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What happened to Rancheros?

Quin_Dub

I bought a 6-pack of Rancheros at the week-end.

First time in years that I've had them... Maybe it's my memory being a bit weird , but these "new" Rancheros didn't taste anything like I remember..

They just seem to have way less flavour , they've lost their "Ranchero-ness"- With the old Rancheros , you ate them on a Monday then if you belched on a Thursday you'd still taste them !!

I was very disappointed that they've changed so much..just very bland now...

Anyone else notice this , or indeed any other childhood sweets/snacks that are around today that they've "improved" (or ruined!!) since you first tasted them??

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Stheno

Mini chips are very vinegary now

Ruu

CPSW wrote: »

They were the "hot dog" flavoured crisps in a red bag?

Yep that was them. Sort of like Nik Naks crisps.

Wheelies went bad when they put them into a foil bag rather than clear one.

Sonderkommando

Haven't seen hot lips in a few years. Used live on those in my youth playing the mega drive.

Stheno

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I have not seen them in years

My local sells the blue and brown packs

CaptainInsano wrote: »

Are Wheelies still on the go?

They have survived, somewhat unscathed

nelly17

Burger Bites are totaly ruined now & Monster Munch

The Strawman Argument

I liked with Wheelies how one wheelie in each bag always seemed to get damn near all of the flavouring stuff on it and would be heaps redder than the rest. Would save that one to last.

All of those fluffy corn snack type ones taste f*cking rotten to me now though.

nelly17

dodzy wrote: »

Nope, your hands are the same size.

2008 - Mars bar weighed in at 62.5g. Fast-forward 6 yrs and they have shaved it to a measly 51g. They are saying that the main drive behind this was to have all bars capped at 250calories. Utter BS.

If you want to see a reduction in size though, just check out the Macaroon bars. The feckers have the gall to keep them packaged in what I guess were close to the original sized wrappers. Next time you see one, pick it up and just have a look at the excess wrapping. Its comical.

I cant remember where I heard this I think it was on The Ray D'arcy show, ut I was of the understanding that as Cocoa is a traded global comodity there is a price per Kilo set by the markets - Now this can fluxuate and the price of your mars bar stays the same (for the most part) hence the bars have been getting smaller to keep it profitable for the manufacturers as the price of cocoa goes up.

I could be wrong but I seem to recall hearing this and thinking it made sense

Smiles35

nelly17 wrote: »

Burger Bites are totaly ruined now & Monster Munch

I'm sorry, but Burger Bites were mank. Tasty now.

Saipanne

Noblong wrote: »

I'm sorry, but in my opinion, Burger Bites were mank. Tasty now.

Ok.

Smiles35

Saipanne wrote: »

Ok.

*bangs fist on table

It's fine.

*Goes back to reading Atlas Shrugged

The Adversary

Loop da loops on the ice cream side of things. To be back in the days of artificial colours and flavorings :P

Los Lobos

Anyone missing that old school salt n' vinegar hit, aldi do (or did) a multipack with a blue pack of crisps in it, looked like chipsticks, jaysus they knock the breath outta ya with vinegar, definitely like crisps from the eighties ya have to come up for air halfway through a bag

dark crystal

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I never liked Snax

Burger bites were a personal favourite of mine. I also liked onion rings. Iirc, there were two variations of them, but I can't remember properly. Anybody care to refresh my memory? Google hasn't helped

There's Perri Onion Rings which come in a green packet and the other, much nicer ones, are Johnny Onion Rings with a French dude on the packet.

Smiles35

dark crystal wrote: »

There's Perri Onion Rings which come in a green packet and the other, much nicer ones, are Johnny Onion Rings with a French dude on the packet.

Aldi (or maybe lidl) do 6 packs of Onion rings, they do be from different suppliers and some do definatly be from Tayto with the taste of Johnnys off them.

