Space Food Sticks TV Commercial

[bagerdog123]

slim jims right?

[BlueberryBute]

TANG

[SpudMills]

One of the best foods ever.

[onenesswithalllife]

44 calories?? They need to bring them back...

[er6789er]

Damn, Was there a spacestick shoplifting conspiracy back then? I used to steal those too as a kid...I guess they were easy to conceal...LOL!

[altfactor]

I believe Space Food Sticks were actually developed for the Mercury program and were tried out by John Glenn on his orbital flight, and extensively used by Giordon Cooper on his day-and-a-half in orbit on the final Mercury flight.

On subsequent missions, freeze-dried pouches of food were used that would be eaten out of the pouch (to avoid crumbs in zero-G floating around), but I think these sticks were used as an emergency backup.

[chkrblu]

How did they get the camera on the moon BEFORE the lunar landing!? Man, they WERE the greatest generation!

[altfactor]

@chkrblu This was a simulation; same thing the networks used on their live coverage of the lunar landings to show what was going on.

[futuristfood]

i ate these all the time..

[altriv]

Peanut Butter was the best! Yum!

[futuristfood]

@altriv agreed.

[topzombie3]

beef jerky much?

[ToddSweeneyOnce]

Mom wouldn't buy these for me so I used to take them from the kid next door.

[LENTICULARPLASTIC]

i remember eating these while I watched BEWITCHED...ah, all those little moments that seem so innocuous return as the memories most cherished...

[MrOphachew]

I vaguely remember these. Do they even make them anymore?

[futuristfood]

@MrOphachew looks like they can be special ordered.

[MrOphachew]

@futuristfood --I'm not really interested in eating 35 yr. old breakfast sticks.

[SLPCWB]

I LOVED these--peanut butter was my favorite! Didn't remember that there were so many of them in a box, but certainly remember the skier on the box.

[TIMOTHYSAARINEN]

Between my 2 brothers and I, the entire box was gone in one afternoon and Mom never bought them again. In 1970, they were pricey at a dollar a box.

[rbrbran277]

This was a ripoff of Soviet technology.

They had developed goulash sticks years ahead of the USA. But we whipped those fuckers in the powered orange drink department and the whole nation never recovered.

[verbusen]

I miss the "shake in a can" Those things were so freaking good! Pure flavored cream, lol.

[67jrob]

I could not remember what these were or what they were called but i do remember That i liked these alot

[landlord39]

It was the texture that was unique, I have never experienced any food since then that had a similar texture.

The taste was also one of a kind, u either liked right away or not, I liked it.

The different flavors did not taste different.

I also remember a mild spice flavor in both.

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[Sparkina]

Mmmm, those WERE tasty

[lekocafe]

I made my my mom and dad buy those things. They were not the best tasting snacks in the world but I got to eat what I thought the astronauts ate. I probably was eating those things when I saw Neil Armstrong first walk on the moon.

[catgivens]

yeah, we ate those... yipes!

[dpohunter]

I was lucky to have parents who kinda liked me, so they never fed me these things through the cage bars. If I had, I'd probably would have gotten hooked on them, and today I'd have to butter the doorways to fit through! I can't imagine what their actual ingredients and nutritional "value" might have been! But from all the positive postings, they must have been a huge hit.

[bigmandrel]

As a child i remember the astronaut eating the stick through his helmet. Now I wonder about having a one inch hole in a space helmet; what'd they do, close it up with a cork?

[redshiftexperiment]

@bigmandrel that's why you had to buy pilsbury's 'space food corks'. Duuhhhh ...

[jenzeppelin]

@bigmandrel lmao

[Ellynsz]

You know, I was so young when this came out but somehow I kind of link it to the taste of Peanut Butter Tiger Milk bars. Maybe I'm wrong but I love those bars and it's a good substitute for chocolate sometimes.

[bobdahlmusic]

I can't remember for sure. I think they tasted kind of like one of those "tiger's milk" bars that they have today.

[elc1960]

Holy Cow!!! I remember these too. Don't remember what they tasted like. Can't have been too good though, or else I'd remember. Kids like the taste of things from their childhood, but then they have them as adults and sometimes the foods aren't quite as good as they remember (like "Nik-L-Nip", the sugary fruit drinks in the tiny wax bottles).

[nokie2]

@elc1960 They tasted like a Tigers Milk bar without the chocolate coating.

[spectrum10]

my little sister called them picky dos (prounounced like the "dos" in hairdos).

[revpgesq]

man i loved these things.... they were like Carnation Instant Breakfast powder mixed in a vat of Sugar Babies ...

[Ronbo710]

Peanut butter ones were GREAT!

[Tunnelfish]

@Ronbo710 They were the best!

[kufunmapa]

i have these like every day they're fricken awesome!

