Okin biscuits and 9 other snacks millennials loved as children
Let’s go down memory lane with some of the fun snacks we ate as children.
Millennial kids were in love with these snacks
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Children these days will never know what it means to buy cheap snacks. Nowadays, biscuits cost at least ₦50 and juice boxes are about ₦100.
Here are some of the old school snacks we ate:
1. Biscao
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![Biscao tasted delicious [Nairaland]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'554'%20height%3D'554'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Biscao tasted delicious [Nairaland]")
Biscao tasted delicious [Nairaland]
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This chocolate biscuit is unforgettable. I almost got whooped for leaving the house without telling my mother I went to buy it.
2. Speedy
![Speedy was absolutely delicious [Krakstv]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'696'%20height%3D'866'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Speedy was absolutely delicious [Krakstv]")
Speedy was absolutely delicious [Krakstv]
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Speedy was that snack everyone rushed to buy during break time. Maybe the best thing about it was the ball-shaped biscuits which I loved to play with before eating.
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3. Okin biscuits
![Okin biscuits were popular [Twitter]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'225'%20height%3D'225'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Okin biscuits were popular [Twitter]")
Okin biscuits were popular [Twitter]
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Okin biscuits is also an OG in the world of biscuits.
4. Coconut
Coconut was just like speedy, but it has a vanilla taste. It was one of my favourites.
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5. Fantasia
![Fantasia was also delicious [Sumalfoods]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'157'%20height%3D'250'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Fantasia was also delicious [Sumalfoods]")
Fantasia was also delicious [Sumalfoods]
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This tastes delicious and became very popular.
6. Goody goody
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![Every child loved goody goody [Ochulo]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'183'%20height%3D'275'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Every child loved goody goody [Ochulo]")
Every child loved goody goody [Ochulo]
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Goody goody was so uncommon, but whenever you found it, you felt like you were taking the best chocolate in the world. It cost ₦10 then, we used to think it was expensive.
7. Cabin biscuits
![Cabin biscuits were also very popular [HowNigerian]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'259'%20height%3D'194'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Cabin biscuits were also very popular [HowNigerian]")
Cabin biscuits were also very popular [HowNigerian]
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These dry biscuits were for school, especially boarding school, and taste best when taken with chocolate tea.
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8. Milkmaid
This was in the same category as Coconut and Speedy.
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9. Robo Robo
![Robo Robo were as sweet as sin [Nairaland]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'540'%20height%3D'720'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Robo Robo were as sweet as sin [Nairaland]")
Robo Robo were as sweet as sin [Nairaland]
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This was the cheap version of M&Ms.
10. Digestive biscuits
![These tasted nothing like Mcvites [Sumalfoods]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'768'%20height%3D'432'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "These tasted nothing like Mcvites [Sumalfoods]")
These tasted nothing like Mcvites [Sumalfoods]
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These were nothing like Mcvities digestive biscuits.
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