20 Forgotten Snacks From The 1980s We Want Back

[@makaab]

I have NEVER forgotten about Bonkers. I legit, still think about them frequently, after 30+ years

[@infinidominion]

@@makaab the purple ones remain in my mind

[@ohmfly]

Same here. Hi-Chew is the closest substitute nowadays.

[@jack-of-all-trades1234]

​@@makaab I still remember years ago when I was a kid and I was given a free sample of Bonkers at the NY State Fair in Syracuse. Loved it.

[@drewmartin1104]

They were my favorite candy as a kid, I remember hearing that they were coming back, but they never did.

[@thereckoning5488]

I think about them every time I look at the candy aisle ... chocolate of course.

[@mdooms76]

Pudding pops were SO good. I wish they'd come back.

[@nevergiveup9321]

@@mdooms76 theres a recipe online,kool whip n jello pudding mix

[@MikeByrn-iz1yg]

@@mdooms76 to bad it was peddled by a rapists.

[@andrewaeymour]

yes they were

[@rhyspatterson679]

You used to be able to get them from food lion stores only a few years ago…I’m getting old so that maybe more like a decade now. But it felt like finding money in the street or gold in stream when I found a regular source for them. Then I moved. Sadness

[@Nuttyirishman85]

@@rhyspatterson679 Did you check the expiration date? They haven’t been in production since 2010.

[@bennetfox]

You can still get Whatchamacallit candy bars today.

[@demetriusstewart7636]

@@bennetfox yeah I buy one like every two days good candy bar

[@b0311-l9q]

Big league chew too

[@brianoconnor7796]

facts

[@DaveOsborn-g5l]

@@bennetfox and the Thingamajig.

[@shannon_w.]

They definitely aren't the same as they used to be. They now I believe have peanut butter in it and the old version had a yummy soft caramel that was just soooo perfect!

[@BB-ts2gu]

I’ll never understand why the Pudding Pops were discontinued. They were the best!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@Zeropainter420]

@@BB-ts2gu you didn’t even show the commercials you talked over it the whole time . Thumbs down

[@davidlewis3322]

@@Zeropainter420 I just gave your comment a thumbs down 👎

[@JayMammoth]

@@Zeropainter420 he didn’t make this video you dolt lol

[@jenny5309-k3j]

I don't understand why they don't bring them back. All of us 80s kids would buy them out.

[@Nellsbells79]

They were soooo good.

[@RobynHood1021]

70s baby 80s kid here ..i remember all these snacks😊

[@1wayMF]

Sometimes these videos bum me out..I miss the 80’s so much..wish i could get a do over!!!

[@JUVI9596]

I agree. I was born in 1974. Let’s invent a Time Machine

[@jaredwilmarth662]

Hubba bubba=bubble yum

[@whenmusicdidntsuck]

Me too!

[@KanWoo76]

To experience the early 70s-mid 90s as a youngster was a privilege I wouldn't trade for ANYTHING!!

[@christylatham6429]

@@1wayMF knowing that you asked for a do over ,only 80 kids speak such a way lol

[@stevenglansberg8561]

I remember candy cigarettes when I was a kid in the 80's.

[@wickedspank]

I live in Germany now and they are still a thing here!

[@josephaltman460]

I remember two different kinds. One was a hardened sugar stick with the end painted red. The other was a rolled up powdered gum that you could blow on and "smoke" would come out.

[@stevenglansberg8561]

@josephaltman460 Yep, I always got the hardened sugar stick with the red tip. If I remember correctly one had a green logo similar to Kool brand and the other was similar to Lucky Strike.

[@mscoop8361]

And Now and Laters!

[@jasonalperin9414]

Last time I drank Ecto Cooler was 1990!

[@jacklandon9739]

Can someone just invent a Time Machine already I am begging to go back to the 80’s

[@JUVI9596]

If you do can you please drop me off in the Fall of 1982

[@PleasentToBeAround]

@@jacklandon9739 sounds like a personal problem

[@brownamerican5786]

Me too and I ain't coming back!!!😂😂😂

[@jamesvitale6666]

I miss the 80s the good days in life

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

That's for sure!!!

