Facts About 80s Snacks

Weird History is heading back to the 80's for some long lost snacks! Names like Famous Amos and his crazy good cookies, Jell-O Pudding Pops, and Smurf Berry Crunch were kid favorites during the era. So grab a snack to munch on as you take a trip down food memory lane!
#snacks #the80s #weirdhistoryfood

[@cjcomrie]

oh my god, Act 2 popcorn was literally a second version. mind blown.

[@Nemo2342]

Same, it never occurred to me that it was named that because there was a prior product.

[@kellychuang8373]

Yes it really is a mind blower. Times that we don't see done nowadays.

[@kimbrey65]

I wondered why it was II and not just Act, now we know. Thanks WHF!

[@kellychuang8373]

@@kimbrey65 Also can say thanks on that as well.

[@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678]

Now we need Act 3, where all the kernels pop and the first ones to pop aren't burnt by time the last ones pop. 🍿

[@cassiecarpenter]

Pudding Pops were sooooo goooood, the way the ice would crust the first layer… the vanilla chocolate swirls… 🤤

[@ML-ie1he]

So good!

[@missdenisebee]

Are we the same person?! I LOVED that first icy layer, but I’ve never heard someone else say the same before lol

[@yourguysheppy]

We should all aspire to be as cool as Famous Amos. Took his money and fame and put it back into the community, what a guy

[@xpatsteve]

Lean Cuisine was my go-to meal when I didn't have time to cook. Loved the Pudding Pops, too.

[@Wyrenth]

I remember eating Smurf Berry Crunch. I also remember the aftermath. Man, I miss the 80s.

[@NASCARFAN93100]

They need to bring some of these snacks back

[@creatinotionchannel2680]

Oh wow I took those GED courses for prep for my GED back in 1988.

[@vandavis000]

Nestle is an evil and greedy company😢

[@ridureyu]

Okay, the way she said “SMURF BLOOD” got me laughing.

[@stavrosmilos165]

My whole childhood I was watching Famous Amos while eating Famous Amos.... MIND BLOWN!

[@MrRezRising]

Seeing Famous Amos on _Taxi_ was fun.

[@Shadowslave604]

when pudding pops disappeared we just started freezing pudding cups. very tasty

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

It's weird how many of these feel like they've been around since forever, even though they were brand new when I was a kid and I don't remember a time when these things didn't exist. I was born in 1981, so it feels weird that I am older than Cinnamon Toast Crunch (first sold in 1984), another example of 80s snacks that are still around.

[@tyneishalewis9917]

A cool Weird History Food video! The '1980s had a bunch of cool snacks. I would love see a part two to this video and/or a guide on throwing a '80s/'90s party!

[@btetschner]

I second that.

[@danidarkoxo]

This is Weird Food History not Weird 80s/90s Party History. Get your head out of the clouds!! (all love, I’m just messing around lol)

[@aliceinmansonland448]

I LOVED Smurfberry cereal!. Cabooms cereal would turn your poo green, so us kids always had some colorful dumps back then... At least when you went COO-COO for Cocoa Puffs, you knew what color you had coming!

[@Gains_Monsoon]

If I had a smurf berry for every time I wished I had a smurf berry I’d need not wish for a smurf berry ever again.

[@btetschner]

0:12 I have two MTV shirts, one was given to me as a Christmas gift from my brother (which I am wearing right now).

[@hippiefreak66]

Amos seems like a fascinating guy

[@NikoNiki_KIZUNA]

Act 2 is my go-to popcorn brand.

[@ivanalpha80]

Hank Azaria was the perfect Gargamel!

[@canaisyoung3601]

The guy who voiced Comic Book Guy, Chief Wiggum, Apu (before he became "controversial" and had to be removed from the show), Duffman, and Moe Szyslak was Gargamel?

