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Yes!  I loved those.  There was also another kind of pop that I liked.  I believe they were Kool-Aid pops but I can't be certain.
Other foods to bring back:
~Chocobliss cake
~A gummy candy that came in a plastic mold that you would peel out and eat.  They were in the shape of bugs.  I don't remember what they were called.
~Lick 'em Aid candy powder with the white dipping stick.  Do they still make this?

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Yes!  I loved those.  There was also another kind of pop that I liked.  I believe they were Kool-Aid pops but I can't be certain.
Other foods to bring back:
~Chocobliss cake
~A gummy candy that came in a plastic mold that you would peel out and eat.  They were in the shape of bugs.  I don't remember what they were called.
~Lick 'em Aid candy powder with the white dipping stick.  Do they still make this?
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I would bring back:
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Jell-o Pudding Pops
Jell-o Gelatin Pops
Dinasour Eggs
Cookie Crisp (Vanilla flavor)
Nerds Cereal

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Ice Cream Cones cereal
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What was Ice Cream Cones cereal?  I should remember these things, I know.  :D

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Jell-o Pudding Pops
Kentucky Fried Chicken's Fruit Tarts


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I never shop for ice cream bars, so I didn't even notice when they stopped making them.  I'm just surprised they did.  Waning sales must have made them unprofitable--I can't think of any other reason.

Kentucky Fried Fruit Tarts?

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Kentucky Fried Fruit Tarts?
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Lol. Kentucky Fried Chicken'sFruit Tarts. They were the main desert KFC served before the days of the "Bucket Parfait". Those are good too, but they should have also kept their fruit tarts for variety. And no, neither type of desert is fried. ;) :)

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What was the McDonald's burger called , That kept the hot side hot and the cold side cold ? I loved that burger .
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Oh you mean
McD-LT
They served the underside of the bun and the meat patty/bacon in one compartment, and the top side of the bun with the lettuce/tomato in another compartment.  "The hot side stays hot, and the cool side stays cool."  
Genius!
8)

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Oh you mean
McD-LT
They served the underside of the bun and the meat patty/bacon in one compartment, and the top side of the bun with the lettuce/tomato in another compartment.  "The hot side stays hot, and the cool side stays cool."  
Genius!
8)
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Yeah but what I didn't like about that is that if you got it with cheese, they'd put the cheese on the COLD SIDE! I wanted the cheese HOT- melted on the burger!
I remember it came in those styrofoam containers that were bad for environment!

Also remember that Burger King came out with Crossanwiches in the 80's- are they still around?


Stella Doro made these things called Kechels (sp?) They were square and curvy, a very light snack cookie (but not real sweet they were closer to a bread or a cracker) made with a lot of egg, they came in a bag, I really miss them.

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Yeah but what I didn't like about that is that if you got it with cheese, they'd put the cheese on the COLD SIDE! I wanted the cheese HOT- melted on the burger!
I remember it came in those styrofoam containers that were bad for environment!
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So...when you asked them to put the cheese on the hot side, did they follow your instructions, or did they just stand there and stare dumbly?  I find this is a widely practiced customer service technique.  Look clueless enough and your nuisance customer will feel pangs of pity and sheepishly slink away!

It was a sad day when McD's did away with my beloved styrofoam!  Consolation is never far off, though.  Every day I go to my local Dunkin' Donuts (one of five of them, that is) ans order up a big coffee.  As I imbibe the blessed blend of caffeine, sugar, and cream, I feel proud that the cup I hold in my hand--my cup--will survive for millennia after I have turned to dust!

Remember, in the '80s, when Dunkin' Donuts launched "The Big One"?

BTW, circa 1991, McDonald's attempted a jump onto the recycling bandwagon.  They installed separate recepticals for paper, cardboard, and non-recyclables.  Didn't work.  We  don't go to McD's to become conscientous eco-citizens.  We go to McD's to stuff it down, throw it out, and leave!
;D

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I was going through my old BETA videotapes (yes, I still have a working machine!), and in amongst the commercials for the shows I recorded were commercials for Pizza Pops...Chili Pops and Veggie Pops! ("Pizza Pops! Chili Pops! V-v-v-veggie Pops!") Pizza Pops still exist (and they're yummy!) but what happened to Chili Pops and Veggie Pops? Did they not hit it off too well? I never tried them!

