Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Starburst is a soft fruit-flavored candy in the form of a type of taffy. They come as rectangular or “box” shaped pieces of individually wrapped candy in a variety of colors and flavors. Starburst themselves are chewy, interesting to look at, and generally are fruit-flavored. Starburst is advertised as being…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ York Peppermint Pattie is a chocolate-enrobed peppermint candy. Enrobed is when a machine used in the confectionery industry coats a food item with a coating medium, typically chocolate. York Peppermint Pattie has a strong dark chocolate flavor combined with a powerful flavor of peppermint. Rather than being soft out the…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Sour Patch Kids are gummy candies that are sweet and sour. They come in the form of small humanoid creatures, aka, the Sour Patch Kids. This candy is coated with a sour-sugar-like coating and comes in a variety of colors and flavors. Sour Patch Kids have become popular both for…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sno-Caps are small chocolates that are in the shape of a dome or “cap”. They are dark in color but are covered in white sprinkles. Sno-Caps taste like chocolate with sprinkles on them and are slightly bitter tasting. Sno-Caps were first invented in the year 1927. The box that Sno-Caps…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Skittles are a small round chewy candy that comes in many different colors in a bag. Skittles tag line has often been “Taste the rainbow”, to signify the colorful aspect of the candy. Skittles are fruit-flavored, and while they look much like their more chocolate relatives, M&M’s, they are in…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Sherbet Dip Dabs are lollipops that come with sherbet powder. You lick on the otherwise fairly normal-looking lollipop, and then stick it into the sherbet powder. The sherbet powder gives a fizzy sensation that adds to the overall flavor of the lollipop. Some people like to use the lollipop to shovel the…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Slim Jim is a beef jerky snack, with the original version of the brand coming in the form of a round stick of beef in plastic packaging. Recognizable by its yellow and orange coloration on its packaging, Slim Jim is a snack often grabbed on the go for a salty…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Rolo is a bar of cone-shaped caramel-filled chocolate that comes in a package shaped like a “roll”, and each piece of candy is stacked on top of the other in the package. Rolos are truncated where each stacking piece of candy connects via their top and bottom; this allows the…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Ritz is a circular cracker with ridge edges. Ritz is crunchy, but easy to bite into crackers, and is salted on one side. Other varieties of Ritz exist, such as Ritz’s “Hint of Salt” and “Garlic Butter” flavor. Ritz Crackers are a fairly simple snack but have won over consumers…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups is a chocolate candy that comes in the form of a circular “cup” of chocolate and peanut butter. One of the most popular snacks in the United States for many years, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are intended to be a candy for people of all ages…