[@rubycubez1103]

Nerds cereal was my favorite growing up. They had two mini bags inside the box. One was cherry, the other grape. I miss that cereal so much. I dont care what color it turned my poop. Also there was this dessert cup in the late 80s/early 90s. It was different layered shades of pink and sort of like a parfait. There may have been sponge cake on the bottom. Ive been looking for it online but cannot find it anywhere. I dont remember the name.

[@AKayfabe]

me too, I loved that it came in two bags and you could pour each side separately. I remember that Nintendos Mario/Zelda cereal was also like that.

[@AKayfabe]

oh, also I remember dessert cups like that at Kentucky Fried Chicken back then, and I think I know what you mean about store bought ones too. I am also trying to figure out their name.

[@silkeden1]

Famous Amos cookies in my middle school northeast Ohio mid 90s and you climb over people to get a free one!

[@frauwolftherehorse]

I used to eat the Pudding Pops and Smurf Berry Cereal.

[@comettamer]

Act II is great stuff, and yeah, i definitely got down on some lunchables back when i was a kid. Now and again, I'll even grab one while im at the supermarket just because i like the taste of nostalgia.

[@matthewsermons7247]

6:46 "Smurf's Blood" Thank you for that emphasis

[@kellychuang8373]

Good video really had some good memories there even Famous Amos cookies were good. Had some cool memories with some of them and ones that I didn't have the chance to but still knew about.

[@joermnyc]

I used to take Smurf kids vitamins… then they vanished and my mom insisted I take Flintstones instead… which I found disgusting.

[@kirbyculp3449]

People say that Dickel bourbon tastes like Flintstones.

[@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678]

Eating Grape Nuts is like eating a bowl of gravel with less flavor.

[@TravJam317]

Yeah, Grape Nuts have never contained grapes nor nuts. And made the most boring of commercials too. Did they want people to actually buy them in the first place?

[@uprebel5150]

What about Fruit Roll Ups?

[@matthew_natividad]

God I miss those

[@randybob275]

6:01 Man, do I miss those Saturday morning cartoons while eating French fries and lemons.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What rad snacks!

[@cygnia]

I was a fan of Lean Cuisine's Sherried Shrimp & Fettuccine back in the day. And their plates were reusable afterwards back then.

[@kellychuang8373]

Also dealt with some of Lean Cuisine though mostly now it was meatloaf and pasta or Lasagna parts or whatever it was.

[@judsongaiden9878]

When I was an '80s kid, I loved OJ's Cereal.

[@chrismayer3919]

The slick from Lunchables was obviously a choking hazard, so I see their point. Besides it’s WAY more fun to just use your finger…

[@MSinistrari]

Or use one of the pepperoni slices.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🥨

[@markcampbell369]

26 years ago, I married into the family behind one of these brands. They are MILITANT about not letting their own kids and grandchildren anywhere near the products!

[@y_fam_goeglyd]

I'm not going to ask which one (I'm not rude), but you have got me wondering now! I have grandkids too!

[@btetschner]

4:58 Even though I normally ran the 800 in high school track, I ran the mile so the team could add points in an event with less competitive runners. I was able to get under six minutes twice.

[@lp-xl9ld]

I still eat a fair many of these now.

[@missdenisebee]

Those chocolate & vanilla swirl Pudding Pops were my JAM. I miss them so much😭 Edited to add: on my way to Amazon to see if I can find that DIY kit!

[@shanewarner899]

Can you do a video on Knorr Sides?

[@packertai1]

Fun video! The flavor sodas I have tried! They are crazy! I have not tried the Ranch flavor but i heard the flavor is crazy! The pop tart topic was very interesting! 😲🤩I like the idea of unfrosted ones! The frosting becomes too sweet at times! 😖

[@annasahlstrom6109]

Grape Sunny Delight was available when I was a little girl.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

