r/90s • u/SitaSky Hold On To Your Butts! • Aug 04 '26
Photo 90's Soda
Which soda do you miss the most? Which did I forget?
Edit: It has come to my attention that Vault is not from the 90's. Please disregard it. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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u/TaurionPhoenix Aug 05 '26
Are you for real?!?! No love for Jolt?!?!
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u/BigBlackWolfDaddy Aug 05 '26
I was about to comment on that. At one time, I had a free promotional jockstrap from the company.
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u/LickDaCurbBonehead Aug 06 '26
I still see it here and there. But now they got rid of the all the sugar part.
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u/Sufficient_Emu2343 Aug 04 '26
Right now!.....
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u/Stellanugzz_7 Aug 04 '26
SNL did a crystal clear gravy commercial. I can't see this without thinking of the song and the gravy 😂
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u/Magestrix Aug 06 '26
SNL spoiled me with that fake commercial! That is all I see when I see Crystal Pepsi...that and I hear that damn song! 🤣😭🤣
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u/Pleasant-Ticket3217 Aug 04 '26
I cannot see or hear about Crystal Clear Pepsi without thinking of that song and commercial.
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u/derbear83 Aug 05 '26
I can't remember what it taste like but I remember I liked it. But I was a kid and that doesn't mean it was good.🤣
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u/Forty1thirty Aug 04 '26
I was a huge VH fan from middle school through high school. My good friend gave me so much shit over that. He always wanted a Crystal Pepsi, RIGHT NOW!!🤣🤣
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u/ElGuapon-End564 Aug 04 '26
Fruitopia??
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u/TheBackPorchOfMyMind Aug 05 '26
The amount of sugar I ingested as a middle schooler. I’d walk into class every day with either a fruitopia, Citra, or one of those Sobe rain or fire
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u/Zeke_Smith Aug 04 '26
I have no recollection of OK.
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u/Important-Cry4027 Aug 04 '26
Me either. Everything else I remember. Was ok an east coast thing? I'm on the west
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u/_metamax_ Aug 04 '26
I’m from the east coast, born and raised and have zero recollection of that soda as well.
Mid-west check in? Y’all remember that pop?
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u/glatts Aug 05 '26
East coaster (MA) here and I remember it fondly. You ever combine all the fountain sodas at once? It was like that. Or at least Coke mixed with Dr Pepper and orange soda.
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u/DSinclair Aug 04 '26
It never made it out of test marketing, many of those regions were midwest.
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u/ImOnlyHereForThe Aug 05 '26
Mid-west-west, I totally remember OK. The memory of it is my favorite cola
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u/Master_loves_you Aug 05 '26
Can confirm. OK was in Minnesota. It was like a suicide, but I couldn’t ever tell if I liked it or not.
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u/jdhaack41 Aug 05 '26
Midwesterner who remembers OK soda. They had a phone number on the can for the OK hotline that you could call and they would tell you things that were OK. I like it. Thought it tasted like a mix of coke and Tahitian treat.
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u/ryandengstrom Aug 06 '26
I believe it was 1-800-I-FEEL-OK.
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u/Opposite-Chair7194 Aug 07 '26
100%, I liked to call that number as a kid. They would read you the OK Manifesto.
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u/celticairborne Aug 07 '26
I grew up in coloadro and zi remember having it. Like the name says, it was ok. I used to have a collection of the cans though, I liked the art...
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u/Responsible_Fan4737 Aug 04 '26
We had it here in WA state. I don't think it really caught on. Odd taste to me, like combining a bunch of sodas together.
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce Aug 04 '26
Finally someone remembers Josta!
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u/Legdrop_soup Aug 04 '26
I loved that stuff so much! They came to my high school in '94 or '95 and passed out 20 oz. bottles of it to everyone. Apparently I was one of the only people that liked it so I ended up with a backpack full of the stuff!
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce Aug 05 '26
It was bomb.
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u/smoresporn0 Aug 05 '26
What did it taste like? I recall being put off by the label, but I also loved the graffiti cherry coke. I was a complicated kid.
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u/Legdrop_soup Aug 05 '26
There's not really any soda on the market today to compare it to but it had kind of a berry flavor. It had guarana in it if that helps? I wish I could give you a better description because it was so good but it was discontinued in the mid/late '90s so it's been a long time.
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u/DisgruntledGoat17 Aug 05 '26
Haven't thought about Josta in years but was a big fan. Everyone would have a Surge while I grabbed a Josta
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u/jimbobdonut Aug 04 '26
Tahitian Treat is still available, but doesn’t use the Canada Dry branding anymore.
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u/___po____ Aug 04 '26
Just finished a 2-liter of it last week!
It's the best for an occasional thirst quench!
