Crun-Chos!

MrStuffins · 17-02-2012 3:04am #1

I'd absolutely MURDER a packet of Crun-Chos! Remember those bad boys?

Hot-Dog flavoured corn snacks? Those things were amazing! When I was a kid I used to buy those sh*ts all the time. they were well worth the 2c premium (most other snacks of that nature were 10p, but those heavenly treats were 12p).

Do you miss Chun-Chos? if not, what Do you miss?

Fromthetrees · 17-02-2012 3:07am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIb6AZdTr-A

:rolleyes:

Doc · 17-02-2012 3:08am

MrStuffins wrote: »

Do you miss Chun-Chos? if not, what Do you miss?

Never heard of them.

I do miss big bars from when I was a kid.

LH Pathe · 17-02-2012 3:10am

Ye-heees I remember cruncho's... The little bag'd be bulging with em, so it would..

what were those sweets that came in a little plastic coffin, circa mid ate'ies

MrStuffins · 17-02-2012 3:13am

Fromthetrees wrote: »

:rolleyes:

You miss ridiculously annoying karaoke songs sang by groups of girls after the one who just got dumped sings "I Will Survive"?

im invisible · 17-02-2012 3:33am

Dont be getting my hopes up by putting an exclamation mark in the thread title! I was positivly salivating at the thought that they might somehow, possably be making a comeback!? Would a question mark not have been better?

MrStuffins · 17-02-2012 3:37am

im invisible wrote: »

Dont be getting my hopes up by putting an exclamation mark in the thread title! I was positivly salivating at the thought that they might somehow, possably be making a comeback!? Would a question mark not have been better?

You think a question mark is bad?

I mentioned Crun-Chos in a Facebook status a while back and my friend came up to me while I was out and asked me what they were. When I told her she said "Oh, they still sell them! I bought some the other day in the shop near my house. I'll get you some".

3 sleepless days later she comes back with Salt & Vinegar Sticks

kumate_champ07 · 17-02-2012 8:13am

Did walkers do a similar snack called 'twist its'?

Jasunami · 26-02-2012 10:24pm

Greetings. I am from the southern U.S. Crun-Chos suddenly showed up at the corner market round the corner from my house around 1979 or so. As I remember them, they were large crinkled french fry snacks. I remember a sour cream flavor, a cheese flavor and there were a couple others. They were fantastic and at the time I began purchasing Crun-Chos over all the other fair. Where previously I would have almost exclusively bought one of the Frito-Lay snacks such as Doritos or Fritos, etc. I snacked on Crun-Chos up until about 1982 or so and they disappeared from the stores almost overnight. I have not seen the snacks since this time. I used to buy a package of Cru-Chos along with a glass bottle of Coca-Cola and generally some smaller sweet items. I loved all the Topps Brand candies such as the Garbage Can filled with sweets in the shapes of fishbones, tin cans and old tennis shoes. At the time, those sweets were .15 cents a pack. There was also a great Topps Mummy casket and a Treasure Chest. At this time, my friends and I took wagons around our neighborhood to raise money by collecting the recyclable cola bottles. A 8 oz. bottle brought a .5 cent refund and a 12 oz. bottle refunded for .10 cent. This is how we'd earn the money to buy snacks and on a good day even a comic book could be afforded. This was the end of the era in America when kids could raise money fro old bottles and in return buy a mountain of candy and snacks for a dollar or two. But of course gasoline was around .80 cent per gallon in this time period with a package of cigarettes going for .65 cents or so. I remember well because my grandmother used to send me down to buy cigarettes for her at the corner store. Such errands are now even impossible for a kid. Times change. Curiously, I stumbled across a guy online who has a ton of vintage product packages and bags scanned online. Products for all over the place. Take a look and you'll be surprised at the memories it jaunts forward. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonliebigstuff/

amacca · 26-02-2012 10:31pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

Do you miss Chun-Chos? if not, what Do you miss?

Yes...god yes.....I miss Crun -Chos so god damned much!

(it was a texture thing as much as a flavour thing - they were worth every penny of that 2p extra

one hundred million miles above tumors in a bag such as meanies etc)

kfallon · 26-02-2012 10:33pm

MrStuffins wrote: »

I'd absolutely MURDER a packet of Crun-Chos!

I'd rather eat them tbh

I miss Freaky Foot ice creams

amacca · 26-02-2012 10:39pm

kfallon wrote: »

I'd rather eat them tbh

I miss Freaky Foot ice creams

yes...with that chocolatey big toe and raspberry swirls........it definitely was one of the superior ice-cream based foot shaped snacks out there

nutty favourites (nut flavoured - possibly hazlenut - boiled sweet with coconut shavings on the outside)