Gee, I remember heaps of ice creams and lollies from back then that I wished I could taste again. Did you guys get the KISS ice creams over there? Mum used to get me a box of them on shopping day. There was also the Incredible Hulk, Return of the Jedi, Smurf - which was a split ice cream, Redskins ice creams. There was also one called Skona which had pieces of dried apricot in it and was YUMMY! There were Chickadee chips (or as you guys callthem crisps) - similar to twisties but chicken taste, pizza type chips which were my favs. I remember when that exploding rock gum was really popular, red licorice strips which were called firehoses. Those I absolutely miss most of all. I love red licorice!!Mmmmmmmmmm....Oops sorry I'm drooling all over the keyboard! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/biggrin.gif So many great junk food back then I can't remember them all. What do you guys remember and salivate over still today?



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What do I remember....let's see. How about candy cigarrettes? Those were ok. I remember there used to be this gum that came in a toothpaste dispenser...that was pretty funky. Ugh...I forget what most of the stuff was called! I can see it in my head, but the name's aren't coming to me!

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I always like Jerky Chew. Shredded beef jerky that you "dipped." Never could bring myself to really dip,though.

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You just about covered everything for me except those little round red chewy candies. they were cherry flavored can't remember what they were called http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smile.gif

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Baby Food! I just to love it... but now.. yuck... I taste it and gross... I wonder if my mom was trying to poison me or something!

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It's not really a "food," but I miss the old soft drink Pepsi Light. It was like a diet lemon-Pepsi and the only diet Pepsi product that I liked.

I also miss the best sandwich in the world, which they made at a place called My Hero deli in State College, PA. It was marinated vegetables in a pita pocket, with a little pepper jack cheese and a dallop of Russian dressing. Years later I finally developed a reasonable facsimile. Mmm!

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I loved Pepsi Light........Pepsi Free was pretty good too. I just can't bring myself to drink the diet stuff....too icky!
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I think i tried to buy an icecream bar myself once when i was 5 (Strawberry Shortcake i do believe!), however the store owner didnt speak enough english and i didnt know enough math. What i really miss is Garbage Pail Kids gum! I dont know- for some reason it was just emminently more attractive then any other kind of junkfood. I can smell AND see them beautiful wax wrapped pack a 10 cards now. 25ç baby and here's Electric Mike lookin at YOU babe ;-)

I also noticed an ALARMING supply shortage of Tab in my area. How about you guys?

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Wow sheibuby, this is a bit late but, yeah! remember all those things you said! especially the KISS ice blocks! I also remember the KISS chewing gum with collector cards that you put on the spokes of your bike to get a 'motor' sound! /ubb/smilies/smile.gif
do you remember 'Cool Shark' ice blocks? they were 'cool'! oh and Frankenstein iceblocks, with that weird squishy jelly thing in it - I think it was the one were when you touch the wrapper and an image would appear!? remember that? now that was freaky! I'm not sure if they were Frankenstein or Buck Rogers or something?!?
wow! what great memories!

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can you send me some via air mail then? I'll take ten of each thanks /ubb/smilies/smile.gif

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I think we were posting at the same time. I meant TAB! I wish on the other though. /ubb/smilies/frown.gif

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HA HA HA! yeah I think the KISS, Frankenstein and Buck Rogers ice blocks where on the scene around 1981 - the cool sharks were around when everything was 'cool' 1985 -'86 /ubb/smilies/laugh.gif

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I LOVED those KISS ice creams! I had the whole set of KISS chewing gum cards. The whole set! Imagine what they would be worth now if only they didn't get lost while moving back in '83! Bummer Man! /ubb/smilies/CRYING2.gif

I only just remember the cool sharks one. Not sure about the other one. Do you remember the ice cream in the shape of a thong or foot?

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Hey now! Whats wrong with TAB? /ubb/smilies/00hmph.gif

two of my favorite junk foods in the 80s were pop rocks and sponge toffee - both of which I hate now lol. School lunch was a well balanced meal of Pepsi and Hickory Sticks (soooo health conscious back then).

That vegie sandwich sounds really good. Care to pass on the recipe? Now I'm craving a Chabata bun with spinach and feta cream cheese, lettuce, tomato and cucumber with a little light ranch dressing (don't knock it until you try it - awesome!)



