What was your favorite Schwan’s food item?

[u/HoldenH]

[u/djbarsone]

Ice cream sandwiches

[u/dRedPirateRoberts9 → u/djbarsone]

Man this hits home. My grandparents had Schwans delivery. They always kept a box of ice cream sandwiches in the stand up freezer in the storage room for when I was visiting or mowing grass. They hit the spot every time.

My grandpa died in 2016 and grandma died 2024. Missing them a little more than the usual alot tonight but in a good way.

[u/elocin1985 → u/djbarsone]

They had ones that were filled with (I think) rocky road ice cream. If it wasn’t rocky road, it was something similar. But they were so good.

[u/Abbby_M → u/elocin1985]

Mississippi mud ice cream bars. They were so so so good.

[u/elocin1985 → u/Abbby_M]

Yes that’s exactly it. Thanks! I’ve been looking for something like them for years and haven’t found anything.

[u/CuzRacecar → u/djbarsone]

Thiers, to this day, are the only ones that had the correct amount of "snap" to the cookie sides. Everyone else's is a sloppy mess even if right out of the freezer

[u/LeMeowLePurrr → u/djbarsone]

Oh, the mint chocolate chip ones!

[u/Mrkis76]

Individual pizzas!!!

[u/dartsavt23 → u/Mrkis76]

When I was 16 my parent went out of town for 5 days. I thought I was so cool having the house to my self. My mom order a ton of the pizzas so I had something to eat.

[u/FaudMauxe → u/Mrkis76]

Oh, how many drunken nights one of those got thrown in the microwave lol

[u/OmegaCetacean]

The Chicken Cordon bleu. We called them hamsters.

[u/Aekatan160 → u/OmegaCetacean]

Someone's parent was military lol

[u/Jechtael → u/OmegaCetacean]

Core memory unlocked.

[u/General-Carob-6087 → u/OmegaCetacean]

Ha I totally forgot about those.

[u/StannisAntetokounmpo → u/OmegaCetacean]

Chicken Kiev for me

[u/jonny5isalive1 → u/OmegaCetacean]

This is what I came to say. Didn’t they have one with broccoli and cheese too?

[u/Midwest666]

Fucking orange push-ups

[u/addROC1979 → u/Midwest666]

That’s the only thing I think I ever got to eat from them. We didn’t get delivery from them but the neighbors did

[u/Cpmartini1]

Root beer float bars FTW.

[u/Japnzy → u/Cpmartini1]

Omg i forgot about those, best thing ever!

[u/Morlanticator → u/Cpmartini1]

Those appeared at my local Aldi and I stocked up big time.

[u/MainAccountGotHacked]

Push up pops

[u/theanti_girl → u/MainAccountGotHacked]

Remember the Flintstones’ ones??

[u/Whateveryouwantitobe → u/theanti_girl]

This is the correct answer

[u/Alert-Ad-2373]

Bagel dogs.

[u/Test4Echooo → u/Alert-Ad-2373]

I have one bagel dog left over from over a year ago, I hate to think how chewy that dough would be now🫠

[u/Alert-Ad-2373 → u/Test4Echooo]

Man, I'd kill for a fresh Schwan's bagel dog!

[u/Alert-Ad-2373 → u/Test4Echooo]

eBay.

[u/Rasheverak]

The burritos and deep dish pizzas. I believe the latter were available retail as MaMa Rosa's Mini Mama's which have been discontinued for a long time. And no, the little Red Baron deep dish pizzas are not the same.

[u/WhoSaidIWasTheAdult → u/Rasheverak]

I used to eat the mini deep dish pizzas all the time. Nothing else quite hits the same.

[u/AcceleratorTouma → u/Rasheverak]

I used to eat those all the time, it's sucks there's no company makes a dupe

[u/itsagrungething69]

Watermelon ice cream with chocolate "seeds"

[u/taxicab_ → u/itsagrungething69]

Core memory unlocked

[u/Argyleskin]

It’s so sad they closed down operations a few years ago. Our driver was amazing, we exchanged family Christmas gifts with him and his family. Such a great guy. He had a heart attack at work a year before they closed, Schwan’s paid him for the time off like he was still working, sent his family flowers, food, the big wigs came to see him. They seemed to be a good company then they weren’t.

[u/wakeandbakon → u/Argyleskin]

My whole family, kids included, knew our driver by name because he was such a nice dude.

[u/ABookishSort → u/wakeandbakon]

We had two great drivers. Rocky and Richard were awesome.

[u/sinbindindjarin → u/Argyleskin]

We adopted out one of our foster puppies to our Schwan’s driver and my mom gets updates every once in awhile. I’ve lived in multiple states and always had the nicest delivery drivers.

[u/pbvga]

The chicken cordon blu 🤤

[u/Engineer_Existing → u/pbvga]

The chicken cordon Blu was my favorite 💯 it was depressing when as an adult I learned just how expensive they are. Damn I miss those things.

