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The Foods I Loved As A Kid!
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items It's been a LONG time since I could call myself a “kid,” but I can still remember the food I loved when I was a kid. So here is a list of the stuff I regularly begged my Mom for when we were rolling down the grocery aisles!
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The Sweet Stuff
Lunch Stuff
Dinner Stuff
Crunchy Stuff
The Sweet Stuff
Snickers has been around forever and I love it! The combination of the peanuts and chocolate together is awesome! Add the caramel and you got a winner!
SNICKERS Chocolate Candy Bars
Butterfinger was a challenge, gotta admit. I'd bite into it, and it's chewy! Gets stuck on my teeth a little! But, oh boy, it is really good!
Butterfinger
Nestles crunch was the “simple” chocolate bar when I was a kid. Plain-Jane, but really, really good. You could break it into the squares and make it seem like it lasted longer. Great fun.
Nestle Crunch Bar
Ooh, Reeses was on the top of the candy list for me. Peanut butter and chocolate cannot be beat. These are the height of yummy!
REESE'S Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Milky Way bars are so creamy and rich! I loved these as a kid. I'm a milk chocolate fan, so this was right up my alley. Try these - they are great!
MILKY WAY Milk Chocolate Fun Size Candy Bars
I LOVE fudge bars! I've loved them forever. They're simple, they're yummy. Blue Ribbon is really tasty.
Blue Ribbon Fudge Bars
Bryers Vanilla Ice Cream was some of the first ice cream I ever had. It is delicious! I love the little vanilla bean flecks that are in the ice cream. Really nice touch!
Breyers Natural Vanilla Ice Cream
Bryers is SO good! I've never found a bad flavor from them. But I'm a big peanut butter chocolate fan, so this one's for me.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream | Breyers®
My Mom used to bring this Coconut Cake home from the store. We'd eat it when it was still frozen, like an ice cream cake. It was delicious! I adored this cake. I am so happy they still make it!
Pepperidge Farm Frozen Coconut Layer Cake
Lunch Stuff
Chef Boyardee - a staple of my childhood! My Mom and I would take this can and mix it with cooked regular spaghetti, add some butter and salt, and viola! It was delicious! And the price is ridiculous! $1? That's amazing!
Chef Boyardee Spaghetti and Meatballs in Tomato Sauce ...
Another Chef Beeferoni treat! I love Beeferoni. It was warm, savory, and comfort food to the max. A great kid food.
Chef Boyardee
Chef Boyardee Raviolis are terrific! When I was a kid, I loved eating these because I could eat one ravioli at a time, nibbling around the edges, then eating the beefy middle. Yummy!
Chef Boyardee Beef Ravioli
SpaghettiOs with Meatballs are so good and they are a piece of my childhood in a can! I always had my Mom add butter and cheddar cheese and it was SO good!
SpaghettiOs® with Meatballs | Campbell's®
StarKist Tuna was always in our house when I was a kid. Now, I have to be honest - as an adult, I've gone with the tuna in olive oil because I prefer the taste. But I use it in sandwiches, salads, you name it!
StarKist E.V.O.O.® Solid Yellowfin Tuna in Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Butternut bread is great. I know it's not fancy - it's simple white bread. But that's what I grew up eating. It's soft, chewy, perfect.
Butternut Italian Bread
You gotta have PB when you're a kid! You need it for PB&J sandwiches, you need it to put on apples, or just eating off a spoon! And Jif was what we had. Every time.
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter
If you have the bread and you have the PB, then you GOT to have the Welch's grape jelly! It is sweet and so perfect with Jif PB. The perfect sandwich.
Welch's Concord Grape Jelly
Every kid loves tomato soup, right? And that meant Campbell's. When I was little, you mixed it with water. Later, we mixed it with milk. Now, I mix it with milk and cream. But it is great all the way along.
Campbell's Tomato Soup
Sometimes we'd have clam chowder on a cold winter day when I was a kid. And it was always Campbell's Chunky! So good!
Campbell's® Chunky® New England Clam ...
I can't believe Sweet Sue Chicken & Dumplings are still around, but I'm so glad they are! These are so good. I was always happy if I got them for lunch.
