# Your favorite old food **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496 "2007-06-10T20:30:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/81 "2007-06-12T20:13:45Z")
I miss [Tato Skins](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziPERhXCn68). I don’t think they’re available around here anymore. I haven’t seen them in years. The Bacon and Cheddar were pretty darn good. I remeber Willy Wonka scrunch bars, too. Far better than Zagnuts or Clarks… And hella better than that stick in your teeth Butterfinger crap. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/82 "2007-06-12T20:26:48Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] Candy Cigarettes [/QUOTE] The candy store in our town still has these, and Squirrel Nut Zippers, too. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/83 "2007-06-12T20:27:15Z")
[QUOTE=Intravenus De Milo] (P.S.: [Sharkleberry Finn](http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0929/) was pretty dope too 🆒 ) [/QUOTE] Man I had just about forgotten Sharkleberry Finn. I must have drunk gallons of the stuff as a kid. I had a little baggie held up on the fridge by a magnet just stuffed to the brim with Kool-Aid points, mostly from Sharkleberry Finn. I remember those fruit bars as well - in a similar thread a few years back I think I mentioned them. I always wondered if I had dreamt them up, but no, they actually existed! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/84 "2007-06-12T20:31:04Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] The Marathons I meant was pure caramel, covered in chocolate. They were long and flat and in a braid shape. [/QUOTE] [Marathon,](http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/i_miss_marathon/) not [Marathon,](http://www.peteglover.com/images/candy_marathon.jpg) right? ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/85 "2007-06-12T20:41:03Z")
When I was in Little League, I was absolutely crazy for [Wacky Wafers](http://www.oryans.com/wackywafers.html), but now they no longer are part of the Wonka candy line. ☹ By far my most favorite restaurant entree as a kid was Bob’s Big Boy’s spaghetti & chili, which they also don’t make any more (replacing it with your standard “meat sauce”; BAH!). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/86 "2007-06-12T20:48:34Z")
Okay, I’m drawing a blank on the name, but these went away fairly recently, within the last few years. It’s supposedly a healthy food, and they came in a green container…they were yogurt, but they were all chocolate flavored…chocolate raspberry, dark chocolate, chocolate mint, and they tasted like pudding. Yum! I still see the cookies and stuff marketed, but the yogurt has gone away, probably because although it was fat-free, the stuff was about half sugar. :smack: Does anyone know the brand I’m talking about? I’m remembering a commercial with two ladies…ring a bell? Oh, and I miss Arthur Treacher’s lemon pies. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/87 "2007-06-12T21:22:32Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] It’s supposedly a healthy food, and they came in a green container…they were yogurt, but they were all chocolate flavored…chocolate raspberry, dark chocolate, chocolate mint, and they tasted like pudding. Yum! I still see the cookies and stuff marketed, but the yogurt has gone away, probably because although it was fat-free, the stuff was about half sugar. :smack: Does anyone know the brand I’m talking about? I’m remembering a commercial with two ladies…ring a bell? [/QUOTE] Not the Yoplait “It’s Francois the waiter good!” ladies? Green container = Snackwell’s fat free/sugar-rich food. Ah, [here](http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950713/07120040.htm). ---
**Author:** ![Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/54ee81/32.png) [@Kneepants\_Erasmus\_the\_Humanist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kneepants_Erasmus_the_Humanist)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/88 "2007-06-12T23:06:55Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] I miss Bubble Yum chocolate gum, and Bubble Yum mint chocolate gum. [/QUOTE] **gigi** , I am sorry but… **EWWWWWWWW!!!** I still see Tahitian Treat quite often (think I may go buy one). I had a bag of Tato Skins within the past year or so. They were not nearly as good as I remembered. I am not a huge Hershey’s fan, but I _loved_ the cookies 'n mint (something like that) bar. I see it every now and then…maybe around Christmas…but I always forget to stock up. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/89 "2007-06-13T04:00:56Z")
Do they still make Whip-n-Chill? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/90 "2007-06-13T05:52:33Z")
