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"Sad, sad news in snack foods today: Hostess has plans to shut down after a strike struck a fatal blow to the financially suffering company. No more Twinkies?! :( x a million.So, sadly, I&amp;#x27;ve rounded up a list of other childhood foods of yesteryear in honor of our fallen comrade. Foods like... Squeezits So many memories of being at recess and tearing off the plastic cap of these sugary treats (sometimes I&amp;#x27;d chew on them after because a kid and did dumb stuff like that). The flavor names were awesome lessons in alliteration and rhymes&amp;amp;mdash;Chucklin&amp;#x27; Cherry, Berry B. Wild, Troppi Tropical Punch, and Silly Billy Strawberry to name a few. French Toast Crunch I&amp;#x27;m sad to say that I didn&amp;#x27;t even know this cereal was discontinued in 2006 until I started researching for this post. I just assumed it was always there on the shelves in all of its cinnamon-y, carb-y greatness. General Mills still sells it in Canada though, which is as good as any reason to visit the country, eh? Hi-C Ecto Cooler Juice Boxes Originally meant to be a tie-in with the 1987 animated series &amp;quot;The Real Ghostbusters&amp;quot; and sold for only a few months, the Minute Maid juice boxes actually stayed in stores until 2007. Butterfinger BBs &amp;quot;Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger BBs.&amp;quot; These were my go-to movie theater snacks, despite the fact that the chocolate always melted on my hands super quickly. Anybody else remember the box with Bart Simpson on it? Now you can get Butterfinger Mini Bites, but...not the same. Fruitopia Many sources I found say Fruitopia was discontinued in 2001, though Wikipedia claims you can still get it under the Minute Maid brand. But, alas, I haven&amp;#x27;t seen a Fruitopia&amp;amp;mdash;or one of those awesome vending machines&amp;amp;mdash;in several years. Cheeto Paws OMG THESE WERE THE BEST. And so Cheeto cheezy! I used to buy these in the summer and take them out on the boat and get Cheeto dust on evvvveeryythinngg around me. Fruit Strings Looking back, these are not so great, but when I was kid they were the bomb diggity. The crap snacks my poor parents wasted their hard-earned money on for me... Waffle Crisp I&amp;#x27;ll be honest, I remember this commercial more than I remember the cereal. Technically Waffle Crisp isn&amp;#x27;t discontinued, but good luck finding it in stores. You can buy it HERE though, if you&amp;#x27;re really missing it. Heinz EZ Squirt Ketchup Hah. I don&amp;#x27;t think anybody actually misses the purple and green ketchup, but for kicks and giggles I wanted to include it on this list. Surge Totally remember the extreme sports marketing campaign for this. Coca-Cola has since replaced Surge with Vault, but for a few years this was the company&amp;#x27;s Mt. Dew competitor. PB Crisps I don&amp;#x27;t like peanut butter (I know, I know, I just don&amp;#x27;t OK?), but plenty of people still talk about PB Crisps&amp;amp;mdash;the &amp;quot;Peanut butter with a crunch.&amp;quot; What food was your favorite? Any you remember that weren&amp;#x27;t on the list? More... *Where Are They Now: Home Improvement *The New Liz Lemon-ism We&amp;#x27;re All Obsessed With *This Picture of Ben Affleck and His Daughter Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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