10 Snacks that Celebrate the 80s & The Breakfast Club’s 30th Birthday

Ariel Knutson
Ariel Knutson
Arie was the Features Director at Kitchn. She lives in Los Angeles.
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Cult classic The Breakfast Club turns thirty this week. In honor of everyone’s favorite high school misfits, the movie is returning to select theaters for a limited release on March 26th (today!) and March 31st.

If you haven’t watched this movie in a while, it’s time to rectify that situation, whether it’s on the big screen, or at home. If you’re staying in for your 80s nostalgia session, invite your friends over, make all the 1980s-inspired snacks that the misfits would love, and press play.

Molly Ringwald in the Breakfast Club Watercolour Print

1. Lucky Charms Ice Cream Sandwiches

Combine two of your favorite things as a kid – Lucky Charms and ice cream sandwiches – and you have yourself the perfect treat. It’s breakfast and dessert all in one. Find it on Pinterest.

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2. Homemade Strawberry Pop Tarts – B. Britnell

What could go wrong with pie crust, strawberries, and some sugar? Call it breakfast, call it a snack, call it whatever you want. Find it on Pinterest.

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3. Sparkling Strawberry Lemonade – Gimme Some Oven

Who needs some champagne to make a drink sparkly, when you have Pop Rocks? Right? This simple strawberry lemonade is ready for a simple upgrade. Find it on Pinterest.

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4. Grown-Up Prosciutto & Cheddar Hot Pockets

I’ll make the coffee, you make these flaky pastry pockets filled with lots of cheddar and thin slices of prosciutto. Find it on Pinterest.

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5. Russian Tea – Runs with Spatulas

There is a cup of Tang in this tea mix – a whole cup! Find it on Pinterest.

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6. Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Cereal – Half Baked Harvest

Cookie Crisp was honestly the best sugary cereal there ever was. You can’t buy it anymore, so make this DIY version instead. Hey – those are oatmeal cookies, too, so maybe kinda better for you? Find it on Pinterest.

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7. Vegan Strawberry Orange Julius


It’s like your favorite drink as a kid, but all grown up. Find it on Pinterest.

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8. Homemade Fruit by the Foot – Against All Grain

If you were a kid in the 80s, then you know this was the best dessert or snack you could have received in your lunchbox. Thanks Mom! Find it on Pinterest.

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9. DIY Pudding Pops – Deliciously Declassified

If you didn’t have a pudding pop but somehow survived the 1980s, did you really even live on the planet? Find it on Pinterest.

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10. DIY Pizza Rolls – Back to the Roots

I can still hear the commercials for these things. Who wouldn’t want pizza in a tiny little pocket? Find it on Pinterest.