Facts About ‘90s Lunch Box Items That Make Us Kinda Miss School

Weird History is going back to the 90s for some Snacks! Many '90s snacks did not survive long after their titular decade and were ultimately discontinued in later years. That's left millennials nostalgic for a time when they could trade their favorite snacks over the cafeteria table. These facts about '90s lunch box foods may whet your appetite - or make you question why you loved them so much in the first place.
#snacks #the90s #weirdhistoryfood

[@ProtoMario]

90s were my decade, I remember all of it.

[@btetschner]

Do you remember the Bobbitts?

[@Hath.0]

Lorena? I remember. Pepperidge farm remembers.

[@ThatADHDKid]

I am 33-year-old man who still buys Capri Sun from time to time just because nostalgia lol

[@dudleyvasausage7879]

i do this too.

[@csmith6237]

I'm 31 and buy myself lunchables every once in awhile

[@streetwatcher_]

It’s a great drink on the go

[@ThatADHDKid]

@@streetwatcher_ strawberry kiwi is still my go to

[@streetwatcher_]

@@ThatADHDKid I prefer fruit punch

[@Troy-McClure81]

String Cheese ,BabyBel,Capri Sun all still staples in my fridge,42 now so I'd like to think my priorities haven't changed much 😂

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Born in 1987, the 90's were my childhood pretty much

[@trevrah]

Born in ‘92 I miss those times of playing Pokemon Red and eating those snacks

[@markjackson6431]

i was born in 98. all this stuff carried over to the 2000s lunchtime

[@darcys9597]

I'm surprised I didn't see "soda-licious" on that list, those little root beer mugs were legendary.

[@BeyondDaX]

Not sure many people got those back in the day

[@JynxBlack13]

The 7up Spots were my favorite!

[@kuebby]

You mean root beer hard candies? Those are like a hundred years old, and still for sale.

[@rogerszmodis]

@@kuebbythey were gummies

[@Whiskey_Assassin]

Tip from a Ghostbuster, If you are craving Ecto Cooler, Juicy Juice Orange Tangerine is a close substitute or more authentic is a blend of 4 parts Tampico Citrus Punch and 1 part Minute Made Lemonade. #BringBackEctoCooler

[@origamisteve]

I'm 35 and to this day I still buy Pizza Lunchables, Hi-C Orange Lavaburst, and Dunkaroos. (I remember gasping when I saw them first reintroduced, it felt like Christmas, Halloween, & Easter all at once)

[@chipskylark172]

I’m proud to say my fridge is full of capri sun and I have no children Childhood goal accomplished lol

[@scottnotpilgrim]

Always feels good to accomplish your goals

[@chipskylark172]

@@scottnotpilgrimsome set out to win awards, some set out to win cash. Mine was to have a fridge full of capri suns so I could have one at my pleasure 😢😢 *MADE IT MA TOP OF THE WORLD*

[@kashagroob8417]

Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

Then fight for the freedom of being able to use plastic straws, because here in Germany Europe, they have to use paper straws on capri sun, which is stupid, because most times when you try to insert the straw, it just bends and deforms in every way possible.

[@nickgibb4687]

with a bottle of Titos after being an adult for the day

[@krisfrederick5001]

I was a latchkey kid. The 80's and early 90's were the best time to be a kid. The music, the movies, the video games, the cartoons before and after school and Saturday mornings, the toys, in literally every way. There was still some danger on the playground because they weren't all Fischer Price plastic. Anything Little Debbie for me. or HI-C. I may be bias but...I'm also right!

[@IsmailAbdulMusic]

I remember all of this! Used to get into a lot of fist fights during my high school years from '96-'00 at Pontiac Central High School in Pontiac, Michigan

[@ShadyRK9]

I was born in 1994. I miss having Lunchables at school and on school field trips!

[@Nemo2342]

The original Warheads were amazing. So sour, and they could easily destroy the inside of your mouth if you ate too many in a row.

[@Hwarming]

Yeah a little while ago my girlfriend bought me a giant pack of those, I ate the entire pack in a day and my mouth was not happy with me

[@superspak]

I have seen competitive eaters on YT do those back in the day, it would make their mouth bloody.

[@Melissa0774]

They don't make them anymore or they changed them?

