What's your favorite snack or candy?

Dunkaroos actually made a resurgence in 2020. I remember them being swiped from shelves but they’re now making everything with them from cookies, cereal and the classic frosting and cookie packs

I think middle aged adults made charcuterie boards popular because we grew up on lunchables.

For me my most memorable thing about crackerjacks was anytime we encountered a bad driver my dad would say, "Where'd they get their license a box of cracker jacks?"

I remember being a little girl growing up in the 80’s. My mom would sit me in the front of the shopping cart and give me a box of Animal Crackers (the one with the string handle). I’d eat it while she did her shopping and then she’d pay for the empty box. Every single week, the same cookies! Good times!

3 Musketeers bars were named that because Mars' original plan was to have 3 different nougat flavours in one chocolate bar: chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. This proved too difficult to manufacture in practice so Mars decided to only use the chocolate nougat filling, but still kept the name.

I remember as a child I would get a box of 12 Life Saver roles in 12 flavors for Christmas.

The fact that he called Tootsie Rolls chocolate taffy blew my mind. For some reason I never thought of Tootsie Rolls as taffy

I was a '90s baby and 2000s child, and though I didn't get to have these "treat" type foods super often, the ones I remember having the most were Gogurts, Lunchables, Fruit by the Foot, Chips Ahoy (though I slightly preferred Chips Deluxe, as they were a little more rich and chewy and the chocolate chips were bigger/more abundant), and to a somewhat lesser degree, Oreos. I tried the Fruit Gushers and Fruit Roll-Ups, but Fruit by the Foot won out by far. I remember in the elementary school cafeteria we would sometimes roll our Fruit by the Foots all the way out, and hold them up next to each other to see how tall we were compared to them. Now that I've typed this all out, it's kind of weird to think how prominently some of this junk food features in some of my childhood memories...I mean, it does't play a big part, but clearly enough of one that I felt compelled to write a comment about it...

I have a real Reese's addiction. I don't like to indulge in too many sweets, but Reese's is the perfect combination of salty and sweet.

DUNKAROOS ARE STILL AVAILAVLE! I'm looking at a box of them right now. They're made by General Mills in Missasauga, Ontario, and are available everywhere in Canada.

Cracker Jacks!! Oh, my gosh, that used to be one of my staples in the early 90s! I LIVED for that prize. Amazing how much joy a tiny piece of paper could bring. Of course we couldn't have them very often, so when we did it was even more of a treat. I remember when the prizes were "fancier" and when they stopped including prizes altogether. I never realized their history was that long. Wish it had been longer. :(

I remember the fruit gushers and gogurt commercials of the 90's! Everyone at my school cafeteria wanted fruit gushers in their lunchbox lol but my mom would always make me pack my lunch so it was definitely a rarity! Great video Weird History!

I'm not an Oreo hater. Don't @ me. I miss Hydrox. Because when I was a kid, Hydrox had "original flavor" I guess, and also one type with a brown chocolate dot in the center of the usual filling, one with a pink strawberry dot in the center, and one with a green mint dot (again in the center). So when my mom took me shopping, I needed a moment to decide which ones I wanted. My favorite were the ones with the chocolate dot. 🍫🍫🥰🥰

I remember having Luncables combined with Go-Gurt and a Capri-Sun as a kid in the 90's here in Germany. Good times🙌 Only of these products that's still available here is Capri-Sun.

I was born in the mid 1980s; some of these foods are older than I would have thought. Lunchables were popular for school and scout field trips.

I loved Cracker Jacks! When I was little, my mom's school district threw a Christmas party every year for the kids of the school employees. We'd sit on the cafeteria floor, eating Cracker Jacks, while the high school kids sang and danced. We also had those little boxes with the fake tattoos or a little toy inside.

Dunkaroos were discontinued but they’ve been back on the shelves, at least sporadically, for the last 2 years or so.

