The Scorching Origin Of Bagel Bites

You know them, you love them - the ever tasty Bagel Bites that exploded in popularity as the 80's became the 90s, and beyond! Sure, they have scorched a few mouths in their time, and yet it seems kids and adults alike just can't get enough of them! heat up some Bagel Bites and enjoy a taste of how they came to be - from their humble beginnings up to the behemoth snack we all know and love!
As the infectious jingle implies - you can have pizza any time!
#bagelbites #snacks #weirdhistoryfood

[@NewMessage]

All I know is that according to their suggested serving size, I'm a family of four.

[@drewstice992]

All I know is your comment is lame and unfounded so get your facts straight sir

[@jtgd]

@@drewstice992party pooper

[@sykadelik459]

😂😂

[@sykadelik459]

​@@drewstice992clown ass punk

[@Bismark1815]

Aren’t we all a family of four

[@roguesample]

Bagel Bites and Tony Hawks Pro Skater games go together like burgers and fries

[@Gatorade69]

Or in my case Bagel Bites and Twisted Metal. Used to head over to a friend's house after school where we played PS1 and his mom would break out the Bagel Bites. He was a big fan of car combat games, unfortunately by the time THPS came out he was getting ready to move away. :/

[@Venom3254]

That ad with Tony Hawk returned to my memory

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Oh man remember when Tony Hawk and other skaters/snowboarders would be on the Bagel Bites Commercials? Pure nostalgia

[@onerandomguy4832]

​@Hbfan117Found the 2010 kid here

[@pjextra2430]

Childhood memory unlocked...

[@poryog]

Wow that Zoom throwback… I haven’t thought of that show in twenty years! I miss when Zoom didn’t mean a meeting that could have been an email…

[@thesinfultictac5704]

Come on and Zoom!

[@Nemo2342]

Learning how to make a pizza bagel is far more educational than anything I've gotten off of Zoom in the modern era

[@franksilva4175]

02134

[@soultangggg]

@@franksilva4175 if you know, you know!

[@poryog]

@@franksilva4175 The only area code besides my own that I know by heart, because of that song 😅

[@tyneishalewis9917]

Bagel Bites! I remember eating these. It's been awhile since I have some, think I'll pick some up on my grocery store run this week. Who knew Bagel Bites had such history? Keep up the awesome work, Weird History Food! I would love to see more videos on '80s/90s food & snacks

[@TheNTMG]

Enjoy the processed crap

[@Sniperboy5551]

It’s definitely worth trying them again, even if just for nostalgia. Get some Chef Boyardee while you’re at it, you’ll feel young again!

[@tyneishalewis9917]

@@Sniperboy5551 Great idea, I think I will!

[@MrRezRising]

These are just tiny Stouffer's French Bread pizzas. The roof of my mouth just ran and hid.

[@patrickdurham8393]

What you said!

[@spddiesel]

I've found that one of the best things about getting dentures is I haven't burned my mouth on pizza since.

[@CulturalProspect]

You gotta squeeze em then, bite em sideways. I eat pizza upside down, that way the cheesey part hits your toung instead of crust.

[@BrianK-zz4fk]

lol super true

[@Bismark1815]

This man is honestly one of the greatest narrators on KZbin, he has the objectively best voice

[@gjd424]

He is a professional actor and instructor at Groundlings in LA

[@Bismark1815]

@@gjd424 I NOW HAVE EVIDENCE

[@keithramsay6923]

He's up there with Morgan Freeman.

[@merikatools568]

What's his name?​@@gjd424

[@TDK360]

@@gjd424that explains his timing. 😆

[@No-sv6mu]

I sang the song in my head during your intro 🤣. "When pizzas on a bagel, you can eat pizza anytime.......". I ate (and burnt) my mouth on way too many on these yummy snacks in the late 80's/early 90's!

[@valeriorodrigues3351]

but they were never spicy, but only scorchin' up

[@highnoon9333]

I LOVE the fact that the lawsuit was in Wisconsin

[@johnsheetz6639]

😂!

