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Have you ever experienced times when you saw something and that thing brought back childhood memories? And then you were hit with the realization of how different things used to be or how different they were in your mind in comparison to how you comprehend it all now? It’s fun and curious to see how much people and places grow and change over the course of time. How things we once valued so much were changed by newer and better ones.
Having in mind how different people value things now than they did back in the day, Twitter user @imjasondiamond asked people online to share what kind of food was considered as “fancy” but now is seen as something you can buy for a few dollars.
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#1
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Even the commercial back in the late 80's presented this as something upper class and premium.
Pat Bond 4 years ago
These were/are fantastic. They still come out now at dinner parties as some ironic joke; they are devoured in minutes. £1.65 still seems ridiculously cheap.
Moodles 4 years ago
£1.65? My boyfriend LOVES them and regularly buys them for £1
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Anapv 4 years ago (edited)
If you're lactose intolerant try taking a lactate pill before eating it, that's what I do. I used to order lactate from UK, but now luckily it's available where I live in the EU.
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Anapv 4 years ago
Take a lactase pill before eating it, it helps a lot and you can get a treat
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The tweet that received almost 33k likes was filled with comments where people shared names of various foods together with their childhood memories. The author of the tweet also revealed what was that one thing he thought to be special. It tuned out to be a Toblerone chocolate bar. He also specified that these “specialty foods” were common for those who were kids from the late 80s until the mid-90s.
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#2
Donkey boi 4 years ago
I'm halfway through a packet right now! They'll be gone before I reach the bottom of this article!
Eve Roling 4 years ago
Sadly, they are now owned by Nes*lé. Used to love them, now can't buy them anymore because Ne*tlé is the devil.
Yoga Kitty 4 years ago
Try Bendick's Bittermints instead, they are even better! (Thicker, stronger mint, the filling is not that soft and they are vegan - yay!)
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Anapv 4 years ago (edited)
They are fancy and still available. Originally, After Eight was created in the UK in 1962; Nestle bought it in the eighties, moving the manufacturing to Germany. After Eights were originally made from dairy-free dark chocolate, and tasted amazingly good.
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
They used to always give these out after a meal at the Indian restaurant. Now they don't. :(
Id row 4 years ago
Restaurants used to have a dish of Andes at the hostess stand for you to take one as you left. I haven't seen them in many years though, I guess they collectively stopped.
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
I bought some recently at the $🌲. Fairly small pack, but only $1.
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Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Washed down with champagne? Okay, challenge accepted!
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Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
These were magic growing up. They only appeared on holidays or if company came over. There was always a box hidden somewhere in the house!
#3
Fiona Parky 4 years ago
Oh my gosh these were travel sweets. They really seemed posh because they were only for long journeys in the car.
Mark Fuller 4 years ago
Road trip! These are synonymous with, "stopping for fuel ahead of long journey and if you have one of these in your gob, you might just be quiet at least half of the time."
Dirk Daring 4 years ago
I have almost every one of these tins on my kitchen counter right now. They're great for a little mid-day WFH treat.
Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
YES! They still sells those, I still buy them, and I still don't eat them because my brain still thinks they're rare, exotic imported candies. When they were a few bucks at the local hardware store. But when I pull them out to give people they assume I'm rich, sophisticated and cosmopolitan. Far be it for me to contradict...
Corinna S. 4 years ago
Recently rediscovered and still love them! Never knew they're from Germany
#4
ZAPanda 4 years ago
Yeah tbh it should be dark chocolate to be really classy.
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Tabitha Martel 4 years ago
My grandmother, rest her lovely soul, LOVED these and always kept a healthy stock at Christmas. As her mind started to get a little foggy from medications she couldn't always keep track of holidays and her favorite treats. One of my greatest joys was ordering a box of these on Amazon for her and sharing one in bed with her. I don't even like them that much but she did.
Raven DeathShade 4 years ago
We get these every Christmas in our stockings. My parents and I generally get the dark chocolate ones. Not to brag, but I can demolish one of those bad boys in under 15 minutes.
just another teen 4 years ago
so does it have actually have orange in it or is it just the shape
Kai 4 years ago
I remember getting one a year too, but .ine was chocolate raspberry. Not that I have seen those recently
Kathy Smith 4 years ago
When I was a kid, it was so long ago that the real orange we got in our stocking was an amazing treat! But I love these chocolate oranges!
Kim Hahn 4 years ago
Still do it every year. German tradition of an orange and peanuts when St. Nicholas fills your stocking (the night of Dec. 5th). In my daughter’s (20 and 23) stockings, they get a chocolate orange, peanuts, Kisses, new Pez dispenser, candy canes galore, and some small toy or game. My stockings were pretty lame every year, but I realize now it’s because we were “poor”. I’d get an orange, which fit perfectly in the toe of your stocking. A pile of salted in-shell peanuts. We made such a mess. A coloring book, but not a good one. The ones where you touched the outline with your crayon and now the coloring has black streaks. I think I may have gotten a candy cane too. While it seemed crappy then, I look back and realize that St. Nick, aka Parents, did the best they could with what they had at the time. I wish I would have realized it before my Mom passed. Thankful I still have my Dad, but these traditions were handed down from my Mom’s side of the family.
