16 Popular Foods For Gen X’ers And Millennials That Are Now Shocking To Younger Generations
Today's food trends are so social media driven that you may not realize there were plenty of fads that came and went way before we were influenced online.
So I got to thinking about some of the things we ate when we were younger that are no longer around and would legit horrify today's kids.
1.Hi-C Ecto Cooler, a promo item for the short-lived Ghostbusters animated series, was a slime-green juice far from what today's kids think of when they hear "green juice."
Here's the commercial:
2.Tidal Wave Gum came in different flavors (including apple, which was rumored to have a 420-ish taste, if you catch my drift). On top of some good, long-lasting gum, it would surprise you with a gush of goopy liquid when you least expected it.
3.We reinvented the wheel in the '90s with Heinz EZ-squirt green and purple ketchup.
Here's the commercial:
4.Hubba Bubba Squeeze Pops were like shotgunning a melted lollipop and were immediately covered in sticky the second you opened them.
5.Wonder Balls were definitely a choking hazard, but the commercial jingle was a bop.
Here's the commercial:
6.Orbitz drinks had little edible floating gum pieces in them, channeling a lava lamp look that doesn't look quite so groovy now.
7.Pudding Pops were iconic, especially when you could buy the set with the mold and make them in your freezer.
8.There were many more pizza-flavored snack choices, like Keebler's Pizzarias Pizza Chips.
9.Chocoholics had many more options, too, like Yoo-hoo and Fudgcicle each having a chocolate fudge soda.
10.Remember when they made a bagel and cream cheese mixed with a breadstick? This Bagelful commercial is a hard one to forget.
Here's the commercial:
11.Frozen desserts may have peaked with Philadelphia Snack Bars, tiny little blocks of cheesecake felt like snack goodness.
12.There were so many rich baked goods in the late '80s and '90s, like Entenmann's Brooklyn Blackout Cake, that were so readily available in the grocery store.
13.There was the 7Up spin-off, DnL (in case you didn't have enough soft drink options).
Here's the commercial:
14."Diet" and "low-fat" snacks had a major moment, like SnackWell's, a health-conscious company that gave us Devil's Food Cookie Cakes.
15.Dinner/dessert mashups were aplenty, like the Little Caesars’ Chocolate Ravioli.
16.And finally, if Black Pepper Jack Doritos don't sound unique enough, the limited edition reflective shiny packaging really made them extra special.
