# snacks/beverages you DONT miss from childhood **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427 "2018-12-02T01:31:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/81 "2018-12-05T08:50:54Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > its the same for any fruit flavored drink or snack these days ……… > > And when did sour apple over take lime in everything ? they don’t even have lime skittles anymore …… Okay, I thought it was my imagination that green Skittles were once lime. I thought I had it confused with Starburst, where I just double-checked, cherry was originally lime. What’s the fruit equivalent of Good and Plenty? That has lime right? Or did that change too? Ahhh…I’m so confused! ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/82 "2018-12-05T09:04:02Z")
Another, am I imagining it or not? Lifesavers Butterscotch and Butter Rum. There are/were two right? I remember one tasting divine and the other nasty (Butter Rum?) with an odd bite to it. They looked identical and I’d get the wrong one half the time. One would come in the Lifesaver book, but be hard to find on the shelf. Or did it never happen? ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/83 "2018-12-05T09:16:36Z")
Okay, I just found this: [https://www.retroist.com/2012/09/11/lifesavers-sweet-storybooks/](https://www.retroist.com/2012/09/11/lifesavers-sweet-storybooks/) “For a long time, the included flavors were very standardized; 2 variety rolls (ie, “normal” Lifesavers), 2 cherry rolls, a tropical fruits roll, a butter rum roll, 2 wintOgreen rolls, and 2 pepOmint rolls” But I don’t think Tropical Fruits were around in the 60’s. I liked the coconut and tangerine, banana was okay, but I think there was a mixed fruit one too, or was that the clear white one in the five flavor pack? I want to say Tropical Fruits came out in the 70’s, because I distinctly remember the “What flavor’s yours…” commercial with the woman saying “Tangerine…what flavor’s yours?” ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/84 "2018-12-05T09:43:50Z")
the white one is pineapple they were going to get rid of it when kraft took over Nabisco but a social campaign saved it ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/85 "2018-12-05T09:45:06Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > Okay, I thought it was my imagination that green Skittles were once lime. I thought I had it confused with Starburst, where I just double-checked, cherry was originally lime. What’s the fruit equivalent of Good and Plenty? That has lime right? Or did that change too? Ahhh…I’m so confused! good and fruity which was red licorice instead of black …… ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/86 "2018-12-05T14:22:28Z")
Green apple has also replaced lime in Runts. Far more irritating is that they’re using the cherry shape for green apple, since cherry is no longer in the mix. ☹ I still like the candy though, mostly for the bananas. Bananarama just isn’t quite as good. ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/87 "2018-12-06T14:16:30Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > the white one is pineapple they were going to get rid of it when kraft took over Nabisco but a social campaign saved it White lifesavers matter! ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/88 "2018-12-06T14:17:31Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > Speaking of vile beverages, does anyone know if McDonald’s still has Orange Ade? That wasn’t good on any level either, AND any kids’ event would serve it, probably because McDonald’s donated it. It didn’t seem to matter what the event was - Girl Scout camp, marching band competition, etc., there would always be coolers full of that horrible stuff. I believe now it’s Orange Fanta. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/89 "2018-12-06T16:58:12Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I can’t remember the name of the product, but in the late ’80s there was a gum that came in cute little pillow-shaped portions. At some point, the manufacturer starting filling them with nasty goo. I didn’t want to tell my Mom about this change for some reason (I think the gum itself was still really good?), so I would try to spit as much of the goo as possible into a tissue. She caught me and yelled at me for making a mess, thinking that I was just playing with the gum. > The gray ones are licorice…the purple ones are clove. If there’s too much powder (corn starch?) in the roll, the clove can look very gray though. The gum was called “Freshen Up” (“the gum that goes squirt!”). I remember the jingle for the commercial: “She didn’t know (didn’t know!) the gum was loaded” I had the idea to be a piece of it for Halloween one year, with colored water I could squirt. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/90 "2018-12-07T14:01:41Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > Freshen Up gum. I loved that stuff. Yep, that’s the stuff! Apparently I did too at one point…I wonder if they changed the consistency of the goo/gel, or if I just ended up with a bad batch? > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > I had the idea to be a piece of it for Halloween one year, with colored water I could squirt. And how did this turn out? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/91 "2018-12-07T16:41:43Z")
Yoo-Hoo. I’ve had two bottles in my life. The first one was awful, but everyone told me that I needed to shake it more before drinking it. I shook the hell out of the next bottle, but it sucked just as badly. ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/92 "2018-12-08T01:20:44Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > All the kids thanks to dollar tree discovered a tortilia chip called "taki’s"a few years ago > > imagine a rolled up burnt tasting round tortillia chip that had artificial flavored (it even tasted fake as hell) “hotness” > > the fad died out after a while thank god My grandkids love them. Hasn’t died out as far as I know. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/93 "2018-12-08T01:45:57Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > I remember as a little kid, I thought that a nice little treat was just a slice of Kraft American “Cheese”. I would unwrap it and chow down on it, plain. The thought is nearly nauseating to me now. Mister Rogers taught me to wrap it around a banana. I can’t believe I trusted him. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/94 "2018-12-08T05:23:47Z")
I’m having a fried bologna sandwich and remembered…cold bologna torn into strips. Ugh. My Mom said when she was at the neighbors, one of the boys came come, took a hotdog out of the package and placed in a slice of bread. Guess it’s basically a mini stick of bologna, but still… ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/95 "2018-12-08T06:17:01Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I believe now it’s Orange Fanta. That would be a lot harder to transport, because it’s carbonated, and Orange Ade wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/96 "2018-12-08T08:48:50Z")
I don’t know if they still do it, hut in Hawaii it was fruit punch which is the generic go to drink here, available at almost every fountain, anywhere, Pespi or Coke. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2018, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/97 "2018-12-08T09:02:36Z")
actually mcds orangeade was cokes hi-c brand I remember for years mom would buy punch concentrate and could never not make it tasted watered down neither could/can most places with soda fountain juice……… unless its premade ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/98 "2018-12-10T15:12:28Z")
> [@lingyi](#): > > I’m having a fried bologna sandwich and remembered…cold bologna torn into strips. Ugh. My Mom said when she was at the neighbors, one of the boys came come, took a hotdog out of the package and placed in a slice of bread. Guess it’s basically a mini stick of bologna, but still… Ha! I remember my grandma would cut a piece of bologna and a piece of cheese in strips for me. I loved it!! I must have thought it was fancy! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/99 "2018-12-10T16:37:08Z")
The best I have isn’t a food but a drink: some people really like Fanta. I find that they get their flavors wrong somehow, not having the tang to contrast the sweetness. A non-sweet one is lobster. Everyone treats it like this amazing thing. And I pretty much like anything, or at least can eat it. But lobster? Nope. People paid and got me a $30 meal and I couldn’t eat it and felt horrible. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427/100 "2018-12-10T17:01:27Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > A non-sweet one is lobster. Everyone treats it like this amazing thing. And I pretty much like anything, or at least can eat it. But lobster? Nope. People paid and got me a $30 meal and I couldn’t eat it and felt horrible. Howabout crayfish/crawdads/mudbugs? I prefer them over Lobster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snacks-beverages-you-dont-miss-from-childhood/825427.md?page=6)