BlaasForRafa

The Strawman Argument wrote: »

I liked with Wheelies how one wheelie in each bag always seemed to get damn near all of the flavouring stuff on it and would be heaps redder than the rest. Would save that one to last.

That happens in a few types of snacks alright, in spicy monster munch packets you'd often get a ball of pure spice and no munch

Smiles35

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

That happens in a few types of snacks alright, in spicy monster munch packets you'd often get a ball of pure spice and no munch

I miss that so much!

Tail Docker

Wagon Wheels are still savage though..Mmm

dodzy

The Adversary wrote: »

Loop da loops on the ice cream side of things. To be back in the days of artificial colours and flavorings :P

They've really gone ta f**k! Remember that lovely yellow section covered in choc ? Just the poorer cousin these days:mad:

The Strawman Argument

BlaasForRafa wrote: »

That happens in a few types of snacks alright, in spicy monster munch packets you'd often get a ball of pure spice and no munch

I think there was usually about a toe's worth of munch in the middle if you looked really hard for it.

Maltesers used to occasionally have these yummy ones where there's be this soft sweet chewy stuff inside the chocolatey coating instead of the biscuity part.

...a lot of my favourite parts of snacks seemed to have been caused by malfunctioning machines rather than by any kind of conscious choice by the manufacturer.

blackplum123

Anyone know where mini chips can be bought.

Thanks

salamanca22

blackplum123 wrote: »

Anyone know where mini chips can be bought.

Thanks

The mini chipper

You're welcome.

:pac:

blackplum123

Boom boom !!!!

nidgeweaseal

Quin_Dub wrote: »

I bought a 6-pack of Rancheros at the week-end.

First time in years that I've had them... Maybe it's my memory being a bit weird , but these "new" Rancheros didn't taste anything like I remember..

They just seem to have way less flavour , they've lost their "Ranchero-ness"- With the old Rancheros , you ate them on a Monday then if you belched on a Thursday you'd still taste them !!

I was very disappointed that they've changed so much..just very bland now...

Anyone else notice this , or indeed any other childhood sweets/snacks that are around today that they've "improved" (or ruined!!) since you first tasted them??

They always tasted like shoite.

BlaasForRafa

blackplum123 wrote: »

Anyone know where mini chips can be bought.

Thanks

Well if you're in Waterford, the Spar in Barrack St. has them.

@The Strawman Argument - I know what you mean by the gooey maltesers, they should make them as a special edition or something, they're great. The odd time though you'd get a malteser where there was a hole in the chocolate and the stuff inside went hard and stale. Still ate em though

Conbhar

Use to love those bacon fries and the scampi fries you use to get the odd time ya went to the pub with your parents. Tasted the scampi fries lately and they had a less than scampi taste of them

JupiterKid

Many crisps and snacks these days taste much blander than in my childhood. But back then, they were crammed with E numbers and additives.

Bonzo Delaney

I remember mid 80s used to bring united bars to school and once every blue moon you'd get the full chocolate bar no buiscut inside happy days for a ten yr old!!!
The holy grail was the club milk with no buiscut
Nom nom nom

yipeeeee

Jonny onion rings.

Destroyed them so they did.

Anyone remember the hot dog flavoured crisps, think they were called crunchos?

And bikers!!

Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius!

blackplum123 wrote: »

Anyone know where mini chips can be bought.

Thanks

Sorry im on my phone so I cant see if you have your location on display but they are all over Carlow! I always see them and think "I must try them sometime" but never have! Which is odd for me because im a crisp fiend!
I think theres a Spar on O Connell Street in Dublin that sells them too.

Anyone remember Ma Reillys Crisps? They came in a red packet and cost 10p. They were gorgeous, like premium cheese and onion crisps youd buy nowadays for 2-3 euros..

fussyonion

KP Mini Chips are on sale in Costcutter, a lot of petrol stations...I know for a fact the newsagents in Nutgrove Shopping Centre sells them.