I need help with food popular in the 80's

Back then the popular foods (at least with me, my friends, and my other peers) were Whatchamacallits candy bars, candy necklaces, Charms bubblegum pops, Tootsie Roll pops, and just about anything on the Carl's Jr. and Pizza Hut menus.

definately those Candy Necklaces

Also ... Ring Pops, Chews (those little circular sour gum pieces), and all kinds of chocolate bars

Pop Rocks, Hostess Pudding Pies, Now and Laters, Tato Skins, The McDLT, McDonald's Chicken Nuggets.

I'd forgotten that McDLT's were that old.Wendy's was strong in the eighties, also. How old are "Dippin Dots"? 8) 8)

Nerds, those juice boxes, fruit roll ups.

Mac Tonight meals
McRib sandwich
"Western Bacon" hamburgers (several chains had them in the mid-late 1980's)
M&M Royals (mint chocolate)
Space Ice Cream
Raisins (especially California Raisins)
Bar None candy bars
Chery Soda (Pepsi, Coke, RC, &-Up, etc)
Pepsi Free (loved by Valley Girls and Michael J. Fox)
Yoghurt (everything from drinks to frozen)
Gummy (Bears, Rats, and Worms)
Potatoe Skins


And of course one 80's junk food that everybody hated:

New Coke

I love Chicken McNuggets, alot.

Pop Rocks, Hostess Pudding Pies, Now and Laters, Tato Skins, The McDLT, McDonald's Chicken Nuggets.


D'oh! Forgot about Pop Rocks!  :D

I used to pour an entire pack of Pop Rocks into my soda and watch them pop and explode one by one.

How about Doritos, Reese's Pieces and Twizzlers.

Lick M Aid.

1987: Return of the red M&M's!
8)

Big League Chew

Human League Chew

Human League Chew


no such thing.  ::)

Candy Cigarettes

Hostess Pudding Pies.

Hostess Pudding Pies.


Now those were delicious.  :)

Most people said the things that popped up in my head right away, but I have four to add:

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FUN DIP

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GATORGUM

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BONKERS

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WWF SUPERSTARS ICE CREAM BARS

Most people said the things that popped up in my head right away, but I have four to add:

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FUN DIP

http://a.onionstatic.com/images/articles/article/29955/Gatorgum_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg
GATORGUM

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0810/3.jpg
BONKERS

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WWF SUPERSTARS ICE CREAM BARS


I almost forgot about Fun Dip all the flavors you could dip the stick into.

Chicago deep dish pizza. New coke, coke classic. Bubble Yum. Snapple drinks. Blow pops. Calzones.

I'd forgotten that McDLT's were that old.Wendy's was strong in the eighties, also. How old are "Dippin Dots"? 8) 8)


Dippin' Dots were created in 1988 by using liquid nitrogen to instantly pelletize ice cream mix.  After pelletization, the ice cream has to be kept at around -40F or it'll turn into a big glob of normal ice cream.  Keeping it that cold requires dry ice or other cooling techniques that don't work very well at home or in most retail outlets, which is why you'll typically only find them in vending machines, kiosks at amusement parks, or shipped via 2-day courier after ordering online.

The bad news is that Dippin' Dots Inc. declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. 

The good news is that Chapter 11 isn't the end of the world.  Someone might pick up the assets for ten cents on the dollar and keep shipping 'em.  Like they did with Mother's Cookies.

Candy Cigarettes



I LOVED those...............

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Cool Ranch Doritos.

That sucks about Dipping Dots. You always see though in vending machines at museums and aquariums.
Every now and again I'd get a bowl.

Anybody remember Tubble Gum that bright pink gum that came in a tube.  My brother and I used to just go nuts about that stuff.  But now they dont' make it anymore. :-*

Anybody remember Tubble Gum that bright pink gum that came in a tube.  My brother and I used to just go nuts about that stuff.  But now they dont' make it anymore. :-*


I think I remember that,it came in a squeezetube that resembled toothpaste.

Big League Chew




Big League Chew



Big League Chew



I think Howard really liked these!!!

I think Howard really liked these!!!


Sorry about that.

I think I remember that,it came in a squeezetube that resembled toothpaste.


Yep that's the stuff.  OMG was that ever good.  my brother and I used to eat that stuff like it was going out of style.  I remember the clerk at the store saying that I shouldn't open the tube while I was still in the store because it would look like I didn't pay for it.  :o

sour patch kids

Bonkers were great. Remember the commercials for that candy? Someone would pop a Bonkers in their mouth and some sort of GIANT fruit would fall on them.
They had the same sort of shenanigans in their ads in comic books.

Thought of another one to add. Pizza Hut Priazzo.
Anyone else remember these? It was a deep dish pie Pizza Hut came out with in the 80's
At that time I wasn't a fan, preferring the standard pepperoni and cheese most kids go for. Looking back I bet it was pretty good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufepKsG3dc8

Bonkers were great. Remember the commercials for that candy?

Yeah those were great and you had the stuff in the middle.

Snapple drinks, twinkies, Pringles, Capri Suns, Twizzlers.

Dippin' Dots were created in 1988 by using liquid nitrogen to instantly pelletize ice cream mix.  After pelletization, the ice cream has to be kept at around -40F or it'll turn into a big glob of normal ice cream.  Keeping it that cold requires dry ice or other cooling techniques that don't work very well at home or in most retail outlets, which is why you'll typically only find them in vending machines, kiosks at amusement parks, or shipped via 2-day courier after ordering online.

The bad news is that Dippin' Dots Inc. declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy today. 

The good news is that Chapter 11 isn't the end of the world.  Someone might pick up the assets for ten cents on the dollar and keep shipping 'em.  Like they did with Mother's Cookies.


In the 90s a guy at the last engineering shop I worked left to start up a dippin dots kiosk in the middle of the mall. The kiosk is long gone and so is the shop.

A couple things I remember from the 80s were Pringles Butter And Herbs, and Yum Yums cookies.

Snapple drinks, twinkies, Pringles, Capri Suns, Twizzlers.



You make me want to get some junk food right now!  ;D

I really miss the original Vegetable Thin Crackers. They were so vinegary and oily and came in vegetable shapes with real pieces of vegetables inside them. They were SO good!

Also: Kudos, Fruit Wrinkles, and Twigs crackers by Nabisco. All delicious and sorely missed. :-(

I always liked New York Seltzer, Tubble Gum, and Oreo ice cream.  I liked the black cherry flavour of NYS.

I always liked New York Seltzer, Tubble Gum, and Oreo ice cream.  I liked the black cherry flavour of NYS.


Yes, New York Seltzer was EVERYTHING. I think my favorite was also the black cherry flavor. Mmmmmm...