SmurfBerry cereal looked delicious, and if they ever brought it back, I would gladly buy it. But Ranch flavored soda is 🤢! This was a great video, Weird History! Hope you'll do a video on Jack In The Box Restaurants one day, though please talk about the 1970s era with the animated commercials and the characters voiced by Paul Winchell, voice of Tigger. Three commercials, as well as the three comics [How A House Makes Noise, Where Oil Comes From, How Pain Helps Us] are on KZbin, so researching the 70s era of Jack In The Box should be a little easier [get it? the original jingle was "Take Life A Little Easier"]. Actually, a Weird History Food video on mascots voiced by famous voice actors would be super cool. Paul Winchell was the 1970s animated version of Jack but was also Burger Chef for Burger Chef restaurants. Paul Frees, Haunted Mansion's Ghost Host, was also the Pillsbury Doughboy, which is hilarious to think about given Paul Frees' most famous role as the Ghost Host.

[@kimbrey65]

I think my grandson would love the ranch soda! 😂 Me, no!

[@1momification]

My favorite pop tart is the grape. Its a limited edition type. Think Mcrib.

[@nickiegoldinhart]

Gargamel didnt want to eat the Smurfs, he wanted them to make gold for himself.

[@sammylane21]

If you're not sure, I'll tell you, The Smurfs are actually Gnomes with blue skin.

[@Plantpuffbaby]

Lean Cuisine still slaps! So good haha

[@packertai1]

I love lunchables! Yummy! 😊❤

[@mattkotlan1466]

legend amos

[@btetschner]

12:44 I used to have a jester cap very similar to that one! Great hat!

[@justindixon9762]

Can you do a video in captain ds and long john silvers

[@Yanrogue]

After eating a jell-o pudding pop, I would just have to lay down and take a nap. They made you so sleepy.

[@WVUer21]

Damn it.

[@jtgd]

Too soon bro

[@_Frank_the_Tank]

Did you guys wake sore and walking bull legged too? 😂

[@btetschner]

10:28 Red Bull & Vodka was a popular drink my late year at Doane University!

[@ghostmantagshome-er6pb]

I spent the 80s on a Mountain Dew drip.

[@meedwards5]

Weird History Foods, please note the corporation ConAgra is pronounced like two separate words: con-AGra. Not Conahgra

[@UnEmily]

I noticed the same thing. I'm glad someone else caught it too.

[@MrJayrock620]

The McCain deep and delicious chocolate cake was awesome too.

[@CaptChang]

I am kinda surprised you didn't mention how Wally had to sell the company in 1985, and when he restarted he had to call his new cookie company "The Uncle Noname's Cookie Company", because "Famous Amos" was a part of the company he sold.

[@btetschner]

3:48 Reminds me of the documentary Bigger, Stronger, Faster (2008), great film!

[@tamfur]

I miss pudding pops.

[@rainbowbunniie]

I really don’t know why anyone thinks lean cuisine’s are healthy they’re loaded with salt.

[@glennso47]

Kraft owns Oscar Mayer

[@stephenbarabas6286]

In all my life I've never heard ConAgra said that weird way.

[@NewMessage]

Hunh... more of them are technically food than I thought would be.

[@juandacharroninja]

Coke with wine sounds like a great idea

[@LanceofLonginous]

Idk how gross they look those lunchable pizzas were great

[@btetschner]

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating CAP'N CRUNCH"S CRUNCH BERRIES*...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History video "Why Was the 80s the Golden Age for Sugary Cereals?"

[@The.One.True.B]

What?

[@Shawn666Hellion]

I wish Chocolites would return, those were awesome

[@glennso47]

Stauffers is now a member of the Nestle group

[@btetschner]

5:48 This is another great Saturday Morning Cartoon cereal, it was actually a Saturday Morning Cartoon!

[@TheLittleNoobThatCould]

So Pop Tarts were originally named after the Pop Art movement and not from how they 'pop' up out of the toaster? Hmm.