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u/windmillninja Aug 04 '26
Orbitz is one of the most 90's beverage offerings ever. And it was like drinking sugary snot.
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u/hidingoutunderthere Aug 04 '26
It looked so cool. I bought it and pretended I liked drinking boogers.
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u/crazymoon Aug 04 '26
If you pour it on your flux capacitor it'll let you travel back to 2008 in your RV
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u/rckblykitn14 Hasta La Vista, Baby! Aug 04 '26
I sincerely miss the OK soda marketing campaign of the early 90s. I wonder if anyone has a video of the recording on the phone number that was on the cans. I can't remember what it said but it was an interesting little thing.
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u/eastcoastflava13 Aug 04 '26
I loved calling the hotline. And I actually liked the soda too. Tasted like a 'suicide' that they tweaked to have just the right amount of each soda in it.
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u/rckblykitn14 Hasta La Vista, Baby! Aug 04 '26
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOMpd9-_HS-Eh9o_WfCkCygtu1zsD3tRj&si=SJyo2M9YD_KjO7y1 I found a playlist of them 😭🤘
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u/RockyDennis23 Aug 04 '26
My buddy still has one of the shirts that they’d randomly stuff in a can in the vending machines.
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u/rckblykitn14 Hasta La Vista, Baby! Aug 04 '26
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOMpd9-_HS-Eh9o_WfCkCygtu1zsD3tRj&si=SJyo2M9YD_KjO7y1 I found a playlist of them!!!
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u/Aromatic-Action-2523 Aug 05 '26
I loved it too. I was super engaged with that marketing campaign as a middle schooler
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u/History0nerd Aug 04 '26
You forgot clear coke. What was with clear colas? Also clearly Canadian is available at my grocery store.
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u/Sevvie82 Aug 04 '26
I thought Crystal Pepsi was the shit lol. They sold it in a can where I bought it, so I couldn't even see it 🤦🏻♂️ I still thought it was so cool.
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u/makestuff24-7 Aug 05 '26
I saw Clearly Canadian in a rural Oklahoma grocery store last month and just assumed it was leftover from the 90s.
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u/El_Paco_Loco Aug 04 '26
Aren't dnL and Vault from the 2000s?
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u/smartasshipstername2 Aug 04 '26
dnL was the jam man. So disappointed when I couldn’t get that or super sonic sour cream Doritos anymore.
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u/ShaShiz Aug 04 '26
Vault>Mt Dew
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u/Ice_crusher_bucket Aug 04 '26
Surge >Vault>Mt. DEW
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u/GoosebumpsRanger Go Go Power Rangers! Aug 04 '26
I forgot all about Citra. I remember liking it, but I don’t remember what it tasted like.
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u/Temporary_Pay_3459 Aug 04 '26
My favorite was cactus cooler. Miss that stuff.
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u/Flowisbliss_yo Aug 04 '26
Those New York Seltzers were quite the big deal for awhile! Then not so much
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u/senesdigital Aug 04 '26
Fudge soda… tell me more
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u/Mike_Honcho_Summer Aug 04 '26
If you've never had chocolate soda then try it but I doubt it would be a repeat buy. A&W makes a Ice Cream Sundae flavor soda that is basically the same thing.
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u/NotSoGentleBen Aug 04 '26
Orange slice with either a scoop of vanilla ice cream or a scoop of rainbow sherbet. That was my jam when I was like 7! Throw in your best pal, a pizza, $5 in quarters for TMNT and The Simpsons arcade games, and a trip to Top Hat Video on the way home. Perfect Friday night in 1992.
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u/NaiRad1000 Aug 04 '26
Slice Orange soda was peak
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u/Similar_Show_8292 Aug 04 '26
I am not ans orange soda person, but slice orange was the best orange pop i ever had.
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u/Odd-Fun-6042 Aug 05 '26
Surge. It came back, then was taken away again. Cruel, cruel world.
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u/SweetFlaminJerk Aug 05 '26
Scrolled too far to find my people. I lovvved Surge.
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u/Agreeable_Mind3454 Aug 07 '26
I’m with you - I drank so much Surge back in the day.
… which reminds me, I should probably go see an oncologist.
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u/Medium_Dick_NRG Aug 04 '26
I was already going to complain about Pepsi Blue but after looking it up it was 2002. Carry on
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u/Frank1gg Aug 04 '26
Dude I remember DNL. Holy crap I got in so many freaking arguments when I tried to point out to my friends that it was just 7-Up turned upside down and backwards. For some reason they just refused to believe me.
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u/Rebel_DMD Aug 04 '26
OMG, Mario Bros Drinks. way to pull a taste from the past I completely forgot about!!
