The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#1The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:41pm
Funny article from the Onion AV Club about discontinued, under appreciated junk food.
Viva GatorGum!
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#2re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:44pmI'm pretty sure Gatorgum (Or a variant of) was around in the 90s...otherwise I was chewing some really really old ass gum.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#2re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:56pm
Holiday Spice Pepsi tasted like...well, Let's just say that the flavor made me think of a fluid that only Mrs. Claus had ever tasted.
Updated On: 7/6/09 at 12:56 PM
#3re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 12:58pm
There used to be a candy called Tar Babies. I kid you not. They were little chocolates in the shape of babies, faces and all.
They were made by the same company that makes the Ju-Ju-Bees (hmmm, I'm sensing a pattern here).
Anyway, not only are they off the market, but every trace of them has been removed from the web. I was searching for a picture a couple of years ago for another candy themed thread and couldn't find it anywhere.
There was one off-handed remark on some obscure blog that mentioned them, but otherwise nada.
Of course, this is in Virginia so it should come as no surprise that they were available here in the first place.
#4re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:03pm
http://ep.yimg.com/ip/I/candywarehouse_2057_1150156619
They are actually called "licorice babies" now...but I remember them being called tar babies.
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#5re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:12pm
OMG doodle! I was beginning to think I had imagined the whole thing.
#6re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:16pm
I actually remember them being chocolaty, not licorice, which I dislike...I remember getting them at the Jersey shore when I was a kid...along with Wacky Packs....
"Summer Breeze, makes me feel fine..."
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#7re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:18pm
I loved GatorGum! PB Max was great, too (and who didn't have a crush on the plow boy in the commercial?).
I also remember a short-lived cookie that I coveted. I think it was Keebler, but I'm not sure. It had a thin almost wafer-like exterior and was shaped like a large chocolate bar (though tan in color) and each square was filled with really creamy peanut butter. I remember it being advertised as "cookies" but the cookies were all joined together in one bar like a Hershey bar. Does that ring any bells with anyone else?
#8re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:21pm
They were definitely chocolate, doodle. At least to my recollection as well.
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#9re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:28pmTar Babies were Chocolate- My mom loved 'em. She also loved Licorice dots called "Crows" as in "Jim Crow" we both always assumed.
#10re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:33pmNothing like good old fashioned racist candy.
#11re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:54pm
this is a great memory booster for you candy lovers:
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/candy-pix1.htm
I remember when I discovered it, I almost bought a box of Zots to send to my cousins...
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#12re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 1:55pmPB Max was my all-time favorite candy as a kid. It was like a Kit-Kat (my second favorite) but better because it had Peanut Butter.
#13re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:07pm
Here are the "chocolate babies" on that same website:
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/chocolate-babies.htm
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#14re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:10pm
Doodle, I LOVED Zotz!!
That, and Pop Rocks...all that fizziness!
#15re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:17pm
OMG! I am SOOOO ordering some of those chocolate babies!
Anyone remember the pixie straws? I used to love those.
#16re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:19pm
Yes, taz...a tube of sugar, just what little kids need! 
Danmag, I hope you never ate poprocks while drinking soda!!
As long as you kept the Mary Jane's, Neco Wafers and BB Bats away from me, I was fine...HATED all of those...
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
husk_charmer
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/06
#17re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:19pm
you haven't lived, taz, until you do the pixie stick, cap'n crunch, bologna soaked white bread sammich.
You also haven't had an upset stomach either...
#18re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:20pmWait, you mean I was snorting sugar? No wonder my teeth never got numb.
#19re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:28pmI was addicted to pixie straws.
#20re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:32pmThose damn BB Bats would rip the fillings right out of your teeth.
#21re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:36pmMmmmm, Bar None!
#22re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:42pm
BB Bats were kind of genius tho...who could tell if they were 2 weeks old or 2 years old? They basically smelled like old purse. 
"In Oz, the verb is douchifizzation." PRS
#23re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:54pmYou only ever got them from your grandmother or someone who gave out really lame candy on Halloween.
#24re: The Criterion Collection of Junk Food
Posted: 7/6/09 at 2:54pmHow about those gigantic Sugar Daddies? They would survive a nuclear holocaust.
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