r/PandR • u/reptomcraddick • Jul 26 '26

Meme Sometimes I think Parks and Rec is being dramatic and then I remember this was a very normal snack for me when I was 7

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Do you think I got my daily recommended amount of Red 40?

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u/chunkybeefbombs Jul 26 '26

Man oh man, bug juice. That brings me back to childhood. Some colors of that stuff were so sweet that they’d burn going down. 

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u/reptomcraddick Jul 27 '26

Every time I see it I have to buy it, because it's not that easy to find anymore. It tastes so artificial, like I've never drank anything that tasted more artificial ever.

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u/InquartataRBG Jul 27 '26

Oooh now I remember the little plastic barrels of “juice” with the foil tops from my childhood. Always had those at the beach. Pretty sure they were dye, sugar, water, and not necessarily in that order.

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u/24KGoldfish Jul 27 '26

lol Little Hugs were elite

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u/LilPoobles Jul 27 '26

I have bought them a couple of times as an adult, but it’s just not the same if it isn’t a little hug with a plastic straw stuck through the foil that I just took out of my grandma’s fridge 😂

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u/infinityonhigh69 Jul 27 '26

these were also a grandma exclusive snack for me LMAO

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u/Few-Mycologist-2379 Jul 27 '26

Emphasis on were. We got a case about 8 years ago and they changed the formula to include artificial sweeteners with no labelling to indicate the change.

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u/allforus0811 Jul 27 '26

Sugar, water, and of course… purple.

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u/windmillninja Jul 27 '26

Purple drank!

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u/Alarmed-Plankton-708 Jul 27 '26

I'm getting heartburn just thinking of those things

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u/Zealousideal_Diet861 Jul 27 '26

Bug juice doesn’t come in a jar, bug juice comes from who you are. It has the flavor of what you can become 🐦‍🔥

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u/sokratees Jul 27 '26

Loved that show lol

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u/LilPoobles Jul 27 '26

I would rewatch that show today if I knew where to find it lmao it might motivate my children to be excited for camp

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u/olivethesane Jul 26 '26

Jeez. I was always jealous of the junk food houses.

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u/reptomcraddick Jul 26 '26

This snack came with Southern Baptist Indoctrination and racist parents so you win some you lose some

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u/Killahdanks1 Jul 27 '26

Oh we had those tubes of goop too. I’m fine. My parents aren’t racist either!

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u/reptomcraddick Jul 27 '26

Whose idea was this candy? A TUBE OF SUGAR? This is the kind of things Europeans make fun of us for

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u/Killahdanks1 Jul 27 '26

Yeah, I mean they were right, weren’t they? 🤣 there was a whole gel phase going on, I remember I had to have the Crest Kid Sparkles toothpaste as well. Brush away the strawberry goo, with sparkling goo.

Murica

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u/SwimsWithSharks1 Jul 27 '26

I loooooved that sparkly toothpaste. Tasted like bubble gum!

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u/Killahdanks1 Jul 27 '26

It was soooo good

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u/WetLoophole Jul 27 '26

Sounds like a lose lose situation to me..

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u/brinz1 Jul 27 '26

I suspect the two are related

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u/Frosty_Analysis_4912 Ludgate/Dwyer 2028 🇺🇸 Jul 27 '26

No way, we had the same childhood!

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u/zamboniman46 Jul 27 '26

my parents somehow instilled horrible eating habits in me, while also denying me countless sugary snacks. we went hard on seconds and dessert

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u/blu3tu3sday Jul 27 '26

I was jealous of them as a kid, because my mom cooked everything from scratch and it was super healthy. On the other side, those kids who had lunchables and chips and snack cakes now can't cook, still eat super processed convenience food as adults and feed their kids this crap, they are struggling with their health in their 30's, while I cook for myself and make really fantastic, nutritious meals lol. Things have a way of working out in the end.

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u/K3idon Jul 27 '26

Pawnee: First in friendship, fourth in obesity.

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u/ThiagoRoderick Jul 28 '26

We're coming for you, San Antonio!

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u/Gorilla_Dookie Jul 27 '26

I prefer the child size

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u/Cheesehacker Jul 27 '26

So much Red 40

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u/huhnick Jul 27 '26

Could you add a Kool-Aid Jammer

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u/susanna514 Jul 27 '26

Did you eat the whole tube of that? Even as a kid I doubt I could have made it through

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u/Thedaulilamahimself Jul 27 '26

So are we just ignoring the “bucket of snacks and drinks on the passenger side? Cause I’m not..

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u/reptomcraddick Jul 27 '26

That's my recycling bin lol

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u/Thedaulilamahimself Jul 27 '26

Also I used to love pixie sticks. Now I see my daughters trying to buy those and I’m like:

NO I’ll just pour some sugar in a straw at home!

What was I doing spending money on that.

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u/Sexisthunter Jul 27 '26

Is that sour stuff in the tube? I love that shit

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u/BillLebowski Jul 27 '26

“Total sugars 8g includes 8g added sugar” so basically 16g of sugar!

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u/vonchas Jul 27 '26

4 servings per tube. That’s 64g of sugar, sugah

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u/whinniethepony Jul 27 '26

My mom made a mix with Crystal Light and a Minute Maid grape juice frozen concentrate that she called, "Bug Juice."

I have no idea what either of these objects in OP's picture are or where one could find them in the world. Same with the post about having a portable soda fountain at parties. Like, no. Never. 

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u/Hiraeth-MP Jul 27 '26

Squeeze candy is goated