How Lunchables Were Made By And For The 90s

[@dtrain-uwu]

Lunchables at school. A perfect transition to MREs after graduating.

[@danielhutchins9275]

My dad used to have a bountiful collection of MRE's my absolute favorite is the Stuff that reminded me of a Soldiers Hamburger Helper

[@mukmewx]

Uncle Sam is so proud

[@ericpetty541]

My dad had MREs. They were disgusting. Lunchables aren't good either but at least it resembles food.

[@greenbroccolistudios1275]

Lunchables + Capri Sun =Good ol Starter pack for the school lunch ;)

[@comettamer]

Truth

[@mickjames666]

Agree

[@kellychuang8373]

Though sad news now there's a discovery about Lunchables having high salt, lead and Cadmium in them and now the schools are pulling these out. Anyway really check that out or Google and KZbin all about it.

[@danielhutchins9275]

Also; Kool Aid, and Gatorade

[@tremorsfan]

And the kids who ate lunchables grew up to become Charcuterie board enthusiasts.

[@TurbulenttJuice]

Who still love a lunchable from time to time lol

[@diegogranados2029]

….indeed

[@quanbrooklynkid7776]

​@@TurbulenttJuice I do...

[@lastFLnative]

Accurate!!😂

[@thefreshmancollectivepod]

Yes

[@twitchy_bird]

These were usually too expensive for us growing up, but when we got them we were ecstatic lol.

[@jo5678]

These were our field trip meals lol

[@soknightsam]

​@@jo5678 yup field trips only with a soda can wrapped in foil

[@pensivepenguin3000]

Haha same here. You must have also grown up in a working class household. I actually didn’t eat Lunchables for the first time until I was old enough to buy them myself. I’m 44 now and I still occasionally pick one up lol

[@guyk768]

Nostalgia time. Ah, Lunchables, especially the pizza ones. I remember these in the 90s. I remember when there was special Pokémon contest on the packages Pokémania. The 90s and early 2000s were fun times.

[@alexgeorge501]

Especally if you were a wrestling fan during either "the monday night wars" or the "Ruthless agresson era"

[@dabking94.19]

That was my favorite one as a kid! I ate them until 2010. Haven't had any since but the nostalgia is kicking in!

[@alexgeorge501]

@@dabking94.19 Pizza, Taco, and hot dog were my favorites

[@finchborat]

I always got the nachos.

[@MarkMeadows90]

I loved the pizza Lunchables growing up, and I do remember that little red plastic stick to spread the sauce. Even the sauce packet was real "Tombstone" sauce. I would have one for lunch about every other day back when I was in kindergarten and first grade 1995-1997. My mom would even make me egg salad and chicken salad sandwiches too. I do miss those days growing up. I haven't eaten a Lunchables in years. I miss the Mega Lunchables when I was close to being a teenager in the early 2000s. They don't make them like they used to be, in my opinion at least.

[@wizardofahhhhhhz]

I’ve eaten just about every flavor except the pizza lunchable lol. Ice cold pizza just doesn’t seem appealing to me 😩😩😩

[@MarkMeadows90]

@ yeah, it did grow tired on me when I was in elementary school. If I have to eat another pizza Lunchable, I make sure to microwave them to melt the cheese and all lol

[@AcePilotZach]

When I was little I'd spread the pizza sauce with one of the pepperoni slices as it was less messy for the fingies.

[@comettamer]

Makes sense

[@musicwiggle22]

I grew up in the 2000s and I spread the sauce with the packet lol

[@kara431]

A little red plastic stick used to come with the pizza lunchable so you could spread your sauce with it. They stopped doing that in the early 2000's :(

[@nighthorn5]

I remember spreading with both the pepp and the sauce packet. Maybe the malnutrition made me unable to pay attention, not the “ADD”. Oh well

[@infinidominion]

I can't believe people ate the pizza ones

[@evolancer211]

Man I remember being the cool kid whenever I had the pizza lunchables in elementary lol

[@Lawrence_Talbot]

Yesssss these were my favorite. Felt like a little chef

[@Obozo_Gaming]

The nachos Lunchable was my favorite as a kid.

