People Online Share Foods They Thought Were “Fancy” As Kids But Not As Adults (35 Foods)

My childhood ❤

I'm halfway through a packet right now! They'll be gone before I reach the bottom of this article!

Used to have these in the car for long journeys.

Used to love these. Damn milk chocolate.

We get these every Christmas in our stockings. My parents and I generally get the dark chocolate ones. Not to brag, but I can demolish one of those bad boys in under 15 minutes.

so does it have actually have orange in it or is it just the shape

I've never seen this before

Still do it every year. German tradition of an orange and peanuts when St. Nicholas fills your stocking (the night of Dec. 5th). In my daughter’s (20 and 23) stockings, they get a chocolate orange, peanuts, Kisses, new Pez dispenser, candy canes galore, and some small toy or game. My stockings were pretty lame every year, but I realize now it’s because we were “poor”. I’d get an orange, which fit perfectly in the toe of your stocking. A pile of salted in-shell peanuts. We made such a mess. A coloring book, but not a good one. The ones where you touched the outline with your crayon and now the coloring has black streaks. I think I may have gotten a candy cane too. While it seemed crappy then, I look back and realize that St. Nick, aka Parents, did the best they could with what they had at the time. I wish I would have realized it before my Mom passed. Thankful I still have my Dad, but these traditions were handed down from my Mom’s side of the family.

or the raspberry ones

The key lime ones are pretty good too, as it transpires.

delicious

for some reason there appears to be a glut of these in the UK all going for £1 instead of £3 it was like buy one get 2 free.

My husband gets one every year!

Oh this is good.

You guys are gonna be mad but I hate these, they're gross.

I totally forgot about these! Thanks for reminding me!

I would always buy these for my kids at Christmas.

I. Love. This. My mom would buy each of us one for Christmas. Plus extras for any visitors. Best part is whacking it on the counter.

Still get these for my brothers every year!

You were lucky, i was only getting 1 slice.

Same here, we still do as a tradition

These are still a treat just because who needs one of these all the time?

I never saw it, they don't have these in Europe maybe?

In Norway, it's more of a Easter chocolate.

I was very disappointed when I finally got one of these and discovered with was not a chocolate-covered orange.

Mannnn I love these!!!

Every year in my stocking

when these came out we had these instead of a real orange in the toe of our stocking much better

Yes! Christmas stocking filler!

My husband buys these all the time, I'm slightly disgusted at how thin the wedges have gotten, definitely making them smaller on the sly

Every couple of months we had a ‘free choice’ dinner. In reality (4 kids) my mom bought one of these and we got to fight for our choice. Looking back as an adult, I see things like our family’s financial security in a whole new light. We went to private schools, but there was certainly scrimping to make it happen.

I have never seen these full of anything except sewing equipment.

I love these, especially the seahorses

They actually were a lot better years ago (like 25 - 30 years ago...).

These are really great tasting jams-love the blackberry.

I have never seen any of those, maybe they are not a thing here...

When I was a kid, with parents who strictly kept everything tasty out of my diet, I used to read the and re-read the Hickory Farms and Swiss Colon catalogues that came in the mail! Everything there looked so delicious to a candy-deprived 8 year old...

Loved when my mom got me one

Your mother saved up to offer you ice-cream. She must be a very loving and adorable mother. She spent the money set aside for her children, instead of treating herself.

Same thing for hot dogs in our house, it was a slice of bread not a magical, fancy ~hot dog bun~.

To keep it for herself - same as I do with my kids, they're far too unappreciative of the good things - my oldest would likely put tomato sauce on it like a Neanderthal

They're known as ToffifEE in the UK. And oh boy, does my hubby have a history with them...

Jar of Nutella and a spoon and I'm a happy camper

Oh god, this brings back unhappy memories of a flight from Dallas to Chicago where I vomitted from the moment we took off until the moment we landed, and the stewardess gave me a ginger ale to calm my stomach. I prefer ginger beer - Old Jamaica for preference.

Yes! Pop Tarts are what they recycle cardboard for.

Yes love me a Jaffa cake

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Not orange rolls but we always had cinnamon rolls and hot chocolate on Christmas morning growing up! But I never stopped, still do it every Christmas with my kids!