[@SparklRebel]

Ikr! I was like nobody knows more than Wisconsin

[@poposterous236]

Just ask Mr. Plinkett. I got him to mail me some pizza rolls from his webzone!

[@patrickdurham8393]

I'm 60 and still occasionally get these delicious, unhealthy morsels.

[@highnoon9333]

I'm 33 and just bought at 12-pack of hot pockets 🤣

[@dsol03]

@@highnoon9333as a fellow 33-year old, I didn’t need to see this comment to feel less guilty of doing the same, but I am happy that we are both enjoying our lives

[@Sniperboy5551]

You’re never too old for nostalgia

[@drewbiedoobie1416]

Ahhh. the molten lava layer lurking under the solid cheese crust... memories...can anyone who grew up in the 80s and 90s taste anything anymore? I can't.

[@Sniperboy5551]

I can, but my tastebuds decide not to… worth it though

[@Hallucinato444]

"Many will enter few will win" I hadnt heard or thought about that line in so many years.

[@metwono]

Dude. Sames.

[@dennislogan6781]

Glad to have you back. We missed your voice.

[@RamonGJ]

He’s here on Sundays

[@Chelaxim]

They uploaded 3 days ago lol.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

Was he missing?

[@andy56duky]

​@@ingridfong-daley5899 yes

[@rhonda7070]

I've never had a bagel bite. Not a bagel person, so I never gave them a second glance. The situation will be remedied by tomorrow.

[@djjackson-pickett7558]

Bagel Bites are fantastic!

[@meedwards5]

I haven't eaten them, either! I like a good bagel but Bagel Bites just look like they would be disappointing.

[@rhonda7070]

@@meedwards5 Let's try them!

[@djjackson-pickett7558]

@@meedwards5 Update: bagel bites are weak. literally just finished eating them after several years

[@meedwards5]

@@djjackson-pickett7558 Yup. I did try them and I was disappointed. The concept is sound and has potential but Bagel Bites are actually just meh. I feel like I could make my own version of bagel bites and they'd be pretty good.

[@bobdavidson8019]

We were making our own pizza bagels long before they did. Along with french bread pizza, toast pizza, English muffin pizzas, tortilla pizza, cracker pizza, etc. You throw cheese and sauce on anything that was like bread. It was such an easy thing and a little kid could handle making their own for a snack. We never even considered buying the frozen versions when they came out. They didn't really save you money or time. And they didn't taste as good. Bagel bites appealed to people who didn't know what a real bagel or pizza really was.

[@mintykiwi]

so true, nobody knows where to find a good bagel these days

[@djjackson-pickett7558]

​@@mintykiwiI sure don't know either

[@mgthestrange9098]

As I just replied to another comment, pretty much any bread can be pizzafied.

[@mintykiwi]

@@djjackson-pickett7558 go to the bagel store idot

[@notredamefan1992]

Okay grandpa 🤡

[@Theonetruewonderfly]

Suddenly I'm back in 2002 watching Adult Swim and munching on Bagel Bites with Tony Hawk.

[@Gungho73]

HERE I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN HOLDING ON TO WHAT I AM PRETENDING IM A SUPERMAN! Those Tony Hawk soundtracks were friggin' MWAH! So good.

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

This will only make sense to viewers of a certain age, but if you remember the song "Freak Like Me" by Adina Howard, I used to combine it with the Bagel Bites theme. The chorus partially says "freak in the morning, freak in the evening..." So I added "freak at supper time! When you get freaky on a bagel you can get freaky anytime!" I was like eleven so, yeah. I still chuckle sometimes. I have my own renditions of a lot of songs, honestly

[@djjackson-pickett7558]

That is outrageous 😂

[@GotTheBestLigma]

And here I thought I was the only person that does their own renditions of songs, they are always as ridiculous as can be!

[@chobies5383]

​@@GotTheBestLigmaBro is completely ignorant on the concept of parodies

[@StarkMaximum]

@@chobies5383 Bro's about to go wild when they learn about Weird Al.

[@chobies5383]

@@StarkMaximum Those are covers...

