Yes, I remember grape, cherry, and orange, but everyone I talk to does not remember these flavors.

I remember them well, but the BBq crunchits were the best - i think they were taken off the shelf because of a red dye colour didn't meet health standards - time to lobby hostess for a picture of thast little devil on the bag

i remember grape,cherry and orange as well but only tried the orange.they tasted like chips with a slightly bitter tang powder on them.GROSS!!!!!!i think it was 1976.

Iremember them too. I was really young. They were god-awful. No one else I know recalls them,

I threw up about 10 minutes after eating the grape ones. I think I was about 8 or 9 years old

My husband remembers a Crunchits flavour from the 70's as sweet and sour or hot and sour. They were red coloured and had a devil on the bag. Were these the BBQ flavour or a different one? He'd die to taste them one more time.

I remember those chips too!!! However no one else does! I thought they were Tang brand flavoured chips or something from Hostess. Remember Hostess chips in the foil bags? Those were the best! And so were their sour cream and onion chips back then, had like a powder to them, now they're gross :(

Aaah ... sweet childhood memories and a marketing flop for Hostess. I remember them and thought they were cool even though they didn't taste very good. I forgot all about Crunchits!!! Now those were good!

A few years ago i had this God awful taste in my mouth and it triggered a deja vu feeling. For years afterwards I would get the taste again out of the blue usually and not be able to place it. I remember trying to recall where I had tasted that taste before. Then one day it came into my head out of nowhere that it was grape chips. I remember asking a few people if they remembered grape chips but nobody did. Now thanks to the internet I have proven that I haven't lost my mind but actually did have grape chips in the late 70s when i would have been about five or six. lol!

I remember these fruit flavoured chips. They were gross and didn't seem to last very long.

I certainly do remember those disgusting flavours of chips.....BLECH....they were awful. Does anyone remember in like 1972 or 1973 when Hostess introduced BBQ flavour and every bag came with a pre-wrapped gum ball....maybe just me then.

Wow, I thought I was the only kook who remembers grape chips! I remember the foil Hostess bags - 25 cents each. Now I'm thinking about Bottle Caps, Ton O' Gum, Thrills, soap candies and all of the other junk I loved when I was 8 years old...

Why don't I remember these???? Were they maybe a regional thing? I have lived in PA all my life... Doesn't sound like I missed anything good! LOL

I remember those chips!!! I was like 8-10yrs old. I am still a chip & junk food addict!!! (pretty slim STILL!! Remember the nacho flavoured Crunchits in the 80's......yellow in colour??? You can still order them at Hostess/ Frito Lay in Cambridge (head office) I bought a carton of them & enjoyed them!!!!! What about the Lifesaver stick gum,,,,,,,now wild cherry flavour was the BOMB!!! Oh , I want some now....lol.Awhile back for a limited time only they had the BBQ Crunchits,,,,soooooo goood!! Also, you must remember the Ketchup flavored stick by Hostess,,,now you only get the Hickory Sticks. PLEASE bring Back the KETCHUP FLAVOUR. I also remember the Hostess flavoured popcorn in a foil bag,,,,,the bbq, salt & vinegar & sour cream & onion WERE ALL GOOD!! I remember the Hostess Foil Bag of chips,,,,,think we got more in the 2 long white bags that were inside of the Foil or papery foil big bag...in the 70's. The Sour Cream & Onion must have been double dipped in the flavouring because they tasted soooooooo much better then!!. Chips & Pop were a Friday night treat in my house while watching THE LOVE BOAT & FANTASY ISLAND.....My parents were both teacher & very strict ABOUT JUNK FOOD,,,,which is actually a good thing,,,,your brain works better!!!

You can still buy Nacho Crunchits in Atlantic Canada.

Yes Gigi......that flavoured popcorn was amazing....your family and mine must have been the only customers the bought it though, cause it vanished as quickly as it came.....Pizza Flavour was my favorite.

I definitely remember the grape, cherry and orange flavoured chips. I am a self professed Potatoe Chip Queen...tried EVERY new flavour that hits the market. (these ones were NOT amongst my favorites!!) I'm remembering them coming out in the late 70's. I was living in Nova Scotia in 1978 and tried them that summer.

Does anyone remember the TV commercial for Hostess Crunchits from the late 1970's? It featured Bob Cratchit and Ebenezer Scrooge. The dialogue began: (Scrooge) Cratchit, what's that crunching? (Bob) Crunchits Mr. Scrooge. (Scrooge) Cratchits? (Bob) No, CRUNCHITS! etc., etc. I wrote that!

I recall Hostess making Hot Mexican chips (loved them) and Green Onion chips -- NOT Sour Cream & Green Onion, which came later. I have no recall of fruit-flavored chips, but I grew up in a small town, and we didn't get everything that came to the cities.

Does anyone remember the peanut butter flavored cheesies?They were put out by Hostess in the early 80's.They lasted abuot 5 minutes.The corner store finally had to sell them off at 5 bags for a dollar!

I remember the grape and the orange ones. What a horrible, horrible idea. I assume someone was eventually fired. The orange ones tasted like chips dusted with stuff swept up on the third shift at a Tang factory.

A few years ago when we moved here, I found a foil Hostess chip bag. The price on the bag is 69 cents. Wow what a find! Brings back memories. (Bag is empty and was folded, Still in excellent shape).

sell me that foil bag please! My email is joadhenry2@gmail.com

Can anyone find a picture of those foil bags (25 cents) on the internet? I'm having a heck of a time finding one.

this was a Canadian thing for sure. i remember them but i remember the fruit flavoured chips coming out around 77/78. i couldnt believe how much good candy i got for a quarter back then. black bart gum, snow balls. remember when a big bag of chips contained 2 bags inside, 1 bag of chips lasted our family a week. now you pay for air.

Yup remember them well, probably 1979 I would guess, we used to go to the corner store every day and buy RC Cola and Thrills gum (it was the cheapest). When the Hostess Grape, Orange and Cherry chips came out, we bought a bag of each. Each of us tried one chip from each bag, and we threw the rest out. Coming from die-hard junk food fanatics, that's a pretty bad review. Oh also we'd buy Super 2 flavoured milk (chocolate, coffee, banana and strawberry I think). I can even remember the theme song for that one. Along with Dancerella and Digger the Dog.

gigi! Couldn't agree with you more...I would do anything to have Ketchup flavoured Hickory Sticks again! even after all these years I can remember exactly what they tasted like. And even not so far back, the original Doritos, before all the different types...just the white bag with the clear window on the front...lol. Anyone ever see "Chunks" chocolate around anymore? Before they were individualy wrapped and just sat on the convienience store counter in a clear plastic tub...