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And Hey, how bout some refreshing TAB with that sandwich?

No I think I'll have a lemon-lime Shasta (do they still make that in the states?) or maybe a Yoohoo (wish they sold that in Canada) http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Im SORRY but we only have Tab.
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Okay. I can think of a junk food that I miss from the 80s! Summit Bars! Remember them? They came out the same time as Twix! They looked the same too. I wonder if they were from the same company - I really don't remember but they probably were. They were peanut butter. I miss those. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Hehhehheh, im glad you got the joke...but we still only serve Tab. Oh, Zel- your site URL doesnt seem to work when i click on it http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//Question.gif

Ok, here we go:

Shark Bites
BooBerry Cereal (the real stuff, nut the saccharine crap they pass off as BooBerry now)
Pop Rocks (the fizzy candy I believe has been mentioned)
Nibs-red licorice bites
Smurfberry Crunch cereal

I really liked these things that were billed as "diet" food, yet reminded me of tootsie rolls. I think they were called Slim Sticks but I'm not sure. They came individually wrapped and were way chocolatey, kind of a off-pink foil/paper wrapper.

Bounty candy bars, knock off of Mounds and Almond Joy

Freshen Up Gum, but it's still hanging on too I think

Saccherin junk is right! Whats with all the weird artificial poisen they are putting everything in nowadays?
When people ask "Why dont things taste good anymore", all they have to do is read ingredients list on the package!
Remember, this is why coke and all other non-diet drinks suck now- they are using CORN SYRUP in place of SUGAR! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//yucky.gif
Also, dont forget every other product now has corn syrup (god!) in place of sugar in EVERYTHING.
Add to that soybean oil, which is proven to produce excess ESTROGEN in men! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//VIBRATOR.gif
Its a nightmare, plain and simple.
I think my mom is trying to get me to consume soybean products at every opportunity. Im going to add to that to her profile too. http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00angry.gif

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Some of these may still be around:

Crystal Pepsi
Lik-A-Maid (STILL sounds rude...)
Big League Chew (think I saw some recently)
New Coke
Figurines (could eat a whole box... didn't really lose any weight doing that...) :-)
& the high school's soybean burgers! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

Wow - reading through the posts I can tell there’s a whole world of junk food out there that I missed out on! Didn’t we have junk food in Europe?! The only things I can remember as such are Hubba-Bubba (sp?) gum and those sweets on a chain (piece of string) that you could bite off. Either I’m getting too old to remember this stuff or I lived a bloody wholesome life! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

And now I really really have to ask...what on earth is TAB?? Please...enlighten me!

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Don't You have TAB in Denmark?http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//confused.gif It's a sorta 'coke-wannabe' that is a sad excuse for a cola-drink!http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//yucky.gif
There can be only one...-Coca Cola is it!http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//icon20.gifhttp://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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Hey Silveradocruiser!

Nope - not that I'm aware of! Nor did we have it in Luxembourg where I grew up! Or maybe we (I?) only had eyes for Coca-Cola? These days that's all I have eyes for due to work - hehe http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//smile.gif

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Pop Rocks are still around. My kids love them. But, don't let anyone fool you with the UL on Pop Rocks and Coke. :)

Ok.......Here's a few more ( I asked around and these are the responses)

* 7-up Gold.......it was in a gold can and had a spicy/cinnamony flavor.

* Hooplas (one of my favs) Ring shaped flavored with Nacho cheese or plain corn chip.

* Jello Pudding Pops

* Jolt Cola

* Pepsi Light and Pepsi Free

Ok.......has anyone seen these around lately? If so, SEND THEM TO ME!!!! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//laugh.gif

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Did you all forget about Oreo's Mr. BigStuff???? It was a huge Oreo with more then double the white stuff!!! Also there was this great stuff in Cali (where I grew up) canlled Canfield's Chocolate Fudge Soda, it was diet, but it was just like drinking a melted and carbonated Chocoate bar!!! it was the best!!!!!

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Hi, morningmyst. Actually I just saw some Jolt Cola in the grocery store. Think it was a Fred Meyer's. If you have that chain where you live, maybe you can find some. If not and you are really jonesing for them, I'll mail you a six pack.http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//VIBRATOR.gif

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BTW. Love the picture of the burger. That was one of my favorite parts of the movie.

