<P> The Easy - Bake Oven is a working toy oven which Kenner introduced in 1963 , and which Hasbro still manufactured as of late April 2016 . The original toy used an ordinary incandescent light bulb as a heat source ; current versions use a true heating element . Kenner sold 500,000 Easy - Bake Ovens in the first year of production . By 1997 , more than 16 million Easy - Bake Ovens ( in 11 models ) had been sold . </P>
<P> The Easy - Bake Oven is a working toy oven which Kenner introduced in 1963 , and which Hasbro still manufactured as of late April 2016 . The original toy used an ordinary incandescent light bulb as a heat source ; current versions use a true heating element . Kenner sold 500,000 Easy - Bake Ovens in the first year of production . By 1997 , more than 16 million Easy - Bake Ovens ( in 11 models ) had been sold . </P>
when did the first easy bake oven come out
when did the first easy bake oven come out
1963
1963