1. “I miss cereal in the little individual boxes; they came in a cardboard tray with 8 or 10 different ones. Both Kellogg's and Post had them if I remember correctly.”
“Inside was a dose of the cereal in a wax paper liner the size of the box. Cut carefully on the marked lines on the side (and the wax paper, too), and you could pour milk in and eat it right out of the box.”
—diabolical_rube
2. “Pepperidge Farm layer cakes”
—Longjumping_Oil_8746
3. “Certs. They're two mints in one.”
—wonder_why_or_not
“Chicago Fire had a storyline about Certs recently. It cracked me up — and made me feel ancient at the same time!”
—SnooCupcakes7992
4. “Puddin' pops.”
—VineStGuy
“Oh yes, I keep hoping to find someone who figured out a copycat recipe. I loved how you had to bite through the thin shell of ice to get to the delicious frozen chocolate pudding.”
—MrsBeauregardless
5. “Quisp. It was one of my favorite cereals in the 1960s and 1970s. I remember mailing in my vote when Quaker pitted Quisp against Quake, and Quisp won and stayed around for a few more years. It has made comebacks over the years, but distribution is limited.”
—SRB112
“We had a big Quisp vs. Cap'n Crunch contest in my house to see which one was better. If my dusty memory is correct, we decided they were the same cereal, but the Quisp shape didn't cut your mouth up as much.”
—TeachOfTheYear
6. “I loved Carnation breakfast bars! They weren't too sweet or sugary, and not bad nutritionally, if I recall. I wish these would come back; they would beat out most of the bars on the market today.”
—kirradoodle
“'Carnation instant breakfast, you're gonna love it in an instant.'”
—claude3rd
7. “Taco Bell Nacho Supreme! Used to come with green onions. At some point, there was a foodborne illness outbreak traced to the green onions, and they quit using them. Then they quit selling Nacho Supreme.”
—Sea-Pea4680
8. “There was this awesome breakfast cereal from the late 1970s and early 1980s called Buc Wheats. Imagine a wheat flake glazed with a honey-flavored coating that keeps it from soaking in milk for a few minutes.”
—Ok-Potato-4774
9. “Those windmill cookies. I think that they may still be sold in some places, but I can’t find them in local stores in Washington.”
—hoosiergirl1962
“The windmill cookies were sold in Canada by Voortman's as speculos.”
—WattHeffer
10. “Freshen-up gum with a pillowy texture and squishy, gooey liquid center. I have a feeling it was made for smokers, but I loved it as a kid!”
—Coronado92118
11. “The personal pan pizza at Pizza Hut in the 1980s. So crispy, buttery, and delicious. I remember them tossing dough in the air!”
—understandothers
12. “Space Food Sticks. When I was in sixth grade in 1972, they were IT.”
—Mr_Morfin
“When we cleaned out grandma's cupboards in the early 2000s, we found some space food sticks in the back of a cupboard still in their original packaging. Probably still edible, but they had expired officially in 1973.”
—cybercuzco
13. “Tang Gang here... that was a special treat!”
—jsmalltri
“We had Tang at our house, but Mom only bought it during the holidays since it was an ingredient in her instant Russian Tea mix.”
—Jurneeka
14. “Taco Bell's Enchirito.”
—goteed
“I will go to my grave never understanding the end of the enchirito.”
—OlGusnCuss
15. “McDLT.”
—Ekimyst
“'The hot stays hot and the coooool stays cool.'”
—SixToesLeftFoot
16. “Marathon candy bar.”
—Ok-CANACHK
17. “'Tunnel' bundt cake mixes, especially the chocolate with coconut filling!”
—Ok-CANACHK
18. “The REAL Hostess Ding Dongs wrapped in foil!”
—gl2w6re
19. “Chocodiles. They were like a Twinkie with a chocolate coating. I told my husband about them years ago, and he thought I was making them up. Then we found them on a road trip at a gas station in Bakersfield, California. I guess they are available regionally there. Not sure if they have survived.”
—w0lfwoman
20. “Howard Johnson's fried clams.”
—PatFrank
21. “McDonald's deep fried cherry pies. So yummy.”
—SeattleUberDad
22. “Suzy Q’s”
—CapGrundle
23. “Tato skins.”
—Bamagirly
24. “The original French bread pizza in the frozen food section. I think Stouffer's was the first, but I don't consider it the same as it was in the 1970s and 1980s. I used to love it, but later, when I tried it again for nostalgia's sake, it tasted bland and nothing like I remembered.”
—Engelgrafik
25. “Slush mugs. Put your orange juice in, and a few minutes later, it’s a wonderful orange ice to eat with a spoon.”
—UserJH4202
26. “Cooking bags. Gravy with sliced beef and the Salisbury steak were my favorites. They came frozen in a sealed bag, you put the bag in water and bring it to a boil, and voila! Tasty dish.”
—123fofisix
27. “King Vitaman cereal. If I remember correctly it was similar to Cap'n Crunch.”
—discussatron
28. “Sunshine Golden Raisin Biscuit.”
—Head_Staff_9416
29. “Junket pudding. Does anyone else remember that?”
—EnvironmentalRip7043
30. “PBMax candy bars”
—Maleficent-Music6965
31. “It's not discontinued exactly, and it wasn't really a brand name, but I really miss broasted chicken. It's fried chicken that gets lightly fried in oil, then finished in a pressure cooker using oil instead of water. Super crisp on the outside, super moist on the inside. I’ve only seen one vendor selling it in the last several decades, a mobile stand at a fair.”
—Imightbeafanofthis
32. “Keebler Magic Middles.”
—krissym99
33. “Sara Lee frozen boxed cakes. They had a coffee/chocolate one that was sooooo good.”
—ScooterMcTavish
34. “Figurines. 'Figurines do a lady proud; it's the diet lunch that you can crunch out loud..'”
—Ilovemygingerbread
35. “Screaming Yellow Zonkers.”
—patticakes1952
36. “Pepperidge Farm broccoli/cheese pastry puffs in the frozen section.”
—Disastrous_Invite321
37. “Sizzlean. I didn’t realize it’s not around.”
—CatStretchPics
38. “Choco Tacos. My son and I loved them. Why would they get rid of something so delicious?”
—RonSwansonsOldMan
39. “Bubble Yum”
—Moto_Hiker
40. “Nabisco Chocolate wafers cookies. They were discontinued only a few years ago.”
—slowbike
41. “Kellogg's made these pop tart-style pastries that were oval-shaped to resemble a Danish. They disappeared in the early 1970s.”
—Servile-PastaLover
42. “Noodles Romanoff.”
—No-Diamond3881
43. “Banana Nut Crunch.”
—realchrisgunter
44. “Little Debbie Caramel cookie bars.”
—Phylace
45. “Tuna Twist. I think it was available in the late 1970s. I loved tuna salad as a child and saw commercials for it on TV with dancing vegetables, and begged my grandmother to get it for me. It was actually some kind of vegetable protein flakes meant to stretch tuna during a recession, plus dehydrated celery, onion, and pepper, and I thought it made the best tuna salad in the world.”
—GunMetalBlonde
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