The Yogi Puffs referred to the Indian Mystics, who knew things, and were wise. The word also applied to a baseball player and hence a cartoon bear. Somehow everyone kept all this straight and there was no confusion. Serving this to guests with this odd nomenclature would confuse people, no? What do you mean, a baffle bowl? Why the hell should a bowl be baffling?

The red circles in their cheeks were another cliche of the genre. I suppose they were meant to indicate Ruddyness, or perhaps tuberculosis.