# Supermarket items you miss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013 "2005-07-11T16:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/61 "2005-07-12T01:34:46Z")
> [@Belladonna](#): > > Weren’t they pretty much tan froot loops with little colored confetti bits stuck to them? > If so, yes I remember them. If not–what the hell were those things? Yeah that sounds about right. I think they were O’s for donuts and 8’s meant to be shaped like krullers. **PB Maxx** - it’s gotten mentioned a few times in this thread and I know I remember it, I just can’t think of what it was. I even tried googling but the results didn’t help. ---
**Author:** ![Basandre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@Basandre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Basandre)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/62 "2005-07-12T01:59:32Z")
I don’t know how… um… authentic this is, but for those people missing 1-2-3 Jello: > **[1 2 3 Jello Recipe | CDKitchen.com](https://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/36/1_2_3_Jello46269.shtml)** > > A recipe for 1 2 3 Jello made with water, Jello, ice cubes, Cool ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/63 "2005-07-12T02:05:23Z")
I miss Good ‘n’ Fruity, the fruit-flavored cousin of Good ‘n’ Plenty. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/64 "2005-07-12T02:59:48Z")
> [@Basandre](#): > > I don’t know how… um… authentic this is, but for those people missing 1-2-3 Jello: > [1 2 3 Jello Recipe | CDKitchen.com](http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/36/1_2_3_Jello46269.shtml) Yep, [here’s](http://www.boston-baden.com/hazel/Jello/jello5b.html#123) another recipe to try, although it’s without any added ingredients just specific instructions for how to prepare regular jello. I adored Cracklin’ Oat Bran, man that stuff was good. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/65 "2005-07-12T03:01:02Z")
> [@saramamalana](#): > > Yeah that sounds about right. I think they were O’s for donuts and 8’s meant to be shaped like krullers. > > **PB Maxx** - it’s gotten mentioned a few times in this thread and I know I remember it, I just can’t think of what it was. I even tried googling but the results didn’t help. Cookies with rice crispie style topping, peanut butter, smothered in chocolate. ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/66 "2005-07-12T03:25:25Z")
What’s this crazy talk of Cracklin’ Oat Bran being gone?! I almost never buy cereal, but that’s one of the two kinds I like. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/67 "2005-07-12T03:33:06Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > It has been much too long since I had a **MoonPie**. [Mmmmm, Moon Pies!](http://www.moonpie.com/) My arch-nemesis, the Evil Physics Building Vending Machine at the University of Maryland, sometimes had those… ---
**Author:** ![SiouxChief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@SiouxChief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiouxChief)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/68 "2005-07-12T03:37:43Z")
**C.W. Post** - First healthy food I ever ate. Awesome flavor. **Johnny Ribs** - Haven’t had one since the 80s, but I can still taste it! **Bacon Flavored Cheez Whiz** - What more can I say? **Pasta Anytime** spaghetti And I was going to add, “miniature pie crusts”, that you scoop pudding cups into to make instant pudding pie, but I finally found some last week at Meijer. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/69 "2005-07-12T03:49:05Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > I miss Good ‘n’ Fruity, the fruit-flavored cousin of Good ‘n’ Plenty. Unless this has gone away in the past year, I’m certain it still exists. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/70 "2005-07-12T04:00:28Z")
> [@Max Torque](#): > > I’ll second the Carnation Breakfast Bars, a staple of my youth. > > I’ll add: **Baked Ramen**. Seriously, have you ever read the nutritional information on the back of a pack of ramen? Seven or eight grams of fat per serving, and two servings per noodlebrick. That means if you eat a whole package, you’re getting 14-16g of fat! Gah! Baked ramen tasted just fine, and the noodles were baked rather than deep-fried, so they had maybe 2g per brick. Much more peace of mind eating that, lemme tell ya. > > But, they don’t make 'em no more. I always wondered why they were so bad for you! (but so cheap!) Mine is Nutella. Apparently, the Wal\*Mart here doesn’t carry it anymore, and I want some, but don’t want to go anywhere special to get it. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/71 "2005-07-12T04:41:22Z")
**The Big Stick** (frozen flavored ice pop) **Sugar Daddies** (caramal candy pops that lasted _forever_ and pulled out fillings) **Blow Pops** (candy with gum in the middle. It would sometimes cut the inside of my mouth but was so yummy I didn’t care.) ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/72 "2005-07-12T05:26:55Z")
Pardon me while I try to recover from the shock, and join the pudding pops chorus: they’re _ **GONE** _?!?!? Shit. More recently: Frosted Cheerios. The sugar crash 10 minutes later was totally worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/73 "2005-07-12T06:51:26Z")
> [@BwanaBob](#): > > The people who continue to bring you “Pop Tarts”, also had a product called > “Danish Go-Rounds”, (in the 70’s) which were basically double-thickness poptarts in a round edged shape. **Update from Copenhagen:** I think that rumbling I just heard was old King Christian turning over in his grave. ---
**Author:** ![minor7flat5](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minor7flat5/32/258_2.png) [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/74 "2005-07-12T11:22:43Z")
Re: Good ‘n’ Fruity > [@bouv](#): > > Unless this has gone away in the past year, I’m certain it still exists. [No…](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/discontinued.htm) [It is](http://sugarmountain.net/buy/discontinued_products.htm) [gone.](http://www.petitiononline.com/gnfrty/petition.html)☹ ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/75 "2005-07-12T15:58:14Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > However, chocolate fudge Pop Tarts are, as far as I can tell, gone. They’ve been gone from the shelves around here for months. I used to eat the damn things for breakfast every single day. I’ve bought them recently here in Mass. Not sure if it was the reduced fat variety or the regular. I could probably mail you some if you really need them. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/76 "2005-07-12T16:04:01Z")
I miss the liquor counter. Liquor departments used to have their own cashiers, and you could take any price-stamped item there and pay for it, instead of going through the regular checkout lines. It was usually much quicker when you were just buying a couple of items. ---
**Author:** ![sneezy5660](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@sneezy5660](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sneezy5660)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/77 "2005-07-12T16:24:33Z")
> [@chaoticdonkey](#): > > I always wondered why they were so bad for you! (but so cheap!) > > Mine is Nutella. Apparently, the Wal\*Mart here doesn’t carry it anymore, and I want some, but don’t want to go anywhere special to get it. **Chaoticdonkey** did you look for Nutella in the peanut butter section? In my Wal-Mart, it used to be in the International food section, but when they remodeled the store, they put it there. I always thought it should have been there all along. I miss the old BBQ Fritos. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/78 "2005-07-12T17:02:51Z")
> [@Gregor Samsa](#): > > Apparently, [Pop Shoppe](http://www.thepopshoppe.com/flash_site/main.html) is coming back. Only North of the Border. _sigh_ Thanks for the links to Quisp. I’m going to have to look in different stores. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/79 "2005-07-12T17:08:16Z")
Carnation Breakfast Squares (which might be the same thing as Carnation Breakfast Bars) Marathon Bars (I know you can get them in Britain, where they’re called "Curly Wurlies) but I miss being able to get them at the store. Old-fashioned Cocoa Puffs (before they changed the recipe to make them more “chocolaty.”) ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/80 "2005-07-12T17:15:09Z")
**Crispy Critters** and **Morton’s** frozen mini sugar and spice donuts. Bake those mini donuts good and crispy and there was nothing ever better with your coffee in the morning. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013.md?page=5)