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I once worked in the factory where these were made. Terry's also experimented with a chocolate lemon and, in the 1930s, a chocolate apple
What is fun to notice is that a lot of the foods that people were mentioned as being “fancy” and rare at their table, usually only when there was a celebration or someone special coming over, now can be found at a low price (if found at all). Mint chocolates “After Eight”, “Ferrero Rocher” candies, various biscuits and so much more of various sweets were some of the most common examples of what people found to be rare and expensive, but now it can be found in every store.
#5
Yup 4 years ago
Every couple of months we had a ‘free choice’ dinner. In reality (4 kids) my mom bought one of these and we got to fight for our choice. Looking back as an adult, I see things like our family’s financial security in a whole new light. We went to private schools, but there was certainly scrimping to make it happen.
Bob Belcher 4 years ago
We do breakfast for dinner a few times a year. Everyone loves it. Less cooking, less dishes, kids get chocolate milk. It's a good day lol
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My mother called that junk. We got to eat shredded wheat (plain, no frosting) or regular cheerios. Now I'm 50 and currently have Froot Loops and Lucky Charms on top of my fridge. I don't have kids.
sofacushionfort 4 years ago
On balance, mom did like how you could open the box flatwise and pour the milk in, so she only had to wash spoons.
Kathy Smith 4 years ago
I remember that! We always took them on trips, so we didn’t have to go to a restaurant for breakfast.
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Robert T 4 years ago
This is all wrong! Take it away! Should be Frosties, Rice Krispies, Coco Pops, Corn Flakes and Special K!
Joey Marlin 4 years ago
Yes Robert!! Special K was also quite different. I still love Coco Pops but bleurgh to the rest.
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Courtney Johnson 4 years ago
My aunt didn't have kids, but always had them when we visited. The option of choice was the voice of rich gods.
Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
It always irked me that while there would be 4 or 5 flavors you really liked, there would be a few that were awful and would sit there for weeks. No one wanted them. Kellogg's knew no one wanted them. Mom would end up falling on the sword and eating them because the rule was we couldn't buy more until these were all eaten.
#6
lazy panda 4 years ago
I actually saw these at Costco a couple of weeks ago (surprisingly filled with cookies!)!
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Manuel Delgado 4 years ago
I was for the one left from those (in the pic)
Load More Replies... Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
I always hated these, and yet when I opened up a box and found cookies instead of old greeting cards or a sewing kit, I felt like I hit the jackpot.
4 years ago
Indeed! These were in the Christmas box my grandma used to get and I still absolutely love them.
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Priya Tyagi 4 years ago
I am from India. My father was in Merchant Navy and used to get these for us. My mom used to keep these in the lower drawer of her dressing table. These were for special occasions only but that didn't stop us kids from getting to them. It's so wholesome to see that how so many people all over the world used these to store sewing equipments. My mom did too. And yes, it was such a disappointment to open a box and finding those instead of the cookies. Anyway, just told the story to my husband and he ordered me a box. Such a sweetheart! Also I can't believe these are so cheap! Can't wait to share them with mom on my next visit.
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Ozacoter 4 years ago
Me too they are delicious. And while they are quite cheap the box makes them look nice enough to give to others
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Joanna Werman 4 years ago
These are the ones with hazelnut inside. No liquor. I just ordered these off of eBay the other day. They remind me of my dad
Kim Vercauteren 4 years ago
Yes, I live near the factory in Belgium where they still produce those. The factory had a large "statue" of the chocolate seahorse on top
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Toast Of Saint Louis 4 years ago
I used to buy these for a dollar at the dollar store back in the late 90s. Not very expensive.
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Jess-a-men 4 years ago
I used to think that those were real shells & shrimp & seahorses dipped in chocolate when I was little. Always refused to try them.
Albino 4 years ago
I was a bit hyped when I tried them first. I hated them.
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Gayle Brown 4 years ago
They actually were a lot better years ago (like 25 - 30 years ago...).
Eucritta 4 years ago
My husband loves thin mints. I think they taste like wax & cardboard. Works for him.
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
If you make them from scratch using Belgian dark chocolate, they're amazing.
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Jennifer Norton 4 years ago
I was a girl scout for ten years and the thin mints... kept in the freezer are my favorite. People hoard them because they are only sold once a year!
H Edwards 4 years ago
Girl Scout Cookies are one of those iconic American things that I just have no idea what they are. I mean, I know what they are but I have never eaten one and I doubt I ever will.