[@CommonContentArchive]

No, it's actually [years when I was a kid] that were the "good old days", when everything was right with the world, not [years when you were a kid]. Everyone knows that.

[@brianoconnor7796]

Back when Strawberry Quick was worth buying, so good!

[@ShawnJonesHellion]

@@brianoconnor7796 the powder is still better. You might be buying the liquid. I don't know if the syrup was ever good.

[@RobbPound]

I didn't forget Bonkers! It was my first favorite candy when I was 5 in 1985 ❤

[@rhondalane6749]

I will never stop missing pudding pops!!!!

[@jarrodbuma9705]

Just make some jello pudding and freeze them in ice cube trays with toothpicks in them....just like Kool aid popsicles 😊

[@bigeasy_f150]

grape bonkers were so good as a kid

[@shawnrutherford8523]

Yep. Bonkers were one of my favs

[@ultraneight]

I thought the same until I got car sick and puked them up. I couldn't even look at grape candy for years after that 🤢

[@KiKi-bs6lm]

The best!

[@rnkmode1876]

@bigeasy_f150 yeesss! Grape everything was awesome, Grape Bonkers, Grape Bubble Yum, Big League Chew, Cherry and Grape are the best fruit candy flavors ever.

[@chillingsworth4384]

Yasss, and Shark Bites! The great white was the shiznit

[@DangerousDevilOfficial]

The commercials were legit memorable and fun as kids in the 80’s too. Commercials today are just boring and a major inconvenience. Those commercials for kids on the 80’s and 90’s made us just want the snacks and toys even more! 😂

[@corarose9522]

Pudding pops were so delicious and my favorite snack as a kid! What I would give to have one today. So wish they would bring them back!

[@JUVI9596]

Bring all these things back for a limited run. We’d all buy them I bet

[@absolutepower7968]

Candy buttons, Fun Dip, Candy Cigarettes, Fruit by the roll, Chick O Stick, Boston Baked Beans, Lemonheads, Jolly Joes, Alexander the Grape, Cherry Clan, Spree, Abba Zabba, Skor, Sugar Babies, Original Lay's BBQ (in the orange bag), Toaster Strudel, Carmello....

[@stevenA44]

Chick O Stick, Boston Baked Beans, Lemonheads, Skor, Sugar Babies, Toaster Strudel, Carmello are all still available.

[@Utubesanarc]

​@@stevenA44 hot tamales, mike n ike, Charleston chew, and whoppers! Yet im sure these can be older.

[@josephaltman460]

OMG, Those words bring on nostalgic orgasm! 🤤

[@redwoodrebelgirl3010]

I never HEARD of Abba Zabba, until I moved to far, far Northern California in the very late 90s. As far as I know they are still around in Northern California. Never seen, nor heard of them ANYWHERE else. I lived in the Midwest, South, Northeast, & Intermountain West (all USA) from the 70-90s & never saw one, nor heard of them, until Northern California!

[@TingTing-u6u]

Now or Laters.

[@gagaloo83]

I loved grape and watermelon Bonkers! My mom would buy them for me at the theater :P

[@SleekNostalgia]

Kudos granola bars were really good..

[@DMV49ers]

I’m literally have withdrawal symptoms from watching these 80s gum and candy. I’m a recovering 80s candy junky 🤷🏽‍♂️💯

[@josephaltman460]

This 💯 ☝️

[@DMV49ers]

@ Nerds, sweet tarts, jawbreakers, smarties, Now N Laters( with the clear wrapper), 5cent bazooka Joe(grape and strawberry specifically), pixy sticks, bubble tape, bubblicios bubble gum, heck 1 cent gum drops out of the machine….cold junky😂😂💯

[@Buffalo_ill]

The OG peanut butter twix was my personal favorite

[@CommonContentArchive]

There was a peanut butter Snickers for a short time around 1991 as well.. different from today's

[@rebeccakickass1776]

Planters Cheese Balls came back around 2020ish, but I think they're gone again. At least they're gone from everywhere I was able to buy them at... Man they are so good they just melt in your mouth their is nothing like them. I miss them all over again 😢

[@tammybowman124]

I work in a quick stop and we have the planter cheese balls, you should check quick stops out, and some Dollar Generals have them also.