[@Linda7647]

When my son was little, he called them "tiny chips" and still loves them to this day. And he's 24 now. Still loves his tiny chips, LOL. Although he doesn't call them that anymore, but they are still his favorite Lunchable snack.

[@finchborat]

Same with me I got those all the time. I stopped for a good long while and I got back on them for a time when I was in HS.

[@thetoondevil]

I think the nachos and the turkey sandwich were the best ones. I remember kids trying to trade me lunches when I'd come with the nacho box. Lol

[@Linda7647]

@@finchborat I still occasionally take them to work for afternoon snacks.

[@JosephShemelewski]

I really liked them as a kid but now the dips taste watered down to me. Idk if they cheapened them or my tastes changed

[@alexisbk9576]

I wasn’t going to watch this until I just read that dangerously high levels of lead and plastic were found in Lunchables. The study just came out less than 24 hrs ago, but curious if anything is mentioned here. I used to eat those all the time when I was kid. Everyone in my elementary school had them for lunch. Yuck!

[@tankerd1847]

Go get screened for lead. Unless you work with lead for a living I sincerely, sincerely, doubt you're going to have an elevated level of lead in your system.

[@ThomasWeaver1992]

Either this channel works fast or it’s an awkward coincidence

[@EricScott_7777]

Consumer Reports found that Lunchables, along with similar lunch and snack kits from other brands, contained potentially concerning levels of lead, phthalates, and sodium. This was on Apr 11, 2024

[@zenkai8247]

If lunchables were unhealthy in the 90s, just imagine how much more unhealthier they are now.

[@kellychuang8373]

Well now it really just went to really bad and you can Google and KZbin all about it with bad things like lead, high salt and cadmium.

[@Hayden-tp4cb]

Actually, you be wrong they’re actually healthier than they were

[@Hayden-tp4cb]

Just have a crap ton of sodium now

[@kellychuang8373]

@@Hayden-tp4cb Really doubt about that reply since the news story of the lead and cadmium in there as well.

[@kellychuang8373]

@@Hayden-tp4cb Really not reassuring there and also has that lead and cadmium along with other harmful issues to worry about.

[@Aeyrie1]

I remember when Lunchables were first released, they came with a garlic-herb sauce packet, which tasted great. I wish I could find that sauce now, for not just todays Lunchables, but for other recipes.

[@tacocat-c]

I loved that too and the mustard sauce. It seems everyone else forgot about the sauces. These things got me through college 😂

[@teresamckeown5594]

Oh yeah! I forgot about those.

[@MNcreampied]

The nachos with cheese dip. Then they started coming out with one that would provide a cola with it. Best.

[@JordanHafford]

Still waiting for the adult version of this, same food just add a couple beers 😂

[@AdamSnyder1234]

I see them at the store all the time. Usually just made with fancy salamis and cheese.

[@caturdaynite7217]

It's called an MRE! Nice!

[@TameraJacobs]

it's called a charcuterie board. 😂

[@melissachase1649]

I still buy pizza lunchables 😂😂😂😂😂😂 just order a subpar pizza and drink some pbr.

[@comettamer]

Lol fair plan

[@IgoTpaynus69]

I'm 31 and still love eating the nacho, pizza and bologna and cheese ones..mini burgers and tacos are amazing also. Every 90s kid will always love these!!!

[@NewMessage]

I was too old for this but... I ate them anyway. So did you.

[@QueenOfTheNorth65]

Not me, but my kids did.

[@dakineprotoss]

i barely ate them as an actual kid, because my mom didnt buy them. but as a 18-30 year manchild learning to be an adult i ate a lot of lunchables. now ive graduated to actually cooking my own meals, especially to save money but also to reduce waste and plastics that I consume

[@theartist8291]

The pizza ones still hit😂

[@alexr.138]

Haha I wasn't too old but I still randomly buy one when I see them at store a couple times a year

[@juansanchez209]

“Was”? I ate one last week lol

[@luckybadkid]

I think the Lunchables all star burgers were the absolute apex of Lunchables technology.