Shadow_TheArtistDemon 4 years ago
I’m not that good at explaining things, but here I go. Young girls (usually ages 5-18) can decide to be a Girl Scout. Their missions are to get as many patches as possible, and to sell as many cookies as possible. So they set up booths and go door-to-door, selling their cookies. Was that okay? Sorry if it’s impossible to read (by which I mean that I didn’t explain it in a comprehensible way)
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the annoying theatre kid 4 years ago
for everyone saying they should've kept the original names, i get that but also it explains what the cookies are better
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Cyndielouwhoo 4 years ago
It depends on which baker you get, as they have two "official" baking companies and have divided regions up. Years ago they used to alternate and you could tell. There was a legal issue years ago too, which is why they ended up compromising. My fave is Little Brownie Bakers, those are the good ones for the Samoas, Tagalongs and Thin Mints. The other ones taste like knock-offs to me and since the other bakery cannot use all the trademarked names, you have bootleg-sounding names like "carmel delights" and " peanut butter patties" etc. Some folks swear by those, I just swear about them (jk).
Besides various food, people also mentioned things such as plastic cup dispensers and drinks such as soda or wine coolers. What is something that you found to be special and rare when you were a kid only to find out that it wasn’t so “fancy” when you became an adult? Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments down below!
#9
Otter 4 years ago
Agreed. Their marmalade and blackberry jam have my Adult Seal of Approval.
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Ernést Hiébert 4 years ago
I’m in France when eating this on a great baguette with butter and coffee mmmmmmmm
Claire Stanfield 4 years ago
I've wanted to try this and still think it's a bit fancy. Guess it's not?
Memere 4 years ago
It's not over-the-top fancy, but Bonne Maman jams & preserves are really good quality! I love love love the Cherry Preserves!
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#10
LeilaOdinis 4 years ago (edited)
When we were finished with the tins. Dad would take those to his shop. He fill them with all sorts of screws, nails, tacks, electrical odds and ends.. He had drawers of them. A coffee break in our house was when we weren't drinking coffee
Brenda Greene 4 years ago
We snuck one of these, French vanilla, into basic training. We had a cup of it every morning for a week before we finished it.
ThoughtsAreNotFacts 4 years ago
Totally forgot about these! This pic totally brought me back! I can smell the powder now
Hilary Mol 4 years ago
I always had a tin of the Orange Cappuccino flavor in my dorm room in college. Definitely made me feel at least a little smarter while I was studying. I haven't had it in so long, I don't even know if they make it anymore!
#11
Otter 4 years ago
When I was a kid, with parents who strictly kept everything tasty out of my diet, I used to read the and re-read the Hickory Farms and Swiss Colon catalogues that came in the mail! Everything there looked so delicious to a candy-deprived 8 year old...
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
There's a brand in the US called 'Swiss Colon'?!?!
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Big Chungus 4 years ago
Oh man i hattttte these lol my dad's mom sends them every year for Christmas only to my parents, doesn't acknowledge us as grand kids even though we have been around for 30+ years lol
Stephanie A Mutti 4 years ago
I still dream of the day I get one of these for a holiday gift. I'm 50.
#12
Mad Dragon 4 years ago
When I first started babysitting and could buy one of these every day, I felt rich.
Lauren 4 years ago
They are! I have only seen the peach and blackberry (not complaining) at my Kroger. They're expensive af! Like $2.50 a bottle.
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jevais 4 years ago
Your mother saved up to offer you ice-cream. She must be a very loving and adorable mother. She spent the money set aside for her children, instead of treating herself.
LeAnne Sheldon 4 years ago
This is a weird comment to me. She obviously set the money aside to treat her kids
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LeeAnne B 4 years ago
I live in South Africa. I still haven't tried this brand of ice cream because I can't afford it. :-(
#TheGregoryProject 4 years ago
It's good, but it's still factory food. I'd better your local independent ice cream shoppe would be much better.
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Ryan Sullenger 4 years ago
I used to take my kids to BR after school on the first school day of the year, that way, they had something to look forward to instead of being nervous about their first day. They always chose bubble gum ice cream because the treat lasted longer.
Geoffrey Scott 4 years ago
Stay away from Superman and Blue Moon, the after effects from digestion are SCARY!
Random Panda 4 years ago
I remember getting Gold Medal Ribbon when I was a kid in the 80s. Yum.
#14
Claire Stanfield 4 years ago
Same thing for hot dogs in our house, it was a slice of bread not a magical, fancy ~hot dog bun~.
MarieTDr 4 years ago
Oh how well I can relate to this. Our sandwich bread disintegrated and made a mess.
