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The last decade of the 20th century is memorable for oh-so-many reasons. The 1990s were filled with Y2K doomsday predictions, Bill Clinton鈥檚 scandalous relations, and grunge galore. 鈥淭he Rachel鈥� haircut was hot, the O.J. Simpson trial had us mesmerized, and The Gulf War was waged.

As we watched the events of the 1990s unfurl, we chowed down on some pretty memorable snack foods, too. Organic wasn鈥檛 鈥渋n,鈥� and besides, there were too many fantastic junk foods to devour instead. It was the era when SnackWell cookies were considered healthy, and many days started out with a bowl of Oreo O鈥檚 and a glass of Sunny D.

Here we take a look back at some of the most scrumptious snack foods of the 1990s and the meaning behind some of their delectable-sounding names. See how many you ate 鈥� and may still be eating.

Dunkaroos

Introduced by Sydney the Kangaroo in 1992, Dunkaroos were the stuff of lunchbox dreams. On one side, the package was filled with cute little cookies, and on the other was creamy, dreamy frosting. The cookies were meant to be dunked into the frosting, thus the first part of the snack’s name.

Dunk means “to dip or submerge” something into another substance. It鈥檚 an Americanism that dates back to 1865鈥�70 and comes from the聽Pennsylvanian German word聽dunke (“迟辞听dip”). The ending –补谤辞辞蝉听comes from the snack mascot, Sydney the Kangaroo.

Alas, they stopped producing Dunkaroos in the United States around 2012. But don鈥檛 despair, Dunkaroos devotees; they鈥檙e making a comeback. While they鈥檝e been available in Australia all the while, General Mills announced earlier this year they鈥檒l be back in the United States this summer. Get ready to dunk!聽

Lunchables

Though they officially launched in 1988, the lunchboxes of the 1990s were filled with聽Lunchables, which聽soared in popularity and made kids with plain old sandwiches green with jealousy. Originally designed to sell bologna, they blossomed into a booming assortment of meats, cheeses, and crackers, and today Lunchables include pizza, grilled cheese sandwiches, and chicken nuggets鈥攁ll meant to be eaten cold … yum?

While the company reportedly considered other names for the product, including On-Trays, Crackerwiches, Snackables, and Fun Mealz, it was Lunchables that stuck.聽

The term lunchable is a combination of the word lunch, which was first recorded in 1585鈥�95, and means “a meal eaten between breakfast and dinner,” and -able, a suffix meaning 鈥渃apable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, given to.鈥澛�

Warheads

Though they’d been making candy connoisseurs pucker since 1975 in Taiwan, it wasn鈥檛 until 1993 that Warheads exploded onto the US market. These supersour candies aren鈥檛 for the weak; the package even sports a warning.

Their name stems from the fact that they feel like real warheads鈥�”the forward section of a self-propelled missile, bomb, torpedo, or the like, containing the explosive, chemical, or atomic charge”鈥攇oing off in your mouth.聽

They鈥檙e still around too, making people pucker on the regular.

Fruit Gushers

Fruit Gushers hit the market in 1991, and kids have been, well, gushing about them ever since. The fruit-flavored chews have a liquid fruit juice center that gushes out when chomped.

The word gush means 鈥渢o flow out or issue suddenly, copiously, or forcibly, as a fluid from confinement鈥� and also 鈥渢o express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively.鈥� It comes from Middle English and is found since 1350鈥�1400.

Fun geometry lesson: Fruit Gushers are shaped like elongated hexagonal bipyramids. Say that five times fast, before popping the treat into, and inside of, your mouth.

Uncrustables

For every kid who was forced to finish his entire sandwich, Uncrustables were a dream come true. These sealed, crustless sandwiches had only the best parts鈥攖he middles鈥攚ith not a speck of crust in sight.聽

Their name is pretty straightforward. The word crust聽is found as early as聽1275鈥�1325; it stems from the Latin word crusta meaning 鈥渉ard coating, crust.鈥� Un- is a prefix meaning 鈥渘ot.鈥澛�

Uncrustables hit the market in 1995 and have been a lunchtime staple ever since. They鈥檝e proliferated way beyond PB&J over the years, and these days include options such as BBQ Chicken Bites and Turkey and Colby Jack Roll-Ups.

3D Doritos

Doritos weren鈥檛 new to the 1990s, but the 3D version that took these delicious tortilla chips to a whole new dimension hit the market then. Introduced in 1998, the puffy, three-dimensional chips were hollow inside and came in four flavors including Nacho Cheesier, Jalapeno & Cheddar, Texas Paprika, and Zesty Ranch. We say 鈥渨ere,鈥� however, because just like the Rollitos that were introduced in the 2000s, 3D Doritos are no longer found on US shelves.聽

As for the name, Doritos, it likely stems from the Spanish words , meaning 鈥渢o brown鈥� and doradito meaning 鈥済olden brown.鈥�

Yummy fact: Doritos were not the cheesy chips they are today when they first hit the shelves in 1966. They were introduced with no orange powdery flavoring, and it wasn鈥檛 until 1972 that 鈥淣acho Cheese鈥� Doritos were introduced. They鈥檝e had snackers licking their fingers ever since.

Go-GURT

Yogurt in a tube? It was a novel idea when Go-GURT聽portable yogurts entered grocery store coolers in 1998. These fruit-flavored, grab-and-go yogurts eliminated the need for a spoon and became a tubular sensation with kids.

Their name obviously stems from go, a nod to their portability, and yogurt, which is defined as 鈥�a prepared food having the consistency of custard, made from milk curdled by the action of cultures, sometimes sweetened or flavored.鈥� Yogurt stems from the Turkish word 测辞臒耻谤迟.听

Fun fact: Go-GURTs were initially shaped like cones and destined to be called Fun Cones聽… which just doesn鈥檛 sound as fun as Go-GURTs.听听