80's Kraft Holiday Commercials

[@80sCommercialVault]

All of the commercials from this special have been posted in higher quality in 80's Commercials Vol. 962: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4fHpYiXep6qh6M For the TV Guide Special Recipes: i.imgur.com/K6Adojg.jpg i.imgur.com/kjyqPNS.jpg

[@RETROGEMS]

These retro commercials are so soothing. A brief escape from the madness of modern society...

[@Adam95558]

Yes👏

[@onionhat745]

They aren't as insidious as modern commercials, which are carefully crafted to get in your head.

[@gisellegazda3884]

Completely agree! And it’s even more true in 2022, with all the worse stress and bad news to escape from, sadly. 😕

[@TRUEC4N4DI4N]

It was the best of times!

[@TheRheannon]

Omg yes thank you couldn’t have said it better..when I’m stressed sometimes I go back and watch these it just takes me back to a simpler time when I was a kid

[@jamescoster2890]

The days when magic of tv ads was a bit more special.

[@J.j.35]

When the world is going crazy, this is what brings me comfort.

[@lucialucia1498]

Exact!

[@fatherdmj]

When you heard this guy's voice paired with festive Christmas music and the visuals of Kraft products, you knew Christmas was coming soon.

[@rachael943]

YASSS!!!!

[@bigtosz]

Ed Herlihy. Look him up on Wikipedia-hell of a career.

[@marlenafield7594]

Here for my yearly viewing. I remember when these commercials played, and watching them each Christmas transports me to my parents' TV room and the anticipation and magic (and simplicity) of Christmas.

[@taroman7100]

This is making me very sad and depressed. I want things to be like this again. We were good then and the 80's brought me the happiest years of my life.

[@phendformyself]

Parents record ABC Christmas Special on VHS Kids re-watch so much that Kraft advertisements are forever etched into memories Kids grow to adulthood and KZbin "Kraft Holiday Commercials" Many thanks to the uploader!

[@lacarlousjackson8]

If I can turn back the hands of time.. Miss them days

[@lucialucia1498]

I miss these kind of commercials my mom would rush to get a pen and paper and write the recipe ..

[@gisellegazda3884]

I have little scraps of paper saved from where my Mom would try to write down all the recipe steps from tv ads or shows or the radio! It wasn’t the most efficient way to get recipes back then lol 🙃

[@johnbockelie3899]

When people had manners and time to make such cool holiday foods. I miss this stuff.

[@elisaastorino2881]

@@johnbockelie3899 you hit the nail on the head : they took the time to make special things and they knew that good manners were all about making their guests feel happy and comfortable.

[@gingerdurbin2726]

Cute

[@mizzmary861]

Some of my favorite commercials to watch, Thank you for sharing!

[@Radec74]

Everything was better back then, what happened? Thanks for sharing this time capsule 👍

[@SwobyJ]

You can make all this today if you want. Or hopefully, far better but similar recipes.

[@londonliz43]

I miss these commercials. They represent a more happy time. Lots of good memories. The 80's were AWESOME! Thank you for these wonderful memories.

[@Gravity382]

These are burned into my memory of The Christmas Toy forever

[@lavendermagic84]

I sorta wish Kraft still made these sort of commercials for the holidays. The chocolate mousse looked so good.

[@heavenbounddaughter1125]

I know what you mean. They have that home-holiday feeling to it. Sort of like magic.

[@taroman7100]

they are not an independent company now part of huge conglomerate like everything we knew

[@sanctuaryrain2010]

I used to love watching these commercials with my mom and family during the holidays... always made us hungry! lovely memories

[@chuchubarney]

These commercials bring back such happier time and wonderful Christmas. Thank you for uploading.

[@YourJellyFishAteMyTV]

I keep coming back to this advert year after year as I actually like the recipes.. plus today is the first of December 2018 so just fab

[@Theaterg15]

Omg i remember watching this commercial when I watched Christmas Toy as a toddler. I felt it was so magical and so christmasy.

[@AJtraductora]

These are the ONLY commercials that I loved watching as a kid - partly because they were recorded with our Christmas movies that we watched over and over! They should do these more often around the holidays.