[@innernetstranger]

those and the Taco Bell ones

[@TheRaveCrocker]

Sometimes o cry in remembrance

[@wizardofahhhhhhz]

I totally forgot about those!!!! They were the bomb!!!

[@nslouka90]

I remember that short lived deep dish pepperoni pizza lunchable that came with a freaking soda! What a time to be alive kid. My god i was a fat kid growing up lmao!

[@Jared_Wignall]

I remember lunchables. I also remember when soda came with them too.

[@Phlegethon]

I’ve watched other kids have lunchables while I brought my own lunch made by my mom - worked out pretty well

[@LordShadowZ]

Damn, Lunchables were my childhood. My favorites were the pepperoni pizza, taco, and nacho ones, but I regularly had the mini burger and mini hot dog ones too.

[@warrens6479]

When I was in the third grade, my class raised a bunch of money so that we could travel from San Antonio to Houston and go to the NASA space center (we even rode on charter buses and not the yellow school bus to make the trip). I remember going to HEB the night before to get my lunchable and I saw the brand new glorious Deep Dish Pizza Lunchable (which used to come with a square shaped pizza dough) and a very cool can of Capri Sun; this of course became my lunch of choice for this epic field trip and my classmates were astonished when I pulled this out during the lunch hour.

[@jlshel42]

Morning everyone. Time for some nostalgia!

[@24kRobot]

I miss the Dijon mustard and Andes mint chocolate they’d include. Really sophisticated. I still get lunchables every now and then.

[@loadedhot1034]

I absolutely hate these stupid things with a passion, they are such a scam. I sent my kids to school with cheese, crackers and ham in a baggy and called it a homemade lunchable and I could do it 50x for the price of 5 of there products.

[@amyrussell860]

@loadedhot1034. Killjoy! I suppose you made your own version of a happy meal, too.😅

[@BeyondDaX]

@@amyrussell860 Pretty sure people like him would say that have certainly done that. Its so pretentious

[@bluetextonwhitebg]

seriously. i didn't realize until i had my own rent and bills to pay just how ridiculously expensive they are for such little food! and even as a kid, i would still be hungry after finishing one. they tasted/taste horrible compared to something you could make way cheaper with bread & deli meat. and those pizzas are an abomination that in no way even remotely taste like an actual pizza.

[@nvmoondevotee28yrsago48]

@@BeyondDaXKinda sad how some of y’all shame ppl who are just trying to save money or eat healthier versions of junk. As a recently diagnosed diabetic at age 22 (indigenous like me are at a higher risk) I actually cook healthier versions of junk for my 7-14 yr old siblings bc I never ever want them to grow up eating the same junk that I did plus it’s also fun for them they love cooking and this is just our way of bonding not to mention also boosts creativity in kids bc u have to find creative ways to make it taste like the og junk food but healthier. I’d do anything to sage my fam from this disease and if I’m pretentious for teaching them cooking skills then so be it 🤷🏻‍♀️. Also fun fact: Juk food in the 1970 was actually relatively healthy

[@pensivepenguin3000]

I hate to tell you this but your child was probably mocked mercilessly by their peers at the lunch table, as all the other kids had the official Oscar Meyer Lunchables

[@iandominics8642]

I remember the chicken dunks, and the burgers with the cola. Man..they were GREAT! I remember I once I got an extra burger patty and made a double burger lol

[@aprilskutt974]

I was an adult when Lunchables came out. I still bought them for myself to have for a snack.

[@cypressd21]

"The healthest ingredient in Lunchables is the Napkin." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@lpotts75]

😂😂😂

[@TheComicRelief9001]

Lunchables may not exactly be the height of nutritional value, but even then I still argue that they were better for us than the cardboard breadtangles of pizza that they served in school cafeterias when I was a kid

[@gesi7072]

Cardboard breadtangles were on par with lunchables pizza, i liked them both

[@pensivepenguin3000]

I love me a Lunchable now and then. Target has a variation where you get actual sliced meat instead of processed meat, real cheese and like an oat or wheat cracker. It’s basically bougie Lunchables and they’re pretty good

