Today our kids not only know how to pronounce quinoa (“KEEN-wah”), but their breakfast often consists of chia seeds mixed with organic raisins. How far we’ve come—we grew up eating processed sugar, bleached flour and food dye disguised as healthful options from the Four Food Groups. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. At least once a year we still mix Pop Rocks with a Coke. Scroll down to take a walk down memory lane with these 1970s and 1980s foods.
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Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum #fontsunday #ChewingGum pic.twitter.com/G99lVrYc3h
— Mark Kaufman (@Drawmark) March 7, 2021
WHO REMEMBERS WHEN TWINKIES CAME IN THESE BOXES?
— 80sThen80sNow (@80sThen80sNow) June 21, 2019
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— SF&WB (@SFWB) January 18, 2018
🧀1980 Retro Ad:
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) December 29, 2018
— Nabisco’s Snack Mate Cheese Spread pic.twitter.com/bNADBA4AFh
🍫1984 Retro Candy:
— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) February 17, 2020
— Willy Wonka’s Oompas pic.twitter.com/C0VpA4XUkG
Oh what we wouldn't give for a Carnation breakfast bar today. pic.twitter.com/9PeSjTJGOb
— Bergquist Inc. (@Bergquistinc) August 9, 2019
—Jacqui B
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