[@BeckyNosferatu]

@@Melissa0774 They changed them... they're aren't nearly as sour as I remember them to be.

[@Nemo2342]

@@Melissa0774 They still make Warheads, but the new ones lose their sourness quicker and are less mouth-destroying. You still shouldn't eat a whole bag in one sitting, but eating 1 or 2 is less likely to melt the inside of your cheeks now.

[@lisapop5219]

I had school lunch, unfortunately. 😂 I had handisnacks for lunch when the school lunch didn't show up. Apparently, they kept them in reserve

[@ThatsCrazyBro3752]

These 90s commercials definitely worked on my adolescent self

[@btetschner]

Those '90s candies would make great Halloween treats also! This year I am giving out Fruit Roll-ups and Capri Suns again.

[@btetschner]

9:44 Hi-C Ecto Cooler was awesome, we used to have it all the time.

[@tyneishalewis9917]

Another awesome video, Weird History Food! I enjoyed a lot of these '90s snacks during my childhood. In fact, i still do! Especially Capri Suns, Fruit by the Foot, Dunkaroos, and others. I wouldn't mind if there's a part 2 to this video, or perhaps a video on '80s snacks. That would be awesome to see. Or even a Weird History Food's guide to throwing an '80s or '90s themed party!

[@btetschner]

I second all of those.

[@bjarkiengelsson]

I second that 80's snack video!

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

Froot by the Foot.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

As a 2000s kid [who is super into food history], I have always loved Capri-Sun! Especially the Roaring Waters variety. I also occasionally enjoyed Fruit By The Foot and Fruit Gushers. Those Gushers commercials are super duper CURSED! Another 2000s snack that I really miss, more then any other defunct snack, is Yogos. They were so delicious, and now I feel nostalgic for the early/mid 2000s. I hope Weird History will do a video on the history of M&Ms [my favorite candy], as there's so much interesting history to talk about. Including the epic fail of them turning down the E.T movie, and the SMART decision they made by hiring Will Vinton and his animators to re-design the spokescandies. That Christmas ad with Red and Yellow is still played today, which goes to show how iconic the Vinton Spokescandies [as I call them to differentiate them from earlier M&M eras] still are. Honestly, there could be a whole separate video by Weird History on the rise and fall of Will Vinton Studios, the story is a rather bittersweet one.

[@The.One.True.B]

Sounds like you should make your own videos lol

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

You missed the capri sun heyday. They taste awful now.

[@HayTatsuko]

I'm so glad most of these are still around, even though I'm not a Millennial. This Gen X likes a bunch of these, too!

[@vexusvexed]

Dunkaroos are actually BACK for sale again in the US! I see them at Walmart all the time, especially near the checkout isles.

[@matthew_natividad]

Yeah just had some when they reappeared at my local gas station

[@brandonteal7211]

That's so funny he said that about string cheese. I always know this string cheese was an incredibly good quality mozzarella

[@gaylegoodman9097]

Love the band Rush! I probably would of loved watching them while eating Dunkaroos 😊.

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

I remember having to buy these items to pack in my kid's lunches and for snacks. Now, the Ecto Cooler was a target of my hate. It replaced my favorite Citrus Cooler that I drank throughout my childhood and was enjoying in adulthood.

[@Evilnor7]

Gushers were my favorite for school lunches, but my parents would also pack some Fruit Roll-Ups. I liked the ones that were cut into various shapes, so you could peel specific pieces off the wrapping and pretend to be some sort of stencil artist. Also had plenty of handi-snacks, lunchables, capri-sun, and single-serve Sunny Delight.

[@steelcurtain187]

Nice list I definitely enjoyed many of these iconic snacks growing up

[@flyingelbowdrop]

Growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, my local independent grocery store had Handisnacks for sale as singles. The store hung them up in baskets in the cheese section. Mom would buy me one every time we went shopping. ❤

[@wesgunton238]

Bill Murry and Lorenzo Music both have something common. Both played/voiced Dr Peter Venkman and Garfield.

[@btetschner]

Fascinating! Did not know that.

[@shainahullihen1159]

I have the Garfield movie on VHS and would rewind the funny parts to watch them again and again. Garfield: OW, MY POOR NOSE! Me: lol, poor Garfield 😂😢. Still one of my favorite lines from the movie 😅.