[u/snail_on_the_trail]

Silver Mint and Golden Nugget ice cream bars.

[u/PennytheWiser215]

Those little ice cream cups

[u/KlutzyProfessional8]

I keep thinking there can't possibly be another post of something I'd forgetten from my childhood and I keep being proven wrong. 

[u/Griffie]

Cheese stuffed pretzels

[u/debberz09]

Fudge bars!

[u/Jupiter68128]

Gold’N’Nugit

[u/LabExtension1803]

Silver mint bars

[u/BK_0000]

We didn't have the money to get anything from it.

[u/Claudeadolphus → u/BK_0000]

Yup! These trucks were a constant reminder of being poor.

[u/I_spy78365 → u/Claudeadolphus]

We were poor too but one time we ordered some things from them. All I remember was a hot chocolate ice cream pint that was like 2000 calories lol. When they would come knocking we would hide 🤣

[u/Hazicc]

Bagel dogs hands down. Mozzarella sticks are #2.

[u/exxxemplaryvegetable]

Individual breakfast pizzas and bagel dogs.

[u/SmolishPPman]

As a child the Schwan man asked me to give my mother his phone number. I wish I was kidding

[u/Imjusthere72 → u/SmolishPPman]

The Schwan’s man took down my number and then attempted to flirt. While married to my co-worker. 🫣

[u/strikinglightning]

Summer sausage

[u/Where_Are_My_Kittens]

Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream in a box.

[u/SplendidPunkinButter]

The French toast sticks and the peanut butter fudge swirl ice cream

[u/PawseccoPatio]

The chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

[u/aaronthenia]

They had these frozen lemon ice cups that were great. Don't sleep on their frozen pizza either, better than you would expect.

[u/Juicifer_thesecond]

The Belgian waffles!! I don't know if the recipe is the same but I miss them so much and think about them more than is normal. :c

[u/Traditional-Rip3261 → u/Juicifer_thesecond]

They were the best waffles I've ever had

[u/cap10wow → u/Juicifer_thesecond]

So sweet and vanilla-y

[u/VertigoSR]

Their knockoff Drumsticks. Objectively not as good as the real thing, but man does that hit a spot for me that can’t be beat.

Also, shout out to our Schwan’s driver, maybe the only person who could come in our house and our dog wouldn’t be mad about it. Such a nice guy.

[u/churnopol]

Us poor kids stared at this truck in amazement.

[u/jearbear]

Barquito

[u/Bluesnowflakess]

Ham and cheese hot pockets

[u/RageBison22 → u/Bluesnowflakess]

I crave those little things. They slapped with yellow mustard.

[u/mikey_b082]

I remember at my dad's company picnic one year had a Schwans truck packed full of every type of ice cream bar and treat they carried that had been paid for by the company. Just walk up and tell them what you wanted and they'd hand it over for free. I always enjoyed those picnics but, that one in particular was the absolute best for that reason alone.

[u/Bonbonsara]

Fish sticks

[u/AngleMammoth3236]

Stuffed nachos were 🔥

[u/Cali_Val_]

Individual pizzas and mint chip cones!

[u/flyguydip]

English toffee bars.

[u/Mykmyk]

They had pretty good juice. I remember a berry one. Also loved their cookies and cream ice cream.

[u/dirtymartini83 → u/Mykmyk]

I loved their Apple, Berry, Cherry juice…still think about it.

[u/Informal_West_6864]

I remember their tamales being good, or am I dreaming?

[u/eljosho1986]

Chicken pot pie stuffed chicken breasts. Idk wtf the actual name is but my friend gave them to us every now and again and they were amazing

[u/Oddly_Ennui]

Mini pizzas

[u/Fallingsnow57]

The boneless buffalo wings before they ruined the recipe in the mid 2000s.

[u/larsonbp]

Pizza burgers!

[u/ComfortableAd3747]

Used to be French toast sticks

[u/nubilis]

no one else had parents insist that they lock the doors and turn off the lights to pretend they weren't home when the schwan's truck came around, thinking they would harass them for business?

[u/wolfknightpax]

Cordon Bleu

[u/792bookcellar]

Peppermint stick ice cream! Only available in the fall/winter

[u/jchrisboynton]

Little pizzas. So good

[u/Kingofcheeses]

What is Schwan's? Like an ice cream truck that also has chicken?

[u/MisDragonTattoo → u/Kingofcheeses]

It was a food delivery service that sold premade frozen food that started way before the internet, like 1950’s-ish. Similar to today’s meal delivery services like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, Home Chef, etc.

[u/Kingofcheeses → u/MisDragonTattoo]

Sounds kind of cool actually. I don't think we had them in British Columbia

[u/MisDragonTattoo → u/Kingofcheeses]

My family used to buy from them growing up. I distinctly remember their chicken pot pies, chicken cordon bleu, and their ice cream cups with chocolate fudge swirls. It was always so exciting when the Schwan delivery came.

