What Snacks Came Out In 1981?

8 favorite foods that first appeared in 1981 :

• I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter. The bygone Baltimore-based manufacturer J.H. Filbert was big in the margarine game. …
• Lean Cuisine. In the ’80s, people started talking a lot more about dieting, cholesterol, aerobics, etc. All those folks…
• Pudding Pops. While the Jell-O Pudding Pops might be the more widely remembered,…

There were tons of new snacks, but some of the standouts include Doritos 3D, Bubble Jug gum, Shark Bites, PB Crisps, Dunkaroos (1990), Gushers (1991), Pizzarias Pizza Chips, Crispy M&Ms, Butterfinger BB’s (1992), Push Pops, Fruit By the Foot (1991); Go-Gurt (1999); and Milk ‘n’ Cereal Bars.

Up until the mid-1920s, most snacks were still home-made or sourced locally. The processed snack food industry really shifted into high gear after World War I, and the stock market boom gave rise to plenty of new snack foods as well as the leisure time to enjoy them.

1972: Cheese and Pineapple Sticks. If there’s a party food to sum up the 1970s it’s got to be cheese and pineapple sticks. The very height of sophistication, these little canapés would often be served stuck into an upside down melon half – to sort of resemble a hedgehog! Classy, we think you’ll agree.

The company turned office employee Wendy Kaufman into an unlikely but popular spokesperson for the tea. One of the cutest snacks of the decade has to be Teddy Grahams.

When did McDonald’s start making chicken nuggets?

Chicken McNuggets. The miraculous McNugget was first cooked up in a lab in 1979. McDonald’s introduced the dippable bites in 1981 — in select markets. The chicken supply chain was not yet robust enough to take the McNugget nationwide. By 1983, it had spread from coast to coast.

Nutri-Grain. The Nutri-Grain name is now associated with breakfast bars, but the name was first used for bowlfuls of cereal in 1981. Kellogg’s offered four varieties — rye, corn, barley, and wheat. Like we said earlier — health consciousness really kicked off in the early ’80s. Image: Kellogg’s.

Nabisco originally marketed these cheese crackers as a “San Francisco” food. Largely because they had sourdough in the ingredients, initially. The commercials even featured actor and pitchman Ron Carey of Barney Miller hanging off a trolley in San Francisco.

In many ways, the trend began with Bartles & Jaymes Wine Coolers, as Gallo Winery found a new way to market wine to a less-stuffy demographic in 1981. David Rufkahr and Dick Maugg played Bartles and Jaymes, respectively, in the commercials. Yes, they were actors. Barely. Neither had acted before!

The sandwich stuck around until 1985, when it was removed from the permanent menu due to poor sales. Of course, absence only made fast-food lovers’ hearts grow fonder, and the thing has popped up for a limited time ever since. Image: McDonald’s. 6.

“Pudding” and “popsicles” might not strike you as health food, but, believe it or not, the pudding pop was originally conceived of as a “nutritious light snack.” Take it from this article published in an agricultural journal in 1982: “Corn-based snack foods and yogurt have increased in popularity as have puddings, breakfast bars, and other between-meal offerings (frozen pudding pops) because of the nutritious light snack image.” While the Jell-O Pudding Pops might be the more widely remembered, Swiss Miss offered its Pudding Bars, igniting a ” pudding pop war ” in 1981.

When did lunchables come out?

You might think of Lunchables more as ’90s treats, but they came out in 1989. Sorry to the ’80s kids who preceded them and missed out on these fun, processed meal kits.

You had to squeeze the bottle to extract the fruit-flavored juice. Flavors in the lineup included Chucklin’ Cherry, Berry B. Wild, and Grumpy Grape. They reappeared for a bit in 2006 but were gone again quickly after.

Star Wars has had a ton of merchandise throughout the years. Possibly the most delicious of the bunch, though, were the Pepperidge Farm cookies that paid homage to the sci-fi favorite. There were three different flavors released in 1983: peanut butter, vanilla, and chocolate.

Giggles Cookies were kind of like Oreos (and even made by the same parent company, Nabisco), but with terrifying faces on them. Inside the sandwiched cookies were both fudge and vanilla cream fillings.

Original New York Seltzer. Before La Croix had its moment, the sparkling water spotlight shone on Original New York Seltzer, which debuted in 1981. (La Croix had been invented, but, it wasn’t nearly as known yet.) Original New York was known for its mini glass bottles and colorless carbonated water, which came in flavors like root beer, vanilla, …

A sub-brand of Stouffer’s, Lean Cuisine launched in 1981 as a lighter alternative to the classic frozen meals. Although it had a strong emphasis on dieting in the ’80s, today the brand has shifted more towards “wellness.”

Jeno’s Pizza Rolls were developed in the late 1960s, but in the 1980s, the brand was sold to Pillsbury. It was rebranded as Totino’s Pizza Rolls, which is the brand we all know and love today.

What is the national day of Junk Food?

Wednesday is National Junk Food Day, which is the perfect excuse to enjoy snacks with high fat, sugar and salt content. (iStock) Some junk foods have long, storied histories so if you want to celebrate National Junk Food Day with a special snack, check out which bites were released the decade you were born.

Cheetos were invented in 1948 by Fritos founder Charles Elmer Doolin. (iStock) According to Insider, Cheetos were invented in Dallas, Texas, by Fritos founder Charles Elmer Doolin in 1948.