Furikake is a dry Japanese condiment meant to be sprinkled on top of rice. It typically consists of a mixture of dried and ground fish, sesame seeds, chopped seaweed, sugar, salt, and monosodium glutamate. A set of Sesame Street furikake packets was produced.
The set included (with illustrations of the characters on each packet):
- Lunchbox (Arthur)
- Picnic (Big Bird, Elmo and Cookie Monster)
- Sugar (Ernie)
- Sesame (Grover)
- Japanese Omelette (Elmo)
- Lunch (Cookie Monster)
- ? (Teena)
- Wheat (Oscar the Grouch)
- Rice Bowl (Big Bird)