The New York restaurateur puts a modern twist on classic comfort foods. New York restaurateur Stratis Morfogen joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to showcase the ‘newstalgia’ food trend. Morfogen demonstrates how to reinvent classic dinner dishes, like a unique Greek salad in a jar, elevated mac and cheese, and over-the-top smoothies. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While today’s freezers are filled with ice cream flavors like cookies and cream, salted caramel, and mint chocolate chip, some old favorites seem to have melted. Flavors like Butter Brickle, rum raisin, and maple pecan were once familiar options at ice cream counters and grocery stores, but many have become harder to find as tastes have changed. The food site Tasting Table recently looked at a variety of nostalgic flavors that defined many Americans’ childhoods. Here are five that might bring back some sweet memories. NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY CELEBRATES THE AMERICAN CLASSIC THAT YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE LEAVING BEHIND Butter Brickle Once-familiar ice cream flavors from the 1970s have become harder to find in today’s freezer aisles. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) Butter Brickle ice cream was inspired by a caramel-flavored candy created in Omaha, Nebraska, in the 1920s, according to Tasting Table. Featuring a caramel flavor with crunchy candy pieces, the ice cream had become a national favorite in the 1970s, but is harder to find today. In a Facebook group dedicated to 1970s memories, the flavor came up repeatedly as fans recalled its signature crunchy candy chunks. RaisinRum raisin ice cream dates back to the 1930s, but gained popularity in the 1970s, when the combination of rum-soaked raisins and vanilla ice cream became widely available in stores and supermarkets. The flavor even made its way to the White House, where President Richard Nixon reportedly served it as a dessert. Rum and raisin ice cream gained popularity in the 1970s and was reportedly served in the Nixon White House. (iStock)Although they can still be found today, rum raisins have become harder to spot in many parts of the country. “I miss it so much! It’s my favorite ice cream flavor,” one Reddit user wrote on a subreddit dedicated to ice cream. A CENTURY-OLD ITALIAN ICE RECIPE IS CREATING CHILDHOOD MEMORIES FOR A NEW GENERATION Pink BubblegumBaskin-Robbins introduced its brilliant Pink Bubblegum ice cream in the 1970s, complete with small pieces of chewy gum mixed into each scoop, Tasting Table reported. The unusual flavor became a childhood favorite for some, and Baskin-Robbins has occasionally brought it back in limited runs. TRY OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ “It was my favorite. I ate the ice cream and saved the gum for later,” one Reddit user recalled. Classic ice cream counters offered a variety of flavors that can be harder to find today. (Lambert/Getty Images) Heavenly HashBefore becoming an ice cream flavor, Heavenly Hash referred to another nostalgic oddity: a fruit salad made with ingredients like whipped cream, marshmallows, candied fruit, and nuts. Sealtest introduced its Heavenly Hash ice cream in 1969, combining marshmallows, almonds, and chocolate chips for a treat similar to the Rocky Road we know today. CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE NEWS The flavor later disappeared along with Sealtest’s ice cream line, but some fans still remember it fondly. “That was some great ice cream!” wrote one Facebook user. Nostalgic flavors like Butter Brickle, Rum Raisin, and Maple Pecan may bring back memories for Americans who grew up in the 1970s. (iStock) Maple Pecan CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Maple ice cream has deep roots in the Northeast and appears in some 19th century cookbooks, and the addition of pecans eventually made it a staple of New England. Maple pecan, also known as maple pecan, was much easier to find in the 1970s, but has since disappeared from many ice cream aisles and stores. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP “My grandmother loved maple pecan flavor. I don’t think I’ve seen it since I was a kid,” one Reddit user recalled. Deirdre Bardolf is a lifestyle writer at Fox News Digital.
