Have You Forgotten These Weird Foods From the Early 2000s?

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The 2000s sure were a strange time for food, weren’t they? The first decade of the 21st century saw companies begin to produce products that were meant to stimulate and excite an American palate that looked for big ideas and flavors.

While most of these products are now gone, some still live on in our memories. Let’s see if you remember three of the most memorable products that the 2000s left in our collective food memory.

EZ Squirt Ketchup

Heinz Ketchup has always had the same flavor, but in the early to mid-2000s, they experimented with EZ Squirt Ketchup, a product that looked nothing like their classic product. Marketed towards kids and featuring colors from bright green to fuschia, this was exciting for a while but didn’t last long.

Milk and Cereal Bars

While cereal and grain bars continue to be a common find in grocery stores to this day, General Mills’ Milk and Cereal Bars no longer exist. These strange bars combined popular cereals like Honey Nut Cheerios and Cinnamon Toast Crunch with a sickeningly sweet bottom layer that tasted less like milk and more like sugary frosting.

Sour Altoids

Altoids are a classic mint that you can find in purses and cars everywhere. However, they opted to go away from mint and cinnamon flavors and give sour a try, implementing flavors from mango to tangerine. It was an intense experience that did not last beyond the decade.