Pick Your Favorite Childhood Foods and We'll Guess If You're Gen X, Millennial or Baby Boomer

By: Allison Lips
Estimated Completion Time
3 min
Pick Your Favorite Childhood Foods and We'll Guess If You're Gen X, Millennial or Baby Boomer
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About This Quiz

We all had our favorite childhood foods. Some of us grew up with a sweet tooth and would sneak various candies, such as Mike and Ikes, behind our parents' backs. Others miss the savory treats, such as pizza bites. 

Every generation has those unique treats, so iconic that the mere taste of them brings members of that generation back to their childhood. For Baby Boomers, it's often Fruit Stripe gum, which is known for its distinctive zebra patterns. For Gen X, it's Jell-O Pudding Pops and Reese's Pieces because E.T. featured the candy so prominently. As for Millennials, they had Push Pops, Teddy Grahams and Kudos bars. Xennials find themselves caught between Gen X and Millennials, but that simply means that they got to taste some of the best foods from two eras. 

Xennials may be unique, but they are not the only ones to have tasted foods from several generations. There are many foods and drinks that are timeless. Most people alive had Pop-Tarts, Kool-Aid, Jello-O and Laffy Taffy as children. 

Are you ready to find out which generation your favorite foods place you in? Let us guess if you were a child in the '60s, '70s, '80s or '90s! You could find out that you were born in the wrong decade! 


Which sugary cereal could you eat every day for breakfast?
Golden Grahams
Smorz
Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Cap'n Crunch

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Which snack was always in your lunchbox?
Cool Ranch Doritos
A Kudos bar
PB Max
An apple

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Which cookie did you beg your parents to buy?
Magic Middles
Dunkaroos
Oreos
Nilla Wafers

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Which lollipop was everywhere during your childhood?
Ring Pops
Charms Blow Pops
Push Pops
Tootsie Roll Pops

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Which freezer novelty dessert reminds you of summer?
Jello Pudding Pops
Minute Maid Juice Bars
Mickey's Parade Ice Pops
Screwballs

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Your parents finally let you chew gum - which brand were you chewing?
Bazooka
Bubble Tape
Bubble Yum
Fruit Stripe

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Which candy did your parents complain was going to give you cavities?
Airheads
Gushers
It's hard to choose.
Laffy Taffy

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Were you ever allowed to eat candy cigarettes?
Yes, but it felt wrong.
Are you crazy?
No, attitudes were starting to change.
Yes, as a special treat

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Which fruity drink did you have after school?
Hi-C
Capri Sun
Squeezits
Kool-Aid

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Did kids eat yogurt?
Only the weird ones
Yes, I loved Go-Gurt.
Yes, we had Danimals.
No

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Do you remember a time when TV dinners were revolutionary?
No
No, but Kid Cuisine was pretty awesome.
No. Haven't they been around forever?
Yes, but it seems so quaint now.

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Which crackers did you gobble by the handful?
Goldfish Crackers
Teddy Grahams
Don't make me choose.
Animal Crackers

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What dip was frequently found at parties?
Spinach dip
Some sort of yogurt monstrosity
7-Layer dip
Fondue

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Which Coca-Cola product was everyone drinking when you were a child?
Tab
Vanilla Coke
Tab Clear
Coca-Cola

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How did you eat your Rice Krispies Treats?
They were homemade.
Wrapped in snack-size packages
As a cereal
Mom used to make them as a treat.

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Which type of cake did you sneak bites of when your parents weren't looking?
Tiramisu
Chocolate lava cake
Funfetti
Carrot cake

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Which Jell-O flavor reminds you of your youth?
Peach
Strawberry-Kiwi
Passion Fruit
Celery

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Which Doritos flavor do you wish you could taste again?
Jumpin' Jack Cheese
Smokey Red Barbecue
Chester's Cheese
Sour Cream and Onion

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What do you hope is for dinner?
Sloppy Joes
Pizza Bagels
Chicken Pot Pie
Quiche

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Which addictive candy did you eat too much of?
Skittles
Crispy M&M's
Reese's Pieces
Starburst

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Which flavor of Pop-Tarts was your favorite?
Unfrosted Strawberry
Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon
Frosted Strawberry
Apple Currant

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How did your mom make chicken for dinner?
Chicken Marsala
Chicken Kiev
Chicken Parmesan
Pineapple Chicken

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What is your favorite pasta dish?
Tri-color pasta salad
Spaghetti and meatballs
Chinese chicken salad
Pasta Primavera

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Did you ever find a Smucker's Uncrustables in your lunchbox?
Don't judge. I had them at college.
Yes, I loved them.
Yes, but I was probably too old for them.
No, we had regular PB&J.

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Did your snack pudding come in a can?
Very early in my life
Hasn't it always come in plastic cups?
No
Yes!

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Which novelty spread did you put on your sandwiches?
Fluffernutter
Cookie Spread
Nutella, because it's timeless
Nutella

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Which candy that is basically pure sugar was your favorite?
Pop Rocks
Pixie Stix
Baby Bottle Pops
Fun Dip

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Which small fruity candy did you eat most often?
Jelly Belly
Nerds
Mike and Ike
Good & Plenty

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When you wanted pizza quickly, which kind did you get?
Hot Pockets
English muffin pizza
Pizza rolls
Regular frozen

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Which cheesy snack was your favorite?
Cheese Nips
Ritz Handi-Snacks
String cheese
Tidbits

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You Got: