20 Discontinued Foods and Snacks From the ’80s and ’90s We Still Miss

Nestlé’s Magic Ball, later called Wonder Ball, surrounded tiny prizes with a hollow chocolate shell. The original toy-filled version was withdrawn in 1997 amid choking concerns, then returned with candy pieces replacing figurines. Ownership changed, characters rotated, and later revivals appeared, but the familiar version eventually vanished again. Its appeal came from combining dessert with suspense: children received chocolate, mystery, and the possibility that the prize inside would be slightly disappointing, all in one box.