[@user-hd8hg3is5l]

I've seen them in Walmart. But believe the Brimm brand in dollar tree taste much better.

[@tg8150]

I can still taste the original flavor hubba bubba as I jump on my bmx bike and ride to my small town’s neighborhood kid pick up ball game with a tennis ball. The ‘80’s were the best times!

[@chillingsworth4384]

That and Blueberry Hubba Bubba 🔥🔥🔥

[@Then.Now.Whatever]

Crazy how just watching these commercials today can awaken tastes and smells from decades ago

[@TygerKaye]

Yes, to every single one of these. Every single one needs to be brought back!

[@Daylight-nu3rt]

Man you almost had me in tears, thinking of where did our innocence go. We were kids with world and freedoms kids today will never know. So many choices, and it was safer and carefree world.

[@mygirldarby]

@Daylight-nu3rt it wasn't safer. There just wasn't 24/7 news telling everyone about all the crime. Crime was much higher in the 1980s. You can check crime stats if you don't believe it.

[@Firefighter1997]

@@Daylight-nu3rt we had all the good stuff. I remember as a kid we would would walk to the little red store to get our candy.

[@ThatMagaLife]

@@mygirldarby wrong

[@CommonContentArchive]

@@mygirldarby You are correct. Crime rates peaked around 1993 and have plummeted since. Social media has made babies out of old-timers, terrified of their own shadow nowadays :(

[@TheTallMan50]

How could you forget Now & Later and Jolly Rancher candies. They were hard and stuck to your teeth, but the apple flavor was so addictive!

[@Utubesanarc]

Blow pops!!

[@TheTallMan50]

​@Utubesanarc I used to sell those back in high school. Buy them for 16 cents apiece at the Magic Mart and sell for 50 cents during classes. Mom would give me $1.50 to pay for a school lunch, and by 12:30 i'd have enough to go Shoney's.

[@Mr.White10-65]

@@TheTallMan50 They still make Now & Later, but they don't have as many flavors as they did back in the day. My favorite were the cherry cola flavor.

[@mscoop8361]

@@Mr.White10-65 I like mystery mix, chocolate, and banana.

[@just-passin-thru]

Yes, I remember the Jolly Rancher candies. Apple & cherry flavor were my favorites.

[@Djdaavidi]

I can still taste Jell-O pudding pops... Literally the best ice cream type thing ever created... 😋...🤯... It's just flat-out stupid they don't make them anymore

[@olliejilliangil8382]

I forgot about PB Max! I loved those.

[@kent_b_arsed]

PBMax was even better than Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. Absolutely loved them! 😋

[@cvance37]

PB Max was amazing

[@rustybarrel516]

Loved PBMax! My stepmom always enjoyed the commercials with other “PB” things. Portly Ballerina was her favorite.

[@carrueross2705]

I miss PB Max! Yummy 😋

[@OldWorldAscension]

PBMax were killer.

[@j.wright8157]

"Bonkers...bonks you out! Some candy!"😁

[@mcgspare1310]

Pudding pops, planters cheese balls and carnations breakfast bars!!! Oh, how I miss you!! Missing from this list - Doodads, Nut and Honey crunch cereal and Lemon cooler cookies.

[@mikeshaffer4912]

Nut N Honey was so good!

[@CommonContentArchive]

You can still get those at the mega supermarket near me. I'm a little too old to be buying a 5-gallon tub of Planter's Cheese Balls though.. :(

[@barbarahiggins583]

I loved pudding pops, they were so good!! Also Bonkers candy was good too. I miss all these snacks and I miss the 80s, take me back !

[@anakinsolo4529]

“The Mars family didn’t like peanut butter” Reese is laughing somewhere

[@t.k159]

Pudding pops were awesome! Bring back the Bonkers! Please!

[@BeardedBrickHead]

I miss bonkers. Those were my favorite as a kid.

