I was thinking of and craving Planters cheese balls today........funny how something sparks your memory of a food you may not have even had in 10 years.
I found out they are discontinued but i also found a cool website with lots of hard to find foods and candies........they even have an 80's candy section.
you guys got any favorite packaged, processed,grocery foods you miss or crave?
The Blair Candy Outlet-I have been there-it's awesome.
I miss:
Betcha Life Candy Bars
Marathon Candy Bars
Bravos
Koogle
Funny Face drink mix
Grape Tang
C.W. Post Cereal
Crispy Critter Cereal
Freakies (Cereal)
McDonald's Special Sauce (they use to bottle it)
Wacky Wafers
Tiny Tarts
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I also Miss:
sour balls
Jolly Rancher Watermelon and apple sticks
Royals (they were a type of M & M)
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
they don't make the cheeseballs anymore?? i totally forgot about those until you mentioned them, muffy. how sad.
i have searched for years to find the yummy suckers called SQUARE SHOOTERS.
they were square shaped, (of course), and had the most awesome flavors. i would take those anyday over any lollipop!
i don't see them for sale online and hardly anyone remembers them?
Posted by pettyfan (Member # 2260) on :
Nope, Planter's doesn't make cheese balls anymore, Ronnie. I used to love them. I buy Kroger brand cheese balls...they're not as good but okay. I miss Nabisco Twigs crackers--can any of ya'll still find them in your area? They were sesame and cheese flavored. I miss Bar None candy bars too and Mars bars. I also miss Opera Creams cookies. They were SOOO good. I go to the Hometown Favorites website also. It's got a good selection.
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
It's so funny that you mentioned Planters cheese balls. I too found myself craving those about a month ago and searched high and low trying to find them. Once I discovered that they had been discontinued I ended up buying the only alternative that I could find which is this massive barrel of Utz cheese balls at Sam's Club. Needless to say it was serious overkill considering that I really only wanted a bowl or two.
Some other things I really miss:
- Gatorade Gum
- Burger King's old Big Fish sandwich from about 15 years ago (the new one is nauseating)
- Bennigan's old club sandwich (again, not too thrilled with the new one)
- Hagen Daz's vanilla ice cream with peanut butter and chocolate chunk swirl (they occassionally resurrect it as one of their "limited edition" flavors now and then)
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Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
Before I became a health nut, I used to love Chocodiles, but they don't make them over here(east coast)anymore. I would have to but them online....I think they came from Washington State and California. Cost me alot of money those darn things!
Posted by kevdugp73 (Member # 5978) on :
Flintstones Fruity Peebles cereal was good. Petty...they still sell Mars bars here in Canada...but not sure if it's the same one you're thinking of. There's a place in Halifax, Nova Scotia (Canada) called The Lunchbox...they sell all kinds of vintage candy that you don't see too much anymore.....the treasure chest full of bone candy, gold rush gum (little yellow nuggets in a sack), bottle caps, fun dip, etc......
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
Are those Planters cheese balls anything like the Cheese and Bacon balls we have here (which I'm eating right now!)
Posted by JAY LEE (Member # 6345) on :
Nestlé's black currant flavor ice tea..... the best liquid i've ever had.... and then they just yanked it off the market, cuz no one (outside of me, apparantly) liked it here in Denmark..... thanks Danes.... Go f**k yourselves!
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Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
journey, I was in Dollar Tree last week and saw some cheese balls in a smallish bag there. I don't know what brand they were. I didn't try them, but I did buy a bag of Herr's hot cheese curls- omg- if you like spicy hot stuff they are totally addicting. JayLee, that iced tea sounds good- I really hate it when they discontinue stuff without notice.
There was a product that I used to like called Saran disposable "cutting boards". They were plastic and great for when I was cutting up chicken or pork, and you just threw them away after. No worries about e coli or salmonella on your cutting board. They don't have them around here anymore.
Posted by Mike. (Member # 7179) on :
In the 80's in England for a short time there was a fuit soft drink called Quattro used to love the stuff,think it was made by coca cola but got dropped. Also the breakfast sausages in the states are great shame you can't get any like them over here.
Posted by annier (Member # 3305) on :
chocolate mentos & lemon polos
Posted by annier (Member # 3305) on :
[QUOTE]Originally posted by ISIS:
Marathon Candy Bars
If they were made my Cadburys there now called Snickers
Posted by Sammy Hain Invasion (Member # 3150) on :
mine isn't a complaint about foods they don't make anymore. My complaint is about foods I miss eating now that I've been dieting.
Mainly PIZZA
But overall it's been a good tradeoff since in a little over two months I've lost close to 40 pounds. For a couple weeks I seemed to have hit a plateau where I wasn't losing anything but now it seems I've caught a second wind and the weight is starrting to come off again.
