Like familiar TV sitcoms from childhood, snacks from our past can ignite a sense of both comfort and nostalgia.

Many of yesterday’s sugary palette pleasers are now obsolete.

And some snackers still mourn their passing, even creating online petitions and Facebook pages to ask for their return or simply honor their memory.

With more than one-third (36.5 percent) of U.S. adults now obese, however, most would agree that discontinuing items with 
high-fructose corn syrup and other unhealthy additives is a step in the right direction.

But for a mouth-watering stroll down memory lane, scroll through the list, below.

(And have some fruit handy; you’ll be hungry!)