[@elizabethseals2001]

I'm sooo glad I'm Gen X. Kids after that missed out on so many things. I remember playing outside all day until the street lights came on. 😊

[@Jmicky34]

I hear that! Parents had to force us back in the house or we’d come back because we were starving for dinner lol

[@CommonContentArchive]

Yes, it's a shame that "playing outside" was outlawed beginning January 1, 1990. No child has ventured outdoors since. :(

[@chillingsworth4384]

Used to ride my bike for miles at like 6 years old, down one lane country roads with no room outside of the one white line where the road meets the grass 😬 Would be considered dangerous for multiple reasons these days (which it was) Never got abducted or hit by a car, just some busted up shins from the pointy azz pedals

[@wiseguy9202]

I still occasionally buy Big League Chew.

[@adamr149]

One of the creators comes into the pizza shop my son works at all the time... gave him a sweet Big League Chew baseball hat

[@bradness33]

Man Jello pudding pops, Big league chew and Bar None were staples of my childhood, brings back great memories!

[@Saltysweet69]

Drank so much Strawberry Quik as a kid, nowadays, I literally cannot see that canister without my stomach turning.

[@VinylCollectorJames]

Loved most of these! Brings back the fun of the 80,s. And I’m reminded why I have type 2 diabetes today 😅

[@mscoop8361]

I loved Bar None candy bars. My absolute favorite.

[@tinaanthis8598]

@mscoop8361 Amazon has them absolute 💯 delicious

[@jendagesse4524]

I grew up with all these things

[@jasongoldman3850]

I remember the ads for Hubba Bubba gum. They still make it.

[@chillingsworth4384]

Knock off with the same name. Not even close to the original

[@barbwyr3]

I absolutely loved Bonkers! ❤️❤️

[@anakinsolo4529]

I really liked those WWF ice cream bars with the cookie and chocolate 😋 some paradise punch, couple quarters of double dragon and a pack of Topps

[@isaiahedmonson5832]

You and cm punk both i never heard about em tell punk's promo on raw in 2011 haha😄

[@amyboone125]

Marathon bars were my favorite in the '70s.

[@mph6502]

@amyboone125 Curly wurly bars are the same as marathon bars. We order them a couple times a year.

[@amyboone125]

@mph6502 Wow. I've never even heard of that candy. I had to Google it. It says it's available worldwide. I'll have to look for it. Thank you for sharing.

[@Jen-jo5qu]

PB Max was so good, I cannot believe they stopped making them. And, Watchamacallits were absolutely delicious! Ahhh, the memories.

[@2024_.Angela]

I remember and had all of those snacks, the eighties were the Best, what wonderful memories.😇😊

[@elizabethgerard7258]

I love the fact that they don't say Bill Cosby's name

[@katienovota8870]

Like Voldemort

[@josephaltman460]

Prolly not allowed. 😆

[@a_zombie_killaonpsn1572]

Comedian

[@joeb2588]

@elizabethgerard7258 yah, I could see it now. "And the pudding pops were brought to you by your favorite rapist! Chocolate, and Vanilla! Are you feeling dizzy yet?"

[@suncatblue]

Who’s that?

[@henrylehr1283]

Candy or snacks in the 80s was equivalent to looking around a record store or a coloectibles shop, as a kid I spent time trying to figure out what i wanted, because therecwas so many great choices to pick from

[@eddiethetruhead]

One of if not my favourite 80s childhood candies was orange Bonkers. I’ll never forget that awesomely satisfying texture and flavour.🤤 I searched unsuccessfully at old Candy stores for decades. RIP Bonkers🔥

[@1Hogany]

BarNone was the best candy bar EVER!!! Nobody ever remembers it, thanks for the validation!

[@kent_b_arsed]

@@1Hogany Barnone was my favorite back in the day! 😋

[@stevenA44]

I remember those and loved them. Do you remember the HI-NOON candy bar? It was one of my favorites.

[@rustybarrel516]

Before BarNone, I also liked Summit candy bars. Kind of like BarNone, but the wafers weren’t chocolate.

[@davidl570]

I remember BarNone! The tagline was "It will tame the chocolate beastie in you." *cue stomach growling sound*

[@Mike77787]

There are a handful of us. We’re not many but strong 😂. Every time I ask someone if they remember this delicious candy bar, they give me a blank look on their face. Almost like I dreamed it or something.

[@nikkiwilliams3393]

Strawberry bonkers were my fav as a kid im 48 now brings back my childhood!

[@CC12203]

Nothing has ever been as good as Choco-Bliss!!!