[SpudMills]

These need to make a comeback in a big way. They were so delicious. The flavor, the aroma, the weird texture. Amazing snacks.

[MrMegaFredzeppelin]

My brother and I ate these when we were kids, Thanks for sharing.

[rastafariankids]

OMG! I remember eating these!

[blueluny]

and yet...you LIVE!

[jlhva09]

Somehow, I don't remember seeing or hearing of these before. Wikipedia says they were discontinued in the 80's and brought back in 06 and can be purchased online. I think I'll try some. Hope I don't live to regret it.

[funtimecthulhu]

MMM.... Aerospace technology food! I remember them from childhood.... And found 'em on sale at Kennedy Space Center last week! They still taste the same after all these years! My favorite flavor is Brown. The propaganda on the package refers to the flavor as "chocolate! :)

[floooky1]

I love the hole in the astronaut's bubble helmet to insert the stick.

[papamalo]

dude! that is no ordinary hole! that is the NASA approved "space food stick hole" which cost over $23,000,000 in research!

isn't it COOL?

[StudebakerPackard]

I remember these! Quite a funny texture - definitely solid, but not firm like candy - I ate loads of the chocolate ones. As I recall they had a different box and were pitched as a sort of "health" food.

[6gu7]

I ate the Hell out of these man......

[hiyotomdude]

haha I want some

[seth7123]

i want one!

[roythecubsfan]

I loved them!!

[CorporatistOverlord]

Back when there was a bit of truth in advertising.

Those things look good.

[morethansalt]

corporatist, you DO realize that these were 44 calories of sugar "energy", don't you?

[CorporatistOverlord]

Only 44?

[morethansalt]

yup, 44 calories a stick.

[TOAOSpot]

More like 30% fat and 10% protein, IIRC. Best part was the "Low waste" formulation!

[5883078]

I ate these in the 60s--there was a weird texture to them.

[ccdesan]

The chocolate ones tasted like sort of a weak-sauce tootsie-roll, but I recall eating a lot of them. Kind of like a solid "Metrecal." And yeah, like Bleriotman said, Tang - I had forgotten that it was associated with the space program as well.

Them was the days...

[Bleriotman]

They weren't that good....but loving the space program, I must have eaten about 4 million of these, along with TANG, and of course, the cereals with the "freeze-dried" strawberries in them. I'd like to try the new version and see how they compare.

[roachtoasties]

Is this stuff still sold?

[yukinfahoo]

These things were the greatest!!!!

And I used to eat grape Tang powder(The other Apollo food product of the 70's).

[byebyebirdie2]

o man,...is anyone out there who ate these things still alive??

[buckbw]

Yes, I darn near lived on them in the late 60's, early 70's. I preferred chocolate.

[lucyandringo]

Yes, I ate those things as a kid (I won't tell you how old I am, tho). I loved 'em - peanut butter flavor rocked! Wish I could still get them today. Every generation had it's energy bar, I suppose!

[Druidbw]

I had something like this in the early '70s. The one I had was dry meat, sort of like pepperoni sticks.

[DrHeinous]

I grew up on those too - delish! Funny thing is that I searched for this commercial because I was at the San Diego Air & Space Museum and they were selling these in their gift shop (labeled as Space Food Sticks but I didn't buy any so I can't tell you if they tasted the same).

[5H1T50N]

I love these classic commercials even if they are a little cheesy. I mean, an astronaut eating a space food stick through a little hole in his helmet? Did this hole also allow the astronaut to smoke a Kent cigarette during a space walk? Still I love those commercials anyway. Thanks for sharing it.

[surf403]

These are available now from funky foods. com. I just ordered a case of 24 mixed chocolate and peanut butter. Ordered some space ice cream too. Total was about $36.00 including shipping.

[justme632]

What the hell happened to this product? I thought they were great

[GenerationInvent]

energy bars happened, but they have more calories. these looked good!

[BillyKnockout]

Space food ?! lol

[atlantaaintbraver]

Why do they even bother saying what they do? Just tell kids the name and they'll be screaming for their parents to buy it.

[ticket88]

These were actually pretty tasty and fun to eat.

[danagraybeal]

I've been craving the peanut butter flavored space sticks since the 70's. mmmm

[chrisman737]

I ate this and I liked them. Came in different flavors (later on). My favorite was butterscotch.

[futuristfood]

yeah... mmm i loved those..

[jlhva09]

I never heard of or saw these when I was a kid.

[jeffreywolfe2008]

LASTING ENERGY, TO FEEL ALIVE lol

[AstringOfPoloponies]

Yes, I ate these back in 1968 or 1969.Loved them.Really very cool to see the commercial after all of these years.

[ferociousgumby]

I ATE Fizzies. I put 3 or 4 of them in my mouth at once and tried not to explode.

[hawksapoozle]

Life was so much simpler back then, but I never wanted to eat these things. They creeped me out. Then again, I drank Fizzies.