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@YaaaaanSapnu]

love

[@frozenhispanic3912]

Shoutout to E. Alan MacDonald for saying something nice despite being a competitor

[@h-leath6339]

I love your brand. Also, thank you so much for that visual during the smurf segment. Now I can never clean my toilets nor see ANy toilet with blue cleaner in it without dread again. Also, why HAVEN'T TBMG been spokes people for cleaning products yet? Also also, great burningman idea. Giant toilet, BMG emerge from the bowl and immediately start drum-raging on the porcelain. I imagine it would sound like a dulcimer impregnated a steel drum. But the 50:1 scale toilet MUST be entirely ceramic to comply with...reasons. Idea copyright me. You all saw it. Unless it's already been done in Vegas... ...in which case I really want to know where they store that toilet in the off-season.

[@btetschner]

9:13 I have drank outrageous amounts of Diet Coke, I often drink it all the time!

[@thetechnoman1]

The original energy drink Jolt cola. There is a video idea whatever happened to Jolt cola.

[@TwoMenInACloset]

Fight the good fight threeeee dooogg owww owww oooo

[@btetschner]

12:13 It is really fun to just buy a box of unique Rocket Fizz sodas and to try them out!

[@silkeden1]

Glad there aren't as many comments harping on the voiceover. In fact, I would like to make her acquaintance. 👍

[@staghornthedruid957]

I would love to see Keebler's Pizzaria's make a come back.

[@btetschner]

That is my #1 Lost Food!

[@btetschner]

10:23 I used to drink Diet Coke With Lime constantly also. Jack & Coke is one of my favorite all-time drinks, not far behind a dirty vodka martini.

[@AaronMartinColby]

Darmok and Jalad at Conagra.

[@army103]

It's hard to believe Red Bull has been around since the 80's...back in 2000, a friend of mine bought a can of it off a "legal drugs" website, and it was the first time any of us had heard of it. The brand caught fire pretty shortly after that, but it's strange to think that Red Bull had been around for 13 years by then and I never even knew it existed!

[@btetschner]

0:07 My hometown has a tank by the Legion Club as a type of monument. Arnold Schwarzenegger drove a tank for the millitary when he lived in Austria.

[@jewfro1526]

Can you guys do a video on Veep the lemon lime soda?

[@DUCEDUCEVA]

The taste of the "Cola" soda in the Lunchables was horrid but we still enjoyed it

[@tremorsfan]

I ate a cupcake recently with blue dye. Only it turned my poop green not blue.

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

jello pudding pops and jello 1 2 3

[@The_McFortner]

ConAgra is pronounced both of the letter a pronounced as it is in "magazine". Anybody who has lived in Omaha, Nebraska (their corporate HQ) can tell you that.

[@chargermopar]

By 1983 I was only eating meat and dairy so none of this duck food appealed to me.

[@mrnekomaneki01]

Many things I though had a later debut. The redbull one surprises me since I don't remember ads or it at gas stations growing up in the 90s so it felt like a 2000's invention. Especially since they used to send attractive ladies to college campuses around midterm and finals times to promote the atuff.

[@CheapCreep]

The secret ingredient to Puddin Pops™ is chloroform.

[@Sandman2007]

Or something else. A little grapey.

[@randy3669]

😂

[@Ciggie]

Nuhuh

[@larrygorlitz]

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[@sheldonjohnson7379]

Qualudes... definitely qualudes...

[@gracekim25]

Yay 80’s snacks❤ 19.1.24

[@primetimecollector619]

Lucky Charms turns my poop green

[@Megadebt]

Seeing Bill Cosby made me instantly uncomfortable.

[@mrmoshpotato]

Bring back diagonally cut Pop Tarts! Never knew they wxisted before.

[@shamanky9719]

You know, I didn’t really like this narrator but she’s giving me real WatchMojo vibes. Legendary potential.

[@Tully_23_32]

U can't say he was the biggest sitcom star in the world as he wasn't. The biggest sitcom star in the US maybe, but not across the world. There's actually other countries outside of the US

[@Oonagh72]

5:38 How was Stouffer’s a competitor when they made Lean Cuisine. I mean Stouffer’s is clearly written on the box!!!!

[@theresalaux5655]

Im hooked on Diet Coke!😊