Some clothes are getting a little baggy on me and others I'm able to wear again.
Posted by Riptide (Member # 457) on :
Good news Sam taking off the pounds! I find it real tough to lose fat the older I'm getting.
Posted by Sammy Hain Invasion (Member # 3150) on :
I had a lot of fat to lose and still have a lot to lose.
Posted by 80'sRocked (Member # 6979) on :
quote:Originally posted by Sammy Hain Invasion: mine isn't a complaint about foods they don't make anymore. My complaint is about foods I miss eating now that I've been dieting.
Mainly PIZZA
But overall it's been a good tradeoff since in a little over two months I've lost close to 40 pounds. For a couple weeks I seemed to have hit a plateau where I wasn't losing anything but now it seems I've caught a second wind and the weight is starrting to come off again.
Some clothes are getting a little baggy on me and others I'm able to wear again.
That's great Sam....40 pounds in 2 months is awesome! That's how it goes with losing weight. The body adjusts and then you hit a wall for a while. Same goes with weightlifting and gaining muscle. You have to mix up your routine/training/exercise patterns every few weeks to shock your system back on track. Keep up the good work!
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
Marathon Candy Bars went out of production in 1980. It was caramel -that was twisted like a braid, and covered in chocolate.
I can't find sourballs anywhere...my Dad use to buy them in the Brach's Mix stuff, I loved them...my brother says they still make them, but I haven't seen them anywhere.
I miss Pepsi in a glass bottle, the big tall ones- I just think pop tastes better in glass. I hate the taste of pop in a plastic bottle.
We get IBC Root Beer at Sam's Club in glass bottles-I love it.
I also love Goya's Strawberry Soda. Strawberry Pop is my favorite. I love Cherry 7-Up and Squirt- thankfully they are still around.
There was a Beverage place in my hometown, that we rode our bikes to and they had 10 cent pop in a bottle, and it wasn't a brand I even knew-I think it was a local brand, it was pina coloda flavored...I loved it.
My brother use to make a drink he calls a "suicide"....when we use to rent pop tanks for when we had picnics with the firehall- he use to mix every flavor of pop together and drink it. It was so gross, he says sometimes he misses that.
Posted by journey (Member # 7316) on :
quote:Originally posted by ISIS: I miss Pepsi in a glass bottle, the big tall ones- I just think pop tastes better in glass. I hate the taste of pop in a plastic bottle.
We get IBC Root Beer at Sam's Club in glass bottles-I love it.
You're so right about soda in a glass bottle...it's just better. Btw, have you ever tried Henry Weinhardt's root beer? I think it blows away IBC, personally. I also have to eat at an A&W occassionally just to get the fresh draft root beer in a chilled mug. Every few months I get a hankering for that.
Posted by Ronnie (Member # 465) on :
what about cherry clans? those little red candies that were really sour when you first put them in your mouth.. they were part of the lemon heads family believe. there were even apple and grape flavors.
i actually get pepsi bottles every so often. there's a place we eat at outdoors that sell pepsi bottles. i get one for me and my daughter.
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Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
You're right about Coke (ewww Pepsi) tasting different in glass bottles. It's better out of a glass bottle than a plastic one, but I like it best out of an icy cold can.
Posted by jdocster (Member # 5752) on :
I miss Coke or Pepsi in the bottle made with real sugar.
- j
Posted by ISIS (Member # 1780) on :
I never heard of Cherry Clan.
I never heard of that brand of root beer either.
When I was a kid I liked Cream Soda- and now I don't think I'd ever drink that. I remember drinking Birch Beer too, and I have no desire to drink it now.
There are foods that I can remember eating as a kid, and I never think about eating them now.
My mom use to make us eat Cream of Wheat for breakfast, she use to always make us Cocoa and Toast- she use to make us these little mini pepperoni pizzas for lunch, they were my favorite thing. We use to eat elbow macaroni with just salt and butter on it- and I hardly ever eat that now- but it use to be my favorite thing.
I use to love peanutbutter and jelly sandwiches, and peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
The only thing I still eat that reminds me of when I was a kid, is eating Campbell's soup and toasted cheese sandwiches, and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.
The way I cook now is different from when I was a kid, but since my mom lives with us...she still will cook alot of the foods I grew up eating.
I remember that we sat down to dinner every night. Most of my friends did that too.
I can remember certain foods I had at different friends houses.
I remember going to my friend Kasey's house- and having Lipton Cup of Soup.
I remember when I went to my friend Lisa's house in the 4th grade- we made sloppy joes and ate Swiss Miss Chocolate Pudding - and I thought that was the best thing on the planet.
I remember that I loved Snak Pak pudding- banana was my favorite. I never eat that stuff now- and they still make it.