[@kristineholcroft9163]

I miss all of them and Jello pudding pops so good loved them we still have some stuff today nutty bars and hubba bubba watermelon is back saw them at below 5 loved planters cheese balls remember eating them with my mom when we would watch movies together great memories thank you for sharing brings back so many happy memories never forget

[@ChrisSpatz]

Bonkers Grape were and still are my favorite!! I found some on line but if they haven't made them since I was a kid not too sure about them

[@jessicastormshell2786]

The gum with the liquid center. Root beer flavored everything. The tragedy that was the discovery of green apple flavor, that then pushed out my favorite lime flavor in every single candy, gum, popsicle, etc.

[@islandbee]

Nestle Alpine is missed. The commercials were great too. I was sold on it because of them. Especially the jingle.

[@Lazzagain]

In the '70s Hi-C had Citrus Cooler, among it's many flavor offerings. In the '80s it was "re-branded" as Ecto Cooler, but it was the exact same drink, same color, too

[@melindablack8750]

The waffle crisp cereal was so good, when you opened the box it smelled like pancake syrup😋

[@Utubesanarc]

If i can go back id get a good bowl and than take that cute blond in the commercial for spoonful 😻🤤

[@CashRules660]

@@melindablack8750 They sell Waffle Crisp at Walmart I buy it all the time.

[@corarose9522]

I remember all of these and so much more! Remember whistle/melody pops?

[@ElleMo-gy1bf]

@@corarose9522 Yes!!! I can’t believe I forgot about those! They were so fun and good!

[@ANTHONY-1979-BUFFALO]

What was the pink square gum that had the filling in the middle it was so good….(Freshen -Up) had to look it up best gum ever

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

I've forgotten about that gum. I didn't care for the filling though.

[@CC12203]

Wasn’t it called Chewels? That is my Memory of it.

[@Joyjoy-y4j]

I wish puddin pops would come back! They were so good!

[@Rjhorning]

Damn, I forgot about the PB max. Those were sooo good.

[@Jmicky34]

PB max are so under rated. People sleeping on those. Legit the best candy bar. Closest thing now would be take 5?

[@CommonContentArchive]

PB Max came out in 1990 apparently, other than in test markets. So, technically a '90s candy

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

Remember the snack Corn Quistos? I loved it. My favorite was the jalapeno flavored one. I've been wanting for that to come back for years.

[@CommonContentArchive]

Was it similar to Corn Nuts? Corn Nuts are still around

[@KevinPayton-fq8gd]

@CommonContentArchive It's similar to Combos.

[@CommonContentArchive]

​@@KevinPayton-fq8gd Nice, sounds pretty good. Anywhere you go in the world, you can find Combos, so maybe they shouldn't have discontinued those. Especially in Asia, Combos are everywhere for some reason

[@islandbee]

Whatchamacalit was so much better back then. The addition of caramel to the bar overpowered the peanut butter Rice Krispies flavor.

[@mikeb3936]

Planters cheese balls are back.

[@marylove909]

I'd love for pudding pops and Giggles to come back!

[@emstratman]

Jello had just jello pops too with fruit flavors. Those were my favorites, still remember the unique texture. Great video! So much nostalgia

[@Metalkitty33]

Strawberry Nestle quick is still around but tastes totally different .

[@ShawnXPS]

Yeah, everything does. I saw they still sell PeanutButter Caption Crunch. I bought a box because it was my favorite as a kid. It tastes nothing like it did, and it barely tastes anything like peanut butter. Threw it away.

[@Metalkitty33]

@ShawnXPS I thew away the Strawberry quick

[@Utubesanarc]

​@@Metalkitty33ill take your strawberry real quick😉

[@josephaltman460]

They've altered everything we used to love. Reliving childhood, ruined! 😆

[@emmiesblessed8800]

Man!!! Commercials and TV shows were so enjoyable!! And Pudding Pops were so good!!

[@ojmcclanahan689]

I loved Pudding pops, and Bonkers. The watermelon Bonkers and the strawberry ones were so good! The Hi-C Ecto Coolers were awesome too.

[@HofsFinest]

Fruit wrinkles were amazing.

[@dontcallmetravis]

These were all the things we couldn’t afford. It just occurred to me, we were poor.

