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27 Snacks That Will Give You Serious Childhood Nostalgia

The '90s ruled the snack game.

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The '90s ruled the snack game.

1

Squeeze-It

Bottle, Liquid, Drinkware, Packaging and labeling, Ingredient, Condiment, Carbonated soft drinks, Glass bottle, Non-alcoholic beverage, Fruit syrup,
Courtesy of Squeeze-It

Walk into the house like "where's the Squeez-It?"

2

Dinosaur Eggs Oatmeal

Ingredient, Food, Animation, Aqua, Cuisine, Breakfast, Recipe, Animated cartoon, Rice, Produce,
Courtesy of Quaker

Digging for dino eggs was maybe the only time I've ever thought playing with my food was more fun than eating it.

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3

Warheads

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Courtesy of Warheads

If you could keep one of these in your mouth for 20 seconds, you OWNED the playground.

4

French Toast Crunch

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Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Mike Mozart

Who else went hard and poured actual maple syrup on these mini french toasts? Or was that just me?

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5

Goldfish

Ingredient, Food, Logo, Produce, Packaging and labeling, Household supply, Natural foods, Fruit, Box, Pineapple,
Courtesy of Pepperidge Farm

Things got real when you busted out the plastic baggy of goldfish.

6

Toaster Strudel

Food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Finger food, Fruit, Breakfast, Logo, Strawberries, Baked goods, Sweetness,
Courtesy of Pilsbury

When you used multiple icing packs on one pastry and then didn't have enough for the others...

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7

Rice Krispies Treats Cereal

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Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Mike Mozart

Basically, the best thing to ever happen to cereal since Honey Bunches of Oats.

8

Sprinkl'ins

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Courtesy of YoCrunch

This was how you DIY'd your yogurt before froyo shops.

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9

Easy Cheese

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Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Mike Mozart

We all know what went down when you popped open one of these.

10

Dunkaroos

Box, Cuisine, Fictional character, Ingredient, Packaging and labeling, Carton, Animation, Animated cartoon,
Courtesy of Betty Crocker

This made eating frosting as a snack way more appropriate.

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11

Butterfinger BB's

Food, Junk food, Confectionery, Convenience food, Sweetness, Finger food, Snack, Chocolate, Dessert,
Courtesy of Nestle

R.I.P Butterfingers you could actually eat without breaking your teeth/making a mess/the chocolate rubbing off.

12

Wonder Ball

Box, Packaging and labeling, Carton,
Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Kenneth

Oh I wonder, wonder what's in a Wonder Ball...(and that commercial will now be stuck in your head FOR ALL ETERNITY).

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13

Kudos

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Courtesy of Mars

This was basically a candy bar masquerading as a granola bar and I was not mad about it.

14

Handi-Snacks

Junk food, Convenience food, Ingredient, Peach, Snack, Confectionery, Label,
Courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons/Serious Eats

Slightly less gross than cheese in a can.

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15

Oreo O's

Blue, Ingredient, Logo, Animation, Breakfast,
Courtesy of Post

Cereal is healthy, so I can of course snack on cookies.

16

RingPop

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Courtesy of RingPop

Imagine if any of these proposals had actually lasted.

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17

Pizza Lunchables

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Courtesy of Lunchables Parents

Never mind that it was raw, effectively a soft cracker, and cold—you could MAKE YOUR OWN PIZZA. Never was bringing a brown bag lunch so cool.

18

Gushers

Fruit, Strawberries, Natural foods, Strawberry, Sweetness, Frutti di bosco, Berry, Produce, Confectionery, Accessory fruit,
Courtesy of Betty Crocker

Sometimes, things got bloody.

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19

Ritz Bits

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Courtesy of Ritz

The peanut butter was way better than the cheese.

20

Doritos 3D

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Courtesy of Doritos

Doritos took things to the next level (er, dimension) with these.

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