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

90s baby! These snacks are so iconic. As a matter of fact, I just ate some Fruit Gushers and Fruit by the Foot yesterday. Always loved the commercials too...that space-themed Gushers ad lives rent-free in my head to this day.

[@_Gosh_]

Man those 90s fruit rollups that would tattoo your tongue 🤯

[@matthew_natividad]

I could never get them on so I just ate it XD

[@nomadv7860]

Well butter my biscuit, we got the good narrator on a Thursday!

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The 1990s were a magical time Especially for NASCAR

[@merlinswife]

dude i still love string cheese. it's such a nice simple snack. and mozzarella is yummy

[@Crocogator]

modern string cheese isn't... stringy anymore. Apparently it was a choking hazard. I can't make my hula dancers anymore :(

[@merlinswife]

aw man, that's so lame@@Crocogator

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT!

[@rolmodel12.]

Legend has it, Mr. Adams played that thing, until his fingers bled, that Summer of '69.

[@packertai1]

Interesting video! Most of these I have heard of but others are new to me! Fun watching the commercial for these treats! Gushers, Fruit Roll Ups, Foot by the foot, Baby Belles are all favorites of mine! Yum! Next time I go the store I am going to buy a box of some of these treats! It has been like forever! 🤩🥳😉😳😲

[@paularcaria]

I would chew on that Handi snack red stick for hours after lunch period in grade school.

[@Sugarglitter]

Handi snacks,Fruit rollups and fruit gushers were my all time favorites

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

The Gushers commercials made me think of the old Bonkers Fruit Candy ads... and Mentos (the Freshmaker!) had particularly goofy ads too didn't they?

[@xpatsteve]

As far as school snacks go these are all way before my time. I do like Fruit Roll-Ups though, and until my son finished school a couple years ago, Baby-bel was a lunch box staple.

[@danielhance1467]

I'm so excited that they brought back dunk-a-roo's!

[@btetschner]

6:12 Neil Young's album Harvest (1972) is THE BOMB.

[@zoeyrochellezhombie829]

There is NOTHING in human history that would make me nostalgic for school.

[@mrstacyj9496]

b. 1958, I could be y’all’s grandpa! Also love Capri Sun (and ALDI’s knock-off, ALDI Sun). You can’t recycle the little pouch so I don’t drink it as much as I once did.

[@candyeolney30]

I’m 64 but I’ve been known to eat string cheese with my grandchildren ❤

[@julieneff9408]

Baker's smoked string cheese is super delicious. The plain stuff is too. It's a little pricey for mozzarella but it's worth it. And I drank so damn much Ecto Cooler. SO much.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

That sounds yummy!!!

[@shainahullihen1159]

Too bad I never had Ecto Cooler as I was born in the middle of 1990 ( August).

[@The18iceman]

There used to be hot Warheads too and I swear I'm not dreaming that up like the Sinbad genie movie.

[@prof3ssor178]

Back when the pizza lunchable tasted just like pizza 🍕 miss those days!!

[@SECONDQUEST]

Just had an "adult caprisun" and it was FIRE. Just a goofy little water tight pouch they pour your mixed drink in with a straw. It was nice.

[@darktetsuya]

yeah hook me up with one of those babybel maxis, haha. one of my favorite cheese snacks for sure.

[@RedRoseSeptember22]

Surprised pop rocks weren't on this list, those are fun to eat lol. Also I remember the commercials for all of these, ah the nostalgia!!!

[@Kimberly-dt4ko]

Pop Rocks were the 70s.

[@BlayreAilean]

totally still eating babybell, last one yesterday ❤

[@andrewbatts7678]

I was born in 83. The 90s were my decade

[@hairyhairyme]

❤same

[@nataliarizo-patron1096]

Lucky you, Im an 86 child, does 3 years make a difference

[@dustin6225]

Same here, there was zero bad anything about the 90s

[@KittynFranky7643]

I finished high school in 83. Does this count?

[@registereduser]

Nov 79, best time to grow up.

[@kennyram3121]

🎉love it!

[@princess_ama]

Am I the only one who didn’t peel my string cheese? 😂

[@shainahullihen1159]

Not the only one, I don't peel my string cheese either.

