky's magical marshmallows. Cereal provides 20 g of whole grain per serving. Enjoy as a magically delicious breakfast food, fun kids snacks or an ingredient for marshmallow cereal bars. Box contains about 8 servings and is easy to store.

General Mills Inc., the Minneapolis-based company that makes Lucky Charms, Cheerios and other cereals, said it's aware of those reports and takes them seriously.

Charms can be made of metal, gemstones, ceramic, glass, beads, and other jewelry materials. In ancient times cultures charms were believed to ward off evil or to bring good fortune to the wearer. Today, many charms are selected and worn because of the sentimental value they bring to the jewelry wearers.

Different civilizations including the Babylonians, Assyrians, and Persians made and wore charms. The Babylonians are believed to be the first people to wear charms on a bracelet around 700 BC. Egyptians started using charms as early as 3000 BC.

Whole Grain Corn, Sugar, Corn Syrup, Contains 2% or Less of: Canola and/or Sunflower Oil, Yellow 5 & 6, Red 40, Blue 1 and Other Color Added, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Fructose, Gelatin, Trisodium Phosphate, Natural and Artificial Flavor, Vitamins and Minerals: ...

"[A] marshmallow is considered a candy. Sugar, water, corn syrup, gelatin and, well, air," Alison Mahoney, aka the Singing Baker, told TODAY.

General Mills Lucky Charms is a brand of breakfast cereal produced by General Mills since 1964. The cereal consists of multi-colored marshmallows and pieces of shaped pulverized oat, each resembling one of several objects or symbols associated with good luck. The packaging and marketing features a leprechaun mascot, Lucky.

1964 If you guessed Lucky Charms™ breakfast cereal, you are correct. This St. Patrick's Day, General Mills celebrates the 53rd birthday of the cereal, which debuted in 1964. Product developer John Holahan wanted to jazz up a Cheerios-type cereal with something reminiscent of Circus Peanuts, one of his guilty pleasures.

charm, a practice or expression believed to have magic power, similar to an incantation or a spell. Charms are among the earliest examples of written literature. Among the charms written in Old English are those against a dwarf and against the theft of cattle.

The Charms Candy Company moved its manufacturing plant from Bloomfield, NJ to Freehold, NJ in 1973. The company eventually purchased and built a manufacturing plant in Covington, Tennessee.