Ahhh Sour Patch….feel the blisters on the roof of my mouth just thinking about those! Love them!😂

I remember eating Reese's Pieces a lot after seeing E.T. coupled with original Pringles!😋

Anybody else remember Charlie chips? They got delivered to your house in a truck in like a metal canister and they had some really good like Christmas I don't remember what was in the tins but does anyone else remember those potato chips in that company

fruit roll-ups of the 80s we're bomb. the strawberry ones even had the seeds pressed into the roll and they tasted more tart and natural than the awful sugar laden ones of today

The original Ben and Jerry's was opened in downtown Burlington, in a former gas station, not South Burlington. My mom was born and raised in Burlington and remembers when it opened up. Sincerely, a Vermonter who likes your content very much. ❤️

I didn't have many sweets growing up, so the ones I have fondness for are those my grandparents shared with me-Peanut M & M's, Reese's Cups, Hershey's chocolate, Goldberg's Peanut Chews, and Tastykakes.

I'm genuinely surprised that I should remember the introduction of Lunchables. I thought they were around for a lot longer.

*Two KZfaqrs bump into each other on the street * "You got your History in my junk food!" "You got your junk food in my History!" And Weird History Food was born.

Two snacks I wish they'd make a comeback would be "Planters Cheesz Balls" and "Buterfinger BB's" I couldn't get enough of them! 😋

Fun fact: they still serve M&Ms to the troops to this day! I’m told it’s always a pleasant point in your day to find a pack in the MRE

10:29 Once upon a time, Cheez Whiz contained real cheese...but not any more. It's rumored there is an actual piece of real cheese nearby where they manufacture Cheez Whiz.

Weird History should do a video on Pringles! They've got a true history much weirder than the urban myth that they were originally a tennis ball company. (RIP Mitch Hedberg)

I liked Hydrox. Better than I liked Oreos. There's my unpopular opinion. Where I grew up, you could get either, then Hydrox just disappeared. This seemed to coincide with the point that people were saying that Hydrox were vegan and Oreos weren't. I've heard you can still buy them, but not in my area.

I loved Fruit Roll-ups and Fruit Gushers growing up. As for drinks, I also drank my fair share of Capri-suns, Mondo Fruit Squeezers, and Hi-C juice boxes.

Fascinating, though missing some information. One story for the invention of Cheetos was it was food for cows, Pop Tarts was initially called Fruit Scones and was changed to its name as a pun on the Pop Art movement, whilst Baby Ruth might have been named so in honour of Grover Cleveland's daughter. On a separate note, my current favourite snack would have to be Planter's peanuts, Fisher's peanuts, or Blue Diamond smokehouse almounds, depending on what I am peckish for.

My favorite candy bar was GOO GOO CLUSTER. More of a regional favorite, it is so tasty. Moon pies were also a favorite (banana). As for drinks, surprised Capri Sun wasn’t mentioned

Fantastic video! 👍 I would like to see a Weird History video about Automats and the food preparation that was involved and why they are no longer a thing.

I remember having a elementary class mate would always have fruit roll ups in his lunch box and everybody would try to trade him their food for his fruit roll up haha

so interesting to see a timeline of a lot of my fav snack foods, such an incredible video.

I turn 40 this year and I remember being able to save up pennies and go down the road to the gas station and the guy that ran it was selling tootsie rolls for $.01 each. In fact, my brother and I used to go down there together with loads of pennies and buy a couple hundred at a time. I always used to wonder why the guy got so crappy with us lol, now I realize. the service station was split into 2 parts, a liquor store and a convenience store. the liquor store used to have a sign on it that said "unattended children will be sold as slaves" and he made a point to play the part. Can of soda was $.10, a 20oz was a quarter, small bag of chips were a quarter and so was a candy bar.

😄😅😆🤣 Oh my gosh that episode of Lucy and Ethel working at the candy factory was hilarious! Thanks for reminding me of it! 👍👏😁🍫🍬

Man I love this channel. 2 of my favorite subjects in one. Food, and history ❤️

I just wanna say I love this channel. Been binging every video today. I love food history.

