I Want Candy
July 16th, 2009
A few days ago I had my first Pop-Tart in what must have been 15 years. Let me just say that the experience left me horribly dissatisfied. This spurred an hour-long conversation with my co-workers about all of the amazing junk food that originated in the 80′s. To my constant disapproval, my mom was all about healthy everything so I felt deprived for oh…an entire decade. That didn’t curtail any of my excitement, though when I came across all of the treats I craved as a kid. I just love all of the simple graphics, bright colors and processed goodness.
Which foods most represent the 80′s to you?
My sisters and I were in love with Lick-m-aid-
And those tubes of sucker?
Oh my god the thought of it now disgusts me completely…
wow… the memories…
We only got to have non-sugar ceral at home. But when we went camping we could get the little boxes of ceral and we would eat all the sugary ceral first and leave the healthy raisin bran for the end. Gosh I miss those days!
pop rocks, gushers, lunchables, squeeze-its. add some pizza rolls and that would have been my perfect lunch as a kid!
As I was born in 1981, I was a full child of the 80s.
Ring Pops, Bottle Caps, Nerds, Fun Dip – all these candies are so 80′s to me and oddly enough, I still eat them on occasion.
I’m also partial to the cracker and cheese packs…I still eat those too haha. No wonder the cleanse worked so well on me!!
For some reason though, Cheerios is very 80′s to me still.
And what the hell…chicken crackers?
Otter Pops. Count Chocula. Pixie Stix. Ring Pops. That gum with the zebra. Teddy Grahams. Graham Crackers. Pop Rocks. Alpha Bits. Nerds. This list will never end!
Fruit Roll-Ups! Now I eat organic fruit leather. Same idea, but a little less fun.
Man, I hate the fact that I grew up in Eastern Europe at that time! I was pretty damn happy when I got Kinder Surprise eggs. Those were the ultimate bliss for me.
Oh my god! I spent an entire summer begging my mom to buy me some Squeeze-its. I never got one.
The otter pop love has endured in our house. D and I both eat them almost every night during the summer.
Fundip!
Fruit Roll-Ups!!!
Laffy Taffy!
I LOVE THIS POST!!
Fab post, for me its refreshers, chewits and hubba bubba!
In my house junk food was verboten. However, on Saturday nights, my parents always went out for dinner. My mother bought Lays potato chips and Haagen Dazs chocolate icecream. The babysitter used to french braid my hair. Those were my 80s.
Cadbury chocolate, the best!!
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Charleston Chews are totally the best…I just ate one yesterday!
sweets and cakes are my weakness, and the reason why I’m fat! lol
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Can you believe that I never ate ANY of that stuff in the ’80s.’ My husband however says he LOVES pop rocks. He’s a candy kind of kid!
Does anyone remember Dunkaroos? Omg I randomly had a craving for them the other day, perfect time for your post!
I grew up with Lunchables. Man, lunches are so much sweeter as an adult! The Pixy Stix were awesome back in the day.
ahhhh, you took me on a trip down memory lane with this post! love it.
Smacks! I ate it for breakfast every day!
there was this cereal -forget the name- but it had little sugar balls and mini cones but basically they were icrecream cones – just that the icecream and cones were separate. i loved it!
Oh Big Leage Chew — how I loved that stuff!
After seeing the picture I immediately wanted to start an 80-trash-food-party, haha. Even nowadays I’m fascinated by american candy. Germans are rather unimaginative when it comes to candy…
You should watch the movie “Flakes” with Zooey Deschanel…you’ll crave freakies cereal after it.
all these just blasted me back to the days when my mother refused to let me have any of these! but i definitely snuck in some squeeze its (i thought they were so cool!) and zebra gum (hello you can make a tattoo out of the wrapper!)
oohhh! These are such sweet delights…Wish I’m still a kid without a baggage of worries to deal with.
I was just telling my boyfriend the other day how I would attack boxes of Cookie Crisp. And one of my friends had a bag,-not a pack -of Bazooka bubble gum the other day on her counter. I took that bag to the face.
Squeeze-It’s definitely remind me of being a kid in the 80′s. They are loaded with SO MUCH sugar that my mom would only buy it for me during the Summer, when I was the most physically active.
What a fun post! I totally remember all those foods!
The things that I remember eating the most as a kid were: Lunchables, Bagel Bites, String Thing, Fruit Roll Ups, Hi-C, and my all-time fav: Dunkaroos! I was just thinking about them the other day, and it’s a coincidence to see a candy/food of the 80s post! Great job!
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Fun Dip, Fruit Roll ups, and Dr. Pepper!!
I would ride my bike to the candy shop a few blocks from my house in Chicago when I was in grade/middle school for them. Great memories!
I don’t know about the 80′s, but I remember what I loved in the 90′s. I was less of a candy girl and more of a chocolate bar and potato chips gal.. I definitely can’t name one or two.. or even 10!
I would say kelloggs!!all the way
Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I especially had to LOL when I saw the “Chicken in a Biscuit” crackers. To this day, my husband (who grew up in Michigan) doesn’t believe they exist. Maybe they were just a West and East coast thing – ?
oooogle oggggle the ringpop and charleston chews!
It would be Lucky Charms for me!!! this post is making me want to run out and get candy lol
FUN DIP!, but I might not be able to refuse a S’mores pop-tart if someone offered it to me…
Flamin Hot Cheetos and Now and Laters where my childhood favorites.
Remember Dunkaroos? Think Teddy Graham like cookies but kangaroo style and you dunk them into frosting..
Tart n’ Tinys were my fav back in the 80′s. They were little pastel colored, cylinder shaped tarts that came in a box.. Too cute!
fruit stripes gum! got some in my stocking this year. i was shocked.
i love that you have Chicken in a Biscuit!
Used to love those with the funky cheese that squirts outta a can!
I feel sick. ; )
I used to love dunkaroos! And those cheese&breadsticks and gushers, and there was this cereal that looked like capn crunch but had a fruity center…great post!
Goodness. I completely forgot about Squeeze-Its! Or do you remember the Hi-C Slimer Ecto-Cooler orange drink?? Or Fun-Dip? Holy crap @kayla brought up dunkaroos! lol. Oh childhood.
No one mentioned warheads or was that more of a 90s candy? Either way they are delicious!
I was all about Dunk-a-roo’s for an indulgent treat at my friends’ houses (my mom was/is a health nut too). Those may have been more 90′s though…
OMG! I <3 lunchables I am from México so it wasn't so easy to get them but when the local groceries had them (I don't live that far away from the border) or when I went to the States I would have a fit so my mom would get them form me. I will also include the Capri Suns, they were so good. I still eat the Fruit Gushers now and then and now they have those Sour Patch Kids I can't have enough of them. I really like your blog! It is so pretty, neat and easy to get around like everything is in its right place, also I love the fact that you dress so stylish but in a real way, I mean your picks are what you could usually wear in a everyday life