Snacks that should be brought back

RE: Snacks that should be brought back (BelleReve)

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 11:59:38 GMT

Well, happy to say I'm finding whipped Reese's now, first at some small grocery stores, now CVS and Dollar Tree has them.

I also found Mars bars at a Wal Mart check out, actually labeled as a Mars bar, but was surprised - maybe my memory isn't very good, but was expecting something else,was surprised ar how many nuts were in it, and was expecting it to be more nougat coated with a dark chocolate. Have they changed the recipe?

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (trolasater)

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 01:00:19 GMT

In the 1960s, there was a corn snack like Cheetos called Flings. I think that there were several flavors, all of which were neutral flavored (sort of like grits) and dusted with powdered flavoring. The one that I remember eating the most was "Swiss and Ham". It wasn't too strong and didn't stain your hands and mouth orange like Cheetos. There was also a Cheetos clone called Cornettes. I remember Cornettes as being harder than Cheetos, almost like pork rinds. Flings were like baked Cheetos.

My Mother used to buy very flat sliced almond cookies named "Jan Hagels". They had the almonds and lots of granulated sugar on one side only and were stacked flat like graham crackers. Very good. I recently saw a similar cookie called Dutch Bar cookies - poor imitation - very few sliced almonds and a miserly sprinkling of sugar.

When they tore down an old building in downtown Durham, NC (next to Clark and Sorrell's on Foster Street), a painted ad was found on an adjacent wall. It had a fighting rooster wearing boxing gloves on its' feet and read "Drink Spur!" Was Spur a soft drink, near beer or what?

Is orange Tru-Aid still made? It and Hawaiian Punch (red) were the only non-carbonated soft drinks that I can remember,except for Brownie Chocolate. I can barely remember Grape Tru-Aid. It didn't last long.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (boilermaker)

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:15:35 GMT

EatingTheRoad

dannybotz, you have those in N.J. too!?

Those things are real? I tought it was a Wackypack :eek:

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:20:22 GMT

johnnyb62, did you actually order some? That's great! Let me know if they are still as good as you remember.

They reminded me of Ross from friends with the maple candy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on2_ooaUc4Q

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (johnnyb62)

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:57:04 GMT

thank you i got myself a xmas present BUN bars!

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:29:53 GMT

johnnyb62 Buns are still available:

http://www.oryans.com/mabuncabar24.html

...but not so much on your Kayo

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (johnnyb62)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:44:50 GMT

i just thought of something else from my youth how about the chocolate drink Kayo in the brown cans.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (johnnyb62)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:56:01 GMT

do they still make Bun candy bars? i used to love the maple flavored ones.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (greypatches)

Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:03:13 GMT

I used to love Chocodiles - from Hostess, they were Twinkies with a chocolate coating like Ding-Dongs have.
We can't get them around here (St. Louis area).
I saw some for sale on Ebay but that's just wrong!

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (BelleReve)

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 15:41:08 GMT

rainyday6 - so nice of you to offer, I was in a small, independently-owned grocery at the chceck out the other day and lo and behold I found the last 3 bars in the box.. I'm almost sorry now that I found them again... To me, they remind me of a cross between a 3 Musketeers and Reese's pb cup.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:08:18 GMT

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (stricken_detective)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:01:25 GMT

EatingTheRoad

stricken_detective, there is almost nothing finer than a nice bulb of garlic roasted up and rubbed on a crusty, olive oil drizzled piece of bread...maybe even with some really sharp or smelly cheese!

You are overthinking this, my friend. Because when you grab the little sucker out of the oven & unwrap the foil, it's like Christmas morning. The garlic is soft & when you squeeze the bulb, the cloves come to meet you & there is no time for bread. Mmmmmmm, like candy.

I appreciate your efforts & let me know how the meeting with Tastykake goes.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (NYPIzzaNut)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:28:06 GMT

EatingTheRoad

....but they never left...they're one of my favorites....a nice buttery fluffy Snickerdoodle...mmmm....