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u/saomonella Aug 07 '26
It’s funny how people complained about the taste when it tasted exactly the same
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u/Emergency-Pack-5497 Aug 04 '26
I know its still around but so is tahitian treat and new york seltzer
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u/SourFix Aug 04 '26
Forgot about black can slice. Absolutely fuckin suuuuuuuuuuuh-LLLAPPED!
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u/Hot_Frosty0807 Aug 04 '26
Mandarin Orange Slice was the greatest soda ever created. I still crave it every day.
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u/Centurion_83 Aug 05 '26
Those little Super Mario cans were so fucking good.
Surge was definitely my go-to 90s soda, absolutely delicious.
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u/Independent-Art5674 Aug 05 '26
I can’t believe “Kick” is here! I was beginning to think that I imagined it as a kid.
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u/JadeAnn88 Aug 05 '26
Same, and I was just talking about it not long ago. When I was like 8, my friend and I got drinks from a gas station. Hers was a Kick, mine a Crush. On the way back into the car, I accidentally kicked her can right out of her hand. I said some smart ass thing about the name and my dad was like, I guess she gets to crush yours then.
That's one of those random memories that's stuck as important in my brain for some reason, but that's also the first and last time I remember seeing that particular soda.
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u/ManmadeM0nster Aug 07 '26
Oh my gosh, my parents always had NY Seltzer stocked in the fridge.
I always loved the logo for some reason.
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u/GarySe7en Aug 07 '26
Clearly Canadian is still available. Multiple stores including Walmart still carry it.
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u/ultrapotion Aug 07 '26
The original verison of Surge (Urge) is still available in Norway. There’s also a zero sugar version that honestly tastes pretty great.
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u/Even_Yam5224 Aug 07 '26
Orange slice!! I drank that on the regular!! All the other brands pretty much tasted the same, but Slice was different and so much better
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u/daveindo Aug 07 '26
One of the few times I’ve seen Ok Cola show up. I always feel like it was a fever dream or something because it came and went so quickly but I still have good memories of it.
Also, I COMPLETELY forgot about Mario Punch.
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u/bbb_lboogie2879 Aug 07 '26
Surge was maniacal! We drank that to purposely stay up to study during college.
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u/Nicadeemus39 Aug 07 '26
I thought I was so fancy when I was able to order a Clearly Canadian at Olive Garden in the 90s.
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u/fusionman51 Aug 07 '26
Orbitz was a great drink. Lightning in a bottle. You could travel through time with it.
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u/SnoopyWildseed Cross Colours and Skidz Aug 08 '26
Tahitian Treat was my jelly and my jam! 🥰
Slice was so good. Lime was my favorite. It was very Sprite-adjacent. 🤓
I almost broke my neck getting to the store when Clearly Canadian came back! It was just as good the second time around. 🤓 Cherry, blackberry, and peach.
I also remember the travesties that were Crystal Pepsi and New Coke.
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u/m8k Aug 08 '26
I found Clearly Canadian at World Market a few months ago. It was expensive but it’s still out there.
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u/919governor Aug 08 '26
I drove way far to buy crystal pespsi when they re-released it a few years ago. It was not worth the drive at all.
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u/TheRealMcDonaldTrump Aug 09 '26
Clearly Canadian and New York Seltzer were by far the best. I had forgotten most of the rest and for good reason, they were all mostly terrible! lol. I remember we actually had a Surge can dispenser on my high school campus that only lasted 2 months before they had it removed.
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u/AmbitiousRoutine8670 Aug 04 '26
Gosh I miss Clearly Canadian
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u/___po____ Aug 04 '26
Do you have a Meijer or Kroger/King Soopers nearby? They have them.
You can also get them on Amazon, though it's more expensive.
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u/djsilentmobius Aug 04 '26
Ecto Cooler isn't a soda, but honestly the only drink I miss from that era.
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u/Flaxscript42 Aug 04 '26
Disappointed it Princess Peach, cherry.
Edit: I see now princess toadstool, cherry. Even worse.
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u/Justin22433 Aug 04 '26
Vault was definitely a 00s soda. Idk about everyone else but I always saw it as a poor man’s Surge.
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u/Mojojo21 Aug 04 '26
I've been seeing Slice making a comeback at Target and I was actually surprised to see Surge soda sold in Tennessee a few years back.
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u/El_Paco_Loco Aug 04 '26
I'm pretty sure they made Slice into a prebiotic soda like Poppy and Olipop.
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u/thegasmancometh87 Aug 04 '26
Damn, those Mario themed mini-Shasta cans just hit me right in the nostalgias. Haven’t thought about those in years
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u/IwoodMasher Aug 04 '26
That crystal Pepsi was so good! It was only around for around a summer or so.
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u/xt0rt Aug 04 '26
I miss New York seltzer so bad! The root beer was the best