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I miss Pudding Pops. Those Bellbeefers they used to sell at Taco Bell. All it was is taco meat on a small hamburger bun but they were good. I know this isn't really junk food but in the early 80's there was this seasoning stuff called Tuna Twist made by Nabisco. It came in packets that you added to your tuna salad. I miss that.http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//00grin.gif

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Dawn! Pepsi Light was my absolute favorite! The pretty can, the lemony taste! **sigh**

How about Jell-O Pudding Pops? I loved those things... and I can't forget C-3PO's Cereal, which I loved, though it was only out for a year or so.



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Silly Mary did not read prior messages before posting about Jello Pudding Pops! http://www.80sxchange.com/ubb/smilies//biggrin.gif

How about the Oreo ice cream sandwiches? Yum, yum!

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I live in the city that makes Shasta! From the freeway there's a big can that spins. Pretty funny! And the other day, I was at my husband's grocery store and saw Fanta. Didn't know that was still around!!



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Anyone remember the McRib? I used to love those. Maybe they still make 'em stateside. They disappeared up here a long time ago. :(

I don't know if I said this before, but I absolutely loved the Hubba Bubba spearmint flavored bubble gum. They don't even make Hubba Bubba anymore, so I chew Big Red. The Freshen Up Spearmint and Eclipse Spearmint are also delicious.

does beer in stubby bottles and caps that don't twist off count?

I wish I could drink the satisfying elixer known as ORANGE CRUSH!! I can't seem to find it anywhere!!! Is it still made? Being from Colorado originally, it was unofficially the drink of the Denver Broncos (Go Broncos!) since they were known as the 'orange crush'!

I've seen Orange Crush down here, but in selective stores. I see more of the Minute Maid Orange than anything.

Originally posted by caligula:
does beer in stubby bottles and caps that don't twist off count?

You pining for the Labatts 50 Cal? :D

Originally posted by Bogie:
<STRONG>Anyone remember the McRib? I used to love those. Maybe they still make 'em stateside. They disappeared up here a long time ago. :(</STRONG>

Give me your adress and I will send you one. ;)
Here, they belong to the regular program of McD...hated them when I had sold my soul (--&gt;workforce) for them because the sauce smelled (and looked a bit...) like, ahem, youmayknow when being cold from the bucket. Overcame my negative emotions...now they belong to my favourite McD food. ;)

For American junk food, we have to see our Wal Mart. Some items I can remember are Jolt Cola, Hershey chocolate bars and some nacho chips (can´t remember the name right now).

Originally posted by wavemeister:
Give me your adress and I will send you one. ;)
Here, they belong to the regular program of McD...


Hmmm... Isn't the 2006 World Cup in Germany? Must think about a sojourn for a game and a McRib. :D

Bogie, McDonalds has the McRib right now on their New Tastes Menu. I was in there yesterday and saw them advertised. I don't know about up there though.

There's two kinds of junk food that I miss, one is Doritoes Taco flavor. I haven't seen them in years and I crave them. The other is McDonald's Big Mac's.
No, I don't mean the Big Mac's of these days where you have to left the bun open like a blanket only to find two silver dollar sized pattys under it. :eek: I miss the Big Mac of the 80's when the burger looked just like the one on the commercials. :p

I think they have come out with a new Doritoes Taco flavor, Sarg. Maybe it's Taco flavored potato chips? I'm gonna have to check our local stores now, to make sure.

Does anyone remember the long-neck soda pop bottles that you used to return to get a 10 cent deposit back on each one? They came in 8 packs. When we were little, we thought we were soooo lucky when we got to have one for ourselves instead of sharing. LOL I guess you gotta have a lot of kids in your family to understand that.

I should have stayed out of here, now I'm hungry. :(

I LOVED taco flavored Doritos. They were awesome. I also remember pizza flavored goldfish crackers. I think they have them now, but they didn't for a loooooonnnggg time.

Just thought of this one.....Marathon Candy bar. It looked like braided chocolate and was actually chocolate covered caramel. When you bit into it you had to stretch it forever. I lost a filling eating one of these.

Cal said:
does beer in stubby bottles and caps that don't twist off count?