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Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
When I was a kid burgers were like sausages, served with potatoes, veg, and gravy. Still feels weird to me now that they *have* to be served in a bun, even at home. Bought burger buns are s.hitty processed bread that I wouldn't otherwise have in the house. I'd much prefer my burgers the old fashioned way but apparently "it just isn't right".
it's me again 3 years ago
At 99 cents for store brand vs $3.99 for a pack of THESE~ they're still a luxury to this 60-yr old kid :/
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
TBH, burgers and hot dogs in plain bread are actually pretty good, plus there’s more room for either a bigger burger, a second hot dog, for more of the fixings (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, cheese, etc, whichever you like best). To keep them from getting too soggy, lightly toast the bread first—-even better, make a patty melt by adding the cooked burger to a grilled cheese sandwich.
MARCEE JOHNSON 3 years ago
OK?! White sandwich bread was any type of bun you imagined it to be LMFAO!!!
Margaret Gilberg 4 years ago
my house the same; hot dogs or burgers on plain white bread we'd get at the "special" bread store where it was less costly - was definitely a treat to get an actual bun.
Marvin HoG 4 years ago
Omg we had a wonder outlet 3 doors down from us. Day old buns, bread, and twinkies we're the highlight of my childhood.
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Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
To keep it for herself - same as I do with my kids, they're far too unappreciative of the good things - my oldest would likely put tomato sauce on it like a Neanderthal
Kaila Sterland 4 years ago
In France this is super cheap and comes in bigger packages and different flavours hahaha this is really cheap flavoured cream cheese in France !!!
Anja Schmidt 4 years ago
mmmh the german equivalent was "Le tartar, the fresh franceman" ... tiny little portions ... mmmh https://jaime-le-fromage.ch/marken-produkte/tartare/produkte/tartare-portionen/
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NsG 4 years ago
They're known as ToffifEE in the UK. And oh boy, does my hubby have a history with them...
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
What in the name of rip off is this? It's TOFFIFEE - my husband buys me them when I'm down and I need to smuggle them past the kids otherwise I end up with about 3
Fred L. 4 years ago
They´re the original product of the German company but apparently get rebranded as Toffifay in the US.
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Ana Ferreira 4 years ago
Another Christmas special. I loved these when I was a kid. Just saw them at Aldi, the ither day. Almost bought a box, but I suspect I'd be ruining the memories.
Eve Roling 4 years ago
What a tiny package! In Germany, where they come from, you get a 125g box (3,53 Oz)for ~ 1,20 € (~1,4$). Here it's called Toffifee. We love it here, too.
Bettie-Jean Neal 4 years ago
I eat these still today. Just ordered a 30 piece box from Amazon.
#17
Orsolya 4 years ago
I haven't eaten Nutella since many years. There are tasty and environment friendly alternatives. Please don't eat Nutella or anything with palm oil in it. Rain forests are being eradicated with all the animals in them, so that palm trees can be grown in their place. It is disgusting and outrageous what we do to Earth for a momentary pleasure.
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
I agree. Nocciolata is superior to Nutella and so incredibly delicious. It comes in both chocolate and white chocolate varieties. I have a feeling that it may be difficult to find in the United States, but it is organic and made without palm oil and actually lists hazelnut paste as the first ingredient. It is tasty spread on a baguette and so good if you dip fruit into it.
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Emma London 4 years ago
Also Nutella sold in Italy and Europe is better than what's sold in Americas, it has more nuts and higher grade cocoa in it.
Janine B. 4 years ago
Probably not anymore. They changend the recipes and shortened the amount of hazelnuts.
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Marina Bailey 4 years ago
When I was a child, my cousin would get Nutella on sandwiches (we went to the same school for a while) and I was SO jealous. I was never allowed it because my mother said it was too expensive. So to me, Nutella was the epitome of expensive, fancy food. So whenever I feed a child at school (I would make sandwiches for kids who couldn't afford lunch), I buy some Nutella for their sandwiches so they don't feel left out like I did as a child.
K 4 years ago
I put it on crackers and a tiny sprinkle of salt and it tastes like a chocolate pretzel
Rei 4 years ago (edited)
If you really want to taste greatness of hazelnut-cholocate spread try Linolada by Podravka and Samba by Rapunzel. Tastes even better than Nutella.
BieneMaya 4 years ago
Or any hazelnut spread with about 40/50% hazelnuts. Most Brands Use only 10-13%. The other ingridients are mostly sugar, additives and far to cheap Palm trees oil...
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Bobbie Meyers 4 years ago
I don't get the obsession. Accidentally ended up with a jar that the shopper behind us put too close to the divider. Bleck, very gritty, overly sweet (and I like sweet) artificial flavored gunk.
Kaila Sterland 4 years ago
Taste like oil these days ! Leave in a hot cupboard and it separates it is fully oily
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Robert T 4 years ago (edited)
Oh god, this brings back unhappy memories of a flight from Dallas to Chicago where I vomitted from the moment we took off until the moment we landed, and the stewardess gave me a ginger ale to calm my stomach. I prefer ginger beer - Old Jamaica for preference.
