Blasts from the Past

[Dobbs 3K]

"Surge" had some of the most annoying commercials I can remember.

[CanadianGuitarist]

Although I'm sure it's still available, I haven't had Faygo in about 10 years.

 

I'll leave this one to Carnival, however.

 

They're curretnly celebrating their 100th anniversary. Red Pop is awesome.

 

Hell yes it was!

 

And I recall it being ridiculously cheap, something like 3L for a buck and a half?

[DrVenkman PhD]

3L for 99 cents at finer Dollar Tree stores across Michigan (probably several stores really), about the same - $2 (usually closet to the 1.50 mark) at convenience stores in Canada that aren't Macs or 7-11.

[Guest George's Box]

Pepsi Blue was carbonated cough medicine

 

Nah, that would be root beer.

Where are you finding root beer-flavored cough syrup?

[Guest Vitamin X]

Ha, not entirely sure, but I do recall the last time I had root beer I hated it because it tasted like Robitussin to me. Although..

 

Because of their pleasant flavor and medical properties some of the root beer ingredients have also occasionally been used in other products such as toothpaste, soap and medicine. This could explain why some people tasting root beer for the first time say that it reminds them of these products.

 

I should try one again that I might actually like. I think I had Barq's the last time.

 

I remember I used to loathe Dr. Pepper, but for a while in the summer when I was working at Domino's in Southern California (and I had no air conditioning in my car to boot!), that was the only free drink we could have, so I got used to it and learned to like it a lot.

[TheSSNintendo]

[the max]

I built two Surge can pyramids my freshman year of high school. That stuff was fantastic.

 

My contribution:

 

[CanadianGuitarist]

^

 

I've never seen or heard of it (or I don't recall so), but that's fucking awesome.

[Darthtiki]

I remeber it actually tasting halfway decent

[CanadianGuitarist]

Anyone recall Shake and Bag Fries from McDonald's? A buddy of mine may go to war over them.....I don't recall them even a little.

[Dobbs 3K]

Don't remember Shake and Bag Fries.

 

I really loved the Nintendo ceral...I don't think it even tasted all that great, but I was a kid who loved anything Nintendo.

 

I also remember Ecto Cooler...it was actually around for quite a while, even after the Ghostbusters fad had died down.

[DrVenkman PhD]

Anyone recall Shake and Bag Fries from McDonald's? A buddy of mine may go to war over them.....I don't recall them even a little.

 

I know some chain did that for zestry fries, but I think it was BK.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Yeah, it was BK. And they were pretty decent, they did it with spicy seasoning too.

[Nighthawk]

Ecto Cooler tastes exactly the same as current Hi C flavor Orange Lavaburst. You can periodically find Screamin' Orange Tangergreen, which is Ecto Cooler under a different name. It's orange flavored, but green colored, you see.

 

To combine two other things mentioned, Jolt Blue tastes pretty much exactly like Pepsi Blue.

[DrainYou42]

Does anyone here remember Pizzeria chips? I can't seem to find anybody else who does.

[Guest Tzar Lysergic]

I still get a small instant gag reflex upon seeing ecto cooler or discussing it.

 

DO NOT MIX WITH CHEAP VODKA

 

That should be on the can like a fuckin' surgeon general's warning. I drank a few plastic fast food cups full of that shit and Kamchatka. Sickest I've ever been in my entire life.

[Matt Young]

Does anyone here remember Pizzeria chips? I can't seem to find anybody else who does.

 

I do! I ate those things all the time as a kid. I can still recall the taste.

[Darthtiki]

Does anyone here remember Pizzeria chips? I can't seem to find anybody else who does.

 

those were tasty

[TheSSNintendo]

 

Am I the only one who remembers Dunkaroos?

[Hawk 34]

Hardly. I remember hating them.

[Dobbs 3K]

I remember those. My mom used to buy me a generic version that was just like, these cookie sticks with a chocolate sauce you dipped them in. They were OK, I guess.

[Jericholic82]

when surge debuted they sent reps to my high school to debut the soda (they were testing it in our market I guess) so after school they were hadning out free sodas and the students nearly rioted to get their hands on something free.

 

I miss pizzaria chips they ruled. Pepsi blue was like the corporate version of a ghetto classic BLUE SODA, the drink of juice in my old neighborhood. They still have "Home Boy" Blue soda in some stores

 

 

Anyone else remember the Ninja Turtle cookies, and Vanilla Pies (which had green frosting and orangey colored vanilla filling) those were awesome

[Your Paragon of Virtue]

 

These were like a dollar for a huge fucking can of really sweet iced tea. Can't go wrong.

 

They're still around now, but distribution is not so high.

[NoCalMike]

Not sure why the image isn't posting.....

 

 

 

Count Chocula!!!

[Broward83]

 

These were like a dollar for a huge fucking can of really sweet iced tea. Can't go wrong.

 

They're still around now, but distribution is not so high.

 

 

Really? I'm in Texas (Currently Brownsville, bout to move back to Houston) and seriously, in nearly every gas station and Walgreens I've been to, they've got the Arizona cans there.

 

.99 cents for a huge can of peach tea is simply something that rocks the kasbah.

[Broward83]

 

and his counter-part

 

[Red Baron]

I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

[CanadianGuitarist]

I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

It was five summers ago we first saw those debuted. How fucked is that?

[NoCalMike]

[Darthtiki]

I loved Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Vanilla.

Those was sneakily five years ago. How fucked is that?

 

Vanilla Coke is back...hell yes!