[@taroman7100]

christmas has been so cheapened. I mean starting it in July. these big corporations need to die.

[@shawnchristopherwhite3271]

It's funny - the only commercials I loved to watch too.

[@pkmnan00bis]

This was the first video I watched on this channel. Mom used to cook this way. EVERYTHING was Kraft. Miracle Whip. Velveeta. Parkay. Barbecue Sauce. Easy Cheese. Cheese Whiz. Philadelphia. Parmesan.

[@TheRealKissyRee]

I actually went on ebay and bought the TV Guide issue with these recipes in it.

[@melpy84]

Me too!!!!

[@mcel33]

I did too!

[@Julia-nl3gq]

Ooo I might have to look that up! And see if there's any more.

[@RyanJohnson-ed5hv]

Same here!!

[@CoraFrances]

Me too!

[@amymontalbano6139]

I watch these commercials every year! Did we really think this processed food was good? Hahaha... Merry Christmas everyone!

[@henryyulfo14]

OMG I miss the 80's

[@taroman7100]

Me TOO! best decade ever then it all went to shit.

[@elisaastorino2881]

@@taroman7100 it was the last decade when our culture was focused on improving, i. e. going above the ordinary and aspiring toward refinement and good taste. Today it's exactly the opposite. The more crass and vulgar it is, the better.

[@tracybragg7921]

I need a time machine because I really want to go back to the 80's

[@brookesyfan8496]

YES! Back to the 80s for sure!!

[@taroman7100]

can I join you. that was the decade I met my beautiful husband and best friend. Now he's gone along with everything else that was good and right.

[@Cavillier1970]

Take ne w/ You!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!! LOL

[@marytermini1381]

I miss the 80's

[@hopegrimsley3427]

Christmas in the 80s >>>>>>> Christmas now

[@maraskywalkeriii]

Sweet! Let's put cheese on everything! I loves it. I came here craving some 1980s culinary inspiration. Thanks!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

It wasn't Christmas without Kraft and Ed Herlihy!

[@calzephyr77]

Thanks for mentioning the announcer. I listen to a lot of old time radio and the voice was sooooo familiar.

[@CoraFrances]

Confession time 😳: I actually made the blushing apple tart recipe for a work Christmas party a decade ago. I found the actual recipe online. My co workers were raving about it as if Martha Stewart herself had made it! I can't bake for crap.... So there😅 It was very tasty 😋.The cheez whiz one, though? Yeah, leave that one in the 80s where it belongs! 🤢

[@Jukesette]

I remember the Christmas of '86. I got my Rainbow Brite Viewmaster that year. :) And I very much remember this special. I miss those days, so very much.

[@ITI-xi5zx]

imagine putting kraft singles on your charcuterie board

[@lesliegoodman-malamuth9796]

They left the wrappers on, because otherwise Velveeta curls up when exposed to air for more than a few minutes.

[@Julia-nl3gq]

Imagine being so snobby that you make such a comment

[@elisaastorino2881]

@@Julia-nl3gq indeed, and we have to remember that the average person didn't have access to authentic gourmet cheeses. In the not too distant past, there wasn't much in the average supermarkets apart from American cheese.

[@jprogman]

The Cheez Whiz fruit dip isn't as bad as I thought. The apple sauce tones down the strong taste of Cheez Whiz and it doesn't taste too cheesy overall. Mix 1/3 cup apple sauce (I think sweetened) 1/4 cup chopped pecans, 1/4 tsp cinnamon, dash nutmeg with 8oz (jar?) of melted CheezWhiz. Serve with apples and pears.

[@Julia-nl3gq]

I can see how that would be good. I mean people eat apple slices with cheese slices all the time, this is just basically the same thing.

[@Elsie903]

My oldest son convinced me to do this this year :) Christmas dinner is gonna be awesome!

[@HOTRAILProductions]

I still have The Christmas Toy on VHS and still have pieces of these commercials intact! I am in the process of converting it to DVD.