I still love spray cheese, Cheez Whiz & Velveeta (yeah, I realize they're merely cheese adjacent) but I can't handle the salt punch anymore.

The thing i remember most being in elementary school in the 90s was when we had to take a lunch for school field trips i would search through all the available ones in the store until i found one that had that one single andes mint as the desert. the rest was just whatever that mint was everything. all this time later i am still a sucker for those andes mints and can easily make myself sick if left alone with a box of them.

Tootsie Rolls have been my personal favorite sweet treat, because they cover three flavors all at once: chocolate, caramel and milk. I have a sweets drawer in my kitchen that always has some tootsies waiting for me - right next to the LifeSavers fruit candies.

I used to love the dark chocolate mounds bars, but the milk chocolate almond joy was good too. don't eat them much nowadays but they were my favorites...

This is awesome. I grew up in the 80"s. And I loved pop rocks

Do one about certs mints please

There are so many great snacks and candies you can't choose just one!

Well I grew up in the 50's and my favorite snack foods were Banana Flips ans Devil's Delight cakes, Snicker's And Mars bars were my favoite candy bars. Kas Potato Chips were the BEST chips ever. Boxed candy favorites were Cinnamon Red Hots, and Life Savers, and Kraft Caramels.My favorite savory snack was homemade Chex Mix made with Rice Chex, Wheat Chex, Corn Chex, prezel sticks, and mixed nuts in garlicy salty butter sauce.

I was a Hostess cupcake junkie! Although, Little Debbie's Swiss rolls were a decent substitute.

One of my new favorite channels, keep up the great work and editing. I am always up for more pizza history, that's mostly all I eat lately, frozen pizza is great, but I like the ones you get in the fridge section a lot more.

Loved go gurt, fruit by the foot, and gushers growing up. Lots of nostalgia seeing those. Great video

Little Debbie is the source of a lot of my favorite snack cakes, though if they relied on me to stay in business they'd be broke 100x over. My other favorite source of mass produced treats are Moon Pies, though I haven't had one for quite some time. Maybe three or four years? I'll look into ordering a tin sometime later this year.

Man way to stir my nostalgia. I remember the 90's commercial for all those snacks. Couldn't get into any of them and the Gushers commercials just frightened me. Seriously I thought gushers was going to make my head change as it does in the commercial. I didn't know any better.

Yeah, so POP Rocks were a gateway candy (drug) for me. I'm still in recovery...

I was rised by a health mom...it was so fustrating to see all my friends have their junk food but l did learn to sneak food.l used to love walking to the nearest drug store and sneak oatmeal pies,rollo's, pop rocks and bubble tape.

Does anyone remember Oreo cookie stacking contest for kids that were held at grocery stores in the late 80's or early 90's? I think you were supposed to see who could build the highest tower out of the cookies until it fell. I know they had one at a store near Dallas TX back then, but I was a little kid, so I barely remember it. They had a table set up and the woman said they were having a cookie stacking contest. I think it may have been to beat a Guiness world record or something. At the time I thought it was a national promotion from Nabisco, but I don't know. Does anyone else remember something like that?

They brought back dunkeroos. I can’t lie the convenient store in the next town over has them and I always get them when buying a new lighter

Teddy Grahams were a status symbol at grade school lunchtime in my neck of the woods 🤣

I'm not from US, I'm surprised all these sweets have such long history!

Suggestion: Mountain Dew soda pop. It went from coming in just one flavor to coming in many flavors and many colors. In remember when the mascot for Mountain Dew was s shot gun toting hillbilly. The brand slogan was, "It'll tickle your innards!" If I remember one ad correctly, it was claimed that Mountain Dew had that "real country flavor".

This was such a treat to watch!