Sweet Sue Chicken & Dumplings
Dinner Stuff
Kraft Mac n Cheese has been around forever and I love it. Loved it as a kid - love it now. And you can buy it for a buck a box! It's so yummy! I used to “doctor” it up with added cheddar cheese and herbs. It made it extra good!
Kraft Mac & Cheese
Del Monte is a classic. As a kid, veggies were not high on my list of favorites, but my Mom could always get me to eat these. Put a little salt and butter on them? Really good.
Del Monte® Green Beans
Le Sueur Baby Carrots are a staple of my youth. I love em. They go with everything a kid likes. And these days, I use them in my Shepherd's Pie (see my other list for that!).
Le Sueur® Tender Baby Whole Carrots (15 oz.)
I love chili, always have. Making it from scratch is always best. But if we had it out of a can, Hormel with no beans was what I wanted. Loved it!
HORMEL ® Chili No Beans
What kid doesn't like spaghetti? I adored spaghetti and I still do. If I'm feeling down, a bowl of pasta always boosts my spirits. You can do so much with it! And Barilla is the brand I go with - it's the best for me.
Barilla Classic Spaghetti Pasta
Taco night was awesome when I was a kid! Still love it! Old El Paso is the bomb. And these days you can get their shells that stand up and makes it a lot easier to put stuff in them!
Stand 'N Stuff™ Taco Shells, 10 count - Old El Paso
It's funny - I like Old El Paso shells, but for the Taco seasoning, I go Ortega all the way! It seasons the meat perfectly. Easy to use and it just makes the meal.
OrtegaTaco Seasoning Mix Packet
Ok, mashed potatoes are a staple of my youth. And there is NO way I'm making them from scratch, folks! Bob Evans is a national treasure, people. All you have to do is nuke these ‘taters and they are delicious! You can get it in family size or individ...
Bob Evans Original Mashed Potatoes
Corn was my favorite veggie as a kid and Green Giant was the thing, baby! I love their white corn. The corn is very tender and juicy - delicious! Add some salt and butter and it's perfect!
Green Giant White Shoepeg Corn
Stouffer's - I loved them! My Mom did too, cause it made dinner easier for her. Their meatloaf dinner with the mashed potatoes? Awesome!
Meatloaf Family Size Frozen Meal | Official STOUFFER'S®
Stouffer's Mac n Cheese - that's what we had when we wanted “fancy” mac n cheese. It is so good! Rich and creamy and delicious.
Stouffer's Macaroni & Cheese
This Stouffer's meal was the best of both worlds when I was a kid: Salisbury steak AND mac n cheese! Awesome!
Stouffer's Salisbury Steak Meal
Crunchy Stuff
Well, the bag looks different, but Ruffles still have Ridges! Ruffles still rock. And I love sour cream & onion flavor the most. These chips are great for dips, folks!
RUFFLES® Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Potato Chips
Ooh, these chili cheese corn chips from Fritos are so yummy! They've been around for quite awhile. When I was a kid, these were the “spicy” things we ate! :)
Fritos® Chili Cheese Flavored Corn Chips
The classic. Nothing better when I was eating clam dip on the holidays! Lays are just perfect. And they are perfect for dips. Any dip. (I'm a dip gal.)
LAY'S® Classic Potato Chips
The other classic. I love Lays, but I also love Ruffles. Both of the plain-Jane flavor are perfect for dips, topping casseroles, salads, etc. Either is awesome!
RUFFLES® Original Potato Chips
Not the same bag as when I was a kid, but the chips are still yummy! I loved these things. Still do.
DORITOS® Nacho Cheese Flavored Tortilla Chips
Lays and Ruffles - I love them both! Sometimes I wanted the “ridges”, and sometimes I didn't. Lays sour cream & onion are SO good. You can't go wrong with it.
Lay's® Sour Cream & Onion Flavored Potato Chips
I loved BBQ flavored chips. The tang, the sweet and the salty - it had it all. Plus it's crunchy? Cool! Loved them as a kid, love em now!
Lay's® Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips