The '90s were a time of questionable fashion, boy bands, and unique food choices. Sure, there were classics worth remembering, but not everything deserved a spot in our lunchboxes or grocery aisles! This list looks at the strangest, most stomach-turning snacks that somehow made it to store shelves, but all are best left in the past.

Danone Sprinkl'ins Yogurt

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Yogurt is supposed to be healthy, but Danone Sprinkl'ins took a different approach. Each pack had a small pouch of sugary mix-ins, usually candy bits or sprinkles. The yogurt itself was standard, but the mix-ins made it cloyingly sweet. The artificial colors and sugar overload weren't exactly a win for anyone trying to eat well.

Heinz Purple Ketchup

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Regular ketchup does the job just fine, but Heinz had other ideas. They rolled out an eye-catching purple version, thinking kids would go wild for it. Sure, it was fun to squeeze, but something was unsettling about smothering fries in something that looked like it belonged in an art project.

Wonder Ball

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Chocolate and surprises should be a winning combination, but Wonder Ball ruined both. The chocolate shell was chalky, the candy inside was forgettable, and the whole experience was more disappointing than exciting. Kids wanted something fun, but cracking open a hollow ball only to find tiny, generic sweets was a letdown.

McDonald's Pizza

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McDonald's isn't known for Italian cuisine, and their attempt at pizza in the '90s proved why. It took longer to make than their usual fast food. The crust was bland, the cheese lacked stretch, and the sauce tasted suspiciously like ketchup. McDonald's pushed it hard, but customers weren't buying it—literally.

Kid Cuisine Meals

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Kid Cuisine in the '90s aimed to make dinner fun. However, most of the meals were anything but appetizing. It was the kind that looked fun on the box but never lived up to expectations once heated up. Kids might have tolerated them only because they came with cartoon mascots and bright packaging.

Surge Soda

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Surge was Coca-Cola's answer to Mountain Dew. The neon-green color alone was , and the taste was aggressively sweet with a citrusy kick. It quickly became the go-to drink for hyperactive kids and teenagers looking for a sugar rush. Schools eventually banned it, and even parents hated it.

Pizza Hut's Bigfoot Pizzaalarming

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Pizza Hut went big in the '90s with the Bigfoot Pizza, a massive rectangular pie meant for sharing. It was a lot of pizza, but none of it was good. The crust was thin and dry, the toppings were sparse, and the cheese barely stretched. It looked impressive in commercials but underwhelming in real life.

Olestra Chips

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A fat-free chip sounds great until you read the fine print. Olestra, a synthetic fat substitute used in Lay's WOW Chips and other '90s snacks, promised guilt-free indulgence but came with a catch. Consumers quickly realized that eating too many could lead to digestive distress. Despite the warning labels, the product flopped.

Jawbreakers

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These rock-hard sugar spheres were nearly impossible to bite into. It made them more of an endurance test than a treat. They lasted forever, which was great if you enjoyed sucking on the same piece of candy for hours. However, it was frustrating for anyone who wanted to actually eat the thing.

Tyson Looney Tunes Meals

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Tyson tried to make frozen meals fun with Looney Tunes branding, but the food inside was anything but amusing. These trays featured character-shaped chicken nuggets and uninspired side dishes like mac and cheese or corn. Kids wanted to love them because Bugs Bunny was on the box, but one bite of the mushy nuggets was enough to ruin lunchtime.

Deep-Fried Mars Bars

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Scotland’s deep-fried Mars bars somehow made their way into '90s fairs and carnivals and left a trail of greasy regret. Taking an already sweet and heavy candy bar, dunking it in batter, and throwing it in a vat of hot oil wasn't the most brilliant move for anyone's arteries.

Drake's Coffee Cakes

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Drake's Coffee Cakes had one big problem—they looked and tasted like they were meant for people twice the target audience's age. They were dry and crumbly and left your mouth in desperate need of water. They were more for older people who would eat them with their morning coffee.

Fruit String Thing

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This snack was all about the fun of peeling apart its long, tangled ropes. But the taste was not so fun. It had that unmistakable fake fruit punch flavor that lingered way too long. The texture was also somewhere between rubbery and gooey. Plus, it stuck to your hands, teeth, and anything it touched.

Orbitz Drink

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Orbitz was filled with tiny floating gelatin balls, supposedly making it "fun to drink." It was like swallowing a bottle of weirdly sweet lava lamp goo. The gelatinous beads didn't add flavor; they just had a confusing texture that left people wondering if they were chewing or drinking.

Fiendish Feet Yogurts

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Long before Greek yogurt and organic fruit, there was Fiendish Feet—a yogurt brand with creepy, monster-shaped containers. The idea was fun, but the actual yogurt was not so much. While kids might have been entertained by the collectible containers, the yogurt itself wasn't memorable.

McDonald's Arch Deluxe

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McDonald's had a brilliant idea: a burger for adults. The Arch Deluxe had lettuce, tomato, cheese, bacon, and a "secret" mustard-mayo sauce. McDonald's hyped it as a gourmet alternative, but people weren't impressed. It turns out no one wanted to be told they were too mature for a regular burger.

Lunchables

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Lunchables were a '90s lunchroom staple, but some of them were truly awful. The pizza version, for example, was an insult to pizza. It had cold, chewy dough, a watery tomato sauce packet, and shredded cheese barely sticking together. The tacos weren't any better, and the nachos were just sad, stale chips with a tub of orange goo.

Fingos

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Kellogg's had a wild idea to turn cereal into a dry, handheld snack. Fingos were flat, slightly sweet, and meant to be eaten straight from the box, with no milk required. But it wasn't as satisfying as cereal with milk, and it wasn't nearly crunchy enough to replace chips.

Nestle's Bug Pops

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Nestle overestimated how much kids wanted to pretend to eat bugs. Bug Pops were standard fruit-flavored popsicles, but the gimmick was the rock-hard candy "insects" trapped inside. Sounds fun—until you realize the candy was impossible to chew until the pop melted, which left you with sticky, sad leftovers.