OMG Cal that brings back a lot of memories. I never drank from these... okay I used to grab a sip everytime my father would ask me to bring one from the fridge :)

Trixter we have Orange Crush up here. We have all the crush brands. Grape Crush, Cream Soda, Orange Crush and Lime Crush are sold in a multicase up here :)

If already said, then I agree, otherwise... Fruit Rollups! :D

I used to like those cheese twists chips.. that were kinda like nachos.. I think they still have those in some places.. if you're lucky.. I've found some in the vending machines at college before. I also liked those drinks Slice and I think Peach Slice used to be my favorite. Orange wasn't so bad. What else? Sorry guys.. Being one of the kids of the 80's.. I should have plenty.. but I can't remember any right now. One that I really hated was those licorice bottles with the flavored liquid in them UGhh.. I hate licorice.. especially those twizzler ones. But whatever happened to ranch fritos? They were called "cool ranch" I loved those!!!

Thanks for reviving this thread! :) The junk food I miss most is actually a drink, Rondo soda! It was a citrus sorta thing.

CORNQUISTOS!!! :) :) :)

I haven't eaten any Cornquistos since '88. Whatever happened to them? :( :( :(

I wish Pac Man Cerial was back. I am a big Pac Man fan, and that was my favorite breakfast food. My mom would go to a special store, far away to buy it for me each week, and when they stopped making it I cried. Ooooh... memories. :cry:

Originally posted by Gman
If already said, then I agree, otherwise... Fruit Rollups! :D Gman!! Fruit Rollups are still out there... like.. everywhere!! LOL You can get every type of fruit roll up you can possibly imagine now!

Everytime we are in the cereal aisle in the grocery store, my husband whines about how he wishes that they would bring "Ice Cream Cone " cereal back... anyone remember it? I vaguely do...

There are several types of hubba Bubba flavors of gum that I would love to have right now! Wacky Fruit, (tasted like peach), Chocolate chip mint, and checkermint...

I too miss the Hubba-Bubba gum.I really liked the bluberry one and does anyone remember these tiny chicken sandwiches from KFC called chicken littles?Those were one of my favorite thing's to eat from KFC.The best chicken sandwich I tasted and what about the Big Breakfest from Mcdonald's?It used to come with one of those English muffin thing's instead of a biscuit.When I do get a big breakfest I usually don't eat the biscuit.I don't like it and usually it's hard.

we still get the english muffin here, you can't get the biscuit even in a breakfast sandwich if yo uwant it

To bad I don't live where you live.

No, I'm just stalking Tina ealier post. I'm french remember ??? food is too serious a matter ! I vaguely heard the word " junk food " but it's not in my vocabulary ! Food is never jnk, OK ? anyone who says the contrary is a pervo ! .... and not a french one ( can always get worse, see! )

TGND " do not speak ill of food, criticisize those who ruin it ! "

Drink whole butter with salt from " bretagne ! "

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I LOVED taco flavored Doritos. They were awesome. I also remember pizza flavored goldfish crackers. I think they have them now, but they didn't for a loooooonnnggg time.

I haven't eaten any taco-flavored Doritos since the '80s.

Jen-

I had been really missing the Marathon bar myself. I found a website that sells retro candy. I believe its called Groovycandies.com. (or something close)
In England, Cadburry makes a candy bar similar to the marathon bar called "Curly Wurly." It's kind of pricey to get some off the website (which I actually did). I later found out that a British pastry shop here in my area sells these as well. I'm not sure what part of the country you're from, but if you do have some type of a British market, bakery or something of the sort, see if they have the "Curly Wurly" bar.

OK, now for the 80's junk food I REALLY want back. What ever happened to "Munchos"? They were these totally awesome chips! They were made by the same company that makes "Funyons" Of course the Funyons are still around, but the Munchos are nowhere to be found! I remember they were in orange bags. If any of you know where I could get some munchos, please let me know!!

I don't know if they did this in the USA, but here in the late 70's early 80's they brought out potato chips in grape, orange and lemon flavour. didn't stick around too long:) . We also had Koogle peanut butter, that was peanut butter mixed with chocolate, marshmellow or strawberry jam in (that was 70's for sure)

A few thoughts :)

First off, I'll agree with a few other... I miss JELLO PUDDING POPS!!! Man those were great!