[@kateleblancallen8997]

Thanks so much for uploading these these are some of the few commercials I remember from my childhood on the Chirstmas Toys :)

[@ghendar]

2:59 colorful cheesy fruit dip. Man, that started out so well. Applesauce, pecans, and cinnamon and then lolololol add cheese whiz???????? I think I'm going to be sick

[@epcotman32]

Whomever came up with that idea, is sick in the head and to who approved should have been fired for suggesting it.

[@MrGingin82]

@@epcotman32 I think it was mostly, "we make cheese products, lets put cheese in everything".

[@SNESdrunk]

I want to hear the narrator's outtakes on that one in particular. "Add Kraft cheese product Cheez Whiz to... applesauce? What? That's horrible."

[@corpusseofficialchannel7857]

Always kind of took it almost as a joke. I was a kid. But as the years passed, I could see they were serious. Awful or not, this was the signal the holidays were coming up real fast and tv had all the specials and commercials to prove it.

[@BELCAN57]

Ed Herlihy, THE VOICE OF KRAFT.

[@corpusseofficialchannel7857]

he makes it all good, sensible and wonderful.

[@mshroye2]

I’m pretty sure my grandma Marilyn and my great grandma Gracie came up with a lot of family favorites from commercials like these and many others

[@khidirkarawitah2539]

Take me back bros :'(

[@cj-seejay-cj-seejay]

1:03 If someone wrapped me up a fancy basket of lunchmeat, american cheese slices, & margarine and gave it to me as a Christmas gift, I would probably think they were insane. :)

[@katkathi8882]

slut4berniesanders actually for a work treat around Christmas time, this is greatly appreciated by co workers, instead a ton of cookies, and it is a fun pot luck offering when you are just doing a quick Christmas lunch during working hours.

[@Julia-nl3gq]

If someone rejected the basket I gave them because they were an unappreciate food snob I'd probably think they were insane. ;)

[@robpaul2004]

Wasn't Christmas without hearing it's the Cheeeesiest. Happy Christmas in July.

[@epcotman32]

My favorite recipes were cheesecake and the chocolate mousse.

[@CephasRed]

Aahhh!! No way!! :D I can't believe someone found these awesome commercials after all this time! I always watched these while watching Jim Henson's The Christmas Toy!

[@russelladams8712]

I remember these well. i particularly like the voice of the announcer. It was also the SAME announcer for all of these commercials no matter what show they were on. His voice also goes back earlier than the 80's. Would not be surprised if he narrated these for 20+ years or so prior to this date. Does anyone know who that was? The commercial would not be the same if the voice were different. Thanks for posting.

[@DaveHof]

Russell- his name was Ed Herlihy, and he did indeed have a long and prolific career in broadcasting.

[@meggzcharm]

Thank you so much for posting! They remind me of preschool so much. Watching The Christmas Toy isn't quite the same without these commercials.

[@geikosera]

Thank you for uploading these! I watch these EVERY Christmas, they're so nostalgic and funny!

[@modernica]

Apples, onions and mayonnaise dip sounds gross. I miss those days, though.

[@towhead72]

It all sounds like a cardiologist's dream come true, but scrumptious, nevertheless! Thanks for posting!

[@retrochad]

It's so interesting to see! Just about all the labels on these products are a lot different today. I think most of them still exist although I'm not sure about Kraft strawberry preserves. I really like the 80's elegance conveyed here too and the way everything is described.

[@sastov1681]

If anyone is intersted in the actual recipes for these, I have a few of them. You can also fined them at your public library if you just look for the magazine. TV Guide Dec. 1986. Enjoy!

[@eckankar7756]

I'd love to have these recipes. I'd love to find an old TV Guide for the recipe booklet.

[@80sCommercialVault]

The recipes are here, you just have to read some of the earlier comments.

[@kathiec1333]

In the 90s, stores sold manufacturers' recipe booklets.

[@WweJth]

For the tape being damn near 25 years old, you got some pretty good quality out of it. Our tape of this hasn't looked that good since 1990.

[@thesilvershoes]

I wonder if the producers got high before making this. "I know, how about onion and mayo dip?" "Yeah, with APPLES!"