[@rockymtnsteeze1815]

that song finally left my head 10 years ago, now it has returned.

[@unknowndeoxys00]

I rarely ate Bagel Bites, but I do have a fond memory of my children's almanac that had a recipe for homemade toasted pizza bagels. Though I wasn't never the hugest fan of the little pepperoni cubes, instant cheese pizza or regular pizza from the restaurant always hit the right way. I wonder if that kid love for pizza persists today, stuff like this built childhoods 🥲

[@theaterthug7]

Bagel bites are responsible for everyones first ever mouth burn

[@rsybing]

That or pizza rolls

[@TheFlock83]

Pretty sure Hot Pockets was mine

[@theaterthug7]

​@@TheFlock83Pretty sure I didn't ask you 😂😂😂

[@Fat_Man_NukeOfficial]

​@@theaterthug7My Respect📉

[@ridureyu]

If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning, hammer in the evening, hammer at supper time - when pizza’s on a hammer, you can hammer anytime!

[@nunyabznz]

My granddaughter loved these when she was young.

[@drewstice992]

Keeps it hundo to the onedo

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

We all did, and still do 😂

[@matthewdrummond1340]

I thought Labatts was just beer. The more you know 🌈🌟

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

I LOVE BAGEL BITES! I am careful not to eat too many or eat them EVERY day though [usually when we have nothing else to eat]. Still hoping for a Weird History Food episode on Jack In The Box restaurant and a Weird History Food episode on Domino's Pizza!

[@clickmynameifyouloveANIME]

Debut in 1985 but kids still eating it in 2024

[@Dominicn123]

hey hey adults too lol

[@btetschner]

7:27 Skateboarding is now an olympic sport! Thanks for being such a great promoter of skateboarding Tony Hawk!

[@btetschner]

5:10 Where can I get the seeds for the Bagel Bites plant?

[@dawakat08]

34 years on this planet and I've yet to ever have a bagel bites lol

[@giraffesinc.2193]

I'm older and have never had one, either!

[@JackContraband]

Honestly, you're not missing much.

[@CollinOffTheCuff]

I wouldn't try them now, they are incredible and I'll still eat them if they are in front of me, but it's entirely nostalgia, not quality.

[@Gatorade69]

Not even making a homemade pizza bagel ? Get some good onion bagels, top, with good sauce, mozzarella cheese and pepperoni. Then put it in the oven for a few minutes then turn on the broiler. They are way better than the frozen ones and the onion bagel makes a great base.

[@Freesavh1776]

Oh man, Harry Katz! What a name. Just an absolute perfect name!😂😂😂😂

[@grizzlycougar]

Bagel bites were my go to after school snack back when I was a kid, I was addicted.

[@vegetafan9922]

I don't understand all these comments about Bagel Bites burning your mouth. From my experience, the cheese was either still frozen or if I tried to microwave them longer to melt the cheese, the bagel became harder than a diamond.

[@btetschner]

0:24 Reminds me of that Community episode called "Pillows and Blankets" where they build all those forts on campus before they are in war mode.

[@sarahkatie7497]

That’s my favorite episode Ben!!!

[@btetschner]

@@sarahkatie7497 You have great taste! :) Such a great episode!

[@NekoWinters]

Guess what im eating for breakfast right meow!? X3

[@emilym3139]

Cat food meow 😸

[@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678]

Friskies 🐺 Meow

[@NeoMiles74]

When pizza's on a bagel, you can have pizzaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@thatbobusguy]

Use to eat them all the time in late 90s early 2000s. Now I have a teenage daughter that likes them and wow. They really skimp on the cheese now! Lucky to have 10 tiny cubes on each bite. After melted all you see is tomato sauce still😂

[@btetschner]

Weird History gets the Filler Brushbill Award for this video! I am totally sold on Bagel Bites after watching this video!

[@squidboii]

I miss these. They got rid of them in Canada. On sale, they made a nice snack that you could get microwaved in 90 seconds.

