{"id":19772,"date":"2026-03-10T11:33:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/?p=19772"},"modified":"2026-03-10T11:37:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T11:37:53","slug":"11-things-that-marked-the-childhood-of-every-90s-kid-in-cairo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/en\/19772\/11-things-that-marked-the-childhood-of-every-90s-kid-in-cairo","title":{"rendered":"11 Things That Marked the Childhood of Every 90s Kid in Cairo"},"content":{"rendered":"    <button class=\"sideconvo-button button-compact\">         <svg         xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"         width=\"64\"         height=\"64\"         viewBox=\"0 0 64 64\"         fill=\"none\">         <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_5407_120)\">             <mask                 id=\"mask0_5407_120\"                 style=\"mask-type:luminance\"                 maskUnits=\"userSpaceOnUse\"                 x=\"0\"                 y=\"0\"                 width=\"64\"                 height=\"64\">                 <path d=\"M64 0H0V64H64V0Z\" fill=\"white\"><\/path>             <\/mask>             <g mask=\"url(#mask0_5407_120)\">                 <path                     d=\"M38.4702 26.64L38.5252 26.775C40.3652 31.435 44.0902 35.165 48.7502 37L48.8852 37.055L48.7502 37.11C44.0902 38.95 40.3602 42.675 38.5252 47.335L38.4702 47.47L38.4152 47.335C36.5752 42.675 32.8502 38.945 28.1902 37.11L28.0552 37.055L28.1902 37C32.8502 35.16 36.5802 31.435 38.4152 26.775L38.4702 26.64ZM38.4702 14.815C38.0702 14.815 37.6702 15.035 37.5002 15.475L33.7702 24.935C32.4352 28.325 29.7502 31.01 26.3602 32.345L16.9002 36.075C16.0202 36.425 16.0202 37.67 16.9002 38.02L26.3602 41.75C29.7502 43.085 32.4352 45.77 33.7702 49.16L37.5002 58.62C37.6752 59.06 38.0752 59.28 38.4702 59.28C38.8652 59.28 39.2702 59.06 39.4402 58.62L43.1702 49.16C44.5052 45.77 47.1902 43.085 50.5802 41.75L60.0402 38.02C60.9202 37.67 60.9202 36.425 60.0402 36.075L50.5802 32.345C47.1902 31.01 44.5052 28.325 43.1702 24.935L39.4402 15.475C39.2652 15.035 38.8652 14.815 38.4702 14.815ZM14.4702 29.125L11.9802 24.57C11.9452 24.505 11.8902 24.45 11.8202 24.41L7.26516 21.92C6.62516 21.57 6.62516 20.655 7.26516 20.305L11.8202 17.815C11.8852 17.78 11.9402 17.725 11.9752 17.66L14.4652 13.105C14.8152 12.465 15.7302 12.465 16.0802 13.105L18.5702 17.66C18.6052 17.725 18.6602 17.78 18.7302 17.82L23.2852 20.31C23.9252 20.66 23.9252 21.575 23.2852 21.925L18.7302 24.415C18.6652 24.45 18.6102 24.505 18.5752 24.57L16.0852 29.125C15.7352 29.765 14.8202 29.765 14.4702 29.125Z\"                     fill=\"#fff\"><\/path>                 <path                     d=\"M38.4702 26.64L38.5252 26.775C40.3652 31.435 44.0902 35.165 48.7502 37L48.8852 37.055L48.7502 37.11C44.0902 38.95 40.3602 42.675 38.5252 47.335L38.4702 47.47L38.4152 47.335C36.5752 42.675 32.8502 38.945 28.1902 37.11L28.0552 37.055L28.1902 37C32.8502 35.16 36.5802 31.435 38.4152 26.775L38.4702 26.64Z\"                     fill=\"#fff\"><\/path>                 <path                     d=\"M32 10.7351C33.6569 10.7351 35 9.39196 35 7.73511C35 6.07825 33.6569 4.73511 32 4.73511C30.3431 4.73511 29 6.07825 29 7.73511C29 9.39196 30.3431 10.7351 32 10.7351Z\"                     fill=\"#fff\"><\/path>             <\/g>         <\/g>         <defs>             <clipPath id=\"clip0_5407_120\">                 <rect width=\"64\" height=\"64\" fill=\"white\"><\/rect>             <\/clipPath>         <\/defs>     <\/svg>        <span class=\"sideconvo_button\"  data-sideconvo-message=\"Local brands to shop\" data-sideconvo-mode=\"CHAT\" data-sideconvo-customCTATitle=\"Shop local brands\" data-sideconvo-customCTAPlacement=\"TITLE_TAG\">             Shop local brands        <\/span>         <div class=\"hoverEffect\">             <div><\/div>         <\/div>     <\/button>     <style>      <\/style>    <p>You didn&#8217;t have a childhood in Cairo. You had a curriculum! Here are 11 snacks and sweets all 90s kids will remember.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-chipsy-the-original-before-the-flavour-explosion\"><strong>1. Chipsy (the original, before the flavour explosion<\/strong>)<\/h3>    <p id=\"h-1-chipsy-the-original-before-the-flavour-explosion\"><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"332\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chipsy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chipsy.jpg 332w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chipsy-200x250.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Before kebab flavour, before jalape\u00f1o ketchup, before PepsiCo bought the whole thing in 2001, there was just Chipsy. Founded in 1980 and Egypt&#8217;s undisputed crisp king. The bag crinkle alone could make a classroom turn around.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-molto-croissant\"><strong>2. Molto croissant<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <p>Launched in 1997 and immediately claimed by every Egyptian child as a necessity. You ate it at breakfast. You ate it after school. You ate it when nothing was wrong and when everything was. Edita built an empire on this thing. Rightfully so.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-bimbo\"><strong>3. Bimbo<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"962\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo-962x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19787\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9393558679828498;width:697px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo-962x1024.png 962w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo-564x600.png 564w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo-235x250.png 235w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo-768x818.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/bimbo.png 1084w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 962px) 100vw, 962px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/corona.eg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Corona Chocolate Company<\/a> product and yes, the Alexandrian chocolate company has been around since 1919. Bimbo was the chocolate wafer that older generations will fight you about, insisting it was better than anything imported. They are not wrong.