Ozymandias73 4 years ago
Diet Vernor's or Diet Canada Dry ginger ale (I'm diabetic) I mainly drank when I was a kid when I had upset stomach. Now, I'll get it on occasion just because.
Claire Stanfield 4 years ago
Not as many place serve it for whatever reason. It's my favorite part of flying on an airplane! Embarrassingly, I cried on our flight out to our honeymoon because I thought I had slept through drink service, the flight attendants were kind and I was able to get a ginger ale anyway.
Jj321 4 years ago
I love gingerale abd hate that you can rarely get it at restaurants. Fountain sodas are so much better than bottled/canned.
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Bobby 4 years ago
I remember being so heart broken when I moved away from home and found out my favorite brand of ginger ale was only available regionally. Moved from michigan to virginia, couldn't find vernors anywhere
Georgia Hebert 4 years ago
I tried to convince stores in Texas to get it when I moved there, to no avail!! Vernors is my fave!!
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B Jean the Jelly Bean 3 years ago
There is only ONE ginger ale. VERNOR'S! It is aged for three years for an extra robust flavor. If we were sick Vernor's was the answer. Vernor’s has been around since 1862, making it one of the oldest – if not the oldest – continuously available soft drinks in America. And it does have a medicinal background, as it was created by Michigan’s first licensed pharmacist as a medical tonic vanilla, spices and ginger. Above from "Why Detroiters are obsessed with the cure-all ginger ale - Vernor's"
Anja Schmidt 4 years ago
There was a funny lemonade I only had on holidays in austria called "Almdudler" - fancy stuff with herbs infusion ...
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Bacony Cakes 4 years ago
Meanwhile, at the Poptarts factory: cardboard-...090992.jpg 
Ezigma 4 years ago
Notice now as an adult they are just impossible to cook correctly? They either burn or are always cold inside.
Lolliegag 4 years ago
Put it in the microwave for 10 seconds before you put it in the toaster. It will be warm inside and crispy on the outside.
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Because Pop Tarts were and still are cardboard with sweetened wallpaper paste spread on one side.
the annoying theatre kid 4 years ago
whenever i hear this i always think about mean girls haha
Elizabeth Shank 4 years ago
You put the icing on in designs and they were like what I imagined croissants were like!
Russell Rieckenberg 4 years ago
That's because Pop Tarts are low fat, Toaster Strudel is high fat.
Michaelann Dahlman 4 years ago
That's funny, I am the opposite. I got the strudels for my kids when they first came out & I could hardly believe that Pillsbury could make something as delicious as apple pop tarts & come up with something as terrible as their toaster strudel.
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Cream Pie 4 years ago
It's original Serbian product , most favourite biscuits in our country. Price in Serbia for this one box is less than 1$ or 1€. 🤞🏻
Vicky Zar 4 years ago
The original is british. Made by McVitie & Price Ltd since 1927
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ultravioletmaglite 4 years ago
In France we have the Pim's. Pear flavor is the best but you can't find them everywhere
Adam Belaire 4 years ago
So goooood. But I have to say, nothing beats the ones we got from a friend in England when we use to do Christmas gift exchange.
Anna Łubiarz 4 years ago
Actually...we had those in Poland even during the worst of the communist regime, when everything was kind of scarce, or expensive af. I have no idea how the copyright worked, but they were called "Delicje" and they are still around today. Not into sweets nowadays, so can't tell you if they are as good
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Mushroomlover 4 years ago
Not orange rolls but we always had cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate on Christmas morning growing up! But I never stopped, still do it every Christmas with my kids!
memyselfandI 4 years ago
We always had the crescent rolls/biscuits, but if you twist two strips of dough together, bend the end, and put red sprinkles on top, you get candy cane rolls. Oh, and paint butter on top. Delicious. For Easter we would always have “resurrection rolls” (Christian), which were butter and cocoa powder covered marshmallows wrapped in crescent rolls which were then painted in butter. The marshmallow melts in the oven, so you get an “empty tomb” made of crescent roll dough soaked in marshmallow. Best breakfast ever, right there.
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Becky Klebe 4 years ago
These were our Christmas morning breakfast every year growing up! Also the only time my mother would cook bacon (too much mess). Can't find the rolls anywhere now.
Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
Try Annie's, they're not orange, but they're INCREDIBLE
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Gracious Goodness 4 years ago
My mom made them for Christmas morning. I can taste the joy just looking at the picture!
Memere 4 years ago
Yes, but there's not a lot of cinnamon, & they come with a tin of orange frosting.
