18 Forgotten Foods From The 1980s, We Want Back!

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

Which of these forgotten '80s foods do YOU miss the most? Or is there another favorite you wish could make a comeback? Share your tastiest memories or lost favorites in the comments below!

[@SandyDiVa]

0:31 Nope, not me. These were ok. Everyone talks about these, but no one mentions the superior one. The refreshing one that no online recipe has been able to replicate…Jello GELATIN Pops! Those are the ones i wish they would bring back. Like dole whip but jello. I miss them so much.

[@mlt6322]

Most of those mentioned aren't gone, due to corporate price gouging and the popularity of Internet cooking how to's, they're cheaper to make yourself. So corporations stop selling them if they can't rake in outrageous profits scamming the public. It used to be easier to buy them but now it's cheaper to make them.

[@protow5041]

pudding pops!!

[@Ivy-u6h]

I just make my own now. My kids love it. It's all we got

[@msbigdog1460]

I still make Sloppy Joes. 😋👍

[@ImSavedByGracetoo]

Me too

[@lizrobinson6621]

What are Sloppy Joe's? (I'm British!)

[@georgemarcouxjr6192]

​@@lizrobinson6621Browned mince beef with a tomato/barbecue sauce. Usually with green peppers and onions.

[@Zurround]

I never buy packets of "sloppy joes seasoning mix". Its mostly salt and artificial color. I have plenty of great spices in my cabinet and I just go to work on the ground meat with that.

[@ShayJaxson-m2z]

​@@lizrobinson6621What George said but scooped between two buns.

[@LoLoLifeinFlorida]

Sloppy joes are definitely not forgotten in our house we're actually having that for dinner tonight❤

[@Tla81]

So are we today!

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Yeah the products on this list may be gone but most the dishes are certainly still around.

[@TheHiredGun187]

3 of them for .99 cent. I get the canned sloppy joe today @ about $2.50 a can

[@ginger_schnapps3]

Pasta salad will never go out of style

[@davidliddle9033]

Never heard of hot buttered Cheerios.

[@floydsemlow8253]

It's not a sloppy joe unless it's a Manwich💯💪

[@jenniferhansen3622]

I prefer my homemade sloppy joes, but Manwich is okay if I'm in a rush. I love them!

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@jenniferhansen3622 Absolutely ♥️

[@miguelEguzman]

A sloppy Joe is a sandwich. A Manwich is a meal.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

I have 2 cans of Manwich sauce in my pantry. I may doctor it up but I haven't stopped making them.😱

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@jocelynharris-fx8ho boom 💥

[@Tahoe95]

I grew up on Hamburger Helper.

[@BeliaLastes]

Wish they'd bring back Jello Pudding Pop's the chocolate 🍫 one's were my favourite and the Peanut butter boppers the chocolate chip one's 🤤😋

[@deviantexposure]

I'm so with you on the chocolate Jell-O pudding pops.

[@LindaB651]

I used to make pudding pops as a pre-teen. It wasn't commercially available as a frozen treat at that time, originally, but was a recipe promoted by Jello: Using 1 package chocolate jello mix, cook according to directions EXCEPT using 1 1/2 cup milk (instead of the directed 2 cups.) Also add 1/4 tsp vanilla extract (I think I used to add 1/2 tsp, because I liked it.) Once the pudding has reached a full boil, spoon it into heat-resistant molds and, if molds do not have popsickle sticks, add whatever safe, supportive stick you might have available. Pop them into the freezer and wait as long as you can bear it, then enjoy! (I'm in my 60's now, and still remember that cold, chocolaty goodness!)

[@floydsemlow8253]

​@@LindaB651OMG ♥️ I'm going to try this I eagerly await that taste! God bless and thank you from Chardon Ohio

[@LindaB651]

@@floydsemlow8253 You're quite welcome. Wishing you love and joy from Rhode Island!

[@floydsemlow8253]

@@LindaB651 oh I love that state. Absolutely breathtaking it is ♥️

[@2headedcow5252]

I loved carnation breakfast bars. They were awesome!

[@darthlaurel]

I miss them so much!😭

[@jchow5966]

Sloppy joes rule.

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

Yes it does!

[@annacribbs4142]

Yes, sloppy Joe's and hamburger helper was it..