Absolutely Vile
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Pizza Pops, Veggie Pops? I've never heard of those, sounds insane!  Who's the marketing genius that came up with this stuff?
???

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Anyone remember Like Cola? It was 7-Up's attempt to market a product to compete with Coke and Pepsi - I had forgotten all about it until I saw it as a trivia question from the board game The 80's Game.
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I remember Like and actually liked it very much.

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I also remember and like the soda called "Teem".

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I remember Teem from soda fountains.  I don't recall seeing it bottled.  IIRC, it was a more syrupy version of Sprite or 7-UP.  I also remember Fanta root beer.  Not sure if they still make it.  Fanta was another soda fountain brand that I never saw in stores.

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pop rocks are still made.

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i still can get these at the local corner store.

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I was going through my old BETA videotapes (yes, I still have a working machineAbsolutely Vile
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You still have a working Beta VCR?  Cool!  It had a much clearer picture than VHS and was more compact.  I wonder why it obsoleted so much earlier than VHS?  It seems like I heard before, but I can't remember?  Does anyone know?   ???

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You still have a working Beta VCR?  Cool!  It had a much clearer picture than VHS and was more compact.  I wonder why it obsoleted so much earlier than VHS?  It seems like I heard before, but I can't remember?  Does anyone know?   ???
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I'm not sure, but it could possibly have had something to do with marketing. The VHS, I believe, was marketed better, had better advertising for whatever reason. My family didn't catch on to the VHS craze 'til later on because I have stuff on BETA dating as late as 1989. However, we were the first on the block with a Betamax machine and a video camera!! :D

Absolutely Vile

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I'm not sure, but it could possibly have had something to do with marketing. The VHS, I believe, was marketed better, had better advertising for whatever reason. My family didn't catch on to the VHS craze 'til later on because I have stuff on BETA dating as late as 1989. However, we were the first on the block with a Betamax machine and a video camera!! :D

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My family was the first on the block to have a Beta machine too!  All of my friends thought it was so "futuristic!"   ;D

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Micro Magic cheeseburgers!  Yeah baby Yeah!!!!!!!! ;D
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Or those Micro Magic French Fries. Yeah,That was good. ;D


Howard

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I'm not sure, but it could possibly have had something to do with marketing. The VHS, I believe, was marketed better, had better advertising for whatever reason. My family didn't catch on to the VHS craze 'til later on because I have stuff on BETA dating as late as 1989. However, we were the first on the block with a Betamax machine and a video camera!! :D

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I don't understand what is wrong with Beta at all,many TV stations use the beta format for ENG(electronic news gathering)and local cable channels use it for documentaries and stuff. My high school-Pitman High School-had both U-Matic and beta tape machines. And BOTH had EXCELLENT picture and sound quality! VHS will probably be supplanted in the near future by DVD-RW and TiVo! There's even a DVD Camcorder out now!!

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Being from England i have Absolutely no idea what all these food are, Jello-pudding pops? :-/ isnt Jello what we call jam?
Anyway completely baffled, over here the things i remember from the 80's are push pops and Tab cola and how can 7-Up release a drink to compete with Cola when 7-Up is made by Coke Cola?
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What you can jam we call jelly.  Jello, or Jell-O, is a brand name for flavored (sorry, flavoured) gelatin, which I thought the British called "jelly."  Incidentally, I prefer the word "jam" to "jelly."  Jello pudding pops had nothing to do with gelatin.  The Jello company also marketed a popular powdered pudding mix.  Again, very sweet, and in many flavors.  Sometime in the early '80s, they decided to market frozen pudding on a stick.  They got Bill Cosby to pitch, and the Jello Pudding Pop phenomenon was on!
7-Up adverts never specified a particular cola.  The slogan for 7-up was "The Uncola."  The angle was that 7-Up was lighter, and more refreshing than cola, and contained no caffeine.  As the big, bald Jamaican guy in the commercial used to say, "Never had it, never will, ha ha ha!"
Coca-Cola recently started marketing Tab again, after a 15 (?) year hiatus.  The beverage market has offered so many more products since the '80s that I don't know why anybody would buy Tab in all its saccharine awfulness, except for a joke maybe.
:P

Spaceghoster wrote

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What's the difference between a Squeeze Pop and a Freeze Pop?

