Us '80s and '90s kids have been drooling over just about everything nostalgic from our childhood, most notably all the toys, tech, Nickelodeon cartoons, and snack foods from the good ol' days. In earlier years, we had to resort to low-res images and videos from the interweb to relive those decades past, but now companies have caught on to the brilliant marketing strategy of rebooting old-school foods and cookware. McDonald's all-day breakfast, Surge's return to store shelves, and the crockpot comeback are just a few of the many, many examples that prove the food scene of 2015 is just a reboot of the '90s.
Slow Cooker
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All right, slow cookers have been around for the latter part of the century, but whose family didn't whip up barbecue pork or beef chili in their crockpot on the regular? For a while, microwaves and fast-and-easy recipes superseded the low-and-slow cooking technique. But these days, moms and millennials alike want in on the unctuous slow-cooking action.
I don't know a single kid from the '90s who didn't frequently beg their parents for McDonald's breakfast. With Taco Bell and other fast food chains winning the hearts of millennials over the last few years, McDonald's knew what it had to do in 2015: launch all-day breakfast, the perfect nostalgic driver to pull people back inside its golden arches.
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S'mores
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S'mores, the toasted marshmallowy treat you enjoyed as a kid, has practically become as commonplace as vanilla and chocolate. Beyond inspiring hundreds of recipes, s'mores became the feature Summer flavor for big companies like Oreo and Starbucks.
Who doesn't dream of a marshmallows-only box of Lucky Charms, even as an adult? We all cried sweet marbit tears because General Mills invented such a thing and because it only gave away 10 boxes in a very limited sweepstakes.
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Surge
Surge, Coca-Cola's highly caffeinated soda, gave us all fun jitters when it came out in '96. Fans begged Coke for a rerelease after it was discontinued 11 years ago. It took a few years, but as of September 2015, Surge has rolled out to store shelves.
Pepsi jumped in on the nostalgia bandwagon and released this insanely funny '90s-themed commercial to promote its Crystal Pepsi sweepstakes, in which winners can score a six-pack of the discontinued soda. While some find the clear soda to taste cough-syrup-y, other kids from the decade are fighting for a taste.