One thing I miss, are these Banana Popsicles that were like a Banana pudding that was frozen.
I also miss this Ice Cream that was Red, White and Blue and had little white stars in it, we use to smush our ice cream with a spoon, and turn it in to purple soft serve ice cream.
Do you guys ever remember taking Smarties- and smashing them up with a spoon, and eating the powder? We use to do that all the time. We use to eat those Pixie Stixs all the time- the powdered candy in the straws.
I use to love to make Chocolate Milk, and I can't even remember when the last time I had chocolate milk was.
I remember we use to take Kool- Aid or juice, and pour it in ice cube trays and make our own -popsicles.
I never think to do that now...I always think...what a mess- I don't want that stuff all spilling all over my freezer.
They should write a new song called "It Sucks to Grow up".
Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
Monster Munches. I can recollect those very well. And also my dipping my biscuts in my soft drink when I was watching films on television as a child, such as "Oh Heavenly Dog," which features Chevy Chase, Jane Seymour, Omar Sharif, Donnelly Rhodes, Robert Morley and Alan Sues.
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Posted by LoverswithCassie (Member # 7794) on :
I have just remembered another one. Tick-Tocks. These were biscuts that had features like a watch on one side as well as a flavour on the other.
Posted by Stitch Groover (Member # 2895) on :
quote:Originally posted by LoverswithCassie: I have just remembered another one. Tick-Tocks. These were biscuts that had features like a watch on one side as well as a flavour on the other.
They are still available here. We used to love them when we were kids, if we had 2 or 3 of them, we'd eat them in chronological order!!!
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
I miss corn dogs, you can't get them here, I tried making some once and it didn't go well. If anyone has a fool proof recipe they can share I'd be ever so grateful. 😁
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
No corn dogs? Where are you Hoff?
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
UK, Wales mate. They do have some in a local supermarket in the freezers but they are poor, tiny little things that taste nothing like the ones in America.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Yes those frozen ones from the store are poor. I had one last April at the huge Sparks flea market in Kansas here in mid America. It was made fresh like at a carnival and it was delicious.
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
Hi TheHoff, I used to love corn dogs at our local amusement park. I found a recipe and there’s a video with it too. I’ve never made them myself, but I might try it out in the summer. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/35149/corn-dogs/ Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
Thanks Pittsburghgirl, I will give them a go. I've tried some recipes in the past but no idea which ones now, I should make notes.
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
quote:Originally posted by Pittsburghgirl: Hi TheHoff, I used to love corn dogs at our local amusement park. I found a recipe and there’s a video with it too. I’ve never made them myself, but I might try it out in the summer. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/35149/corn-dogs/
I made these today, they are OK, a little less flavour than the ones you purchase. The coating doesnt adhere to the sausages as well but they are decent enough but sadly not as good as the ones buy in the parks.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
What is missing in the flavor TheHoff. Is it in the hot dog, the outside breaded part or both.
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
It's the outside breaded part, it's there just a little lacking.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Ive never made corn dogs but i like experimenting. I like the breaded part to be a little sweet. Pittsburghgirls posted recipe had sugar but was it enuff to really notice hoff? If not I think my next attempt would be to add maple syrup and do a test run. O btw, I made the best green beans on the face of the Earth. Better than moms and Texas Roadhouse
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
I'll give it a go, I do like a sweet coating.
You can't drop the green beans story and not tell us how? 😁
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Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Ok but don't tell anyone. Dump a couple teaspoons of olive oil in a sauce pan. Dump a can of cut green beans in the pan. Add Hormel soft bacon pieces. Add onion powder, celery salt and cracked pepper. The amount you add depends on your tastebuds.
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
Thanks, not sure where I am getting a can of cut green beans or Hormel soft bacon pieces from but I'll look around, there are probably some replacements I can find over here but it won't be the same.
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
I've decided I need a real corn dog so I've booked a trip to Florida this July, needs must! Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
That’s awesome! Keep us updated!
Posted by Pittsburghgirl (Member # 7514) on :
I just noticed Muffy is no longer on Instagram. Guess she gave up all social media.
Posted by gordongecko (Member # 4685) on :
When's the last time she posted on here?
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
quote:Originally posted by gordongecko: When's the last time she posted on here?
05 January, 2016
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
So I've had my Corn Dog, Ding Dong and Twinkie fix, just got back from Florida, I love American food.
Actually had a Ding Dong / Twinkie mashup and wasn't feeling it.
Posted by TerdNthePoolGGB (Member # 9818) on :
Where did you go in Florida
Posted by TheHoff (Member # 37515) on :
Orlando, we stayed in Four Corners area, although travelled around a bit, Clearwater, Kennedy, etc.
We've been there quite a few times so I know the area well.
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