[@alanritchie9781]

If they are made right? My wife's suck! Making them. She uses a strange sauce? I don't like it.

[@shirleymason3853]

I agree maybe I can get my daughter to make some … she loved to cook and makes beef stroganoff…. It’s also practically the same thing as Swedish mearbo

[@kosster6663]

made them last night. Topped with mustard and raw onions with a side of crinkle cut fries!

[@jeffreypetro3803]

Beef Stroganoff is one of my greatest specialty of the house dishes... Love it!

[@allengator1914]

Yeah, that Hamburger Helper is great.

[@jeffreypetro3803]

@@allengator1914 Lol... I love Hamburger Helper, have a few varieties in my cupboard, but my specialty of the house Beef Stroganoff is made from scratch.

[@Rosedach]

I prefer Beef Stroganoff over white long grain rice. I don't care for noodles unless it's in a tuna noodle casserole.

[@MrDevtun]

Staple of military MREs.

[@evelynneufeld7610]

Mum added nutmeg to hers ❤

[@curtyeomans8446]

We still have some of these dishes. They aren’t forgotten at all. There are a couple of products that are indeed gone, but sloppy Joe’s, beef stroganoff, chicken Kiev and pasta salad have not gone away

[@aubreymorgan9763]

pudding pops still exist too, just under a different name and brand. i think fudgesickle.

[@hpillsbury06]

@@aubreymorgan9763 I see most of these and they seem easy to make. At least until I get to the Peanut butter poppers on, I really don't recall any of the last ones...

[@Grogers70426]

7 layer dip is still around too especially at Super Bowl parties or really any big party

[@aubreymorgan9763]

@@Grogers70426 I make them for lunches sometimes, just spread the dip on a tortilla and boom its a loaded burrito. :D

[@landanwoodard7569]

Taco Bell was good back in the early 80s. They used to use plenty of black olives sour cream and real meat.

[@vellabella1]

Pudding Pops Please😅

[@raymondmuench3266]

Bill Cosby as pudding pop spokesman. Yeah, there’s an image of times past!

[@GeeTheeStallion]

Beef stroganoff for dinner tonight at my house if anyone's hungry.

[@FlopSter-i1o]

I made dirt cake for my kids when they were growing up in the 90s. Such fun memories!

[@deborahfoster5520]

I’m making sloppy joes tomorrow night & I still make beef stroganoff even though it is time consuming but so good! Sometimes I make a hamburger stroganoff instead.

[@judithann7193]

7 layer dip still lives. So good!!!

[@rogertemple7193]

I still remember all of these foods and beverages especially the TV commercials for them and yeah i do miss them and I'm 59 years old so I have eaten and drank all of these that were featured in the video here at one time or another over the years thank for the memories.🇺🇲📺📺🇺🇲

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@JulianneRemley-l2q]

So have I

[@22lilacsky]

Never heard of half of these. Sloppy Joes are still a thing!

[@WaiferThyme]

Every one of those is wildly unhealthy lmao. But , i gotta confess i still like hamburger helper lol

[@doloresvasquez5429]

Yes please bring back jello pudding pop's. Sloppy joes. Yes indeed

[@shirleymason3853]

Pasta salad is something I have made for years!

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

In my area of the country, the northeast with a large Italian population, it's called Italian pasta salad and still very popular. My grocery store even sells it in the premade section. Same with chicken francese still being found in every Italian restaurant.

[@shirleymason3853]

@@grannyweatherwax8005 some of these videos these people put together are just to draw us in I think, seems like the same automated voices…. But there’s one thing that I do miss & I’m going to look it up right away is the Soup Starter Kit I added a few extras had 3 girls to feed by myself and they loved the white & wild Chicken soup starter, they’re all grown and they look for it too but it might be in a different place in the USA but can’t find them here

[@scottbakanumba1heathen313]

Pizzaria chips

[@JohnSmith-in9ms]

Those are the best chips that ever graced this planet

[@Wallace-x3x]

Omg 😳 I am that old!!!

[@LindaB651]

I still make pasta salad with tricolor pasta, minced onion, parsley, olives, bell pepper, plus whatever colorful veggies on hand that will work with it. Carnation Breakfast Bars never quite managed to hide the vitamin flavor!