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Rachel Bremmer 4 years ago
My mom did the same! We used to have a local grocery store that made the BEST orange bread! But after they closed and we couldn't match the recipe, we had these instead. I still make them for myself (i live alone) Christmas morning
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Amy Broderick 4 years ago
my grandmother would send us a box every christmas and I would sneak as many as I could from their hiding place in the fridge. When I moved out she sent me my own box every year for christmas. Now that she's gone I need to send myself my own box. It's not christmas without petit fours
Bender Bending Rodríguez 4 years ago
This looks like something I don't even bother to ask price of. I just know it's going to be expensive and I can't afford it.
Samantha Power 4 years ago
When I lived in NJ, a friend of my ex husband gifted us with a box of these, I loved them. They look and taste delicous.
Mari Bryant 4 years ago
I've always known it as Swiss Colony, but we never had them. Only as an adult have I gotten them, bc i buy them. Lol
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sofacushionfort 4 years ago
Downtown Tacoma smelled horrible from the nearby wood processing pits, except for the little area near Pacific Ave. where Almond Rocca was made
Katherine Jorgensen 4 years ago
Oh my goodness, yes!!! I went to Uni Puget Sound...Tacoma Aroma!
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Les Izmore 4 years ago
I remember as a child going to visit wealthy relatives who had Almond Roca in a crystal bowl with sterling silver tongs. It was the only place I had them as a kid so, pure luxury
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
My father was stationed in Tacoma during WWII. That’s when my mother developed her love of Almond Roca. She passed that love of it to me. Now that I’m 60, I have to be careful I don’t break a tooth on it, so I have to buy it when it’s VERY fresh.
Sky Render 4 years ago
My wife and I have to be VERY careful about buying Almond Roca, as it does NOT last long when we get it...
Josie Bisbano 4 years ago
This is still my mother's favorite gift. We were allowed only one piece per child, and then she hid the tin.
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Sky Render 4 years ago
Definitely this was a treat for any Oregon kid! I remember all the fancy kids in high school had a bottle of New York Seltzer at lunch every day.
Lee 4 years ago
I grew up a poor kid in Alaska but every once in a great while my mother let my sister and me pick one out. I always got root beer. Not because I particularly liked root beer, but because I didn't understand how a drink that was brown could also be clear. Now I understand how food dye works, but back in the day, that was magic.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
I kind of like Asti, tbh. Sweeter than champagne, and all the bubbles to boot.
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
Babycham is a perry, made with pears instead of grapes. Had a chamois mascot and seemed so innocuous. Was originally called Baby Champ.
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Norma_Bates 4 years ago
I don't really drink but always have a bottle of Asti in at Christmas or to toast special occasions.
Auntriarch 4 years ago (edited)
My mother used to have one whenever we flew, so I thought it was the height of sophistication, before I even learned the word sophistication. I'm over it now. But a dash in stir fried cabbage is good
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Liam Walsh 4 years ago
I'd much rather have had one of those chocolate cup cakes with the very thick fondant icing! Tooth rotting delight.
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Foxxy (The Original) 4 years ago
In my state a company called Balfour's make iconic frog cakes that are like these and they are so expensive.
Tracy Sellars 4 years ago
You can still get the at Coles in Victoria and yes they are still so yummy and make a nice treat.
Hilary Rudd 4 years ago
I remember my god mother taking me on a picnic and she had these! Real treat so looking forward to eating them!! The ants had got in and she threw them all away !!!!!!
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
Maybe they are in some countries, can't ever be sure, but they're too big really and are called French Fancies in the UK.
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JuJu 4 years ago
Orangina is still my favorite. When I was a kid, it was only available on holiday in France. Now I can buy it at REWE.
François Bouzigues 4 years ago
If you look at the ingredients of the bottled orangina, it : concentrate from citrics sugar water CO2 and nothing else. No E whatever, no flavour or texture enhancer. Just pure sparkling bliss
GlitterQueen541 4 years ago
I still feel this way about Orangina, can't find it in my area so it's always a treat!
Tobias Rieper 4 years ago
i remember as kid being told vienetta is for adults only and that i wouldnt like it
Auntriarch 4 years ago
Huh, seems like your mother went to the same mother school as mine.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I always associate Orangina with going to the cinema in the 60s and 70s, back in the days when you bought snacks in the interval from a young lady carrying a tray
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ZAPanda 4 years ago
I heard an urban legend that kinder eggs aren't allowed in usa because they are allegedly dangerous for kids (in the country with 1,2 guns per person).
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
Doesn't seem an urban legend. According to multiple sources on the internet they are banned in the US because "chocolate with a surprise toy inside is not allowed in the United States. In 1938, according to the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Kinder Eggs were considered to be illegal as they violate the rule “Watershed in the US food policy.” This act was drafted to protect the public from non-nutritive objects and unscrupulous manufacturers. " Source: https://www.triviasharp.com/why-are-kinder-surprise-eggs-illegal-in-america/
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Jo Green 4 years ago
It's a kind-of coloured clay-like art material. You can use it to make little models.
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Susan Wilson 4 years ago
Kinder Eggs, Chocolate Oranges and FIMO - all readily available in Canada.
