This Popular '90s Dessert Is Making A Comeback

It's official — the 2020s are the new '90s. Everything old is new again, and that includes not only hairstyles, fashion, and TV shows, but also many beloved snack foods once thought to be long-vanished from the store shelves. Well, ok, not each and every snack with a cult following has been revived — if you're missing 90s faves like Orbitz and Yogos, you'll still have to order them from eBay and pay a premium price for something that's been moldering in a basement for over a decade. Still, Dunkaroos came back, as did Surge and Doritos 3D, and now it's time for something that's not only delicious, but so pretty that, as Unilever's press release (via PR Newswire) tells us, it "can make any day a celebration."

Yes, Viennetta! That oh-so-sophisticated ice cream whose baroque swirls made it almost too beautiful to eat. The most amazing part of the whole Viennetta experience, however, is that all you needed was one of these babies in the freezer and you had the most dinner party-worthy of desserts on hand. No need for high-level kitchen skills and hours to spare, and no need to spend big bucks on something from La Pâtisserie Français Snooty. Just a plate and a knife and you had something elegant enough to serve any royalty who might be dropping by. No wonder it was the favorite childhood birthday cake of so many millennials.