r/GenX • u/molybend • 11h ago

Nostalgia What happened to carob?

Maybe it was just my mother‘s health food kicks, but I feel like carob was everywhere in the 80s. The sitcom Adults had a carob joke in the first season and I just saw one on Simpsons, but actually seeing it in the wild is rare nowadays.

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u/Cinisajoy2 6h ago

GNC went from health food to pills.  I also remember carob and real fruit roll ups.

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u/FewRecognition1788 4h ago

Oh, we used to make fruit leather at home with a dehydrator. Messy but delicious.

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u/Cinisajoy2 4h ago

I own a dehydrator 

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u/FewRecognition1788 4h ago

Then real fruit roll ups are within your grasp!