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10 Of Our Favorite Childhood Snacks We Still Secretly Love As Adults

By Emma Sheedy
Children's taste buds are pretty standard, they like anything sugary or unhealthy. As you grow up, you find new loves for different flavors and foods. As your palette expands, you tend to forget about your favorite childhood foods, that is until you have kids. Although I still eat like a normal human, some of my favorite childhood snacks still have a place in my heart, and they are my guilty pleasure. Here are 10 of our childhood favorites that we still can't say no to. 1. Grilled cheeseI think when I am 80 years old, I will still love a

90s

11 Photos Of '90s Fast Food Restaurants That Will Bring Back So Many Delicious Memories

By Awa
Growing up, there were very few things that got us as excited as when our parents told us that they were taking us out to our favorite fast food joint. While the food and the affordable prices played a huge role, there were many other things that these eateries offered that made us obsessed with them. McDonald's Play Places, anyone? Many fast food restaurants in the 90s had cool and vibrant interiors that made them even more inviting. However, as the world changed, so did most of these restaurants' brands, appearances, and menus. We don't truly realize just how much

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10 Mascots From Your Childhood You Haven't Thought About In Years

By Tanya
It seems like every product, store and restaurant needed to have some kind of mascot to try and make kids love it more. Kids held a lot of power over the shopping choices apparently, because it seemed like everything was targeted to them. Whether it was a big box store's attempt at relevance, or a frozen food company just trying to convince kids they will love their food, companies did everything in their power to convince us that it was a great idea. How many of these mascots do you remember? To be fair, many of them are still around,

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10 Kinds of Chewing Gum That Made Everyone In The School Yard Want To Be Your Friend

By Moojan
If you think about it, being considered "cool" was not that hard when you were a kid. All you had to do was bring in the right snacks.Most kids were picky when it came to what candy and chocolate they liked best, but no one would say no if you offered them a piece of gum. Here are 10 types of chewing gum that made everyone befriend you on the school yard. 1. Do you remember how you'd have competitions on who could blow the biggest bubble? Amazon2. "Juice gum" has been around since the '80s, and no kid

70s

10 Foods From Our Childhood We're Surprised Haven't Been Banned By Now

By Meg
Growing up, we were exposed to a lot of foods we probably shouldn't have been. We didn't necessarily have any of this "all natural organic free range sung to sleep by angels" food that people eat now. We ate what was given to us and didn't worry about the consequences. That being said, there were some pretty questionable foods from back then that are still eaten today, and we're not quite sure why. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying these foods should go away, I'm just saying I'm surprised they haven't. 1. SPAMEaterAs a general rule of thumbs, I

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10 Candies That Made No Sense To You When You Were Younger, But You Ate Them Anyway

By Moojan
Candy is candy, which means it's mostly sugar, which means that it's nothing less than amazingly delicious. So, it never matters how it was made, only that it's been approved somehow and you can ingest it until you've had enough.Here are 10 candies that made absolutely no sense to you when you were a kid, but you ate them anyway. 1. We all wondered why there were two wrappers around the delicious White Rabbit candies, but we soon found out that the thin white paper is edible. Mind-blowing. Walmart2. What kind of sorcery was this? Hubba Bubba made some

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17 Fast Food Menu Items That Were Discontinued Way Too Soon

By Zachary
One of the hardest things about growing up is saying goodbye to old friends.Whether you grow apart over time, or they're taken away from you too soon, we look back on the ones we once held dear and wish we could just see them one last time. Coincidentally, that's also how we feel about these 17 fast food menu items that were discontinued way too soon. How many of them do you remember?1. Taco Bell's Zesty Chicken BowlBeckstreetTalk about being ahead of its time. Lately Taco Bell has been trying to fend off Mexican-inspired contenders like Chipotle, but

80s

The 15 Best Happy Meal Toys From The 80s

By Jon
As we all know, half of the reason we ever wanted to go to McDonald's as kids was to see what new toys they had in their Happy Meals! While we're used to some high-tech toys in our kids meals today, there was a time where we were happier with simpler pleasures.These toys are pretty vintage now, but in a way, seeing how far they have come makes them even cooler! Like trying to fly this Styro Glider from 1980 across the room!Time Passages Nostalgia CompanyOr the first Little Golden Book series they put out in 1982Yello80sThe Play-Doh
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