[@mouse122809]

I miss Quaker's oatmeal swirlers came with packets of jelly.😢

[@anakinsolo4529]

The joy of opening things in tin

[@spinstercatlady]

Omgosh, I can still taste the Bar None bar (my fav as a child) as well as the Jello pudding pops and Bonkers candy! Snacks today don't even begin to compare to the snacks of the 80s. Miss those days.

[@ThePoobears]

the pudding pops were always so good...

[@thereckoning5488]

Bonkers were my absolute favorite candy.

[@mistyseifrit1039]

That Giggles adv brought me right back and gave me such an overwhelming feeling of nostalgia that it brought happy tears to my eyes.

[@KabukeeJo]

Fun Fact: When it was first released in 1978, Whatchamacallit did not have any caramel. The Caramel came later.

[@brianoconnor7796]

I love these but had no idea

[@stevenA44]

Someone that remembers!!! I prefer them without the caramel.

[@KabukeeJo]

@@stevenA44 Same. It was better without the caramel.

[@rustybarrel516]

They have caramel in them now?!! 🤦‍♂️

[@KabukeeJo]

@@rustybarrel516 Yes. For quite some time now.

[@lolaruffin6249]

I remember most of these snacks* I think the list is missing Mars bars and the original Peanut butter Twix!! Both were great candy bars.

[@TheChoochooboy99]

@@lolaruffin6249 I found Mars bars at Publix and occasionally buy one. They’re not quite as good as they were in the 80’s, but I buy more for the name than the taste nowadays.

[@brianoconnor7796]

Bar None was always awesome!!

[@Bigmikeymike1]

i loved bonkers!!!

[@coffeeguyd]

There's a company that still makes Bar None candybars. You have to order a box of them, but if you were a fan, it's worth it!

[@Down2Clown636]

All of these were my childhood but Bonkers were my Favorite!

[@shakes7333]

Miss these commercials and Christmas commercials.❤

[@thelifewithburd]

I Misss pudding pops!!!! and Ecto coolers were Fire!!!!!

[@mattycharles3284]

Don't forget about the banana pudding pops that was my favorite.

[@TURK_182]

Jello pudding pops outta Grandma's freezer hit different

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

I was born in November of '73, so, I remember all these sugary snacks. Here in Brooklyn. There are some stores that sale the candy, "Whatchamacallit".

[@andycristiana1043]

I'm from Oct. '74 Brooklyn 😊 here in Florida, we have whatchamacallit

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

@andycristiana1043 🤣👍 whatever, lol lol lol Florida of October of '74. 🍫

[@andycristiana1043]

@@ceasarandrepont1243 born in Brooklyn, now live in Florida. Didn't think I had to spell it out lol

[@ceasarandrepont1243]

@andycristiana1043 Oh, really. Well, I have something better. I have lived in Tampa, Miami, Key West, and West Palm Beach, Florida. Oh, yes, I have had a Manhattan and Brooklyn addresse. Top that former New Yorker. 😅🗽 👍

[@andycristiana1043]

@ceasarandrepont1243 lol it's not a competition 😂

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

I love the watermelon flavored bonkers.. these were the best

[@kristinlambert8811]

How about chewels gum

[@goatvoicestwin1859]

@kristinlambert8811 yesssssss!!!!

[@kristinlambert8811]

@@goatvoicestwin1859 it was like fresh and up gum

[@donwyant9242]

Bring back PB Max! It was so good

[@Alicia5217]

I had completely forgotten about Bonkers candy until today, I remember those from my childhood 😊

[@elissedaily3150]

I was obsessed with sqeezit

[@olivierroy5540]

Big league chew is still around, I still see it at grocery stores

[@HenryBCalifornia]

Choco Bliss was very good... I miss the Langendorf/ Mickey's snack cakes, especially The Fudge Bar and Boom Booms which were like a milk chocolate Ding- Dong

[@bkbekka3039]

Alot of these are still being made but thanks for a time capsule, going wayyy back.

[@MrRictusgrin]

O'Grady's Au Grautin' Chips were the bomb! I always wondered why they disappeared.

[@MrBonger88]

Watermelon and Grape Bonkers were so good