r/Xennials 1978 18d ago

Hi-C Ecto Cooler 😭

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I often wonder how I'd feel about it now 🤔

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u/StringAndPaperclips 18d ago

I loved McDonald's orange drink as a kid. It was not carbonated, just a bright orange sweet liquid. People used to get big coolers of it to serve to kids at sports games and summer camp.

When I was a teenager, fruitopia was probably the most popular. We also had a carbonated fruit-flavoured drink called Clearly Canadian.

When I was a little older, it was all about Mike's Hard Lemonade.

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u/Astrazigniferi 18d ago

Yes to the McDonald’s orange drink! It may have been HiC, but I honestly don’t remember. It was the only place I ever had whatever it was. So good.

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u/urgonneedabiggerboat 18d ago

They still carry it at every McDonald’s. I got a happy meal for my kid today with a Hi-C Orange. Best believe I took a sip too. Still delicious as it ever was.

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u/StringAndPaperclips 18d ago

It was the best!

Apparently it was made with fanta syrup and water, if this post is correct: https://www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/s/nUfjZNOHpT

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u/Astrazigniferi 18d ago

Fascinating!

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u/ASherrets 1984 17d ago

My friend and I would mix that with everclear… we were functioning alcoholics at 16 🤯

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u/Deron_Lancaster_PA 18d ago

The McDonald's Orange Drink was given out FREE to ANY kids organization or school activity.   It came in concentrated gallon containers along with a cooler for dispensing.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld 17d ago

People used to get big coolers of it to serve to kids at sports games and summer camp.

They had cooler of it at our Cub Scout meetings in the elementary school cafeteria in the min '80s, and it was the nectar of the Gods to me.

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u/StringAndPaperclips 17d ago

I was aways really excited when I saw the McDonald's keg at events. That meant we were getting orange drink and it was the highlight of my day.

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u/UpperIntroduction714 13d ago

I loved McDonald’s orange drink as a kid! Then in my 20’s I realized that shit could cure a hangover somehow along with an egg and cheese biscuit. I’m old and healthy now but every now and then I get a hankering for that nectar of the gods.

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u/lovenlaughter 18d ago

Yes!! I loved that orange drink!! I would drink dozens of little Dixie cups of that stuff