[@haruhisuzumiya1997]

Still buy them for a lazy fend for yourself night 😅

[@Ceo42k]

My brother in Christ you are a year older than me go cook dinner for your kids or file your 401k

[@byunniq9060]

​@@Ceo42kpicking the tar from ur feathers arent you🙄

[@pensivepenguin3000]

They’re great for an afternoon snack

[@pensivepenguin3000]

@@Ceo42k be nice man. This is a fun, lighthearted video on a family channel

[@haruhisuzumiya1997]

@@Ceo42k lmfao first off no kids 2nd touch some grass i promise it wont kill you like your god seems to do ever so often, not a very good christan if your pasisng judgemnt on a stranger in such a way, i said "fend for yourself night" i.e. i dont wanna cook nights. im sorry the paster touhing you caused you to lose the ability to read but rub the two braincells you have left and step off the comment section.

[@fairiedragon999]

Ah Lunchables, charcuterie boards for kids. I loved the mini hot dogs

[@ChaosFrist]

They really buried the LEAD with this one, eh?

[@lucascady4992]

Never took them to school, but ate them very often as a midday snack! 😮😂❤

[@finchborat]

I took just two to school, both times during elementary school. I always got the nachos. That would be my supper on several occasions. I wasn't poor btw. It was my personal choice.

[@LessettFoster479]

Loved those. The go to ultimate field trip lunch for when you couldn't afford certain food on field trips like universal studios, Disney and SeaWorld for that lunchables are the goat

[@mannyja]

My mom got Lunchables for my siblings and me in the early '90s before they got famous. I stopped eating them when I got into my later teens during the rest of the '90s. They've got some crazy stuff in them now.

[@Blingchachink]

Ur mom is a fool

[@blackmesacake5361]

I loved lunchables as a kid, and now my kids love em too!

[@Ilikeaviation2010]

That’s bad you know it has a lot of bad substances and chemicals sooo…. You should change to something healthier

[@blackmesacake5361]

@@Ilikeaviation2010 cry

[@GoonieLord]

I remember getting a Lunchable decades ago had to be about before September 98 and on the back were the original Pokemon me and my brothers were confused because we never seen such strange creatures before

[@btetschner]

A+ video! LOVE IT! What an amazing topic and history! LOVE Lunchables more now too!

[@dabking94.19]

Holy Nostalgia! I remember eating these on and off as a kid! The Pizza one was my favorite. Ate them until 2010 and havent had one since. Good times!

[@finchborat]

That was somewhat how I was, only I got the nachos. I got them all the time as a kid. I stopped for several yrs before going back to them for a time during HS. If not 2010, 2009 was when I stopped for good.

[@kameljoe21]

Many old enough would remember that many Lunchables came with mints.I remember my mom coming home with a huge bag full of mints one time. We always had Lunchables too.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks for this! 🧀

[@cherie..cherry]

I only ever had these if we went on a field trip and there was more of a need for a quick, easy and simple meal since we usually only had short breaks to eat! This was the late 2010s.

[@justinray553]

I'd give anything for an old school "deluxe" lunchable with the herb sauce thing in it.

[@lindseywhitten386]

I remember the Pizza Treatza Lunchable… Gods I miss those the most.

[@edvaira6891]

My now adult kids occasionally tease me that I was SUCH a negligent parent for buying these for them in the 90’s-2000’s….and I kind of agree…the kids survived, but so has my guilt

[@MikeBNumba6]

My dad got them for me and I turned out fine. Long as kids are active it won't hurt

[@melbin-y4v]

I'm a 90 kid 38 now and eating Lunchables right now I usually still buy them every now and then

[@Linda7647]

I love Lunchables. I buy them to take to work for afternoon snacks.

[@teamsteed1]

When I was going to middle school, a fellow student brought lunchables to school and had them to lunch, while I had a regular school lunch.

[@Bored_Barbarian]

7:51 I loved the tacos and of course sandwich stackers

[@sailorviolet92]

How could you forget the best one? Nachos of course lol

[@finchborat]

My favorite Lunchables!

