Let’s go back to the days when accessories were edible, Altoids weren’t just breath mints and the things in your lunchbox could make or break your reputation.
1. Handy Snacks
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Cheese and crackers for those days when we were feeling particularly classy.
2. Cosmic Brownies
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There was no doubting that your mom loved you if you opened your lunchbox and found one of these.
3. Fruit by the Foot
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You can’t go wrong with “six feet of fun!”
4. 3D Doritos
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Remember these? Only the “cool kids” had them.
5. Green Ketchup
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This stuff really took off when Shrek came out.
6. Baby Bottle Pops
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We were too old to drink from bottles but too young to be embarrassed by these.
7. Wonder Balls
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Sometimes there was hard candy inside. Sometimes there was a toy. Choking hazards weren’t a thing in the 90s.
8. Pizza Lunchables
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We thought these were the greatest thing ever until we opened the package and remembered that it was only stale crackers and plastic-flavored toppings. And some of us still thought they were the greatest thing every.
9. Capri Sun Pouches
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Not only were these refreshing beverages…
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…they made great handbags too.
10. Gushers
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We were all afraid to try these because the commercials made us believe that they would turn our heads into fruit.
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11. Candy Cigarettes
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Because encouraging childhood smoking habits used to be okay.
12. Hubba Bubba Tape
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One of these was enough gum to share with everyone in your class.
13. Smucker’s Uncrustables
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Because nobody likes the crust.
14. Push Pops
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It was lipstick. It was candy. It had a nifty pen clip on the lid.
15. SunnyD
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Mmmmmm…tangy. But actually disgusting.
16. Ouch Bubble Gum
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Three flavors of gum in a Band-Aid tin. What more could we ask for?
17. Dunkaroos
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What’s the only thing that can make animal cookies better than they already are? Frosting.
18. Candy Necklace
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It matched everything you owned because you could snack on the colors that clashed.
19. Cheetos Cheese Puffs
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These are still a favorite but now we’re more careful about what we touch with our cheese-coated fingers.
20. Altoid Citrus Sours
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Remember when Altoids weren’t just breath mints?
21. Hamburger Helper
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The best days were the days when Mom and Dad only had time to make Hamburger Helper…and the days when the helping hand visited your school.
22. Reese’s Swoops
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Remember when Reese’s and Pringles had a baby and, for a moment, there was world peace?
23. Old Logos
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We all remember the day we went into the grocery store or drove past a Taco Bell and did a double take. Let’s face it, we’re still not used to the new ones.