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22 of our favourite childhood snacks
There are many snacks that we enjoy daily but none as good as those we had as children.
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July 19, 2020

22 of our favourite childhood snacks

As children, any time we could dig into our lunch bags

and enjoy our favourite snack was the best part of our day. Yes, we indulge in

our gizzadas and grater cakes and such, but sometimes it was the store-bought

goodies that got us going and made us grin.

Oftentimes loaded with sugar or coated in our

dentists’ worst nightmare, all we knew was that it was delicious and made us

happy. We could share them with our friends if we wanted, and if not, simply

taunt them with “who beg nah get, and who nuh beg, nuh want”.

Take a walk down memory lane and check out some of our

favourite childhood treats:

1. Animal Crackers: You can walk the animals …and

then bite off their heads!

2. Policeman Button: You popped one in your mouth and

you were good to go

3. Jackass Corn: If your teeth were suspect, leave

them alone!

4. Cheez Krunchies: When you ate them, you found yourself humming

5. Chippies: The pre-Gilbert kind especially were to

die for.

6. Shirley biscuit: That biscuit with a cup of Milo

always hit the spot

7 Oreo: The younger generation believe in dunking this

in milk.

8. Ovaltine: The biscuit AND the drink sell off

9.Cheez Trix: A fave which is still widely popular

10.Cheez Stiks: You could always lick the salt off

your fingers when you were done

11. Rough Tops: So tasty, so filling.

12.Ringo: It was round, red and sweet.

13. Paradise Plum: It was tangy and sweet and the best

tasting sweet ever

14.Bustamante Backbone/Stagga Back. Some you could

sink your teeth into, others really were rigid

15. Ritz crackers: It came from ‘farin’ so we loved it

with cheese

16. Danish Cookie. Nothing created more excitement

than that big round tin!

17. Ping Pong: Nice caa done!

18. Butterkist: A sweet sandwich biscuit with the

cream in the centre

19. Cheers: Definitely something to cheer about

20. Catch: Everyone knows the long red nutty chocolate

bar especially because of the song

21. Nuggle: Can you still nibble a nuggle?

22. Smarties: All the colours of the rainbow and

chocolate to boot! We were in heaven!

Cheese Krunchies
Ovaltine biscuits were among our favourite snacks.
Rough Top
Cheers

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