Snacks, Drinks and/or Foods that no longer exist...

I used to love Tab and Pepsi light ( the1970s lemon flavored Pepsi) Also, a soda called Apple Crisp. We always drank diet. Our parents didn’t let us have junk food that much. If we got donuts on Sunday mornings we could only eat a half of one. My mom didn’t cook except on Sunday nights (tacos) so we kids would usually eat salads and sandwiches. We all had jobs at 14-15 so we were able to buy our own fast food and/or snacks at school. Our HS school had a donut store, a huge cafeteria and a candy store. Oh, Jello pudding pops were my favorite they don’t make those any more. Sorry for the novel.

Bill Cosby killed the puddin pop

Sarasoda

It had 0.9% alcohol and was sold in corner stores.

I loved them but stopped drinking them because mys sister said they would make me an alcoholic.

Hueblein use to make a premixed drink called Brass Monkey and while I have never been much of a drinker, I absolutely loved that stuff. Yeah I know you can mix the ingredients yourself but it just isn't quite the same. Weird that my thing that I miss is an alcoholic drink, because I really don't drink at all anymore.

Anyone interested it is, One part dark rum, One part vodka, One part orange juice. They probably put some sugar in it also because it was pretty sweet.

Doo Dads

Jello Pudding Pops, never met anyone who didn't like them, couldn't believe it when they stopped making them. Frozen pudding on a stick, what is not to love.

[quote] If we got donuts on Sunday mornings we could only eat a half of one.

I ate half a donut in Capitola, California once.

This list would not be complete without Chocodiles

O’Boisies potato chips

Crunch Taters chips

O’Gradys Au Gratin chips

Diet Apple Slice soda

Pepperidge Farm Baked Naturals Snack Sticks, Toasted Sesame, 8.5oz

Space Food Sticks!

Stouffer's used to make these fucking AMAZING chicken stuffed pasta shells. They were the size of a fat baby's fist. This was in the early 80's before Stouffer's (along with Pepperidge Farm) went to the dark side and started throwing every chemical known to man in their products. (Yeah, I still buy some of their shit, don't judge). Apparently--after a hopeful google search that ended in tears--I'm not the only one trying to chase these things down. I did learn there are "copycat recipes" available, but the whole point is I didn't have to cook THEN and I don't want to cook NOW.

Newlywed Cake!

Tato Skins

Seems like we've done this topic fairly recently ...

Food and sex R16, two of our most popular topics.

Do fast food offerings count? As a kid I lurved the pumpkin pies from McDonalds, only sold from Halloween through Thanksgiving.

Whatever crack-like addictive chemicals they mixed in the filling had the desired effect on me.

Weaver Chicken Roll.

It was basically a salt lick with small amounts of chicken and I don't want to know what was in it, but it was amazing when melted on bread with cheese.

r16 And now we are doing it again, and we are having this thing called "fun".

Gum a Werther's, take a Xanax, have a drinkie-poo, and shut the fuck up.

Pop Tarts without any frosting in flavors other than strawberry (which I hate).

MicroMagic Milkshakes. My Grandma learned my chubby ass couldn’t get enough of them. So, she stocked the freezer before I visited. Sadly, since was back in the 80s, my milkshake didn’t bring a single boy to the yard.

On-Cor used to make Swedish meatballs in the 80's and 90's that were so good I used to eat the family size meal on my own. They stopped making in 1999, still miss them to this day!

R19 Costco has a 'chicken bake' similar?

r23 That's so fucking wrong. I condole you.

I even checked their website hoping against hope that they still carried them. I am so sorry.

Why do these companies yank popular products? Who the fuck would pick Salisbury steak over Swedish meatballs?

Generic Brand Foods

Tato skins still exist but in different form. TGI Friday's makes potato skin chips that are basically the same.

Does anyone remember in the eighties when potato skins were just the most in thing ever ? I especially remember ordering those and the 7 layer dip at Bennigan’s.

I wanted to say Chicken Tonight but it's still available in the UK.

Aspen soda

The modern stuff is not the same.....

Aqua Libra

Bar Six chocolate bars

[quote] Aqua Libra

Uranus is in a good position this month.

And Amazon R29

Malted Milk candy bars, only available in Canada. Also, frosted malts from The Malt Stop (RIP) in the food court. Where can one get a decent malt anymore?! Those Frosters from Wendy's are a sad, synethetic substitute.

Super Socco box drinks. Those were an early 80s staple in every kid's lunchbox, and very refreshing.

R28 yes, you wore your skinny knit tie and had a wine cooler with them. Talked about MTV and the Supergroup of the ‘80s, Asia.

Asia actually billed themselves as the Supergroup of the ‘80s. MTV picked up on it and called them that when introducing their first two videos.

Bennigan’s, Birraporetti’s...all those old places. Good times.

Pop Rocks...the GOOD ones before they toned down the recipe. I like a little pain with my Pop Rocks thank you. The ones you find now just make a pathetic little sizzle sound in your mouth.

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[quote]Diet Apple Slice soda

The soda of sobriety

Diet Dr Brown's Cel-Ray. Nothing's better with greasy, salty food. I really can't drink sugary sodas, so now I'm bereft of Cel-Ray altogether.

I was going to say Fresca since I never see it anymore.

Fresca is still around.

I remember these looped straws that would give milk a chocolate or strawberry taste as you sucked it through. I don't think they lasted very long.

They were called Pinch 'N Sip

Shake-A-Pudding. Make sure that lid is on tight, or Mom will kill you.

Flav-R-Straws were a similar product, r44, but no loop. Any kind of chocolate milk (Quik, Carnation Malt, Ovaltine, Bosco) was better.

