so I've been looking for some of the foods I used to eat as a kid (1980s and 1990s) and it looks like in these shameful modern times they no longer exist, but was wondering if anyone remembers these and knows of acceptable substitutes:

Freezer Queen boil in bag turkey/chipped beef - I hear Stouffer's makes a microwavable chipped beef but I've never seen it anywhere

Lipton Cup A Soup with the thin noodles - everywhere I look has thick noodles

Ecto Cooler - apparently this was under a different name for a while but hasn't been made for a few years

Keebler Pizzarias - they claim these are under the TGI Fridays brand now but I wonder if its the same taste

Keebler Tato Skins - same as Pizzarias, sold to TGI Fridays?

Planter's Cheez Balls - are the Utz ones any good?

2/4/2015 10:47:56 AM

breastmilk

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2/4/2015 10:49:26 AM

the clear wyler's watermelon drink mix

2/4/2015 10:51:14 AM

basically every good flavor of kool-aid

-purplesaurus rex
-sharkleberry fin
-great bluedini
-rock-a-dile red
-incrediberry
-slammin' strawberry kiwi

This gum they sold at the crappy gas station that made your mouth foam like you were rabid. I have no idea what it was called, but it was awesome when you were 10.

Bubbilicous Mondo gum. It was basically one piece of bubblegum the size of a candy bar. so glorious.

Josta.

Surge.

2/4/2015 11:21:29 AM

Dunkaroos
3D Cool Ranch Doritos
Nabisco (I think) Brown Edge Wafers

If any of these came back, I would buy a lifetime's supply.

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 11:30 AM. Reason : ]

2/4/2015 11:30:06 AM

Sam's Club sells Dunkaroos

I really wish they still sold the Mickey Mouse ice cream bars...the ones where Mickey's ears are chocolate....They only sell them at Disney World/Disney Land now.



[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 11:34 AM. Reason : c]

2/4/2015 11:31:46 AM

Really? I've never been able to find them!!

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 11:34 AM. Reason : I have my amazon set to alert me if they ever come back in stock.]

2/4/2015 11:33:07 AM

At least they had them last year when I saw them and bought a box.

Not as good as I remember as a kid...Probably cause as an adult, you think about things like cholesterol, sugar and calories

2/4/2015 11:35:46 AM

What happened to the original Chillie Willie popsicles? I'm not talking about that penguin or whatever else ripoff. The ones with the boy's face on the package. I can't even find a picture on the internet. Did they even exist? Is this a dream? Help!

2/4/2015 1:57:30 PM

2/4/2015 2:06:45 PM

vanillagoril said:

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"What happened to the original Chillie Willie popsicles? I'm not talking about that penguin or whatever else ripoff. The ones with the boy's face on the package. I can't even find a picture on the internet. Did they even exist? Is this a dream? Help!"

You're thinking of Chilly Willee. The brand is mostly just frozen slush drinks now, and the mascot is a blue seal in a toque, but they did used to make freeze pops (not popsicles). The old mascot was a white boy with black hair, a red sweater, and black shorts.

How about Hostess Pudding Pies?

2/4/2015 2:53:05 PM

I miss these too



I remember our freezer was always stocked with these Ore Ida Easy Fries where the each fry came in their own individual slot...inside a warming sleeve.

Kind of like these but not this brand and the fries weren't crinkle cut.

2/4/2015 3:08:22 PM

Mouth Muck, best candy ever.

2/4/2015 3:09:12 PM

Disappeared for 10 years and came back in 2008, and is losing steam again

Anyway, I would have to go to the UK to get it again

Awesome ice cream cake roll with golden sponge and strawberry jam. Best off the shelf prepared dessert ever.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2070088/Arctic-Roll-Major-supermarkets-abandon-traditional-Christmas-treat-demand-plummets.html

2/4/2015 3:37:26 PM

http://youtu.be/CPvH1vSYXCg?t=1m3s

2/4/2015 4:54:39 PM

2/4/2015 6:56:58 PM

Do they still sell Fun Dip and Pixy Stix?? I ate a ton of that crap as a kid...don't think I could eat it again.

I would destroy some Gushers right now though. And those mickey mouse ice cream pops posted earlier. That was my go-to at the pool.

2/4/2015 6:59:46 PM

2/4/2015 7:00:27 PM

^^ Fun Dip and Pop Rocks are still around.

2/4/2015 8:09:47 PM

They still make pop rocks, fun dip and pixy stix. Go to a gas station.

2/4/2015 8:59:31 PM

2/4/2015 9:22:43 PM

Oh Planters cheez balls

2/4/2015 9:45:32 PM

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 9:52 PM. Reason : f]

2/4/2015 9:51:34 PM

Just saw Pop Rocks at the Dollar Tree in Wake Forest. Pretty sure they'll have them at other Dollar Trees as well.

2/4/2015 10:12:40 PM

PBMax for the win

[Edited on February 4, 2015 at 10:42 PM. Reason : ]

2/4/2015 10:33:53 PM

What you know about that S'mores Grahams cereal? What you know about them C-3PO's?

2/5/2015 7:53:20 AM

Holy fuck...forgot about the PBMax. I enjoyed those.