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
My son still calls kinder eggs "Easter eggs" and demands one all the time at the local shop which I don't mind, but I'm forever standing on the plastic "toy" and I swear it makes Lego feel like walking in clouds- those wee f*****s hurt like hell
Erika Jones 4 years ago
Kinder Eggs are special to my kids, since you can only get the real ones in Canada. On our two trips to Ontario we stocked up!
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MyOpinionHasBeenServed 4 years ago (edited)
It was the best as an introduction to alcohol. Same with Arbor mist.
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Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
The Milano cookies are still rich people cookies, at 5USD for about 12 cookies. They're just shortbread with dark chocolate sandwiched in the middle.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
Butterscotch Krimpets were always my favorite as a child (‘60s and ‘70s, born in PA, also lived in MD). Tried them again as an adult, and they were pretty tasteless. They must’ve swapped out the good stuff for cheaper ingredients or something. They used to have a much stronger butterscotch flavor.
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
They might have changed the recipe but just as often when you try things from childhood, that are the same, they are disappointing. Our tastes develop of course...
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Turbo the Great and Terrible 4 years ago
I saw Butterscotch Krimpets and flashed back to 10 year old me.
Lucky2BAlive. 4 years ago
Here in Texas we finally started to see these. I nearly cried but opted for the ginormous toddler moment instead. .."
Gretchen Esquilin 4 years ago
BUTTERSCOTCH KRIMPETS!!!!!!! Yum!!!!! We also have Entemmans & their French crumb coffee cake is the best! I love when this stuff is on sale!
Jessica Cifelli 4 years ago
I grew up like 3 miles from the TastyKake factory in Philadelphia. Not even that expensive. Usually can get 2 boxes of TastyKakes for like $5.
Mare Freed 4 years ago
I was never able to taste a Milano cookie until I was an adult and could buy my own. I was always so jealous when other kids had them in their lunch bags.
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Jennifer Norton 4 years ago
Yeah I have had these before they are good. I have only had them once. I kinda forget about them.
Laura Watts 4 years ago
Img we have these but without the hike called tea cakes and sometimes they come with jam
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago (edited)
Tunnock's Tea Cakes - food of the gods, although the marshmallow is very moist and you may need to wash your face after eating them
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Joanna Werman 4 years ago
I think they cost like $3.50. they're big malamars type with chocolate on the bottom instead of vanilla cake
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Mushroomlover 4 years ago
Jolly ranchers and Zima….a classic for young drinkers! Although I’m 40 and would most definitely still drink it!
Gretchen Esquilin 4 years ago
Only the round Rancher worked to get thru the hole. Or you'd have to suck the rectangle ones to get them small enough to fit. LMAO
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Tabitha Martel 4 years ago
I was too young to drink when these were available but my best friend and I used to pretend to be super posh ladies and "order" these at our pretend night club in her backyard. Oh man. I'm so glad I was a kid before YouTube lol.
Ozymandias73 4 years ago
Ugh, I can taste the disappointment in this picture. But, putting the Jollies in a bottle did give it better flavor.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
Came out when it was in college. it was really popular among the college girls at the time. I think I tried it once.
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Kathi Robbins 4 years ago
I still love smoked oysters, right out of the can or on a water-biscuit with cream cheese.
Kevin Beard 4 years ago
Guess I bought in as a kid. I now as adult regularly have these as a snack.
Jolie McCleave 4 years ago
Me too! I love them, spouse hates them, more for me!
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Celtic Pirate Queen 4 years ago
Agree. Bought a different brand at the grocery store and they were awful.
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Pezor Zass 4 years ago
shredded has that awful powdery anti-caking stuff added. i don't know how people can eat it.
Emma Perkins 4 years ago
It 100% depends on how much effort I can muster up. Sometimes the anti-caking powder is worth not having to do any extra work.
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Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
I'm not keen on pre grated cheese, it's like they coat it with something to stop it sticking together, and goes everywhere
German Gargicevich 4 years ago
Wal-Mart Stores’ Great Value food brand has been slapped with a lawsuit over a cheese product it sold that allegedly contains 7 to 10 percent cellulose, a filler and anti-clumping agent derived from wood chips
ChickyChicky 4 years ago
Shredded cheese used to be more expensive than a block, at least until about 15 years ago or so.
Jaymi Leigh 4 years ago
Where I live shedded cheese is WAY more expensive than the blocks of cheese.
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Vasha 4 years ago
In the 1950s. my mom had only two things in her uninspired cooking repertoire: spaghetti and meatloaf. What was REALLY fancy was going to the VFW for a Friday night breaded shrimp fry. With cocktail sauce! Seemed decadent beyond compare. shrimp-617...c8ffb3.jpg 
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Me too!! My dad took me to his fave seafood place & I was allowed to get baby breaded shrimp & hush puppies. Hush puppies still feel decadent to me.