[@kaijo7]

I have the VHS of this! It was shown during The Christmas Toy (my all time favorite X-mas movie ever!!)

[@melpy84]

So far I have made the cheese whiz apple sauce dip (back in 2008) and tonight I made the chocolate orange mousse. Both were yummy!

[@TaraShulerAuthor]

The fruit dip was looking good with applesauce, pecans and cinnamon. And then they added Cheez Whiz and I threw up a little in my mouth.

[@never4212]

You know, a lot of these recipes sound great, I might try them. Though I do keep thinking, "Except I won't use Kraft..." lol. :P

[@Gio_Vanni6143]

Nothing says Christmas like processed cheese.

[@shweamel]

80sCommericalVault, you have the hardest job....and all so we can remeber the good ole days. You are the bomb. I love you!! Keep 'em coming.

[@Allie1018]

I remember wanting that poster! It's humorous just to see the old packaging!

[@piratebri]

was thinking about these the other day, I remember seeing them when I was a kid. Showed them to my parents, and we all had a good bit of nostalgia. Thanks for posting =)

[@80sCommercialVault]

Product sponsorship. They were pretty much the only commercials that aired during this special.

[@alsgal4eternity]

I always loved these commercials! Wish Kraft would do these again.

[@phendformyself]

Wow! I was 3 when this aired! We taped it on VCR and watched it all the time! I loved these little segments! Thanks for uploading.

[@aduecey]

I'll give it a look. Thanks for the tip. You picked one hell of a weird time of the year to watch nostalgic holiday commercials.

[@DimplesOfIreland]

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this, 80sCommercialVault!!!! If I could, I would make the Kraft dishes shown in this, and give them to you for your reward for preserving and uploading! Although you deserve a lot more more for your efforts and sharing, than just this food.

[@jaybennett5756]

I made that Cheesecake this Christmas it was amazing!

[@josephforest7605]

The mousse looks easy, like to know how much of each item should be put in.

[@staceyking7911]

@Jay Bennett, CONGRATS 🎉 on the turnout on your vintage 1980s dessert recipe

[@lordscrewtape2897]

Velveeta.. there's no single cheese like it... True most cheeses aren't created in the lab...😬

[@80sCommercialVault]

Processed cheese is essentially natural cheese with an emulsifier added. That's it. You can make it in your kitchen: kzbin.info/www/bejne/apKqfJyNhtOAgMU

[@apl175]

Velveeta gets a bad reputation but the reason it melts easily and consistently is due to an added emulsifying agent - usually sodium citrate. Without emulsifiers, the cheese would split in to proteins and oil like when you try to melt natural cheeses in to a sauce.

[@80sCommercialVault]

I'm not saying I'd actually eat them, but the cheddar crisps and cappuccino cheesecake don't look bad. And I'd totally eat some of that chocolate mousse.

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

i want to try that barbecue sauce and orange juice mixture, with meatballs.

[@officialhoniedip]

i miss the 80s soooo much!! these commercials are awsome!! =)

[@petals49]

My almond jam bars are quite a bit like these. Yummy! I don't usually use Velveeta or CheeseWhiz because they are too salty. I use regular cheese instead.

[@cj-seejay-cj-seejay]

Oh god I love this video. I watch it every year. Never before has such mediocre food been so fancily displayed. God bless the person who compiled and uploaded this.

[@mst3kanita]

I have to watch it every year too!

[@mst3kanita]

I bought this TV Guide off of ebay and got in the mail today. I could not resist.

[@NGTGO]

I've made the chocolate mousse recipe. It was a bit too rich, so I tweaked it a bit to cut the richness. It's an awesome mousse recipe. Also, what was with people putting cheese in apples?

[@80sCommercialVault]

Eating sharp cheddar cheese with apple pie has a pretty standard thing for centuries, the applesauce and Cheez Whiz thing is something else...

[@melpy84]

@@80sCommercialVaultI actually made that one once and it wasn’t bad at all.

[@musicosm]

Thank God I found this. I almost forgot how gross applesauce and cheez whiz can be.

