Nilla Wafers

This is so silly, but ....

I just dug into a box of Nilla Wafers that I bought for a goofy mouse / cupcake thing the kids and I made, and they're delicious! The "tag line" says "simple goodness" .... and it's true. I haven't had Nilla Wafers since I was a kid, so it got me thinking:

What foods did you love as a kid that you can't find anymore and / or what have you recently discovered that you can't live without? I know there will be a ton of Trader Joe's stuff in here that will break my heart, but I must be strong.

[Rapunzel]

I love Nilla Wafers - especially with peanut butter. I had that combination for a snack a lot when I was little.

Other than that favorite I loved Oreos (whose praises have already been sung in a thread around here somewhere)....

Jennifer

I love Oreos. Now I eat the Newman-Os. And I love Nilla Wafers, especially in banana pudding.
Last week, we were in a shoe store that gives kids Nilla Wafers. I wanted one too. Wasn't I a patient shoe-shopper too?

[Auspicious]

Hmm, childhood foods rediscovered:

1) Celery with a thin strip of peanut butter or sometimes cream cheese spread in the middle with a line of raisins stuck to the top of that--best snack ever! Also apple wedges with peanut butter.

2) Jello with fruit in it. This wasn't actually a childhood favorite, because I only had it at school and it was not great, but my adult version is the sugar-free peach jello (2 packets) with a can of peaches packed in juice (not syrup) used instead of the cold water or, alternatively, the orange jello with a can of mandarin oranges. This is our staple dessert right now.

3) Angel food cake. My favorite as a kid and then I didn't have it for years and years. Rediscovered it when I registered for the pan when I got married and now since it's pretty easy to make and pretty reasonable in the calories department we have it sometimes. Reminds me of my grandma cause she would make me an angel food birthday cake upon request.

4) for me the cookie that I didn't have for years and then rediscovered as an adult was fig newtons! Chewy fruity goodness . . .

[DCJenn]

My favorite cookie of all time (besides mom's homemade) was the Archway Molasses cookie. and of course the Oreo. dunked until soggy and then eaten.

I wasn't introduced to kraft mac and cheese until college (my dad refuses to eat m & c so we never had it.) It remains an all time favorite comfort food, especially with tuna and frozen peas tossed in.

My birthday dessert was always pie because I'm not a huge cake fan. Coconut Cream, Peppermint Ice Cream or Chocolate were the top contenders but my mom also makes this pie called Graham Cracker Pie that has a vanillish pudding base on a graham cracker crust top with three inches of merengue. mmmmmmm.

and another favorite but I have to wait until my husband is out of the house, is liver and onions. I love liver. (and so does Nikolai, after he and I shared a sandwich with liver pate on it!)

Jenn

Coconut Cream Pie....and fig newtons. I am so, so hungry. I should not have read this!

[Meenah]

My comfort food is my Mom's Chicken and Dumplings. My kids say their comfort food is MY "chicken and dumplings".
Luanne

OMG! I love Chicken and Dumplings too. Bryn calls them Chicken and Ducklings, as in, "I would like one chicken and one duckling please."

Oh, I am so hungry. Anyone want to trade the low-fat fish tacos in my lunchbox with any of the above?

[Vanquisher]

If your talking really kid-like, the one thing I can think of is frosting on top of graham crackers. Mmmmm.

I am so hungry now, and craving banana pudding. I found a really yummy recipe for it on allrecipes that I have made before. If anyone wants to make a batch and share, let me know. YUMMMM.

[Sheherezade]

I used to eat ginger snaps with Ben and Jerry's White Russian ice cream in high school and college. Then B and J took away the White Russian ice cream. Waaaa!.

When I was a kid, comfort food was tomato soup and a grilled cheese. We always had that when we were sick. My daughter actually likes it , but my son thinks tomato soup is weird. Little Debbie's were my favorite treat. I used to take them apart layer by layer and unroll them.

Nilla wafers make an awesome banana pudding. The recipe's on the box. Talk about your "wholesome goodness"!!

Now --Trader Joe's Nirvana burgers. Simply the best veggie burger in the world. I'm also addicted to hot sauce. The varieties are endless.

[mommax3]

I had a serious addiction to those Archway Molasses cookies going when we lived in San Antonio. YUM! And I agree, tomato soup (made with milk!) and grilled cheese is a classic childhood comfort lunch. My grandma's cherry pie....the best. Actually, any pie she made was the best, except for the ones with rhubarb, which I never learned to like.

Why oh why did this thread have to start on a day when I am tired and have hit the wall on my 9 day old diet?

Sally

[Auspicious]

Also: Rice Krispy Treats.

Now I'm going to have to pick up some Archway Molasses cookies today. I LOVE them. Port Wine cheese spread on Triscuits was (and still is) and all time favorite. I also used to really enjoy Tostidos with that canned cheese dip. We only had it on special occasions that were few and far between, but I enjoyed it so much. I don't even want to eat it again because I doubt it would taste the same today as it did years ago and I don't want to ruin the memory. What a weird person I am. There are still some rare days that I crave a bowl of Raamen Noodles and if I close my eyes I swear I'm in my college dorm room again. I don't know if I necessarily like the taste of them or if I just love the memories that are attached to the things.

Anyway, I better go eat a salad or something and try to forget about everything that is written in this thread before I run out to the grocery store and come home with a trunk-full of snacks.

[Cumberland]

speaking of cheese dip... how bout velveeta and a can of rotel tomatoes in the crock pot? ummmmmmmmmmm

[lilponygirl]

Little Debbie's were my favorite treat. I used to take them apart layer by layer and unroll them.

I used to do this too!! I thought I was the only freak

Do any of you remember Jello Pudding Pops and Jello Gelatin Pops? I LOVED them when I was little, and they don't make them any more. I too can taste them when I close my eyes though. mmmm.....


Susan
Wife of MS3