Hasenpfeffer gained in popularity due to references in the Looney Tunes cartoons of Bugs Bunny, who was frequently threatened with being turned to hasenpfeffer, such as in the 1962 short, Shishkabugs.
Right away, a pair of clumsy guards rush in, arrest Sam, and lead him to the dungeon to await execution (he really isn't executed at all as there is the next cartoon Dumb Patrol).