[kascnef82]

first time seeing this ad. They look good and yummy....low calorie food if I don't eat too much.

[sticksquatch]

I just saw these at Disney world

[newzoo]

These were so good as a kid. It was the very first thing I ever shoplifted.

[artfrankmiami]

@newzoo (shhhhhh me, too ((;0)

[bobthwart]

Wow thank you. I loved these things. Would love to get that patent and remake them. Along with UFO ice cream bars

[cingle2004jp]

Intriguing, positive?

[RodCornholio]

"Looks like Spielberg's work"

[josh9point0]

Haven't they always been available here, in Australia ? I don't remember them not being available. And I only remember 2 flavours chocolate & caramel. Yum, nice flavour & texture. Would've loved to try mint flavour!!

[bregman1155]

SPACE FOOD STICKS IS PEOPLE!!!!!!!

[scotpens]

If they'd been made from human bodies, they probably would have tasted better.

[tuttt99]

They would but it varies from person to person...

[realsamwise]

These things had a flavor and texture only a kid could love. Like, dehydrated play-doh.

My folks would seldom buy them they where quite costly and we would skarf them before we even got home from the store and leave the rappers all over the car.

[kgeiger]

Oh wow. I remember these!

[gbail9566]

O.M.G! These were my fave snack as a kid!

[racer500gp]

I loved these when I was a kid in the 60's.

[myspaceheatherg]

I like how he eats it through the hole in his helmet!

[greger1]

Indeed, a hole in your helmet in the mouth region could produce unpleasant results in the vacuum of space... so don't forget the plug!

[4FourHammers]

Yes...doesn't the hole sorta defeat the entire purpose of the space helmet? LOL!

[axis2ube]

LOVED EM!

[Blue387]

44 calories?

[tuttt99]

44 SPACE calories!!

[ripporter]

I remember them - they also were part of a educational game we played in Grade 6 where we were on a spaceship - some of them were supposed to have been contaminated and we quarantined those presumed to be infected.

[sonnenberg]

I can still taste them....

[sandyalv]

It was hard not to eat more than one!!!!

[gunkycat]

You tube rocks .... I have never seen so many things I either ate... played with.... or watched as a kid. Try typing in deputy dawg and fractured fairy tales .... They have these too !!!

[gyrobotZ]

At least they were less elaborate, these commercials these days dont have good education info.

[strivingx67]

I used to Mow on these as a kid... Peanut butter was awesome. So cool.

[larrazo]

i tried space food ice cream its good and bad

[marquessman]

I loved these when I was a kid! And they've started to make them again! Search for them on Google and Ebay. I know they're making chocolate again.

[QueenPeggy]

I loved these, Please bring back the Space Food Sticks!

[Gospodean]

I remember these things very well...the only flavor I could tolerate was the chocolate. If I had to, I would eat a Peanut Butter...but the Butterscotch made me wanna hurl every time. Nasty, but they musta been better'n chips! I dare YOU to get a chip through that little hole in the helmet. Hah!

[ZombiedustXXX]

Soylent Sticks? I liked the peanut butter sticks the best.

[oldskool667]

The peanut butter flavor RULED!!! Had a very "unique" texture as I recall.

[proudsouthafrican]

Ok? What's the point in having a space suit with a hole right where you breath?

[stalzz]

gotta love it! i remember these--god i'm old!

[ArianWhite]

If you didn't have these in your Speed Buggy lunchbox along with some Yodels, you were out!

[bitgod]

Hahah, outstanding. I remember those as a kid too, I'd wondered what they were called. Oh well, I have to take my walker for a spin now.

[chardtomp]

I remember eating those when I was a kid.

[dharmicangel]

how are chocolate bars nutritious?

[stanky2]

THAT MOON LANDING WAS FAKED!@!!

[nancytoby]

They were a lot like Powerbars. Only... chalkier.

[xx409xx]

man wtf! i was born too late...

[Badgerinmaine]

They were very chewy, and had several flavors--I liked 'em.

[nevik62]

44 calories per stick? When I was seven, I could eat a whole box of those chocolate flavored rubbery things.

[ottoskidoo]

they actually are the equivalent of a tiger's milk bar.

[ottoskidoo]

i liked them a lot.

[usagi01]

I remember the Space Food Sticks! They tasted horrible, but they provided a fond memory of my childhood. Good thing the US Aerospace Research Program got out of the food business...

[batguano]

Just stick it in your helmet hole.

[neuralned]

lol

[sgb53703]

I remember steadfastly insisting that I loved these as a kid, due to the coolness factor of eating the same food the astronauts ate, even though they had a texture akin to semi-dried caulk, and tasted like chocolate Play-Doh. In spite of this, if you gave me one right now, I'd certainly eat it. Mmmm...SpaceFood Sticks.