[@btetschner]

0:44 "My Bologna" was the debut single of Weird Al Yankovic. It was released on December 25, 1979. My friend from elementary school was born on that date!

[@JoelMarron-jm1ry]

M-m-m-my bologna

[@Chicken-x6q6d]

They still make lunchables here in Britain, I remember when they appeared as a kids food in the 90’s though they’ve stuck around. This is probably because of how popular they are as an office/buffet food. If you’re having a company meeting it’s easy to just get a load of these and place them out.

[@dvon1097]

In the late 90s & early 00s if you had a lunchable, you were the coolest kid in class

[@kellenprovost6391]

Lunchables are the perfect boat snack!

[@RippieFarmer]

Growing up in a lower income household, the only times I experienced lunchables was if a friend offered yo share theirs with me. But, that was also back in the days of subsidized school lunch programs. And school lunches at Kahuku were pretty awesome.❤

[@Chibason]

When these came out my Private School offered them as an item we could purchase in the cafeteria along with Hot Pockets and various other meal options. I would buy one at breakfast and snack on it during the early part of the day

[@hayeonkim7838]

Thanks for useful and valuable video as always ❤❤❤

[@marcushailey8498]

The pizza lunchables we're my favorite.

[@oooh19]

They still sell them

[@dmaster5556]

Oh GOD, as a kid I thought those burger + hot dog Lunchables were the pinnacle of luncheon meals 🤢 And the dessert ones (brownie, cookie, s'mores) were just the cherry on top.

[@strange4change_6]

2:12 seems they played the long game on their idea. I definitely have ham and Swiss when I want a snack and no time.

[@Sidewinder1996]

Pizza stick dunkables were awesome.

[@PlatnumB93]

I still eat these but I remember when I was a kid. I had the nachos and pizza and they came with the soda. I remember the nachos being a little spicey too.

[@TheSandwhichman108]

I was a 2000’s kid but I fondly remember lunchables. Anyone remember that lunchables commercial promoting the Star Wars the clone wars movie?

[@HengzheYang]

Lunchables from the 90’s were so much more fulfilling than today

[@podmuse1994]

Lol I used to eat the taco, hot dog, and hamburger ones. As an adult now I can’t believe my mom actually bought those 😂😂. But my favorite was (and still is) the pizza and YES I remember the stick! I also remember some came with a soda too. Ahh the 90s 😊

[@FoNgThOnG]

Never had Lunchables as a lunch substitute, but I did eat a ton of that stuff as "snacks" lol

[@GoonieLord]

I still remember the old Mega Lunchables those things were huge darn near a pound of food too bad they discontinued it

[@DeanSarabia-iu1ef]

Memory unlocked. The hot dog n taco ones 👀

[@DaneSaysStuff]

The best tasting part of any lunchable is the packaging. The "food" is dog treat worthy on it's absolute best day.

[@TheMtbramble]

I loved the fudge brownie 😊

[@WallyTony]

I always loved the mustard

[@mindykanitz6255]

I know what you mean with a majority of Luncheble consumers being adults, my younger sister is 27 and she likes those Lunchables pizzas!

[@34griter]

The guy narrator is why I sub'd. Bring him back yo

[@remb1500]

I loved the pizza one. I still do lol. Every so often I’ll get the ham and cheese cracker lunchable, even though I’m 30

[@daltanwerre8277]

Born in 97 grew up eating lunchables and didn't get them all the time they were expensive and still are lol but they're a great little treat once in a while

[@Ethan-fz6tp]

They are the best. Just ate one and came here.

[@pensivepenguin3000]

I don’t know… I think Lunchables might have been several steps up from the slop they served us in public school in the 80s. Who else remembers that gruel? That sickly gray gravy on top of what I guess was hamburger and mashed potatoes? Oh my God I’m still having flashbacks

[@DSMTheEditor]

I'm pushing 40 and still snack on em😂 As a kid, I was all about the Tacos version

[@Trainerlynx]

I swear I remember the burger lunchables but my mom only bought it for me one time, I regularly got the pizza lunchable though and sometimes I still buy them out of nostalgia. Terrible pizza as an adult but still somehow I enjoy them

[@MiniMii550]

I never got to try a lunchable growing up but I always wanted to try one so my best friend got me a pizza lunchable as an early high school graduation gift so I could live that experience at least once before graduating in 2015. It was a pizza lunchable. I liked it but it wasn’t anything life changing either but I’m glad I got to try it when I did.

