The most irreplaceable of all is the Funny Bone. Be sure to have a glass of milk handy, or you could die of dehydration.
Thanks! Snack Foods were an early interest in life, and I was able to study this area much more closely in college and graduate school.
I agree about the Funny Bones, though after Hostess bought Drake’s, they skimped on the peanut butter creme. In fact, last time I was in CT, I brought a box of Funny Bones home to Illinois, along with a bottle of Foxon Park Birch Beer. I failed to impress anybody with them. One lady at church agreed to try the Birch Beer. One sip ... “Ugh! It tastes like Pepto-Bismol!” as if that were a bad thing.
Do you remember the peanut butter filled Ring Dings? Didn’t have the same presence on the palate as the Funny Bone, but not bad.
I am also looking for evidence of the original name of the Ring Ding, the Ring Ding Jr., which was identical to present day Ring Dings (wrapped in foil, of course). I remember the child in the commercial yelling “I want a Ring Ding, Juniorrrrrrr!”
My question is, was there a Ring Ding Sr., presumably larger than the Ring Ding Jr.? Did they drop the word “Junior” after “Senior” was pulled from the market?
Google gives me no answers.
To this day, my wife is unconvinced that there were ever plain Dorito tortilla chips, simply called Doritos. Like many, she is convinced that the “regular” Doritos are Nacho Cheese. I love her anyway.