@weirdhistoryfood Dunkaroos are back, I began seeing them again about a year ago, they are just as sugary as always. In fact, I’m accustomed to sweet treats and my walk down memory lane left me feeling sick lol

It's so wierd getting closer to the end and actually seeing commercials I recognize from when I was really young, then to see the older commercials and think about my dad and how he probably saw some of those TV Ads. Just wierd to think about now the 1960s doesn't seem too long ago I wish my dad was younger ;-;

My favorite snack is almost everything you mentioned here. I love snacking -in my childhood,teens, 2os, 30s & ros i could snack/eat as much as i eanted to and never gain one pound. Now i have to be more cautious - so when I allow myself to snack i really appreciate it.

I loved those pudding cans. The pudding must have absorbed something from the cans because it never was the same after package change.

Please make a popular junk food part 2 !! That would be awesome !!

I always thought that Hydrox got its name from hydrogenated oils but apparently it's named after the base components of water as a name that conveys "goodness and purity".

Thank you for this Excellent video. i love food history because it is about everything that was going on at the time… this channel makes it fascinating & entertaining.

It blows my mind that pizza was an exotic novelty until 1959! How did people survive!?

Jeez... not only did I gain 5 pounds just watching this, but now my teeth hurt!

It's the funny job titles in this video for me. And snack history is ever interesting. Thanks!

This was a great video that took me down memory lane. My favorite fruit snack as a kid was called string thing

09:16 Nice Better Call Saul/Breaking Bad callback

That was such a fun episode! I remember all but Dunkaroos and Gushers.

Although I have never actually tried them, Dunkaroos are definitely still around and available. I see them at the store all the time.

I remember when lunchables had two mini hotdogs variation and the taco variation those were my favorite.

I really hope this channel blows up more. I Love the videos

This was very interesting I'm going to show a couple people that would enjoy this

Oh my, I remember loving Cracker Jack's! The box didn't keep anything fresh, but i loved the soggyness if it lol

Peanuts I'm sure were snacked on for well over 100 years, and are used as an ingredient in alot of those snacks. I'm wondering when my two favorites came on the seen, peanut brittle and honey roasted peanuts. Nothing better than coating a legume in sugar!

Although the name of the candy bar sounds like the name of the famous baseball player Babe Ruth, the Curtiss Candy Company traditionally claimed that it was named after President Grover Cleveland's daughter, Ruth Cleveland.

That was awesome. I really enjoyed the video. It brought back memories of my youth 😜 Something yummy for my tummy.

Great episode!!!!!!!

Reese’s Pieces the best candy of all time

“Sometimes you feel like a nut, Sometimes you don’t!”

So this is what it's like to see your life flash before your eyes. Beautiful.

Snickers is my fave candy bar. It used to be Reeses' cups but the recipe seems to have changed and it doesn't taste the same. I've loved Doritos since I was a kid and they're my fave salty snack.

Cinnamon spice is the BEST flavor thank you very much. I love Hot Tamales.

Nice LA Noire plug. If ever there was a game that deserved a sequel.

The vid I knew I needed 👀♥️

Snickers & Peanut M& Ms are my favorite chocolates,I like Tootsie Rolls,too.

Microwave popcorn could be added to the list.

Can’t get Dunkaroos in Britain, they sound good. Never knew Skittles were Briti, Starburst were too but were called Opal Fruits. Some limited edition packs have been produced with the original name recently. Snickers used to be Marathon too.

9:43. Cheese wizard. Hilarious. Now I have to start over to see what else I missed

Those foods are awesome! I have had every one of them (except that competitor with Hostess). I am a big fan of Casey's Juju fish and Rainbow Twizzlers. So many great snack foods. Thank you for the video.

My favourite junk food in this video, all of them! Lol

2:43 Recopies aren't actually copyrightable, so Oreo basically had to avoid using the same trade dress or claiming they were Hydrox, and they could have even used the same filling if they wanted to. Nabisco actually owns the rights to Hydrox now, and they periodically bring them back for a bit as a "diet" cookie.

Being an overweight American male these videos speak to me, props to you bro on this channel you clearly understand your viewers!❤

Awesome video! Lunchables also made me think of Kid Cuisine!