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

Oh I miss the pudding pops Bill Cosby commercials Hamburger Helper making a comeback here in St Louis at the St Louis grocery store chains

[@kirkstinson7316]

It never went out of stores here in the north east

[@Eddunaway-qp5tv]

@@kirkstinson7316 ok

[@jeffreypetro3803]

​@@kirkstinson7316here in Indiana, Hamburger Helper nvr left, tons of variety of flavors/versions. Lol, I have a few different versions in my cupboard today!

[@rufinator]

In Ohio, it’s still available, less varieties then in years past, but stroganoff, chili mac and cheeseburger mac are easily available.

[@kh7955]

Never heard or no had hot buttered cheerios or the plum tort. Maybe it was a regional thing

[@YankeeMugwump]

Being a kid of the 80's, I've got admit that I never heard of most of these dishes. Then again, we were a Wednesday night pork chops family.

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

Exactly I never heard a lot of these 🤔😄

[@lisarogers5873]

I make real beef stroganoff and it's delicious. I also still make sloppy joes occasionally. I don't make 7-layer dip but many events like super bowl parties still have that for dipping corn chips.

[@cherkarman]

seriously. dad had sloppy Joes last night and tonight for dinner....he's 87 yrs old! He loves them.

[@derekwyden2983]

Saw Pill Cosby in the puddin pops and immediately lost my shit as he looked at the mom in that commercial. LOL!

[@Lady_Boo]

"Pill Cosby" 💀💀💀

[@alexhurst3986]

Hot Buttered Cheerios, So basically, Chex Mix...

[@veronicaferguson8548]

I grew up in the 80s and I've not heard of half of these.But I love chicken Kiev.Its my favorite meat dish.And finally some one talks about Carnation Breakfast Bars.I loved those.

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

It's so good!

[@Zurround]

I admit its the 1970s for this one but my favorite flavor of jelly bean was ICE BLUE MINT and it was discontinued for tasting too much like toothpaste but I LOVED IT.

[@dianaguenzler2897]

Sloppy Joes have been around a lot longer than the 1980s. I was born in 1950s and they were around when I was a kid. First time eating them was during a Girl Scout camping trip.

[@ReyOfLight]

I'm Swedish so a lot of these things are totally foreign to me, but still very interesting to watch! I do love beef stroganoff though, that's a thing here in Europe as well and I have cooked it at home a couple of times, and now I'm inspired to cook up a batch at home soon again as both me and my parents really enjoy it, and I can make a pretty darn good beef stroganoff despite not having made it much. Pure comfort food and nutritious!

[@VintageLifestyleUSA]

Thanks for watching!

[@nomeacuerdo]

A wild Bill Cosby appears

[@ralphbalfoort2909]

My introduction to Sloppy Joes was setting up for the Junior-Senior Prom when one of the mothers brought in a batch for us to share. And I've made beef Bourguinon both from scratch and from the box; the only problem is that my wife doesn't like mushrooms in either version.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

I know you meant stroganoff, not bourguignon. It's still one of my absolute favorite dinners in the fall or winter. When I was younger and not into mushrooms, I used to make it with cream of mushroom soup instead of whole mushrooms. Maybe your wife would like that better?

[@davidcarbone3385]

at least some of these dishes were popular in the 1960s, ijs

[@RayAtkins-wk9zv]

I l soppy joes

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Are you kidding me?🤔 I had sloppy Joes back in the 60's and here in 2024, I have sloppy Joe mix in my pantry. I doubt that ANYONE forgot about sloppy joes ; even vegetarians can make them without meat. And if you attend a lot of Super Bowl or tailgate parties, you can usually find seven-layer dip.

[@SuttonWV]

Del Monte's sloppy joe sauce is legit. It's not as sweet as Manwich and has a zesty flavor all it's own. Miss Big John's baked beans from Hunts. Was a two-can combo - 1 can of beans and 1 can of sauce. Best camping side dish, ever.

[@rons3634]

If you want Sloppy Joes, just go to the store and buy the meat and the Sloppy Joe mix. And they're still called "Sloppy Joes".

[@tidepoolclipper8657]

Funny how you also put Pudding Pops and Sloppy Joes into your worst foods lists.

