# Bugles are 50 Years Old! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819 "2016-03-13T00:59:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrCube](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/21 "2016-03-15T18:17:23Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > Guessing no one here (besides me) has tried the caramel Bugles…cuz they are delicious. I have, and they’re surprisingly good. I actually thought Bugles went out of business a long time ago (they always seemed like a “90s food” to me, like Surge or Squeez-its) until my wife brought the caramel ones home from the grocery store recently. I avoided them for a week until the rest of the snacks were gone and then tried them out of desperation and like I said, surprisingly good! (“Surprising” mostly in the sense that I expected them to be terrible, but still. They’re pretty good.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/22 "2016-03-15T20:07:50Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > I like 'em just fine! I would agree, they’re a little oily (so are Fritos.) But the taste, and the delicacy of the crunch, are tops with me. If someone doesn’t want theirs, hand 'em this way! I could’ve written this almost word for word. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/23 "2016-03-16T18:17:42Z")
> [@CGav8r](#): > > Guessing no one here (besides me) has tried the caramel Bugles…cuz they are delicious. I was surprised to find Bugles on sale at one supermarket in Toronto. I bought some and realized for the first time in 50 years that they taste like salted popcorn, which I love! Haven’t tried the caramel variety yet, but I assume they taste like … caramel popcorn, which I also love. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/24 "2016-03-16T18:37:45Z")
I liked Bugles and still do, but they’re not my preferred snack, and are usually more expensive than other options. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/25 "2016-03-16T18:45:27Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Whistles, which were hollow crunchy tubes with a cheese taste (think hollow puffed Cheetos); and Daisies, which were shaped like a flower head and had a buttery taste. I remember both of those, though I haven’t thought about them in years! I really liked Whistles; the cheese flavor was more like the powder you get in KD. I used to use that to make cheese toast, yum! :o ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/26 "2016-03-16T18:54:58Z")
Bugles blow. mmm ---
**Author:** ![arles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/71c47a/32.png) [@arles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arles)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/27 "2016-03-16T19:24:32Z")
A dollar store is your friend. Where all brands from yesteryear live on. We found these on a recent trip to our local Dollar Tree. In my opinion, not even worth the $1 for the trip down memory lane. I guess my tastebuds have developed since childhood. Then again, this lousy nutritional food is exactly what my mother bought for us as developing children. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/28 "2016-03-16T20:11:46Z")
Bugles are one of those foods that I love, but I never actually buy. Partly its health reasons but partly it’s just habit. Bugles are things that other people bring to my house for parties, reminding me that I should buy some for myself. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2016, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/29 "2016-03-16T20:21:23Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I really liked Whistles; the cheese flavor was more like the powder you get in KD. I used to use that to make cheese toast, yum! :o They used to sell the KD cheese powder by itself but seem to have discontinued it. You can get [other brands](https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kraft+mac+and+cheese+powder&tbm=shop) of cheese powder though. ---
**Author:** ![elsid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@elsid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elsid)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/30 "2020-04-20T20:13:14Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I wish they’d bring back Baked Bugles. They had them for awhile as a low-fat alternative. The regular ones are too damn greasy for me. I’d eat them, but the grease makes me nauseous. Amen to this! I always loved the baked ones. I will eat the regular ones, though they are greasy. Both of the sweet varieties (PB&C, Caramel) are good. I do miss the baked ones though, and not sure how to ask for them. Another snack that I had when I was a kid and only able to find very limited is Tom’s Nacho Rings. Those are still delicious. Tom’s does have a nacho version of the Bugles as well, though not as good as the Nacho Rings (at least to me). ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/31 "2020-04-20T20:24:03Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I was surprised to find Bugles on sale at one supermarket in Toronto. Toronto-area Dollaramas usually have single-serving bags of Bugles. I often buy the nacho cheese flavour for a snack. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/32 "2020-04-20T20:27:23Z")
Bugles are a regular summer item for me. I use them to scoop up tuna salad for lunch when it’s too hot to work at it. Don’t eat them much otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/33 "2020-04-20T20:29:26Z")
Happy 54th year, Bugles! ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/34 "2020-04-20T20:30:03Z")
About eight months ago I bought a smallish bag of Bugles —they were on a special sale — along with a tub of supermarket French onion dip. And ate them together. I am…SO ashamed. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/35 "2020-04-20T20:31:09Z")
Mainly because I ate them at noon along with a glass of iced gin. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/36 "2020-04-20T22:41:21Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > Happy 54th year, Bugles! 55th year, actually. I was going to criticize the thread title till I saw it was zombified. On vacation in 1965 **(55 years ago)** we stopped at Uncle Fester’s grocery in small-town Oregon, a test-market for Bugles. Maybe they weren’t released in the wild till later but I can date that pretty distinctly because L.A.'s Watts Riots filled the news. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/37 "2020-04-20T22:57:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > I really liked Whistles; the cheese flavor was more like the powder you get in KD. I used to use that to make cheese toast, yum! :o Yes, Whistles were the best. Like being punched in the brain with a wheel of cheesy love. And then there were Pizza Spins, which I think we had a couple times but I don’t remember very well. [https://images.app.goo.gl/Nzz6S7cp3iJQbJL46](https://images.app.goo.gl/Nzz6S7cp3iJQbJL46) ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/38 "2020-04-20T23:38:39Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > About eight months ago I bought a smallish bag of Bugles —they were on a special sale — along with a tub of supermarket French onion dip. And ate them together. > > I am…SO ashamed. Sounds even better than an afternoon of wanton sex! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/39 "2020-04-20T23:40:24Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Yes, Whistles were the best. Like being punched in the brain with a wheel of cheesy love. > > And then there were Pizza Spins, which I think we had a couple times but I don’t remember very well. > > [https://images.app.goo.gl/Nzz6S7cp3iJQbJL46](https://images.app.goo.gl/Nzz6S7cp3iJQbJL46) I remember those. They actually did taste kinda like pizza. Not bad at all! :o ---
**Author:** ![Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/59ef9b/32.png) [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819/40 "2020-04-21T00:36:36Z")
My my. When I was a student in the late 90s, my then girlfriend - now wife - had a summer job with Golden Wonder (a classic UK crisp brand, now absorbed into the Walker’s empire) and used to bring back bin-bags full of freebies to uni. These included the new, experimental, maybe/maybe-not Bugles. Seems they weren’t that new - in the grand scheme - after all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugles-are-50-years-old/748819.md?page=3)