 While this spice mixture was mentioned in "The New Zealand Journal of Agriculture" in 1955, it would primarily appear in U.S.-publications, like the "Illinois Rural Electric News" in 1959, "American Home" in 1964, and the American Sugar Crystal Company's "Crystal-ized Facts" in 1967.In the 1970s and 1980s, the spice mixture was integrated into many cookbooks, and other publications, becoming a common topping for dessert dishes.By the early 1990s, cinnamon sugar was part of books about early childhood education and in a cookbook of the fraternity Beta Sigma Phi.