[@kirkstinson7316]

Sloppy joes were around before the 80s. Hell, Manwich came out in the 70s! And Libbys canned BBQ beef sloppy Joe came out even earlier. You really need to stop making these stupid mistakes on every video you post

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

Probably does it to get engagement.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

Del Monte sloppy Joe sauce was available in the 60's, if I'm not mistaken. I do know that there was a canned sauce available and it wasn't Manwich because I remember my mom buying it. It was delicious.😋

[@SparksMakesFire]

I loved the Carnation Breakfast Bars. I had them for breakfast back in high school.When they were taken off the market, I wrote the company and ask them to bring them back.

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

I loved breakfast bars.😋 Companies need to stop taking delicious and popular items off the market.🫣 And by the way, seven-layer dip is still around, especially at Super-Bowl parties.

[@rev6185]

I had some of these in the 60s when I was a kid

[@aprilettien1873]

PB Maxx candy bars!!!

[@ChubbyCox13]

Seeing that chicken kiev put a smile on my face.

[@darylbarnes6015]

Sizzlean Bacon...bring it back!!!

[@kamiko70]

dude, i had sloppy Joes or Manwiches tonight for dinner, and i have them at least twice a month! - once in a while we have hamburger helper.

[@Name-ps9fx]

I remember KFC had chicken nuggets, with their original breading! Yum, best BEST nuggets I've ever had! We used to get them in buckets of 50 nuggets, and eat them all in one sitting! First time was in about 85, and last time I saw them was in the early 90s in north Idaho. Miss them dearly!

[@skyseasun_333]

Concentrate cereal. Best cereal ever made. Bring it BACK.

[@kurejiakuma]

Bro hamburger helper has changed too much.... I still make them that an sloppy joe's was going to make that tonight! Lol...

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

Plum Tort ???????????? am i crazy but i never even heard those words together

[@paparoo9924]

I remember making dirt cake with my mom when I was a kid!

[@paulaward2075]

Loved Carnation breakfast bars! Wish they would bring them back!

[@CoreyInCreamCity]

You completely missed on chipped beef. Or more popularly known as SOS

[@darklordmenet]

i'm sorry, but some of those didn't come around in stores until the 90's. like the dirt cake. it was made in HOMES in the 80's but not in stores until the 90's. i have 3 brother-in-laws to confirm that.

[@MrSurabane]

I was always more of a chicken cordon bleu person than a chicken kiev person.

[@historynerd85]

I made sloppy joes yesterday. I have frozen chicken Kiev in my freezer

[@alexandrasmith7682]

Well, in the UK, you can buy many of these lovely dishes like Kiev in the fresh food easy bake sections of good grocery stores. Nothing to do with being old fashioned but everything to do with the drive for fresh healthier dinners again. There is nothing good nutritionally about any of the breakfast bars ... They should indeed be counted as candy bars.

[@TimothyWarner-q7s]

Oh yeah pudding pops would be great 😊

[@marianamelo3440]

Here in Brazil, each family has their own Stroganoff recipe.

[@nipatay89]

I had chicken Kievs for dinner yesterday with chips and peas 👍

[@JeffMeyers-zm2lh]

Sloppy joe's were a thing in the 1970's.

[@danabaker596]

Sloppy Joes are still a Midwest staple.

[@bradb3248]

Also a school lunch staple in the 70s

[@havokan45]

as a kid we had had home made Pudding pops before the Jello pudding pops came out in the store Tupperware had Popsicle mold and gave recipes for Popsicle, with or without fruit .pudding pops and flavored ice pops

[@leslieyancey5084]

We had those too! Loved them!!

[@Jason-pf8qc]

80 to 90 percent of these are still made today on the regular

[@billmater314]

you can get beef stroganogh from hambuger helper

[@SarahSherman-di7ku]

How am i the only person putting cheese on sloppy joes?

[@randyreynolds4252]

sloppy joes has not be forgotten lol they are still popular

[@catman58]

I just made Manwich a couple days ago

[@billmater314]

i still eat sloppy joes home made and not from a can or pouch

[@PandaBear62573]

I grew up eating hot buttered cheerios in the '80's. I made it for my kids, when my daughter was little she liked to have them for breakfast. I still make them for an evening snack.