[@packertai1]

Really, always peeled mine! 😊

[@dimebagdave77]

Thanks for giving my beloved ecto cooler the spotlight today 🤘

[@suzukablade]

Watching this while eating Gushers.🍓🍒

[@seanmealins3805]

A local brewery makes "Ecto Kooler" seltzer and it tastes spot on.

[@shainahullihen1159]

I had Lunchables almost every field trip in elementary and 6th grade we went to Washington DC and that was the last time I had Jello chocolate pudding as now those puddings are expensive. I had Fun Fuel in middle school on a field trip and it was really good. I also had Capri Sun as a kid at my family reunions until the mold thingy happened, and then, I avoided drinking them the rest of my reunions. Then, I recently had one, I was glad nothing happened to me or my cousins. I can't eat Fruit By The Foot or Froot Roll Ups because one time in the late 90's, a piece of roll up got stuck in my throat and it made me choke, errrr, stupid candy and stupid Gob Stoppers too, I choked on that too in the summer of 2005 😢. I too had Dunkaroos recently and I also had the Dunkaroo cereal which I thought was a snack. I asked my aunt if I could have some Dunkaroos because I thought she bought the cereal for my cousins but my mom bought it for me. The last time I had HandiSnacks was in 2002 the weekend of my grandfather's birthday party and I visited my nana first and she had them. Lol, the red stick hit itself in the Handisnacks commercial, lol, 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😃. Also, when did Spongebob Dunkaroos come out?

[@Justin-Hill-1987]

Columbia Pictures was owned by Coca-Cola in the 1980s, which explains the fact that the Ghostbusters films had so much Coca-Cola soft drink product placement, plus a Hi-C juice flavor based on the Ghostbusters, Ecto Cooler.

[@Melissa0774]

Everyone makes such a big deal about Dunkaroos. But I was a 90's kid and I never actually had them before until recently and only because my workplace started putting them out. They give away free snacks.

[@Deezy07]

I'm almost 40. I still thoroughly enjoy my stringed cheese!

[@antiquemacabre6815]

Pudding roll-ups were short lived, but soooooo good.

[@widowmakerx7]

My son's lunchbox still occasionally has all this stuff in it.

[@blacklabel3980]

Homemade mozz cheese sticks are the best, and easy to make since you just use string cheese. Pollyo is my fave to use

[@KryptonianAI]

Ecto Cooler was always my favorite juice drink! 🎉❤

[@Tammissa]

I remember the box drink called Super Socco. Not sure if that’s the spelling but I loved it.

[@lovingrcTV]

90s is my favorite decade FOREVER 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 🥳

[@btetschner]

2:31 LOVE IT!

[@btetschner]

5:33 The film Uncle Buck is on Netflix...but I think only until October 31st. So funny, such a classic!

[@olsencarl]

String cheese and Babybel are still on sale, you’re going on as if they can only be found in a museum or something in fact I’m munching a Babybel right now

[@agustinreynaga9723]

I was thinking the same thing

[@puzzledperspectivespodcast9617]

The title literally says “facts about” dude… lol

[@felicianoabe]

Babybel horrible cheese.ever other cheese is way better ok maybe not cream cheese

[@stickybuns8626]

What freakin good is a Handy Snack without a red stick!?!

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🧀 #WeirdHistoryFood #LunchBoxItems #1990s

[@nicolenew1708]

SUPER COOL

[@vandavis000]

I love gushers and fruit by the foot and fruit roll ups.

[@giraffesinc.2193]

WAHOOO the great narrator is baaack!

[@Shayne_love]

Babybels were my favorite as a kid. I’d eat a whole bag in one sitting 🙃

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

Capri sun is still in my fridge at 40 lol.

[@ericcarabetta1161]

I miss Sour Gushers, and PB Crisps 😢

[@12thMandalorian]

Video idea, looking at the '90s school lunch box items in UK lunchboxes

[@btetschner]

12:13 Will check out the CLIO awards, did not know about that!

[@monicahyland8641]

We had great snacks in the 90s when I was in school, Dunkaroos were the best. The formula today is not the same. WHY?

[@BeyondDaX]

Millenials is why we don't have great snacks now compared to back then

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Lunch boxes are cool back in the day. Those who don't have one are usually the hungriest kid in the class...me.