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-4-katakito\"><strong>4. Katakito<\/strong><\/h3>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/katakito.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/katakito.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/katakito-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>Kit-Kat? Nah. A chocolate-covered wafer biscuit that exists today under a &#8220;New Katakito&#8221; rebrand, which nobody asked for and everybody clocked immediately.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-5-chicobon\"><strong>5. Chicobon<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chicobon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19794\" style=\"width:453px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chicobon.jpg 712w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chicobon-542x600.jpg 542w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/chicobon-226x250.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>Colourful sugar-coated chocolate drops from Honeywell, introduced in the late 80s and absolutely dominant in the 90s. The primary function was to sort them by colour before eating, always.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-6-leban-el-sehry-the-magic-gum\"><strong>6. Leban el Sehry, the Magic Gum<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/supermagic-gum.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/supermagic-gum.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/supermagic-gum-250x132.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>A 90s Egyptian childhood without the colour-changing gum is not a valid 90s Egyptian childhood. You&#8217;d start chewing and watch your gum turn from pink to green or purple or blue. Your tongue too. This was considered a perfectly normal afternoon.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-7-jelly-cola\"><strong>7. Jelly Cola<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-1024x768.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19773\" style=\"width:597px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-250x188.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>Tiny and weirdly addictive. The bags slowly shrank over the years until they became a philosophical statement about inflation. The flavour never changed. The nostalgia is enormous.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-8-spiro-spathis\"><strong>8. Spiro Spathis<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiro-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19785\" style=\"width:606px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiro-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiro-copy-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiro-copy-250x175.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/spiro-copy-768x538.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>Still delicious!<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-9-juhayna-mix\"><strong>9. Juhayna Mix<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina-1024x593.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19792\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.7268737779708885;width:546px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina-1024x593.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina-600x348.png 600w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina-250x145.png 250w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/juheina.png 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>The straw never went in straight on the first attempt. Ever. This is documented fact. The juice itself was fine. The straw was the real 90s experience.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-10-lolita-popsicles\"><strong>10. <strong>Lolita Popsicles<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"403\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lolita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lolita.jpg 403w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lolita-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>We can still taste it.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-11-jolio-chips\"><strong>11. Jolio Chips<\/strong><\/h3>    <p><\/p>    <figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"444\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19775\" style=\"width:444px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4.png 444w, https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-4-250x187.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/figure>    <p><\/p>    <p>Cheesy and perfectly crunchy!<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p>Tell us which one broke you in the comments. We already know it&#8217;s either Jelly Cola or the Magic Gum.<\/p>    <p><\/p>    <p><\/p>    <div class=\"wp-block-thisis-thisis-more-like-this-block\">             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/en\/19701\/15-iftar-spots-in-cairo-you-must-try-this-ramadan-with-prices\" class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"15 Iftar Spots in Cairo You Must Try This Ramadan (With Prices)\">                 <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block\">             <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__header\"                 style=\"background-color: #84459a;\">                 <h3>                     ALSO READ:                <\/h3>             <\/div>             <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__content\"                 style=\"background-color: #84459a1a;\">                                     <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__image\">                         <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thisiscairo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image45-250x138.jpg\" alt=\"15 Iftar Spots in Cairo You Must Try This Ramadan (With Prices)\" \/>                     <\/div>                                                     <div class=\"thisis-more-like-this-block__text\">                                                     <h2>15 Iftar Spots in Cairo You Must Try This Ramadan (With Prices)<\/h2>                                                                             <p>We\u2019ve rounded up Ramadan set menus and buffet offers across the city. 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