[@leslieyancey5084]

I was born in the 70’s but never heard of hot buttered Cheerios. Was it more of an early 80’s thing?

[@PandaBear62573]

@leslieyancey5084 I was born the '70's too. It may have been the early '80's when my mom started making them. I just remember her always making them.

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

Chicken Cordon Blue(eu), too!

[@2headedcow5252]

Gater gum

[@KSwapTheWorld69]

I Ate Sloppy Joes Tonight 🤷🏽

[@Onmyway852]

Just had sloppy joes yesterday...

[@bossmodl3thalpoppa484]

We still eat sloppy joes from time to time

[@stevesteffen7001]

I still make sloppy joes, love them.

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

Where were these people eating Spagos

[@davidboda1640]

Sloopy joes Taco Bell The Bell Beefer

[@RayAtkins-wk9zv]

Iove pudding pops

[@Deedeememee]

Had sloppy joes Saturday

[@mistytharpe3991]

Yeah just had sloppy joe tater tot casserole the other night

[@jamesmiko7627]

It's sound tasty

[@MistrBlistr]

I love beef strokehimoff

[@dianewhittemore5350]

Impossible pie, never heard of it

[@lelandgaunt9985]

That is impossible

[@debrapalmer9772]

I remember Impossible Pie from the 70's.

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

@@debrapalmer9772Some of these were definitely 70s and not 80s, like those vol au vents.

[@crystalvanderpool4292]

I Have Thought About Carnation Breakfast Bars Many Times As Well. I Really Loved Them As A Child And Young Adult. I Would Love To See Them Make A Comeback !

[@fazzfoodjoint5380]

I've never heard of peanut butter boppers don't think they were a nation wide craze I wish they were though 😁😁😁 oh in case anyone questions my credentials I was 13 in 1980 and I lived in Houston TX with a stay in rural Louisiana (Fort Polk area) for 6 months in 1982 and Buffalo New York for 6 months in 83 so I'm pretty sure I'm right But Wish I Was Wrong 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

[@isaiahwinbrone]

What about forgotten foods from the 1990s

[@dannyb2783]

I'm 43. My kids are 14, 11 and 9. We love homemade sloppy Joe's in our house. No canned sauce allowed! Just ketchup, tomato paste, W sauce, mustard, brown sugar. Spices. Dash of hot sauce

[@LuoJun2]

I grew up in the late 70’s./ early 80’; I love Beef Stroganoff Chicken Kiev is not worth the time and effort it takes to make. We didn’t do Hot Buttered Cherios, but we did do the Chex Mix appetizer (which you did not include). “Impossible Pie” was a real disappointment. We tried it once, and that was enough. The rest of this stuff, I don’t know where you did your research, but they were not common, and you wouldn’t see them in an average person’s kitchen.

[@hollyr.1139]

You can get these at any supermarket: sloppy joe sauce, stroganoff noodles (Knorr makes them), seven-layer dip (check the deli take-out counter), tri=color pasta, dirt cake (which kids still love), impossible pie (which sometimes now is called crustless quiche).

[@jawo8754]

I make homemade stroganoff a few times a month. I chop up cube steak and brown it in the skillet with a browning liquid and Worcester sauce. Once cooked, I add 1/2 an onion quartered, and sliced mushrooms. I cook those for a few minutes, then add 1 cup beef broth, 1 cup red cooking wine, 2 cans of cream of mushroom soup (one can blended at a time) and let simmer. While this is going on the egg noodles are boiling. Once the noodles are done I add them and 1/8th of a cup sour cream and mix together. Comes out perfect all the time.

[@JeddakCarter]

You left out that culinary masterpiece; a work of art that defies imagination: the 15,000 calorie taco salad. Beef, beans cheese,sour cream--and, if there's any room left, a few shreds of lettuce!

[@Grogers70426]

Living in Southeastern Louisiana, Blackened Redfish is still cooked very often, especially when the redfish is fresh. Also very popular in a lot of restaurants in and around New Orleans

[@josephnazari688]

Good riddance! I legitimately almost puked in my mouth at least three times watching this. I grew up back then and I don’t think this is a part of it I will ever miss. It was my mistake for clicking - I should have known better. I did this to myself. I don’t think I’m good enough for dinner tonight.