#Drinks

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Video thumbnail — Slush Puppie (1982) Vintage Commercial - Retro TV Ad
Food 1970–present

Slush Puppie

Neon syrup and soft pellet ice from the countertop machine at the convenience store, the skating rink, the community pool — anywhere a kid had a dollar. The cup had a puppy in a knit hat on it, and if you saved enough of them, prizes.

Video thumbnail — 1998 YooHoo Chocolate Drink Commercial
Food 1928–present

Yoo-hoo

The chocolate drink that is famously NOT chocolate milk—water-based, shelf-stable, and nobody quite knew what it was made of, which somehow made it perfect. Shake the bottle, crack it open in your lunchbox, and mystery solved: it was just delicious.

Video thumbnail — Zima Commercial 1994 Zomething Different
Food 1993–2008

Zima

The clear, faintly citrus malt beverage Coors pushed as "Zomething different." Part of the '90s clear craze, it was briefly everywhere before late-night jokes turned it into a punchline.