Toys wrote

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I remember the Noid very well.  I also recall their policy, "delivered to you within a half hour, or it's free."  They had to drop the deal after overspeeding pizza carriers caused too many fatalities!

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Being from England i have Absolutely no idea what all these food are, Jello-pudding pops? :-/ isnt Jello what we call jam?

Anyway completely baffled, over here the things i remember from the 80's are push pops and Tab cola and how can 7-Up release a drink to compete with Cola when 7-Up is made by Coke Cola?
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Jello pudding pops are frozen pops with a jello mold in em'. ;D


Howard

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why thanking you for clearing that up! ;D

and Tab was one of those things you had to buy to try it and then quickly discovered that you never wanted to inflict that stuff on your body again!
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And it would be my pleasure to answer any questions about American junkfood as best as I possibly can.
;)

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Squeeze pops is a candy I discovered a bit later in the 80's...it is a flavored syrup in a toothpast type plastic squeeze tube that you squeeze out the liquid and lick it off of the top.  Of course any real squeeze pop junky will tell you the best way to eat it is to hold it about a foot aboth you mouth, with head tilted back so mouth faces the ceiling and squeeze large amounts of th delicious, viscous liquid into mouth.  incidentally, the cherry tastes a lot like cherry Jolly Ranchers.
http://www.bubblegum.com/squeezepop/squeezepop.html
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Remember that awful edible wax?  It was molded into various shapes and filled with gooey liquid.

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Jellies and jams are similiar but different.  Jellies are like jams with more sugars and preservatives in them.  Jams are more "natural."  Sorry... just bored and wanted to pass that along.  I will go back to my hole now...  ;D

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Jellies and jams are similiar but different.  Jellies are like jams with more sugars and preservatives in them.  Jams are more "natural."  Sorry... just bored and wanted to pass that along.  I will go back to my hole now...  ;D
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Oh, that's good to know.  Is that distinction only stateside?  
It's funny, we grew up with Welch's grape jelly, full of added sugars and other junk.  In the '80s, when companies started marketing products such as "Allfruit" and "Simply Fruit," I found they tasted just as good as--actually better than--the standard American jellies.  I can only conclude that it was cheaper to add sugars and fillers than to use 100% fruit product.
I'm still waiting for that all-natural peanut butter that doesn't taste like a blend of paste and sand.

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Oh, that's good to know.  Is that distinction only stateside?  
It's funny, we grew up with Welch's grape jelly, full of added sugars and other junk.  In the '80s, when companies started marketing products such as "Allfruit" and "Simply Fruit," I found they tasted just as good as--actually better than--the standard American jellies.  I can only conclude that it was cheaper to add sugars and fillers than to use 100% fruit product.
I'm still waiting for that all-natural peanut butter that doesn't taste like a blend of paste and sand.
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So,what was the difference between "All Fruit" & "Simply Fruit"? ???


Howard

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So,what was the difference between "All Fruit" & "Simply Fruit"? ???


Howard
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"Allfruit" was made by Poliner (sp?), remember those commercials?  "Please don't call it jelly!"  "Simply Fruit" was made by one of the major jam companies, I can't recall which.  I preferred Simply to All, as Allfruit's texture was a little too slick.

I can't remember the name and manufacturer of this product, maybe somebody mentioned it previously, it came out in the early '80s.  It was a kind of chocolate sauce you poured over ice cream.  After you squeezed it out of the flexible bottle, it solidified into a hard chocolate shell, this product was called....?
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I can't remember the name and manufacturer of this product, maybe somebody mentioned it previously, it came out in the early '80s.  It was a kind of chocolate sauce you poured over ice cream.  After you squeezed it out of the flexible bottle, it solidified into a hard chocolate shell, this product was called....?
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It was called Magic shell, and it is still available at most grocery stores.  

The wax bottles were my favorite as a kid...you would chew that nasty unflavored wax forever.  Incidentally, I had some not too long ago, that is truly a candy meant for kids...blech.