[@vandavis000]

I prefer pizza rolls. Cause i hate bagels.😂

[@richardgadberry8398]

"Pizza goin' down the sofa! Oh FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-You gonna need Tide!"

[@1tal1ansubm1ke]

i don't thing I've ever even had a bagel bite. I've always been a pizza roll guy

[@btetschner]

2:51 I remember when pizza was starting to become THE food in the 80s and 90s, the one food that everyone would eat.

[@Thraeryn]

I'm a pizza roll guy. I won't turn down a Bagel Bite, but when I have the choice, I just don't need that much bread. 🤷 It's shocking how long the company's been around; lots of items you'd think had enough traction to stick around get discontinued anyway.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What an amazing video!

[@adamgh0]

Back in elementary school, I used to make "pizza bagels" for lunch by putting leftover spaghetti sauce and parmesan cheese on an egg bagel and putting it in the toaster oven. I lived two blocks away from the school and was allowed to go home for lunch.

[@WastedTalent-]

We used to get pizza bagels for lunch in elementary school back in the 80's.

[@nickyerst9628]

4:07 THIS IS AN ATTACK I FFF FEEL ATTACKED

[@NASCARFAN93100]

Bagel Bites look good

[@vixengypsy]

I'd like to see a video on Stoffers's Dinners, specifically the French pizza bread!

[@studiesinflux1304]

I've seen those things in the grocery store but never picked them up: I've always been on the Pizza Pocket / Pizza Pops camp (yes I know those two brands had a rivalry too, but I consumed both equally) for my pizza-like objects.

[@the406seadonkey6]

Totino's were around a LOT longer ago than what this video says; it's just that they were called Jeno's Pizza Rolls in the late 80s/early 90s and they were absolutely great! I believe it was a brand change or a business purchase that moved Jeno's to Totino's.

[@annasahlstrom6109]

I loved pizza bagel bites and bagel dogs when I was a kid.

[@itsjoynow]

Omg Zoom 😭😭 my childhood

[@timthegem]

I am happy that there will be 100% fewer self-entitled people whining about the narrator of completely free content. Yes!!

[@drewstice992]

I suggest you keep your mouth 👄 shut son

[@monkeygraborange]

One of the beautiful things about not having kids is that you miss a whole category of junk food.

[@DinoPwn]

eh, you come to realize that the junk food you had as a kid tasted better as a kid

[@lunaflower4507]

I mean sometimes but am still a giant child at heart so there always something in the freezer

[@AltimaNEO]

Ill take bagel bites over pizza rolls any day. Back in elementary school, theyd serve up pizza bagels for breakfast in the cafeteria and it was glorious!

[@WastedTalent-]

My mother was making French bread pizza, pizza bagels, and english muffin pizzas for us since the 70's. She always found a way to put the least amount of effort into cooking for us.

[@Blanche-b9n]

Watching the geriatric men’s softball team brought back memories of 3 yr olds playing t-ball.

[@cardboardempire]

Canadian here. What's a Bagel Bite? We have pizza pockets

[@Friendship1nmillion]

Same here in Australia . ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺

[@cardboardempire]

@@Friendship1nmillion Hey m8t. Lovely land Australia. Spent a year in NZ. Visited Aussie land few times. Good on ya.

[@icankillbugs]

A quick Google search says they were just discontinued in Canada in 2022. I remember pizza pockets being the things the poorest of the poors ate that you got from the foodbank, while the not so poors ate name brand Pizza Pops. Apparently Loblaws sells bagel bites under the name Chef Gusto, it's $4 for 9. Your funeral - can't imagine being impressed by them 😅

[@ron.hertzberg]

Watch the video

[@cardboardempire]

@@icankillbugs Pizza Pockets are twice the price of Pizza Pops my guy.

[@darknight1220]

I never tried bagel bites until college, made me realize I missed out on a tasty lunch treat as a kid far better than totinos pizza rolls

[@MrNatetimm]

Bagel Bites >>> Pizza Rolls

[@TagardMC]

I'd love if Pork Roll could be discussed in a future episode

[@DamplyDoo]

Perfect video. We just made them for dinner 😅

[@Patriciaangelavas]

I am either because I am Filipino and those snacks never been in my life

[@btetschner]

0:34 The first three Tony Hawk Pro Skater video games were a hit at Doane University when I went there! Those were some of the most popular games over that four school year period.