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Melissa Boatman Linebaugh 4 years ago
My step-dad was a long-line fisherman in the 80s (until he was lost at sea on a trip) and we always had swordfish and fresh tuna a shrimp (he would trade that with other fishermen). I knew it was fancy but oh Lordy did I get sick of fresh, expensive seafood!
Thindy 4 years ago
My SIL craves kimchee (especially if she's pregnant.) She lives in Missouri and has a friend whose grandfather makes it for her. He thinks it's really funny that a Croatian lady loves the stuff so much.
Katchen 4 years ago
Your SIL would love the food in California. You can get kimchi on a taco.
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RoseTheMad 4 years ago
by "Kimchee" I assume they mean Kimchi... how the hell is Kimchi shameful? It's bloody delicious stuff!
Eagle Girl 4 years ago
Bc when you're Korean, or any Asian descent, in America food that smells unfamiliar at school lunch brings ridicule. That's the real shame.
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Marsha McCarthy 4 years ago
I used to love it too until I found out how it is made. Same with veal.
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NsG 4 years ago
Ferrero Roche - they were a special treat we'd buy for my dad on Father's Day and if we were lucky he'd let us have one each.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
My grandma always buys all her grandkids a small box for xmas. They really taste like holidays for me
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Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
Getting toys on days other than birthdays and Christmas. All my classmates would say, "Oh, Mommy bought me a Barbie at Target yesterday." I was floored. Why? It's not a holiday!
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
My parents allowed us books, art supplies, and musical instruments (and accoutrements) year round. But toys were solely for birthdays and Christmas. I did the same with my daughter.
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Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Does anyone remember the gooseberry flavour cream? I think Quality Street must have retired that one in the 70s
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Chancey 4 years ago
I love these!!! Especially the ones shaped like Scottie dogs!
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Xan A. Du 4 years ago
Once a year at Christmas we would get mixed nuts. Sometimes we would be able to get cashews or pistachios. That was a real treat. Our fingers would be all red from the pistachios.
Suz66 4 years ago
I forgot about the red dye in pistachios. I wonder why they did that. I still love pistachios.
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Mark Fuller 4 years ago
Brown sugar crystals (instead of granulated or cubes sugar) meant guests were coming for dinner and coffee with mints would be served afterwards. Thankfully guests never knew that sticky little children's paws had been reaching up and nicking them all afternoon.
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
VICOUNT BISCUITS!! How can they not have been on this list. Even a Family Circle red plastic box of biscuits with the coconut wheel and pink wafers??
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Viscount biscuits - fabulous! And Milk Tray chocolate bars with the Lime Barrel segment...
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Shortbread. We used to bring it back from leave, and my mother said it was poisonous to anyone under 14 (I was 6 at the time, I would have woofed it down not made it last, I can completely understand her reasoning).
NsG 4 years ago
Ferrero Roche - they were a special treat we'd buy for my dad on Father's Day and if we were lucky he'd let us have one each.
Ozacoter 4 years ago
My grandma always buys all her grandkids a small box for xmas. They really taste like holidays for me
Load More Replies... Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
Getting toys on days other than birthdays and Christmas. All my classmates would say, "Oh, Mommy bought me a Barbie at Target yesterday." I was floored. Why? It's not a holiday!
Nikki Sevven 4 years ago
My parents allowed us books, art supplies, and musical instruments (and accoutrements) year round. But toys were solely for birthdays and Christmas. I did the same with my daughter.
Load More Replies... Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Does anyone remember the gooseberry flavour cream? I think Quality Street must have retired that one in the 70s
Load More Replies... Chancey 4 years ago
I love these!!! Especially the ones shaped like Scottie dogs!
Load More Replies... Xan A. Du 4 years ago
Once a year at Christmas we would get mixed nuts. Sometimes we would be able to get cashews or pistachios. That was a real treat. Our fingers would be all red from the pistachios.
Suz66 4 years ago
I forgot about the red dye in pistachios. I wonder why they did that. I still love pistachios.
Load More Replies... Mark Fuller 4 years ago
Brown sugar crystals (instead of granulated or cubes sugar) meant guests were coming for dinner and coffee with mints would be served afterwards. Thankfully guests never knew that sticky little children's paws had been reaching up and nicking them all afternoon.
Moo Moo Futch 4 years ago
VICOUNT BISCUITS!! How can they not have been on this list. Even a Family Circle red plastic box of biscuits with the coconut wheel and pink wafers??
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Viscount biscuits - fabulous! And Milk Tray chocolate bars with the Lime Barrel segment...
Load More Replies... Auntriarch 4 years ago
Shortbread. We used to bring it back from leave, and my mother said it was poisonous to anyone under 14 (I was 6 at the time, I would have woofed it down not made it last, I can completely understand her reasoning).
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