Remember These??

While doing research for something completely amazing and blog-related (and secret for now), I happened upon some foods I used to love. Yes, we've all seen lists of 90s foods that have since been discontinued, so I realize I'm not breaking new ground here. These are just a few of my personal favorites that I mourn for.

I'll start with the ones I always remembered.. the ones never forgotten:

Taco-flavored ranch dressing from Hidden Valley. Was this stuff even good? I have a feeling it was one of those marketing gimmicks that sucked me in and made me love it regardless of the product's taste. It must not have been around very long either, because I would reminisce about it with my marching band carpool buddies in high school.

Cookies n Creme Twix. You could also buy these in a box of singles. But who wants to eat just one single bar? That's just crazy.

And now for a food I completely forgot about for the last 20 years: Pop Qwiz popcorn! 

I'm just gonna come right out and say it.. this stuff was stupid. It was colored popcorn, and the color in the bag would be a mystery until it was popped. And there was no special flavoring involved, just straight up microwave butter popcorn. This commercial might get you so excited that you'd want to run out and buy some though! Haha. If you have any long-lost foods that you still dream of, let me know in the comments!

Amazin' Fruit Gummy Bears

Someone please tell me you were a huge fan of this candy.. I need a reason to justify why they were still being produced up until 2008. It's amazin' to me (ha..) that they lasted that long. They always tasted like gummies gone bad with fermentation to my tastebuds. And yes, I did try them more than once.. probably many, many times actually, due to the adorable dancing bears in the commercial. I'd buy anything for them.

If You Were Drinking Kool-Aid in the 90s...

... and not in the metaphorical sense, then you may have chosen this totally dope flavor:

It's SUPER FRUITY! 

PurpleSaurus Rex is my favorite flavor illustration ever, but this is next in line. Kool-Aid Man and the Rock-a-Dile guy are having a jam session. They're getting so into it, there's "artificial flavor punch" splashing around!

This unopened packet was in my mom's kitchen for probably 15 years until I finally added it to my "I don't need this but I can't possibly throw it away" collection. We kept buying more flavors but for some reason never made this one. And now it's tucked away for all posterity, or at least until a day comes when I'm so desperate for money that I sell it on ebay for a couple bucks.