There are some desserts that are really freakin’ strange. In fact, when we look back at the dessert trends from this decade, we’ll probably wonder what ever made us eat these things. Some examples include charcoal ice cream (looks cool, but is it even good for you?), high-protein ice cream (the real stuff is always better), and cronuts (complicated and not always as tasty as you think they’d be). But honestly, none of these strange dessert options are as nasty as the things people ate for dessert in the 1960s.
The 1960s had plenty of bizarre food options.
This is the decade that gave us fondue, chicken a la king, Swedish meatballs, and meatloaf. And if it weren’t for the ’60s, we might never have bananas foster, chocolate fondue, or baked Alaska! But for all of the good things came plenty of seriously strange ones.
The 1960s were known for lots and lots of gross Jell-O dessert options: fruits encased in Jell-O, Jell-O mixed with something completely weird (like cream cheese!), and much more.
There were also plenty of creepy flavor mixtures going on, and some items that seemed to taste as bad as they seemed Check them out if you’re brave:
1. Whip ‘n Chill was a unfortunately popular part of the Jell-O brand that was like light, fluffy pudding. But yikes:
It sounds better than it looks, that’s for sure!
2. Junket was a digestive enzyme known as rennet. Sounds disgusting.
It was dumped into milk and would curdle into a sort of custard.
Yup, sounds… wonderful.
3. Broken Glass Cake sadly got its name from its appearance…
…but chunks of Jell-O mixed with some sort of whipped topping seems like a little much.
Which is an understatement. A serious understatement, if you ask us.
4. This sunshine Jell-O salad has an extremely unappetizing texture to it (despite its delightful name).
We didn’t know Jell-O could look this way.
And cue the food nightmares!
5. And this lime Jell-O and cottage cheese salad looks even worse, if that’s possible:
Why ruin Jell-O like this?
WHY?!
6. Fruit salad cheesecake might taste better than it sounds, but… it certainly doesn’t look great. Nope, not one bit.
Honestly, how did people eat these things without getting sick at the sight of them?
7. This prune salad in Jell-O looks horrifying! HORRIFYING.
Prunes and Jell-O?
No, thank you. Prunes and, well, anything? Also no thank you.
8. This Under-The-Sea Jell-O salad is cream cheese and Jell-O, which doesn’t seem like a mix that should have happened. Who did this?!
No more cream cheese or cottage cheese mixed with Jell-O, please!
We’ve had enough!
9. We’ll give this “Strawberry Magic Pie” the benefit of the doubt and say maybe it just looks creepy?
Though we love strawberries and magic, mixing in sour cream is a serious turn off.
Top it off with some gelatin and our bodies are not ready.
10. The Tunnel of Fudge was a really popular 1960s dessert that sounds weird…
It also kinda looks weird, but then again, doesn’t everything that was sweet during the 1960s?
11. This rainbow sparkle salad looks so odd! How did they even come up with this one?
“Rainbow sparkle salad” is very misleading.
Again, no. more. cottage. cheese.
12. Ginger Whip doesn’t sound like the best flavor we’ve ever heard.
Ginger ale, Jell-O, and orange juice?
Who came up with this stuff?!
13. This is… pineapple in Jell-O? Who can tell? Also, WHY?!
Why would you ruin a perfectly good pineapple like this?
It doesn’t need to be covered in Jell-O!
14. Okay, fruit cake on its own is terrible, so…
Who thought frozen fruit cake would be a good idea?! And topped with salad greens — no thanks.
15. This crushed pineapple mix seems very horrifying.
“Winter time is pineapple pie time”?
Are we being pranked right now?
16. Miracle Whip and peaches?! No thank you!
We think we’ll stick to the popular desserts of today!
Because, yikes! The 1960s had some seriously weird flavors going on.
