Food of the 90's
#12 Candy Cigarettes and Cigars
Before everybody thought smoking was bad for your health, everybody thought smoking was cool! These came out in the early 20th century and by the time smoking became demonized, they became banned as critics say it desensitized smoking for children. These came in 2 forms, a hard candy and a gum that was coated with powdered sugar. It let you blow puffs of powdered sugar out. For them to be found in the 90's was a real treat and for a kid, lighting up mean you were apart of the sophisticated adult world
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Wonderball
This 90's food as described was a hollow ball of chocolate with character figure. This was the American version of the much more advanced Kinder Surprise Egg. American food standards deemed American kids too stupid and claimed the toy was a choking hazard. Could or would kids gobble up their chocolate with the toy in it? I mean really? That lead to the Wonerball with character-shaped candies in a 2000 release, which dramatically de-popularized the product we do not have today.
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Squeezeit
This fruity drink was a staple of brown paper bag lunches. Each bottle had an twist-off part that was just right for one sitting. There was no need for recapping because after finishing on, you'd always want more. Each flavor had it's own character etched into the 6 pack bottles.
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Hi-C Ecto Cooler
Remember the cool Ghostbusters of the 90's, well this Ecto Cooler had character tie in with Slimer from Ghostbusters, the sequal, and the animated series! As a kid, I thought I was drinking real ectoplasm! Product tie-ins are the best!
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Candy Cigarettes and Cigars
Before everybody thought smoking was bad for your health, everybody thought smoking was cool! These came out in the early 20th century and by the time smoking became demonized, they became banned as critics say it desensitized smoking for children. These came in 2 forms, a hard candy and a gum that was coated with powdered sugar. It let you blow puffs of powdered sugar out. For them to be found in the 90's was a real treat and for a kid, lighting up mean you were apart of the sophisticated adult world
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Lunchables
Though these aren't discontinued, they've sure changed for old-timers. The whole deal was you made your own lunch! You constructed your own pizza, cracker sandwich, taco, burger and whatever other new main course they had. The newer revamped lunchables come with drinks, fruit snacks, dessert jello or pudding. The days one of these could fill you up were simpler days.
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Hoho's
Creators Hostess are now bankrupt, filing for chapter 11. Before they go, let's not forget what bakery treats they brought us, ding dongs, twinkies, donnettes, snowballs, and cupcakes are just a few reminders. Hohos are crunchy chocolate coated cream-filled chocolate sweat rolls. These were never a health concern in the 90's. With 2 in a pack, a pack was never enough to satisfy my soft-spongy sweet cake craving.
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Handi-Snacks
Another crafty Kraft creation. These were crackers you spread yourself with cheese. They always came with a red flat stick that so you wouldn't get your finger dirty. Spread on a little cheese, spread on a lot. One layer, two layer, or however you liked. Options, options!
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ORBITZ
Another short lived beverage. This is a throwback to the era of lava lamps. A lava lamp you could drink! This was a fruity beverage was clear but had floating flavor globs for texture. The globs of gellan gum, matched the fluid density and it suspended in the beverage. Science to "defy gravity"
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Bazooka Gum
First marketed after WWII, this product remains unchanged today. Whenever you have experienced this, it remains the same as it did then. This bubble gum had 5 flavors and printed on each wrapper was a different comic. 50 comics in all and this product is sold all over the world with translated comics.
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3D Doritos
Remember these babies! All the flavor of a Dorito in 3D! If you don't remember, 3D was all the hype! 3D flavor! These were Doritos with a thinner texture and a huge puff.
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Dippin' Dots
hey have these only at amusement parks but they once had them at Bay Area McDonalds. These were different flavored ice cream pellets created by flash freezing ice cream. These could not be sold at normal grocery stores as they required temperatures of −40 °C.
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Warheads
These were the ultimate sour candies that left your mouth scorched. Kids on the playgrounds would put each other to the test by seeing how many they could take. Warheads even had a warning that popularize the candy because it would mildly irritate your tongue and leave you tasteless.
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Ritz Bits Sandwich
Back in the 90's we used to think the moon was made of cheese. We got that idea from shows "Wallace and Grommit: The Moon is made of green cheese" Well Nabisco capitalized on that idea.
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Butterfingers
Another product tie-in from the Simpsons. This product remains unchanged today but marketing for it has gone downhill. Simpsons was the show for adults and children and the best way to market to them both was with a product placement.
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Ringpops
Luxury you can wear and eat! This idea was pretty revolutionary. Candy you wear?! There were a myriad of different flavors and unlike traditional lolipops, it left your hands free to play.
