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Foods America fell in love with in the 1980s

Favorites from the 1980s
32. Pesto
31. Plum torte
30. Peanut Butter Boppers
29. Hot buttered Cheerios
28. Seven-layer dip
27. Lean Cuisine
26. Impossible Cheeseburger Pie
25. Baked Brie
24. Mr. T cereal
23. Pasta salad
22. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
21. McDonald’s Pizza
20. Pasta with vodka sauce
19. Taco salad
18. Pudding Pops
17. Chicken Marbella
16. Dip in a bread bowl
15. Tiramisù
14. President’s Choice The Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookie
13. Barbecue chicken pizza
12. Fruit Roll-Ups
11. McRib
10. Reese’s Pieces
9. Viennetta
8. Hot Pockets
7. BeaverTails pastries
6. Frozen yogurt
5. Ben & Jerry’s
4. Five Guys burgers
3. Blizzards
2. Lunchables
1. Chicken McNuggets
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Favorites from the 1980s

The 1980s saw the arrival of a whole host of fascinating foods. Children's lunchboxes were filled with Fruit Roll-Ups and Lunchables, teens hung out in malls armed with Chicken McNuggets and frozen yogurt, and parents served saucy chicken Marbella at dinner parties. Here, we take a trip down memory lane and reveal the 32 foods Canada and the US fell in love with during the 1980s. 

Click or scroll our gallery to discover the foods we all adored – including some we still miss – from the 1980s, counting down to our favorite of them all.

We've based our ranking on the enduring popularity of each food item at the time and beyond, and on the opinions of our well-traveled (and well-fed) team. This list is unavoidably subjective.

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Miriam Carey

24 July 2024

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