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt.

3. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets

They never left but they are very hard to find in stores anymore.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:51:04 GMT

stricken_detective, there is almost nothing finer than a nice bulb of garlic roasted up and rubbed on a crusty, olive oil drizzled piece of bread...maybe even with some really sharp or smelly cheese!

...I will contact TastyKake's PR department and see what we can do about bringing this to market.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (stricken_detective)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:10:02 GMT

EatingTheRoad

dannybotz, you have those in N.J. too!?

In all seriousness, where can I find this delicacy? Roasted garlic is like candy. When I make it, good luck getting it out of my paws & onto the crostini. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (rainyday6)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:07:53 GMT

Belle, the whipped reeses are everywhere here, I would be happy to send some to you.

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:47:49 GMT

....but they never left...they're one of my favorites....a nice buttery fluffy Snickerdoodle...mmmm....

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups white sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Cream together butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, the eggs and the vanilla. Blend in the flour, cream of tartar, soda and salt.

3. Shape dough by rounded spoonfuls into balls. Mix the 2 tablespoons sugar and the cinnamon. Roll balls of dough in mixture. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until set but not too hard. Remove immediately from baking sheets

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (NYPIzzaNut)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:23:22 GMT

Snickerdoodles

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:02:24 GMT

You can't eat them before date nights though

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (dannybotz)

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:48:08 GMT

EatingTheRoad

dannybotz, you have those in N.J. too!?

AWESOME!!! hilarious!!

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:18:30 GMT

dannybotz, you have those in N.J. too!?

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (dannybotz)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:21:04 GMT

Remember Tastycakes Roasted Garlic cupcakes? They are hard to find now.

SIKE!!!!! just thought I would throw that out there!!lol

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:29:05 GMT

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (the grillman)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:17:27 GMT

They were sold and subsequently disbanded. but Eagle Brand snacks, an 80's and early 90's subsidiary of Anheuser-Busch, were just great. Good pretzels, great snack mixes, and my favorite, they had potato chips that were deliberately cooked longer than others, the whole bag was the "brown" chips. Fabulous!

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (EatingTheRoad)

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:24:18 GMT

Hydrox are back!!! Hard to find though, I saw them once at the supermarket...then they were gone.
http://www.slashfood.com/../07/10/hydrox-are-back/

...actually maybe not...I just found this:

On the cookie's 100th anniversary, Kellogg's resumed distribution of Hydrox under the Sunshine label, with the first batches shipped in late August 2008. Hydrox aficionados had bombarded Kellogg's with thousands of phone calls and an on-line petition asking that production resume. The recipe was slightly altered from the original; trans-fats were removed. The cookies were to be available nationally for a limited time, and less than a year later Kellogg's had removed Hydrox from their web site.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrox

What about Keebler Tato Skins!?

The ultimate would have to be the fried McDonald's apple pies though!

Re:Snacks that should be brought back (Grumpus)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:01:44 GMT

food sticks
Nehi chocolate drink in the can
Hydrox cookies
Pepperidge Farm Lemon Nut Crunch cookies
Elsie Borden chocolate chip ice cream

RE: Snacks that should be brought back (boyardee65)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:35:52 GMT

Cola Gummies that looked like soda bottles. I have seen them every now and again but not in my region (Alaska.) I think that they are made by Haribo.

David O.

RE: Snacks that should be brought back (Lindseyup67)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:13:29 GMT

Sour cream and onion Doritos...............Yummmmmmmmm!!

RE: Snacks that should be brought back (appycamper)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:05:41 GMT

nehi sodas are still available. saw them a couple of weeks ago at pops on route 66 in oklahoma, along with about 500 other sodas.

www.pops66.com

RE: Snacks that should be brought back (ConeyIslandLou)

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:02:29 GMT

High Springs Gator

Cheez-It BBQ Cheddar

And BBQ Goldfish.....