[@jenniferp1127]

It doesn’t intrigue you to make any of these old school recipes??? Lol this is still my favorite Christmas commercial!! Lol

[@aduecey]

These are great commercials and such a product of its time. Nowadays I can't imagine many modern day foodies would consider buying all their various groceries from a sing food conglomerate.

[@Chelsealovessports]

Yummmyyy all of these look absolutely delicious!

[@notfauxnooz]

I remember these commercials even back in the 70s - they were like a Holiday tradition because they were a number of Kraft sponsored TV speciails. It just seemed to be part of the holidays.

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

i wouldn't give the sandwich tray as a gift, but i would serve it at a party.

[@daniellavaladez9538]

I'm so gonna make these recipes for Christmas this year!!!

[@bingotheone-eyedwondercat6229]

O' the days when they said "low fat'

[@bldali]

I love these commercials-- highly entertaining, for sure! Most of these are tasty dishes, and I couldve gotten away with making them in the 80s but I think my guests would run out screaming if I served them applesauce and Cheese Whiz! :)

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

some of this stuff sound so good

[@mst3kanita]

@xocute666 i also like the way he says "marinate!" I assume the sandwiches are for a few days before Christmas?

[@freakshowmonkey]

I've recently made a few of these dishes. Some of them really aren't bad. I think there's another posting of these commercials on here that has a link to a scan of the TV Guide insert.

[@VaFreeways]

Would you really give someone a sandwich platter with Velveeta processed cheese in the plastic wrap? I don't even think that would've been socially acceptable even in the 80s.

[@Julia-nl3gq]

That is so snobby.

[@pkmnan00bis]

The Cheddar Crisps, Gala Dip, Potato Rounds, Meatball Subs, Cheesecake, and Chocolate Mouse all sound pretty good. Then there's the Cheese Wiz/Applesauce Dip and Cheddar Cheese Tart ... :I

[@stephaniespragg5586]

pkmnan00bis the strawberry almond bars sound good too, I’m gonna make them some time

[@headapt]

I love how back then they mention "processed" cheese like it was a good thing or no big deal then in almost every segment....now its like a bad language to even think about mentioning that to people! Happy Holidays soon! :)

[@margaretthemagnificent]

Came here from the wacky MST3K “Klack” commercial. It all makes sense now…

[@notundercovercop327]

Got to give them credit in that It actually looks like they just prepared the food in front of a camera. Usually for tv commercials and print ads they hire an artist to make fake food.

[@monicalee23]

i wish i was a kid again :(

[@xocute666]

I love the way he narrates words like: Sauce, Zip, Cheese Does anyone else have meatball sandwiches for Christmas dinner?

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

i have ate meatball sandwiches for Christmas eve once , so i see nothing wrong with it.

[@stephaniespragg5586]

The ex of someone I know was half-Italian and his family ate pizza and pasta for Christmas dinner. Apparently it’s commonplace in Italy. Also my ex-friend’s adopted parents hosted a community Christmas lunch with the church they ran, which meant having their Christmas on Boxing Day and they didn’t want to be doing with making two Christmas turkey dinners so they would have nibbles instead. Not everyone has a big roast dinner on Christmas Day.

[@678BUMPERLOVER]

i found every other Kraft TV recipes book, but not this one, and i want this one.

[@stephaniespragg5586]

678BUMPERLOVER they can be found at imgur.com/0scnRrB

[@melpy84]

I've always loved this and if anyone has theses recipes please I want them all for sentimental value.

[@DimplesOfIreland]

Question...do the supermarkets actually sell those bread bowls pre-made?

[@kaijo7]

You have the actual recipes?? I would love a copy of them! Thank you for the offer!

[@deziistheone]

Wow. Does this bring back some memories. Thanks so much for posting. Any Halloween commercials from the 80's?

[@johnstewart3676]

When America was still great. We were still fairly innocent, and, the country was productive. Now, unfortunately, we are losing it all. Sorry kids.

[@charlietu]

fuck off

[@taroman7100]

Boy you nailed it exact. Words out of my mouth