Retsy Series 1 · Card 0040 · 80-SNK

Pudding Pails

Grab it by the handle. Lick the lid.

Chocolate and butterscotch pudding in tiny plastic pails with fold-down handles, built for lunchboxes.

Card no.: 0040 of 1,280
Set: 80s Snacks & Fast Food · 80-SNK
Year: 1984
Type: Mini pudding cups with handles
Found at: Lunchbox
Cost back then: 4-pack for $1.19

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Nostalgia8/10

Hype5/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1984

The story of Pudding Pails

The handles were the whole appeal. Pudding Pails hung off your finger like a tiny bucket, and the foil lid demanded licking before anything else happened. Chocolate went fast, butterscotch got traded, and the vanilla ones rattled around the bottom of the lunchbox for weeks. Empty pails became doll buckets, paint cups and sandbox treasure.

Fun fact

Most kids skipped the spoon entirely and tipped the pail back like they were drinking from a tiny bucket.

Six finishes

187 copies of Pudding Pails exist

Pudding Pails comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Pudding Pails, Retsy card 0040 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

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