March 27, 2018
So let’s take a trip down memory lane with all the snacks that dominated your Malaysian childhood.
1. Murukawa BubblegumMurukawa Bubble Gum
Combine fruit flavoured bubblegum and temporary tattoos — what do you get? A badass childhood, of course!
And maybe a great big sticky mess trying to create some bubbles from those few measly pieces of gum.
2. Eyeglass Chocolate Candy
These were the go-to glasses for all kids. Somehow, everything miraculously seemed a lot clearer whenever you looked through these non-existent lenses…. True, the chocolate probably isn’t the world’s finest, but it was a cheap thrill attaching rubber bands to the sides of the packaging and making it into your makeshift superhero mask.
3. Choki-Choki
Let’s face it, Choki-Choki wasn’t the most hygienic treat… But it was still pretty damn satisfying — and one of the cheapest snacks around too! Squeezing brown sticky goodness out of a minute hole has never been more gratifying.
4. White Rabbit Candy
Remember that thin layer melt-able rice sheet that was wrapped around this milky goodness? The internal struggle ensued; to eat or not to eat?
It probably ended with you failing miserably at peeling the sheet away, and ravenously sinking your teeth into the candy.
5. Potong Ice-cream
One of the more luxurious treats in a young Malaysian’s life, Potong ice-cream is the go-to treat whenever it gets too hot playing with your friends. Scratch that, it still is a decent snack for anyone currently overheating in this tropical climate.
6. Yupi Gummy Burger/Bears/Pizza
Who still remembers decapitating the gummy bears, chewing off their arms and legs, before devouring their bodies? Or splitting the worms in half before trying to discern if the two different coloured gummies have differing tastes?
No? Just me?
Right.
7. Alphabet Biscuits
Part of the reason why we passed our classes was due to the educational value of these biscuits. Except for the times when we were extra hungry, who still remembers trying to spell words with these biscuits only to be foiled by the absence of a certain letter or, even worse, finding only part of the letter you need?
8. Ding Dang,Tora, and Jojo Chocolate Biscuits
Let’s face it: many of us bought these for the toys… and the chocolates were a good addition, too. Slightly pricier than the other snacks, Ding Dang and Tora were a great treat to end the week or as a great reward for having performing well in school.
Ding Dang Snack
But if you were feeling a bit more fancy, you would get the more premium version “Jojo”. Anyone who could afford this snack either saved up quite a bit, or was one of your “wealthier” friends who were the object of everyone’s envy.
9. Roti Krim
Like its’ name suggests, this cream-filled bread was the Krispy Kreme of the 80/90s… sort of… well, in a roti form. It was a great way to sate your hunger with the different flavours available.
10. Super Ring
Even though this snack had the potential to stain everything it came into contact with, it was a small price to pay for the addictive goodness that is Super Ring. Plus, who remembers wearing them on your fingers before picking them off one by one?
11. Yan Yan
There should be personality tests done on the different ways people eat Yan Yan. There are three main ways; one, to finish the dip with as little biscuits as possible; next, to eat the biscuits first and use fingers to finish the dip and; third, to try rationing the exact amount of dip to biscuits and failing miserably.
In any case, all three ways are just as satisfying.
12. Roti Ice-cream
Three scoops of ice-cream on a single piece of bread might seem like overkill for little kids, but three scoops of ice-cream and bread for that price (RM0.50)?? Totally worth it! Plus, you get to choose your ice cream flavours and “upgrades” for flavours at only RM0.10-RM0.20! Alas, all is not as cheap as they are now.
13. Kacang Puteh
Whatever kind of snack you get, the novelty lies in how kacang puteh presented — in newspaper (or, recently in more hygienic white paper) somehow rolled into a conical vessel.
14. NiNi
Another snack with dips and repeated words that make no sense, NiNi is one of the lesser known snacks but with more “exotic” flavours like hazelnut.
15. Haw flakes
You can never just eat one of these sweet and sour treats. One pack would be a more realistic word. Whether you shove an entire stack into your mouth (or two, if your mouth was big enough), haw flakes were an awesome companion snack for cartoon watching back in the day.
16. Sugus
Nearly everyone born in the 90s will know of Sugus. So famous that even the uncle who drove buses would keep them on hand to tame rowdy children. This chewy sweet was the sweet to keep all children in hand… at least before the sugar rushes hit.
17. Nano Nano
This sweet was pure evil… and so much fun. It was evil if you were eating it, but such great fun when you are watching others go through that torture. Still, one of the main reasons why this candy is so nostalgic is mainly because of the jingle that had us all singing along~
18. Jelly Cups
With the strong (*coughs*, artificial) fruity flavour that you could slurp right up, Jelly Cups will have your head tilted back in a bid to get all the sugary juice into your mouth. If you had time, you might even have added some other beverage into the tiny cup to enjoy sipping out of it.
19. Nyam Nyam Rice Crispy
Skilled is the one who could scoop up an inordinate amount of rice crispies and chocolate with the miserable, transparent stick provided for this purpose. Woe to the ones who managed to scoop up a respectable amount before the crispies went in the way of the London Bridge — all fell down.
20. Ice pops/Aiskrim Malaysia/Ice lollies
Whether home or commercially made, these ice lollies came in a plethora of different flavours for about only RM0.10. Sweet times, sweet times… that followed with rude brain-freezes.
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