[QUOTE=if6was9] The Marathons I meant was pure caramel, covered in chocolate. They were long and flat and in a braid shape. Known as Curly Wurlies in the UK ---
**Author:** ![valleyofthedolls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a4c791/32.png) [@valleyofthedolls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/valleyofthedolls)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/91 "2007-06-13T06:53:41Z")
I miss old school Pepperidge Farm cookies…Capri, Tahiti, Brussels, Lido, Chocolate Chip, Ginger Man, Lemon Nut, Orleans, Milano etc. etc. Some, like the Milano, have obviously had their recipes altered and not for the better. Others have been discontinued. One last Capri dipped in ice cold milk would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/92 "2007-06-13T16:06:37Z")
[QUOTE=valleyofthedolls] I miss old school Pepperidge Farm cookies…Capri, Tahiti, Brussels, Lido, Chocolate Chip, Ginger Man, Lemon Nut, Orleans, Milano etc. etc. Some, like the Milano, have obviously had their recipes altered and not for the better. Others have been discontinued. One last Capri dipped in ice cold milk would be nice. [/QUOTE] See, I’m so glad you said that - I have told my husband that I thought they had changed the recipes and he disagreed - I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so! And I really really miss Sunshine Lemon Coolers. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/93 "2007-06-13T16:28:08Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Ah, [here](http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1995/vp950713/07120040.htm). [/QUOTE] Snackwell…that was it!! ---
**Author:** ![rhythmonly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee59a6/32.png) [@rhythmonly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhythmonly)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/94 "2007-06-13T16:31:47Z")
Laura Scudder’s Mini Tacos. Planter’s Dry Roasted Cashews. Nabisco’s Bacon Thins. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/95 "2007-06-13T16:32:02Z")
[QUOTE=Kneepants Erasmus, the Humanist] **gigi** , I am sorry but… **EWWWWWWWW!!!** [/QUOTE] Heh. Don’t knock it till you try it. And look, it came back in December 2006 [just for you!](http://www.candydirect.com/gums/Bubble-Yum-Chocolate.html)😛 ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/96 "2007-06-13T17:54:32Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] [Marathon,](http://www.typetive.com/candyblog/item/i_miss_marathon/) not [Marathon,](http://www.peteglover.com/images/candy_marathon.jpg) right? [/QUOTE] Yeah, the first one. They were great! ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/97 "2007-06-13T18:39:34Z")
[QUOTE=Fiddle Peghead] Someone mentioned candy cigarettes. What _were_ they thinking?? [/QUOTE] Candy cigarettes are fun. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/98 "2007-06-13T18:58:28Z")
Anyone else remember Wiener Wagons? Those were hot dog buns that you didn’t split in half, there was a deep groove in the top to deposit your hot dog. Black Cow. Like a Slo Poke but better. Sweet tarts the size of a child’s fist. Candy cigs of course. So what if they looked like cigarettes? They were good! Chalet creme Girl Scout cookies. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/99 "2007-06-13T19:24:30Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] Freshen Up Gum (the gum that goes Squirt!) [/QUOTE] We called this “Cum gum” Of course, the taste is completely different but the effect was remarkably the same ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496/100 "2007-06-13T19:27:54Z")
[QUOTE=valleyofthedolls] I miss old school Pepperidge Farm cookies…Capri, Tahiti, Brussels, Lido, Chocolate Chip, Ginger Man, Lemon Nut, Orleans, Milano etc. etc. Some, like the Milano, have obviously had their recipes altered and not for the better. Others have been discontinued. One last Capri dipped in ice cold milk would be nice. [/QUOTE] That reminds me, one of the few Pepperidge Farm cookies I could eat were the Molasses Crisps but I haven’t seen them in years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-favorite-old-food/407496.md?page=6)