[@NewMessage]

All I remember from my lunches in the '80s is that I got so used to one slice of bread on every sandwich was always soaking wet. The '90s kids had it easy!

[@carschmn]

9:50 ecto cooler for life!

[@kleokleopatra3536]

capri sonne: had that as a kidin germany in the70s. we had the regularbaby bel cheese size as well !!!!

[@thechapelperilous]

The snacks being the best part of school means that school was terrible.

[@ridureyu]

“Was”

[@cassieoz1702]

Babybels and string cheese are very much part of my little granddaughter's lunch boxes today.

[@alexgeorge501]

At my middle school we usually bet our lunchbox contents on games of Pokemon and YuGiOh TCG, especially rare cards amonst the little desserts that came in our lunchables and other tasty snack foods that wore a movie/cartoon tie-in skin

[@hifi-photo-Brian]

Sunkist Fun Fruits!!!!!!!

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

My Fav is: Capri-sun and dunkaroos

[@jerranspearman3369]

good video

[@haileybalmer9722]

You know what I find off putting? I was a 90's kid who ate a lot of 90's snacks, and I have absolutely no recollection of Dunk-a-Roos. I don't remember eating them, seeing other people eat them, or even seeing them on store shelves. I wasn't even aware of them until they'd been discontinued for a while. They came back out and I got some, just to see if the taste would jog my memory, and nothing. I'm certain I never had them before the 2010's.

[@BeantownMrs]

Getting Ecto Cooler in my lunch was almost as good as getting a Capri Sun.

[@TracksideViews]

Ecto Coolers were the best!

[@alaineysmith2331]

You should do the history of Mexican coca cola

[@lilcrazymiami8306]

Respect for thos video

[@tomsenior7405]

When Hot School Dinners were withdrawn by the British Government in the 1970s, we were sent off to school with nothing more than a Bag of Sandwiches. Parents tortured their children with fillings such as: Tongue & Piccalilli, or Marmite, or SPAM & Chutney, or Jam & Cheese. The concept of Crisps (Potato Chips), Biscuits (Cookies), Fizzy Drinks, Fresh Fruit, Yoghurt, Stringy Cheese and all the wonderful things seen in North American Lunch Boxes was not yet a thing in the UK. You lucky sods.

[@TheDesertRat75]

Those almost sound like wwii sandwich filling recipes! 😮

[@tomsenior7405]

@@TheDesertRat75 Yes indeed. Rationing didn't end until the mid1950s. Then there was the end of Empire, the Suez Crisis, The 3 day week and the Oil crisis, The nation was bankrupt. This is probably where the UK gained a reputation for bad food. It wasn't bad, it was bloody-terrible. Liver and Onions, Jellied Eels, SPAM, Kidneys, Mr Brain's F@ggots (Offal), Tinned Sardines, Tripe and Tongue are still available. Avoid that stuff.

[@shainahullihen1159]

What's a sod?

[@tomsenior7405]

@@shainahullihen1159 Excellent question. Thank you. The word 'Sod' has multiple meanings in English. For example: A piece of earth, often with grass and weeds, or a lump of clay. Slang uses the word 'Sod' to replace or enhance strong curse words, as a term of endearment, as a command, or as an outright insult. In this instance, I used it as a term of endearment. A little condescending, but endearing. An similar cute example would be: "Darling, Here is a Pearl Necklace for you" "Darling, you little sod, I didn't know you had it in you" Or; "Darling. The little sods have scoffed the whole bag of spogs in a jiffy". "Sod it, love. The little beggars will be sick as a parrot, that'll learn 'em". "If they don't eat their scran at tea-time, no more sodding spogs. I'm not going to that sodding Sweet Shop again if they pull this sodding stunt". " Oh look, our sweet, little sods are bawling their eyes out. They are ruering like a lion. It must hurt like a sod".

[@shainahullihen1159]

@@tomsenior7405 , you're welcome. What are Spogs and scran? I'm from the US, I'm sorry if I think these are funny words.

[@jaimeogas]

1:33 That definitely looks like a Wisconsin bar in the 1970s.

[@chrisbellon3739]

You can get individual side dunkaroos now in America