Royal made its own version, also called Shake-A-Pudding. Were there no copyright laws in the '60s?

I was wrong about the name being the same. Royal's version was "pudd'n."

Marathon Bar

Marathon bars were my favorite.

Jets, my favorite cereal.

Keebler Merry Mint Patties. Only available at Christmas time. My mom used to buy me a box because she knew I loved them.

They don't make them anymore. I cant be the only fatty that misses these cookies.

[quote]Stouffer's used to make these fucking AMAZING chicken stuffed pasta shells.

Yeah, Stouffer's was really good for a long time. The discontinued product I'm missing most was called Cheesy Spaghetti Bake. Damn, it was good! In 2002, while moving into a new house, I picked up a few groceries, including what may well have been the last Cheesy Spaghetti Bake they ever made. Never saw another one again.

[quote]I did learn there are "copycat recipes" available, but the whole point is I didn't have to cook THEN and I don't want to cook NOW.

Love it!

Pommac soda (from Sweden!)

Looked like pee and tasted like champagne (no really).

Candy Cigarettes

I still miss tangerine lifesavers.

Oh my god, my Husky size Toughskins wearing 10 year old fatty self could NOT GET ENOUGH OF Pepperidge Farm Crossiant Pizzas!!!!

Even now, I would take those over penises of all sizes!!

Chocolate Babies

Couldn't they have just changed the shape and called them chocolate wheels or something?

MilkShake was one of the best candy bars.

Good 'n Fruity Why in hell would they discontinue that? So much better than Good and Plenty. Gross.

[quote] Even now, I would take those over penises of all sizes!!

The delicious Welch's Frappe candy bar.

Count Chocola available year round.

Tahiti Treat soda was intensely tasty. I was totally hooked on it!

Tomatoes that taste like tomatoes.

S.W. Graham cereal from Kellogg's in the late 80's - early 90's. So good.

Aunt Jemima Coffee Cake. Quick, easy, and so good on a Saturday morning.

Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Almond Raisin cereal. Positively addictive.

At the pool in the summer my daily lunch was a hotdog and a Zero bar. I loved those Zero bars, which my mother would say “are called zero for zero nutrition.” As if a Snickers would be a healthier choice.

Figurines were sweet revenge.

Dannon Frozen Yogurt pops. Coffee or vanilla flavored, covered with chocolate. I loved them so.

Mommy, thith thereal thmells like theemen!

Slice soda

They don’t make Slice Soda anymore?

I haven’t seen it in years, if not decades.

They certainly don't make Diet Apple Slice, which I drank throughout 1983-85.

For R69.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Crunchabungas were my fave.

Fruitopia

My comfort drink, but they stopped selling them in the early 2000s.

Freakies cereal

Banana Charleston Chews

Reed's, each candy wrapped, were much more flavorful than Life Savers, and not as sickeningly sweet. They also came in licorice, butter rum, and teaberry.

R79 they sell Reed’s candies on Amazon.

r11 no wonder I can't find them anymore, bummer I loved to dip them

R54, the Stouffer's product I miss is their frozen chili, which came in a pouch you could cook in boiling water or in the microwave. It was decent, not great, chili but it was so easy to make as a quick meal. It also made the best chili dogs.

Horlicks malted milk tablets

Pepperidge Farm croissant pizzas

The BBQ Fritos are back baby! For a limited time that is, just found a single serve bag of them at Walgreens today. YUM

Where do you live, r84? I think BBQ Fritos have always been available in Pittsburgh. I often look at Fritos in the chip aisle because I wish they'd bring back Ranch Fritos.

r85 Michigan. The Chili Cheese ones have always been available which are similar. I saw a blurb yesterday about how Frito Lay was bringing them back and then today I saw them.

r86 Oh...maybe Chili Cheese is what I'm thinking of. In any case, I think I'll get some of the BBQ next time I go to the store. Thanks for the reminder.

Stouffer’s always made quality frozen dishes, but my favorite was Cherry Upside Down Cake. Scrumptious! Haven’t seen that in decades.

Fizzies.

They were these tablets that you dropped in water to make pseudo-soda.

They were already on the way out when I was a little kid, but we'd get them once in a while. Then they vanished.

According to Wikipedia, they came back in the 2000's and are still made, but I've never seen them anywhere.

(Actually I don't miss them. I probably wouldn't dream of drinking that shit nowadays...but I remember wanting them desperately when I was a little kid.)

[quote] Bill Cosby drugged select puddin pops

FTFY

R21- Poptarts are UN eatable without the frosting

r91 I used to toast them and then spread butter over the top. Yes I was a chubby kid.

That FAT guy from Curb Your Enthusiasm - Jeff, his real name is Jeff Garlin- he wrote a book about being fat and his struggles to lose weight. He talked about binging ( I can relate to that). One day I ate the poptarts RAW without even toasting them- he boasted. LAME. Poptarts are fully baked when you buy them at the store. It's like saying - I took a couple of slices of Wonderbread and ate them RAW with out toasting them.

Plenty of these foods are still around. I saw Dunkaroos the other day at Family Dollar, as I was buying bottled water.

There was this low-carb, Atkins-friendly protein drink that came in vanilla and in chocolate, in a silver, cardboard container. I loved the vanilla flavor. Anyway, drinking them made me and my ex boyfriend grow several inches taller in high school. We drank them because we both had eating disorders but they tasted great. I wonder if they're still around.

Quaker brand chewy granola bars, Almond Butterchip flavor. I would drink like 3 glasses of milk with one bar, they were delicious & complemented the milk so well. They were only around mid to late ‘80s