30 foods that will remind you of your childhood
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30 foods that will remind you of your childhood
1. Turkey Twizzlers
They were a lunch room favourite at schools back in the ‘90s. But then chef Jamie Oliver criticised them on his TV series Jamie’s School Dinners. Eventually, the TV chef moved to get them banned from the school lunch menu and succeeded. Then, in 2005 they were discontinued.
2. Tubby Custard and Tubby Toast
The Teletubbies were enormous in the ‘90s. Everyone wanted a piece of Tubby action, with some so obsessed they wanted to eat like them, too – which is when Tubby Custard and Tubby Toast was brought out as an actual thing! Ahhh good times.
3. The McHot Dog
McDonalds had a hot dog on its menu in the late 1990s and again, as a seasonal item in 2002. However, if you want to sample this now, you’d have to travel to Japan, where they're currently available.
4. Sprinkl'ins Yoghurt
Yoghurts with sprinkles in, what else would you want in life? The biggest mystery is, why they were ever discontinued.
5. Butter flavoured and Citrus Sharp Polos
Back in the ‘90s, Polo flavours were fun. Now you’ve just got plain old mint.
6. Taz Bars
They were like a Freddo bar but with caramel inside, and with the shape of Looney Tunes character the Tasmanian Devil on it. You can now get caramel Feddos, but they just aren't the same.
7. Toffo's
These buttery bad boys were awesome. They were chewy and came in so many different flavours.
8. Cadbury Dream
This was just the best bar of white chocolate, ever. It’s no longer available in the UK, but if you’re ever holidaying in Australia, New Zealand or South Africa, you could pick one up. They also did the chocolate in an egg version, too.
9. Extra Mint Strips
No one actually liked the way these felt or tasted, as they were literally a strip of mint that melted on your tongue, but the novelty was fun!
10. Cartoonies
These chocolate-filled biscuits are so sorely missed, there's even been a Facebook page set up to get them brought back.
11. Campino Sweets
No-one actually knew the name of these because the text was just impossible to read as a kid. But if you see the packaging, you will automatically taste the strawberry goodness.
12. Bic & M&Ms
These were long biscuits with a chocolate filling and topped with M&Ms and they were utterly delicious.
13. Polo supermint
The Polo super mint was a giant plastic Polo-shaped container filled with mini Polos – such fun!
14. Cadbury's Snaps
These Pringle-shaped biscuits were all the rage when they first came in. But, they started to disappear off the shelves in 2010.
15. Mingles
Minty chocolates that came in a box, what more could you want? These bad boys were discontinued in 2009 when the factory that made them in Winchester shut down.
16. Barbie-shaped pasta
Heinz still do the shaped pasta range but they no longer do the Barbie-shaped version.
17. Mars Delight
These bars have been so sorely missed that a petition was created in 2016 to bring them back.
18. Dennis The Menace and Tom And Jerry cupcake mix
Many Saturdays were spent round friends' houses making these cupcakes. Although, not much of the mix actually ended up in the cake cases because it tasted so good!
19. He-Man jelly sweets
If you close your eyes now, you'll remember how He-Mans felt as you pulled them out of the plastic packaging, and how they smelt and tasted as you tucked in!
20. Lunchables Pizza
Lunchtimes were fun back in the '90s, as half of it was spent building your food. Although normal Lunchables are still around, they no longer have the pizza ones, which were the best by far.
21. Heinz Baked Bean Pizza
Beans and cheese go so perfectly together it seemed to make sense to create a pizza out of the popular combo.
22. Beef And Tomato Pot Noodle
Pot Noodles are still around, and this particular flavour was one of the most popular. But, now they just don't taste the same.
23. Crispy Pancakes
These were so tasty. Although, we're not entirely sure why they were called pancakes because they looked nothing like them!
24. Microchips from McCain
Just the pure novelty of making chips in the microwave made these appealing, which was just as well really, because we don't remember them tasting that great.
25. Chicago Town Deep Dish Pizzas
These were another microwaveable wonder. They were used to solve all issues throughout our childhood: hungry? Have a Chicago Town pizza. Bored? Have a Chicago Town pizza. Grounded? Have a Chicago Town pizza. If you were having one of these WITH McCain's Micro Chips and you were in frozen, microwavable food heaven.
26. Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape
If you weren't armed with one of these at the school disco you weren't part of the cool kids clique. Bubble Tape was a must-have accessory, toy, and eventually, sweet that would keep you occupied for hours.
27. Panda Pops
These were the ultimate drink to wash your pick 'n' mix down with. The small sized bottles were so handy and the flavours tasted so good. However, we'll never be able to relive our childhood with Panda Pops, because they were scrapped in 2012 - sad times!
28. Billy Bear ham
Lunchtimes with Billy were always fun, however you ate it - in a sandwich or picking the different coloured parts of the ham out and scoffing it down - it always brought joy. It reminds us of picnics, school lunchtimes and summer holidays. It did, however, have a worryingly low percentage of actual pork in it - but whatever.
29. Sunny Delight
This was a go-to drink back in the '90s, everyone loved a glass of Sunny D. But, people started to go off the beverage when it was reported that a girl turned orange after drinking it. It was reinvented in 2009, but, like many products that have had to take another look at their ingredients, it doesn't have the same appeal anymore.
30. Iced Gems
These were a must-have in your lunchbox. The different coloured ones all tasted slightly different and the yellows would always be left over. However, the best ones were the Chocolate Iced Gems.
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