Quiz: How many retro snacks can you guess from these close-ups?

Look familiar?

You may have eaten them every day at break time or watched longingly at the adverts on TV after school. But would you recognise these popular childhood snacks from a close-up or a detail on the packaging? Take our quiz and find out whether you’re a treat expert or a snacking novice.

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This sweet treat is great for breakfast, lunch or dinner. This particular brand belongs in the freezer section of the supermarket. It was introduced in the early 1950s and has recently seen a resurgence.

Eggo Waffles

These frozen waffles have been a staple in American households for decades. Although they first appeared in the freezer aisle in the 1950s, that famous line “Leggo my Eggo” was coined by the Leo Burnett ad agency in the 1970s. Eggo Waffles also had a starring role in the Netflix series Stranger Things as main character Eleven's favourite food.

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You can find this drink at gas stations and it’s particularly refreshing on a hot day. It’s known for two leading flavours but has more varieties. Often people get both mixed together.

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These are fruity and chewy and have a hard sugar shell. Its colourful ad campaign is one of the longest-running in the history of commercial advertising.

ICEE

It's of course the ICEE frozen beverage with blue raspberry and cherry as its original flavors. Founder Omar Knedlik created the machine that made the slushy drinks in the 1950s. He licensed the technology to 7-Eleven who came out with the Slurpee in the 1960s.

Skittles

Skittles launched in the UK in 1974 and in the USA in 1979. The tagline “taste the rainbow” has been synonymous with the candy since the ad campaign started in 1994.

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A breakfast cereal so delicious it's a sugary treat too. It came out in the 1950s and has had the same stripy mascot all these years. He thinks “They're grrrrrreat!”.

Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes

The crunchy, sugar-coated cereal championed by Tony the Tiger is Frosted Flakes. The saccharine breakfast choice remains one of the most popular brands on sale today.

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They’re circular, cup-shaped and have corrugated edges. You’d normally find two in a pack.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups

These delicious chocolate cups filled with sweet peanut butter are one of Reese’s best-loved products. First manufactured in 1928, they’re still going strong today.

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Can you recognise the cute mascots on the packet of this favourite summer snack? There's a huge variety of flavours including orange, lime, strawberry, blue raspberry, grape and punch.

Otter Pops

The close-up showed the little faces of Strawberry Short Kook and Little Orphan Orange, found on the wrapper of strawberry-flavoured and orange-flavoured Otter Pops. These came out in 1996 and you probably loved them even more when they melted.

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This snack dates all the way back to the 1960s and still exists today. You might eat it on its own or dipped into something. It's not the healthiest but there is a low-fat, baked version.

Ruffles

Those were the crispy ridges of Ruffles potato chips. These days you can find them in flavours such as jalapeño ranch and queso cheese.

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Kids from the 1990s will remember these pink ridges. It’s not a snack as such (you can't swallow it) but something you chew. When you started out it was full of flavour, but after a couple of minutes, it quickly faded.

Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape

Wrigley’s struck gold with Hubba Bubba Bubble Tape which was available in the UK and USA. Its tape dispenser and bubble blowing potential made it hugely popular with the younger generations.

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People were making this way before a leading cereal brand launched its own packaged version in 1995. It was soft, sugary, crunchy and chewy all at the same time.

Rice Krispie Treats

The close-up shows the sticky surface of a Kellogg’s Rice Krispie Treat, a long-time lunchbox favourite. They’re very easy to make yourself – stir Rice Krispies cereal into a saucepan of melted marshmallows and butter, then set in a lined tray.

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This American chocolate bar combined nuts, a drupe and a smooth milk chocolate coating. It was first produced by Hershey’s in 1946.

Almond Joy

You guessed it. The Almond Joy is filled with soft, sweet desiccated coconut (botanically speaking a drupe rather than a nut) and has two almonds on the top. The whole thing is dipped in a layer of milk chocolate.

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This snack became popular in the 1990s and was seen as the healthy option. These days you might find it stirred into baked sweet treats.

Craisins

Ocean Spray's Craisins are sweet and tangy dried cranberries that also come dipped in milk chocolate and yoghurt. People are now a lot more aware of their sugar content, but they’re still delicious in a cookie.

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This famous food was first produced in Manhattan in 1912. It was incredibly similar to an existing product sold by a different brand.

Oreo

The close-up showed the textured surface of an Oreo cookie. This was by no means the first chocolate and vanilla sandwich biscuit made available in the USA, but it is by far the most popular.

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You’re going to have to really think back to remember this drink. It was a wacky product at the time – and still is today. The only place you’ll find it sold now is as a collector's item on auction websites.

Orbitz

Do you remember Orbitz? The so-called “lava lamp of soft drinks” was a fruit-flavoured, non-fizzy beverage with gelatin balls floating in it. It launched in the 1990s by Clearly Canadian Beverage Company, but failed to take off.

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This drink arrived on a popular fast food chain’s menu in 1970. It’s not available year-round, only in the run-up to a certain day.

Shamrock Shake

It's the minty green and whipped cream of a McDonald’s Shamrock Shake, only available in American restaurants around St. Patrick’s Day. It's been served during the month of March for 50 years, except for a brief period in the 1990s.

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You loved these because they were soft and filled with peanut butter, chocolate spread or jam. You could have probably made your own in less than five minutes, but why would you when you could have it ready-made for you?

Uncrustables

The soft white bread and crimped edges of Uncrustables are instantly recognisable. The ready-made sandwiches produced by Smucker’s have been available in the frozen section of the supermarket from 1998.

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You’re most likely to find this Styrofoam packaging in a dorm room. It’s eaten hot, in the packaging it comes in, with a fork or chopsticks.

Cup Noodles

It was the gold printed rim of Nissin Cup Noodles. These arrived in the USA in 1971 and were the first noodles to be cooked and eaten in the container you buy them in.

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These sugary treats come in a box and taste nicer if they’re warmed up before eaten. What are they?

Pop-Tarts

Did you recognise the frosting and multicoloured sprinkles of this Strawberry Pop-Tart? When the snack first came out in 1964, it didn't have the trademark sugary glaze. It was added in 1967.

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You might enjoy these smothered with a little cream cheese. But smashed up, they make a great base for a pie or cheesecake.

Ritz Crackers

These circular, salty crackers have been a top-selling snack since 1934 because “Everything tastes better when it sits on a Ritz”.

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Is it a mousse? An ice cream? This creamy, chocolatey treat was popular in the 1990s but these days it is a lot more difficult to come by here in the States.

Viennetta

Viennetta was once the height of sophistication. The fancy ice cream dessert produced by Wall’s used to be available in Canada and America. Now you have to travel to Europe to get hold of one.

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Cheesy, crunchy, square-shaped and bite-size. It was a good day when you found these in your lunchbox.

Cheez-It

Not Doritos, not Cheetos but Cheez-It. Introduced all the way back in 1921, they’ve come a long way and you can now get Cheez-It Grooves, Hot & Spicy and White Cheddar.

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