Adam Eats the 80s

Adam Richman’s most important meal of the day is a long-forgotten Domino’s delicacy from 1985, delivered fresh with a wakeup call, coffee and a newspaper. Then, he’ll visit the first mall location of food court staple Auntie Anne’s pretzels to try and uncover the secret to their pretzel recipe that hasn’t changed since the 80s. Plus Adam will uncover how the 80s impacted coffee, cereal and cereal commercials.

Adam’s in search of candy that could only have been created in the 80s. He tracks down the inventor of Big League Chew to stand in the place where it was created and sample the never released first test flavor. Plus he visits a collector with over 20,000 pieces of candy that we might never see again, no piece is too gross, no piece is too shocking.

In the 80s, everything happened at the mall, and now Adam discovers the very first location of food court pioneer Panda Express and samples unreleased, early versions of their famous Orange Chicken. Then he’ll learn the secret to Cinnabon’s famous cinnamon and take one of the most successful kitchen appliances of the decade for a test drive.

Was the 80s the last great decade for fast food? Adam visits Roy Rogers to sample some of their long lost recipes. Then, he enlists the help of a top food lab to put a French fry theory to the test once and for all–did fast food fries truly taste better in the early 80s? Plus, he’ll dig up some packaging history from one of the biggest burger chains ever to put a long lost icon to the test!

Many great foods have been lost to the 80s… until now! Adam visits Pizza Hut and uncovers their notorious double decker “Priazzo” and an Italian turnover designed to be made in 5-minutes or less. Then, he’ll go bonkers and recreate some classically magic cookies originally made by elves! And to cap it all off, he pops the top on some authentic 80’s wine coolers from an unexpected brand.