[@btetschner]

I had bagel bites on my graduation day (December 15) for my Associates degrees this last year, they are amazing!

[@sarahkatie7497]

Congrats Ben!!

[@btetschner]

@@sarahkatie7497 Thank you!

[@leviolin9328]

I used to work at a plumbing place right next to the bagel bites factory in fort Myers when they would start making them things in the morning it would make the whole neighborhood smell like bagel bites

[@MisterSouji]

Does anybody else remember the Cheeseburger Bagel Bites with the guy from Popeye in the ads?

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

*Luz Noceda and Collector Approved*

[@tremorsfan]

When you put pizza on a bagel, nothing matters.

[@Leonardokite]

Give me bagel bites or give me death! 🥯🍕

[@mariellewinks]

When I was a kid, I ate a ton of the Bagel Bites samples at Costco to the point that the worker told me that I couldn’t have anymore lol Now I kinda wanna buy a box. I miss those lil bagel bastards 😅

[@jer103]

Do Hot Pockets next.

[@btetschner]

I second a Hot Pockets one.

[@Bing-s2q]

To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest.

[@evolancer211]

I like how it went from Tony Hawk - skateboarding's MJ to Tiny Hawk - Skateboarding's Niel Armstrong Haha I bake my pizza rolls on top of my bagel bites

[@katlynwebb8474]

I used to eat bagel bites but I stopped cause whenever I would bite into one my mouth would hurt cause the base would be so hard even after heating them up.

[@later_skateboards]

Jimmy Fallon also won a Grammy recently, so two Grammy winners.

[@sarafontanini7051]

As an austrlaian we don't have these (or at least I've never seen them anywhere)

[@jamiedriscoll9781]

9:30 he..hawked...bagel bites 😊

[@Tammissa]

My kids love these things and they are all in their 20’s now!

[@nealdavis9259]

I was eating English muffin pizza since I was 5. I’m 52 now.

[@jovanweismiller7114]

Pizza Roller here!

[@cassieoz1702]

Its generally only hard to find things kids will eat if youve fed them hyperpalatable, ultraprocessed crap since they started solids.

[@ygbgforever]

I've never eaten a Bagel Bite, but i remember liking the commercials

[@adamtrogdon959]

I got some bagel bites a few months back cause I wanted to try them again and I cooked them in the microwave wasn’t as good I remembered. Maybe it’s better in the oven

[@ericlewis8793]

so sad - not in canada anymore

[@8ullfrog]

TONY HAWK DOESN'T SHARE FOOD. I can't afford bagel bites anymore, have to settle for pizza rolls.

[@dak85016]

I've never had one. This makes me want to go buy some.

[@AozoraUltra2006]

I still love them so much

[@memph1ston]

Bagel Bites vs Pizza Rolls? Damn, what a hard decision. I plead the 5th!

[@cac_deadlyrang]

12:53 Yes.

[@Mark-vs9rk]

I'm pretty sure thousands of people put sauce and cheese on a bagel before anyone mentioned in this video

[@rafaelunplugged]

The reason I have lock jaw😂

[@danjbro]

Brekast- 😆 🤣 😂

[@Killem-Dafoe]

Michael Jordan is the Tony Hawk of basketball.

[@ScottCalvinsClause]

I never realized Bites and Rolls were competitors. I always thought they were the same food by the same company in a different shape.

[@marylist1236]

Bagel Dogs are Piglets in Onesies

[@directorwinter5419]

It's the good narrator, nice.

[@terrigaines1812]

I'm a pizza roller, myself..

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

I haven't heard the tiktok AI voice for a while. Nice 😊 🤗 💕 ❤

[@SomeOrangeCat]

I've never been a fan. Maybe I just came out wrong.

[@kimberlyweaver1285]

These are always tough.

[@Alan-k2c]

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.