Page 12 | To ask what one extinct thing you would bring back from your childhood?

PansyPotter84 · 2025-06-05T17:00:15+00:00

By “thing” - I don’t mean people. I’m sure there are people from our childhoods that we would all want to bring back more than any “thing” in the world. The thing that I would bring back would be tinned Spaghetti Hoops with Hotdogs in Smokey-Bacon Sauce by Heinz. Best thing ever in the 90s IMHO!

Snowdropsaremyfavourite · 05/06/2025 18:24

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 05/06/2025 18:15

Chocolate Garibaldis.

Sugar Puffs.

Sugar puffs are still here! They've been rebranded as 'Wheat Puffs' and you can get them in Home Bargains (they're in a bag by all the other cereals). I bought them the other week and my life was complete 😋

Flashahah · 05/06/2025 18:24

Toast toppers

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:20

3ormorecharacters · 05/06/2025 18:18

Not food, but Saturday morning TV (and I guess other TV that was only enjoyed a particular time) - streaming, YouTube etc has done away with that and now there's no sense of anticipation or enjoying things communally.

Tiswas!

Snowdropsaremyfavourite · 05/06/2025 18:20

Umthisisabitawkward · 05/06/2025 18:01

Decent Wagon Wheels! They used to be so delicious.

And big!

ToriTheStoryteller · 05/06/2025 18:19

Top of the Pops. I NEVER forgave Andi Peters for running it into the ground and I still hold a grudge every time I see or hear him.😂

IzzyHandsIsMySpiritAnimal · 05/06/2025 18:19

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:03

Cabana chocolate bar and the Pipkins.

Hartley Hare 😍

3ormorecharacters · 05/06/2025 18:18

Not food, but Saturday morning TV (and I guess other TV that was only enjoyed a particular time) - streaming, YouTube etc has done away with that and now there's no sense of anticipation or enjoying things communally.

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 05/06/2025 18:17

BashfulClam · 05/06/2025 18:06

Puffs crisps and the pig shaped ones that tasted of Smokey bacon.

Did you mean Awesome Oinks? I saw them in my local shop the other day. A pinky purple packet with a pig on the front?

Beryls · 05/06/2025 18:16

ToadRage · 05/06/2025 18:10

Trios - although I am informed they still exist i can't find them anywhere.

ASDA sell them i had some not so long ago, not as lovely as they used to be!

CosyDenimShark · 05/06/2025 18:16

Fraggle Rock, Spira bars, big Wham chew bars & Woolworths!

DrummingMousWife · 05/06/2025 18:15

Tizer

GiraffeGlee · 05/06/2025 18:15

AliTheMinx · 05/06/2025 18:04

Spira - the best!

My absolute favourite!! Really wish they would come back

TheBroonOneAndTheWhiteOne · 05/06/2025 18:15

Chocolate Garibaldis.

Sugar Puffs.

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:15

Meadowfinch · 05/06/2025 18:13

Me- the plain chocolate bounty.

My dbrother would bring back the original Flake advert. "Only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate....." accompanied by long legged dusky brunette.

80s ads were the 👌 best.

TwoLeftSocksWithHoles · 05/06/2025 18:14

The village bobby, who could clip some lout round the ear without fear of being accused of being a violent bully, racist, homophobic, transphobic, LGBT etc. etc. phobic.

and, of course, PROPER liquorice Pontefract Cakes.

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:14

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:09

Loved the song in it 😆

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Sorry @fanofleaves I was thinking of the 1986 Pepperami ad..really catchy song in it.

Beryls · 05/06/2025 18:14

I've changed my mind as much as I love the ritz crackers with cheese in the middle I think I'd want to bring back the high street, all the good clothes shops we had! I used to love shopping in town in the 90s now you just have to trail round various soulless retail parks or travel to a massive indoor shopping centre.

I feel like in the 90s you could get everything you needed from the high street/town centre. Now they're just charity and vape shops, even B&M and home bargains have abandoned it for retail parks now.

Meadowfinch · 05/06/2025 18:13

Me- the plain chocolate bounty.

My dbrother would bring back the original Flake advert. "Only the crumbliest flakiest chocolate....." accompanied by long legged dusky brunette.

pinkfoxcubs · 05/06/2025 18:12

Mirage Lemon ice cream / sorbet shell lolly , only remember it during one summer in the mid 90s but I think had one every day !

notanothernamechangemother · 05/06/2025 18:11

Proper cadbury chocolate, not the palm oil rubbish we have now!
Gino genelli ice cream

ToadRage · 05/06/2025 18:10

Trios - although I am informed they still exist i can't find them anywhere.

Dangermoo · 05/06/2025 18:09

FanofLeaves · 05/06/2025 18:07

I know they still do Pepperami but they’re not quite the same (used to be saltier?)
but their advert was funny. Think they got into trouble for it. It was a Peperami chasing a bloke down the street or something and at the end it said ‘Peperami, it’s a bit of an animal’ 🤣

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Loved the song in it 😆

Butterflyball · 05/06/2025 18:09

Romantica ice cream, only ever had for special occasions 😋

FanofLeaves · 05/06/2025 18:07

I know they still do Pepperami but they’re not quite the same (used to be saltier?)
but their advert was funny. Think they got into trouble for it. It was a Peperami chasing a bloke down the street or something and at the end it said ‘Peperami, it’s a bit of an animal’ 🤣

ShrimpBoil · 05/06/2025 18:06

Chicken and bacon crispy pancakes and uncle Ben's teriyaki sauce in a jar. Also a weird but delicious thing where you got a spice paste to cook chicken with and a salad dressing shrink wrapped with it to make a warm salad - mid 90s I think. I cannot remember who made that, or find anything similar.
Also if you're from Ireland - fizzle sticks!
ETA oops that's more than one!