Some of the best snacks ever made are long gone, and no granola bar or organic fruit leather is going to replace them. These snacks were the highlight of lunchboxes and grocery store bribes. Kids loved them, but if we’re being totally honest, we loved them too. Let’s check out our favorite childhood snacks in this nostalgic list.
Yogos
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Yogos were tangy little fruit bites wrapped in a yogurt-flavored coating. They were commonly found in early 2000s lunchboxes. They looked healthy enough to fool parents, but they were pure sugar bombs. Kellogg’s quietly pulled them off shelves, but the cult following lives on in Reddit threads.
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Cheesecake Bars
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These were the ultimate cheat codes for dessert lovers who hated baking. Just unwrap and boom—real cheesecake in a bar, complete with graham cracker crust and legit Philadelphia cream cheese.
Butterfinger BB’s
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These bite-sized beauties hit differently. Butterfinger BB’s took the crispy peanut butter candy we loved and shrunk it down into poppable balls that melted in your hand before you could eat five. It got quite a following in the ‘90s and was backed by The Simpsons.
Cinna-Crunch Pebbles
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Cinna-Crunch Pebbles were the cinnamon sibling of the fruity original. Launched in 1998, they had big flavor, great texture, and an actual shot at cereal stardom. But by 2001, Post dropped them. Some fans swear they were better than Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
McDonald’s Snack Wraps
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McDonald’s really had us thinking we were eating healthy with those Snack Wraps. They had chicken, cheese, lettuce, and tortilla—simple and oddly satisfying. They were released in 2006 and stuck around for over a decade. But behind the counter, it was total chaos because they were a pain to prep. McDonald’s ditched them in 2020, and we’re still salty.
EZ Squirt Ketchup
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If you were a kid in the early 2000s, chances are you painted your chicken nuggets with green ketchup. Heinz dropped EZ Squirt in wild colors like purple and blue, and yes—it made everything look radioactive.
Orbitz Drink
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Orbitz was a weird little science project in a bottle. Floating gel balls suspended in fruit-flavored liquid? Very ‘90s. It used gellan gum to keep the beads from sinking, which looked cool but felt confusing. Taste-wise, it was kinda meh.
Trix Yogurt
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Trix Yogurt was chaotic energy in a cup with bright swirls of electric blue and hot pink that made snack time way more exciting. General Mills discontinued it in 2016 after sales dipped, but millennial nostalgia wouldn’t let it rest. Thanks to massive online buzz, it returned in 2021.
Swoops
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This chocolate bar came in thin, chip-shaped slices. It was introduced by Hershey’s in 2003 with flavors like Reese’s and York Peppermint Pattie. It was a cool idea, but the bars melted fast and didn’t exactly stack well.
Keebler’s Pizzarias
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Pizzarias were what happened when someone said, “What if chips tasted exactly like pizza?” And they delivered. This combo was launched in the early ‘90s with actual cheese and bold seasoning. They had a cult following, but Keebler pulled them anyway. Fans still beg for a comeback—and yes, people hunt for unopened bags online.
Rice Krispies Treats Cereal
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When Rice Krispies Treats and cereal came together, this was the outcome. Big, sweet clusters that somehow made breakfast feel like dessert. They were widely available since 1993 and ruled the cereal aisle for years before Kellogg’s discontinued it. A short revival in 2019 wasn’t enough to bring it back full-time.
Juice Barrels (Little Hugs)
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These stubby little barrels were everywhere in the ‘90s—birthday parties, lunchboxes, soccer games. Little Hugs packed sugary fruit punch into bright plastic bottles with foil tops. They’re technically still around, but you’ll have to hunt.
SnackWells
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SnackWells was peak ‘90s diet culture. They promised all the cookies, none of the guilt—because “fat-free” was the ultimate buzzword. Moms stocked up, thinking they’d found a miracle treat. But it turns out they were still loaded with sugar.
Sprinkle Spangles
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Sprinkle Spangles were pure joy in cereal form. They were star-shaped, sugar-coated, and covered in rainbow sprinkles. General Mills introduced them in 1993 with a magic genie mascot, which somehow made sense back then.
Kudos Bars
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Kudos bars felt like you were sneaking a candy bar into your lunch without getting caught. They were packed with chocolate chips or mini M&M’s, but wore a granola-bar disguise. Today’s snack aisles are all protein bars and fiber squares, and honestly, it’s just not the same.
Oatmeal Swirlers
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Oatmeal Swirlers were breakfast art. You got a packet of fruity syrup to swirl into your hot oats—smiley faces, spirals, whatever your little morning heart desired. They were released in the late ‘80s but were gone by the early ‘90s.
P.B. Crisps
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If you know, you know. P.B. Crisps were magical little peanut butter-filled cookie bites with a crispy shell. These were available during the early ‘90s, but they were killed off way too soon by 1995 for no clear reason.