[@finchborat]

Lunchables were launched a few yrs before I was born. I always got the Lunchables nachos growing up (did try a couple of the pizza ones, but those weren't as appealing). I stopped eating them for a good long while before I got back on them for a time during HS. Haven't had them since.

[@jrussellcase]

I'm 52 and I love Lunchables.

[@ethanmyers4882]

Bring that whole dessert line back yes lord 🔥🙏🏻

[@dominicpalmieri-cf6pi]

I like the period of time when wet and wild and adventure dome were on coke cans in boulder city and Southern Nevada and the area BC also when lemony snicket the movie was on lunchabk3s and many mcphy

[@ThisIZCrazy]

Kids are still devouring these things in 2024!

[@dimensionalmagic]

it was basically the start of a charcuterie addiction for a generation, this was charcuterie starter kit for kids.

[@muppetsretrofan8873]

Kind of wish I knew about Lunchables when I was little, because the food at my school was not very good [to the point I was a very skinny kid because I wouldn't eat at school]. I know Lunchables aren't healthy, but at least they taste good. If we want people to eat healthier, we need to start with making healthy food [especially school food] taste good. Green Giant has recently came out with dino-shaped veggie tots and I think that is genius. Also, make more healthy food mascots that are memorable, as the only health food mascots that come to people's mind are The Green Giant and The California Raisins.

[@kiniburk]

I still grab one every once in a while for a quick snack.

[@keegan707]

Where did they come from? On the west coast they came from Fullerton Foods. A former Claussen Pickle plant that has since been demolished.

[@prof3ssor178]

Lunchables tasted much better back then had more flavor etc. Good times good memories

[@Cozy-000]

My favorite part of lunchables is the lead. Yummy

[@TertianIvy]

Anyone else wondering if any of the kids featured in the commercials are watching this video?

[@BFRIZZLE909]

Are you in the any of the commercials?

[@TertianIvy]

@@BFRIZZLE909 noo. I'm not even American.

[@Sparty-pi3jq]

Dang it no I wasn't, but now I kinda am.😂

[@jacquelyntawil-brown2291]

I'm a '99 baby and still love the turkey and American lunchable

[@HayTatsuko]

You all did a video about bologna a while back, but I would love to see one on pork roll/Taylor Ham, the New Jersey answer to bologna.

[@kittengurl220]

I’m a lunch lady at a big district in TX and at our elementary schools we do the pizzas but we get our own pizza bread things, some pepperoni, fill little cups with shredded cheese, and another cup with marinara sauce. It’s just the concept of a build-able pizza and nothing from Oscar Meyer. We do also have “charcuterie boxes” with a cheese stick, three different deli meats rolled up, a boiled egg, crackers, and fruit and carrots. So it meets all the requirements. But kids at the jr high I work at don’t really like them. They want hot food.

[@AmazingGuy13]

Don't forget about the nacho Lunchables

[@cgraham6]

I really don't get the adult fascination with these. You'd have to eat about four or five of them to get full, and they're about 5 times the cost of the food that's in them. If you're a young adult trying to get a foothold in the working world, you're buying crackers, ham and cheese and making your own Lunchables for a small fraction of the price. That is if you still have the palate of a 7-year old.

[@agentp6621]

The U.S. Army kept having requests from Soldiers to have pizza MREs. They didn’t know how to make it work. The best they could do was a pizza you could assemble. The biggest critics made comments about how the MRE is meant to be “Ready-to-eat”. They didn’t want the Soldiers to have a lunchable on the battlefield. Having to assemble their pizza on the go. I thought that was an interesting analogy. They’ve now made a complete, ready-to-eat pizza that isn’t great but isn’t horrible.

[@hayleybourgault4114]

Earing a lunchable rn watching this.