You could make just about anything in the late 80s/early 90s...and kids would eat it.

Just throw in some combination of chocolate, peanut butter, caramel, "nougat", rice krispes, whatever...put a funky name on it and you're selling millions.

2/5/2015 8:12:44 AM

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"This gum they sold at the crappy gas station that made your mouth foam like you were rabid. I have no idea what it was called, but it was awesome when you were 10."

gross. you sound like you were quite a disgusting little 10 year old.

2/5/2015 8:30:50 AM

Quote :

"This gum they sold at the crappy gas station that made your mouth foam like you were rabid. I have no idea what it was called, but it was awesome when you were 10."

gross. you sound like you were quite a disgusting little 10 year old.

2/5/2015 8:30:50 AM

where my pop rocks and blow job girls at?

2/5/2015 9:46:50 AM

^^racist.

2/5/2015 9:48:49 AM

I remember liking this cereal, and the commercials were funny. they still make it but without the nut clusters (har har), so what's the point?

and in typical 90s fashion, a Seinfeld ad on the box

2/5/2015 10:09:26 AM

Clusters was also my favorite cereal growing up. You had to eat them really fast though, because their flakes got soggier faster than other other flaked-cereal.

Their most common cereal ancestor in present time would be Honey Bunches of Oats (I dig the Almond version, but its almost impossible to find these days).

[Edited on February 5, 2015 at 11:04 AM. Reason : .]

2/5/2015 10:45:09 AM

had a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats this morning. First bowl of cereal i've had in years.

2/5/2015 10:56:52 AM

I really miss these. Apparently, they're trying to restart production and you can pre-order cases of it but they won't actually ship to you until they get X number of cases ordered and actually begin production.

2/5/2015 11:08:37 AM

i swear there was a gummy candy that looked like the haribo sour cola candy, but was cola-cola licensed with multiple flavors, not sour, and softer. sometime in the late 80s/early 90s

fuck if i can find any evidence of it existing though

also some disney-branded lollipop tube things

2/5/2015 11:09:29 AM

Man...this thread is great. PB Crisps are some of the best snacks every made. The peanut butter in them was delicious...and the Crips/PB ratio was perfect.

2/5/2015 11:10:29 AM

"Disney tube things" just reminded me of these



I used to get those and the Mickey Mouse Bar all the time at grade school lunch; they were 40 cents from the school cafeteria. oh memories...

2/5/2015 11:13:25 AM

my grandmother always had 20 Donald Ducks in her freezer because none of us liked grape. I miss immediately biting the ears off of Minnie and Mickey

2/5/2015 11:21:48 AM

Fuck yeah, use to love some Cheese Tid-Bits. Always preferred them to Cheeze-Its.

Stuff I haven't seen in ages that might still be around:
Kudos bars.
WWF Superstars of Wrestling Ice Cream Bars
Squeeze-It
Gelooze - Jello in a squeeze-it bottle basically.
Soda-licious




Would say French Toast Crunch but they brought it back recently, haha.
Rice Krispy Treat Cereal was delicious and made a comeback as well.

2/5/2015 11:23:50 AM

Your boy 0EPII1 up in this thread not casting judgment on all the garbage your dumb parents let you eat when you were little.

2/5/2015 12:51:59 PM

Found out recently that they still sell Dunkaroos at Dollar General.

2/5/2015 1:05:57 PM

i know for a fact they still make Gushers because I steal a pack from my niece and nephew every time i see them

2/5/2015 1:29:45 PM

dunkaroo dip is not hard to make. pair that with some teddy grahams and youre set.

the recipe most often found online involves mixing plain yogurt with funfetti cake mix and coolwhip.

blam.

(i really miss those mickey mouse ice cream bars with the chocolate covered ears)

2/5/2015 2:05:43 PM

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"dunkaroo dip is not hard to make. pair that with some teddy grahams and youre set. the recipe most often found online involves mixing plain yogurt with funfetti cake mix and coolwhip."

Why the fuck would you want to buy all of that shit when you could just buy a goddamn pack of amazing dunkaroos??

2/5/2015 2:48:08 PM

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"(i really miss those mickey mouse ice cream bars with the chocolate covered ears) "

If you ever go to Disney World/Land, you can get buy them from the little snack kiosks.

That is always my first stop when I get to Disney World


I just looked it up and apparently Disney changed their Mickey Mouse ice cream bar.

Its now this:


[Edited on February 5, 2015 at 3:57 PM. Reason : f]

2/5/2015 3:54:13 PM

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"Why the fuck would you want to buy all of that shit when you could just buy a goddamn pack of amazing dunkaroos??"

maybe some of us have too much dignity to stop by god damn dollar general

2/5/2015 4:07:45 PM

2/5/2015 4:10:20 PM

Lol, whatever.

Dollar General has been in the news so much lately due to rodents I wouldn't be surprised if one of you assholes raved about the new Dunkaroos with chocolate sprinkles.

I'm truly sorry I insulted a Carolina staple-

2/5/2015 4:14:52 PM

Those PB Crisps were damn good, forgot about those until now

2/5/2015 4:52:23 PM