You can still get Munchos where I live (Indiana). I've only seen them in the small bags, like in vending machines and stuff, but they're out there :)

As are Chicken Littles at KFC. I don't think they list them on the menus, at least not here, but I've asked about them, and you can get them at the KFC's here.... at least the last time I went you could!

And Tinajo... tell you husband that I remember the Ice Cream Cone cereal... it was GREAT! It's all I ate while it was out! Man, I would love a box of that right now.......

Originally posted by PacManDave
A few thoughts :)

First off, I'll agree with a few other... I miss JELLO PUDDING POPS!!! Man those were great!

You can still get Munchos where I live (Indiana). I've only seen them in the small bags, like in vending machines and stuff, but they're out there :)

As are Chicken Littles at KFC. I don't think they list them on the menus, at least not here, but I've asked about them, and you can get them at the KFC's here.... at least the last time I went you could!

And Tinajo... tell you husband that I remember the Ice Cream Cone cereal... it was GREAT! It's all I ate while it was out! Man, I would love a box of that right now.......

Next time I'm at KFC I'll have to ask about those chicken littles.I hope they have them here where I live!

Love how the trend is going so far. Here's a few 80's junk foods that I remember:

"Crunch Twists"- These were made by Keebler (sp?). The nacho cheese flavored are the ones that I remembered the most.

"Tater Skins"-Also made by Keebler. They came in sour cream & chives, cheddar cheese & bacon, & baked potato flavors.

"Lay's Jalapeno & Cheddar Potato Chips"-They were spicy, but not over-powdered with the cheese seasoning that most chips have nowdays.

"Andy Capp's Hot Fries"- They are still made Goodman Foods out of Raleigh, NC, but they don't taste as good as they once did IMHO. Also, they offered Cheddar Fries, Bacon & Cheddar Fries and Barbeque Fries as well.

As far as candy goes:

"Rainblow Bubble Gum"-Each gumball was a different color and flavor (ex. red was cherry, yellow was fruit punch, etc.)

"Dip-N-Stick"-This was essentually a banana-flowered candy stick that you dip into powered candy like cherry, grape & lime.

"Fruit Stripe Gum" & "Fruit Stripe Bubble Gum". The name says it all.

"Bubble-Yum-Bubble gum"-I remembered when it was introduced. Raspberry was my favorite.

"Mamba"-Fruit-flavored taffy.

"Skittles"-Also I remembered when it was introduced for the first time.

"Gobstoppers"-Made by Willy-Wonka Candys. Essentually a jaw breaker that changes color the smaller it gets.

"Nerds"- Also made by Willy-Wonka Candys. Each box would contain 2 seperate flavors of small candy chunks like watermellon & strawberry, cherry & grape, and raspberry & blueberry (my favorite:) ). This was a huge sucess for Willy-Wonka which spawned a breakfast cereal with the same concept in the 80's.

I'm pretty sure I can come up with some more. Give me some time. (Oh, RC Cola-Remember that?)

Robyn

Originally posted by Roemello
What do I remember....let's see. How about candy cigarrettes? Those were ok. I remember there used to be this gum that came in a toothpaste dispenser...that was pretty funky. Ugh...I forget what most of the stuff was called! I can see it in my head, but the name's aren't coming to me!




OMG, I loved that gum-in-the-toothpaste thingy too, that's so cool! I thought everyone had forgotten it! My favorite flavor was the green kind that had Slimer from <u>Ghostbusters</u> on it.

I want Tater skins and Chocodiles brought back to life!!

Originally posted by Caligula
I don't know if they did this in the USA, but here in the late 70's early 80's they brought out potato chips in grape, orange and lemon flavour. didn't stick around too long:) . We also had Koogle peanut butter, that was peanut butter mixed with chocolate, marshmellow or strawberry jam in (that was 70's for sure)

i remember those grape and orange chips!!! gawd they were awful :goofy:

u can still get stuff like skittles, gobstoppers, nerds, dip'n'stick etc

i used to love "soap" candy (a.k.a. floral candy), but can't get it down here :mad:

So there I was in Michael's today, standing in the checkout line, and what did I happen to see in the candy aisle...?

POP ROCKS!!!

I hadn't seen those since I was in high school, so the 80s freak in me just reached out and grabbed one. So please excuse me while I go off and rot my teeth again. :biglick: