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Do you guys remember any foods from your childhood that arent around anymore?

I have a few, I'll start off with "Hydrox" chocolate cookies, they were similar to Orieos but IMO, tasted better. Keebler bought them when they bought the SunShine company and then discontinued them

Yuck. I used to hate Hydrox.

I'll tell you what I really miss. Post used to make a cereal called Oat Flakes, and I don't know what it was about it, but it was the best tasting cereal ever. They stopped making it years ago, and I've never found anything like it since.

I used to love Drake's products ... Funny Bones were my favorite! Ring Dings were another one. I remember when they came out with the peanut-butter filled cream ones. They're still around ... you can buy them from the company, but they won't ship to Texas during the hottest months of the year. I think some grocery stores in parts of NY, NJ and PA still carry them.

Another food I loved was Butoni Pizza Rounds. Frozen pizza where the cheese and sauce were inside the crust and you popped it into the toaster.

Figurines Diet Bars. I wasn't on a diet when I was a kid ... I think my parents were. But these things were really good! Discontinued during the mid or late '80s.

Danish Go 'Rounds. Like a Pop-Tart, but oval shaped, supposed to look like a danish.

Carnation Breakfast Squares. Came in three or four flavors. Chocolate, vanilla ... can't remember the others ... maybe chocolate malt or strawberry?

Snackin' Cake. Instant cake mix ... I loved these!

Mr. Chips cookies.

Shake-a-Pudding. Came with a special cup, where you put the instant pudding mix and milk together and shook it all up.

Libbyland TV Dinners. They had this pirate scene on the box. Speaking of TV dinners, does anyone remember when they used to come in aluminum containers because you cooked them in the oven back in the '60s and '70s?

Ooooo...Figurines were too good. They made them so tasty that I would eat several in a row, completely defeating their purpose.

Andybev01 wrote:Ooooo...Figurines were too good. They made them so tasty that I would eat several in a row, completely defeating their purpose.

I used to do the same thing! I checked with Pillsbury to see if they actually do exist, but, sadly, they do not.

The wafers were so thin and crisp and whatever they put in the chocolate out was should probably be illegal.

Anyone remember Giggles cookies?



They used to advertise them on Saturday mornings at the commercial breaks for Pee Wee's Playhouse...

Spookymufu wrote:I love Zingers, the strawberry/coconut ones mmmmmmmmmm


Talking about died bars and such, when I was a kid my mom had these diet chocolates that looked like caramel squares individually wrapped and in a box.........I used to get into them and eat them like, well, candy. I wish I could remember their name tho....

Spooky, I believe the diet candies you're thinking of were called Ayds. I remember seeing magazine ads for them back in the '70s. I don't know if this was just a coincidence, but when the AIDS epidemic struck in the early '80s, I didn't see Ayds ads anymore. I guess at that point, they really couldn't tell people they could lose weight if they had Ayds.

MacPhantom wrote:Anyone remember Giggles cookies?



They used to advertise them on Saturday mornings at the commercial breaks for Pee Wee's Playhouse...

I remember Giggles! I loved Pee-Wee's Playhouse ... watched it every Saturday morning.

Pumpkin_Man wrote: I remember when the Dolly Madison Company use to make the Zingers before they sold it to Hostess. Zingers were cake treats shaped like twinkies, and you got 3 Zingers to a package. They also featured "Peanuts" characters on each one. The chocloate Zingers featured Charlie Brown with Snoopy. The strawberry Zingers featured Lucy, and the vinilla or yellow Zingers featured Sally.

Mike

I remember Zingers. Did they make a coconut-covered flavor?

sueluvshalloween wrote:

Spookymufu wrote:I love Zingers, the strawberry/coconut ones mmmmmmmmmm


Talking about died bars and such, when I was a kid my mom had these diet chocolates that looked like caramel squares individually wrapped and in a box.........I used to get into them and eat them like, well, candy. I wish I could remember their name tho....

Spooky, I believe the diet candies you're thinking of were called Ayds. I remember seeing magazine ads for them back in the '70s. I don't know if this was just a coincidence, but when the AIDS epidemic struck in the early '80s, I didn't see Ayds ads anymore. I guess at that point, they really couldn't tell people they could lose weight if they had Ayds.

Ayds!!!!! YES THAT WAS IT!!!

thanks!