Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ If chewy candy bars are your favorite kind of candy, this is the right one for you to try. Big Hunk candy bars are a very unusual candy bar because of this texture and the flavor is also unique. This is a candy that has been around since the 1950s…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Cocoa Puffs cereal was every child’s dream: Chocolate for breakfast. Even better: Chocolate for breakfast, washed down with milk that, thanks to that crunchy sweet cereal, became chocolate milk to slurp straight out o the bowl. Cocoa Puffs were introduced to the American breakfast table in 1956 by General Mills….
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If you did not know that this colorful candy that looks like little bottles of soda was called Nik L Nip, you would not be alone. Not everyone knows the name of this unique candy but many people recognize the candy by its shape and appearance. There are not many…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Cheetos Puffs, those airy, crunchy, cheesy treats that melt in your mouth and leave their mark on your fingertips, first hit the chip aisle in 1971. But their origin story begins much sooner, with Crunchy Chee-tos, which were introduced to the world in 1948. Fifty years later, the company dropped…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Pixy Stix is one of the most unique candies out there and these little tubes of sugary candy are really popular with kids and adults alike. There is something really fun and tasty about these little candy sticks and all of the flavors are tart and sweet at the same…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Frosted Flakes,” the deliciously crunchy breakfast cereal, has been a staple of many family’s mornings since Kellogg’s introduced it in 1952. Originally called “Sugar Frosted Flakes,” the cereal is a sweetened version of the company’s Corn Flakes. The word “Sugar” was dropped from the name in 1983, though the flakes…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ While this seems like a problematic kind of candy to promote, for generations smoking was not known to be bad for you. Kids wanted to look like their parents and other grown-ups that they looked up to. Part of the experience of being a grown-up would have been smoking to…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Fruity and bite-sized candies are always really enjoyable. There are many candies that might fit this description, but none of them are as good as Smarties. These treats are chocolatey and fruity and crunchy all at once and they offer really delicious fruit shells that are not common in chocolate…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ If you like to have a little bit of a treat that contains a surprise within the treat, you just need to look up the Kinder Surprise Egg. In the United States, you will find the Kinder JOY egg instead of surprise egg but they are both equally fun and…
Snack History Nostalgia Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ Mike and Ike is a really popular and fun candy that comes in many varieties and has a silly and memorable name. If you love fruity candies that are chewy, this is the right candy for you! Mike and Ike have been around for a long time and this candy…
