Foods from your childhood that you can't get anymore...

[VenomMacbeth]

So I recently bought several boxes of French Toast Crunch, as I have fun memories of eating those little toast-shaped cavity bombs by the bowlful as a kid.  Then, they quit selling it for a very long time.  Well, they just brought it back recently, and while I don't think it's quite as sugary as I remember, eating it still gives me the warm fuzzies.

Anybody else have foods like this?  Either something you can't get now, or couldn't get for a long time.  My parents would tell me all the time about how Wonka Gobstoppers used to actually be the size of a real jawbreaker...I know there must be plenty of other stuff like that.  Getting old sucks.

[SephirothTNH]

Not a food per say, but Ecto Cooler!

I used to drink that stuff all the time.

[lukester]

Not the same, but there used to be a Mexican restaurant chain near where I lived called "Desert Moon" in Exton, PA.

My dad and I loved it so much. Then it closed down about 7 years ago.

The nearest one is in Danbury, Connecticut, which we have been to a few times as of last year. But it's 4 hours away.

[xelement5x]

Not a food per say, but Ecto Cooler!

I used to drink that stuff all the time.

This was the first thing I thought of too.

[nodtveidt]

Hostess used to make these kickass pudding pies in addition to their regular fruit pies. I have not seen them in many years... I have no idea if they stopped making them, or if they were just no longer sold in my region.

[esteban]

Cap'n Crunch - I can't actually eat this as it was intended (cereal + milk). Even as a dry snack, it's just too nasty-sweet+mealy-mouth.

As a kid, I ate bowlfuls.


Coke (and lots of sodas, like Root Beer, Grape, Orange) - JESUS they are too sweet. I WATER DOWN MY SODA IF IT IS THE ONLY THING AVAILABLE. I really do. Same applies to sweet beverages in general.  Diet Coke I can drink, but it is still very, very sweet.


I hate junky-crap icing (which is what is found on 99% of everything). I've become much more discerning when it comes to icing. Crappy icing ruins otherwise excellent cupcakes/cakes/cookies, etc.

Excellent icing, however, I fully enjoy, though I still need the cake:icing ratio to be appropriate. I hate when there is too much icing....just like I hate it when there is too much cream cheese in a bagel. THERE IS A PROPER CREAM CHEESE:BAGEL RATIO, but too many folks ignore it.

Damn them to hell!!!!

[mitsuman]

Hostess used to make these kickass pudding pies in addition to their regular fruit pies. I have not seen them in many years... I have no idea if they stopped making them, or if they were just no longer sold in my region.

like the chocolate pudding pies? I'll see some every once in awhile around where I live. Last time I ate one. A few years back, I enjoyed it, but quickly regretted the decision to eat it.


My wife and I were just discussing this last week. We both really miss s'mores crunch cereal. Not the bullshit they sell now, but the original s'mores cereal.

[Sarumaru]

I miss these. They were amaze~

[VenomMacbeth]

Cap'n Crunch - I can't actually eat this as it was intended (cereal + milk). Even as a dry snack, it's just too nasty-sweet+mealy-mouth.

As a kid, I ate bowlfuls.


Coke (and lots of sodas, like Root Beer, Grape, Orange) - JESUS they are too sweet. I WATER DOWN MY SODA IF IT IS THE ONLY THING AVAILABLE. I really do. Same applies to sweet beverages in general.  Diet Coke I can drink, but it is still very, very sweet.


I hate junky-crap icing (which is what is found on 99% of everything). I've become much more discerning when it comes to icing. Crappy icing ruins otherwise excellent cupcakes/cakes/cookies, etc.

Excellent icing, however, I fully enjoy, though I still need the cake:icing ratio to be appropriate. I hate when there is too much icing....just like I hate it when there is too much cream cheese in a bagel. THERE IS A PROPER CREAM CHEESE:BAGEL RATIO, but too many folks ignore it.

Damn them to hell!!!!

I think you missed the point...but still interesting nonetheless.  I never cared for marshmallow peeps, but I could at least stomach them as a kid.  Now, the very idea of putting something that sugary in my mouth makes me gag a little.  I'm sure there are other things, but I can't think of anymore right this second.

That looks delicious...

A lot of cereals have come & gone.  Anyone remember waffle crisp?

And then of course, there's the promotional bullshit that obviously doesn't last...and yet I still find myself wishing I could get a box of that Pokemon cereal that came out when the first movie did...

[cjameslv]

I used to get these little mini pecan pies from the supermarket. Had a clear wrapper and a lil aluminum tray they sat in. They were like 50 cents and were delicious. Haven't seen them in years  On a side note its getting alot harder to find my fav candy bar: zerobar, here in vegas it is pretty much only certian walmarts now that carry them and no one else it seems.

[InfraMan]

I really miss Cookie Crisp... technically you can still get it, but it long ago turned into a bastard imposter that is Cookie Crisp in name only.

I love when they bring out Franken Berry and Count Chocula every year around Halloween, though. Not so much Boo-Berry.

[bob]

Red licorice pipes

[MrBroadway]

Crunch bars with aluminum foil.
Watchamacallits with real milk chocolate.
Do they still have those giant jawbreakers?

Rally's Burgers. Now they're all Checkers. The fries taste about the same, but to be honest, I went 15 years without having any. Now I don't really remember if they are the same or not.

[Phase]

Back in the early 90s use to grab a bag of these when me and friends would rent video games.
A couple years back I found a store that sold the Fridays brand pizza chips that are real close but they stopped selling them a short time later.

[mitsuman]

Back in the early 90s use to grab a bag of these when me and friends would rent video games.
A couple years back I found a store that sold the Fridays brand pizza chips that are real close but they stopped selling them a short time later.

Those things were so good. We used eat those by the ton. Along with these...