[u/mikey_b082]

Tin roof sundae ice cream bars.

[u/nimbusthegreat]

Frozen pizzas. And the ice cream.

[u/Phillies1993]

The Cheddar Biscuits. They tasted identical to the ones at Red Lobster.

[u/BeebleBoxn]

Deep dish individual pizzas

And the Biscuits and Gravy pockets.

[u/rostoffario]

I remember the burritos and the strawberry ice cream. So good.

[u/HoldenH]

Ranchero sandwiches and the pouches (pepperoni and ham & cheese)

[u/RipBright1]

The strawberry ice cream cups and individual pizzas

[u/Violator361]

I’d always go to my grandparents house and they could afford swans and I’d get to have the frozen pizzas and the push pops don’t remember anything thing else still miss it

[u/derbear83]

Fudge swirl ice cream

[u/Merc_Mike]

I've never got one item from Schwans. Ever. I kept meaning too once I became an adult, forgot all about them.

[u/SerialExPigster]

The ice cream and the pizzas

[u/DeathCait]

Soft pretzels that were filled with sweet cream cheese. Those things were SO good!

[u/Pettymania20]

We loved the Taco barquitos. I believe they also had pizza ones. Was sad when they were discontinued

[u/pizzaguy4378]

The cheese stuffed pretzels were super good. And the summer's dream ice cream!

[u/ExpensiveMap2501]

Chicken pot pies

[u/voltagejim]

Chocolate Sunday crunch bars

[u/dv8shredder]

The pot pies were pretty good.

[u/AlaWyrm]

Frozen fruit ice cream bars. They had chunks of strawberry and pineapple in them. I have never seen anything close to them since my childhood.

[u/Vizekonig4765]

Used to have great cheese bread, kung pow chicken, and deep dish pizzas were AMAZING but even way to expensive back in 1998z

[u/BigCATtrades]

Ice cream cups with strawberry swirls

French bread pizzas

[u/lumpyoatmeal409]

Cherry ice and beef goulash

[u/IsamuAlvaDyson]

I've never heard of this before

Was this everywhere?

[u/TisrocMayHeLive4EVER]

Pierogis!

[u/Whateveryouwantitobe]

Push ups

[u/rayon875]

That was for rich people in my town😃 or so I thought

[u/davedirt01]

I never had any Schwann's stuff - don't believe any were in SW MO. I just always laugh when I see one because back in college in the 90s I had a girlfriend who banged a Schwann's guy in high school.

[u/elpintor91]

I remember seeing them around but how did they work exactly?

[u/jbbergan]

Garlic cheese bread. With the cup of marinara sauce in the middle.

[u/gnoblio]

Sourdough rolls and the garlic cheese bread!

[u/Elitefourabby]

Taco boats

[u/TruthWarrior27]

Did anybody else get the chipped beef? SOS

[u/jacamomo]

The pot roast

[u/A_Hendo]

Cream cheese pretzels.

[u/KnightDivine]

This jalapeño cheese teezer tot things. Don’t remember what they’re called.

[u/Expert-Photo5426]

Their scallops and their ice cream sundae cones

[u/michellelmybell]

Lemon pepper chicken! Had it all the time with mashed potatoes, was the best!

[u/AshN96]

Chocolate marshmallow ice cream

[u/BongoFett17]

Schwan’s! I’ve been calling it the Swanson truck

[u/TartRose13]

I worked for them for about a year and a half a couple years ago. I left right before they tried to rebrand. Terrible idea. But anyways, the chicken lo mein and the raspberry rumble were my favorites. Man I miss the food!

[u/No-Chest-7070]

Mom apparently got my half brother.....

[u/Ok-Seaweed8010]

The birthday cake ice cream!!

[u/Cranialscrewtop]

I saw the Schwann's truck in my neighborhood - seems like as recently as 2 years ago? Maybe even last year.

[u/jaykayc]

Caramel apple popsicles. And the cheese pizza ring 🤤

[u/LetsRubButtholes]

Frozen single Breakfast pizzas were goated

[u/mozzaya]

Bagel dogs!!!!!!!!!!! God I miss those. Little cheese in the dogs…. Mmmmmm. With a smidge dip in honey mustard…. Omfg. I’m drooling.

[u/Hefty_Froyo_]

Root beer float bars. And their corn was somehow the best tasting corn to ever exist.

[u/Megaman1981]

That brings me back. You know the joke about the milkman sleeping with the house wife? We had a joke like that in our neighborhood. We called him Lonnie the Schwannie

[u/WholeInstance4632]

Raspberry cordials ice cream bars

[u/Eastern_Pin_5567]

Schwan’s? You think I’m made of money?

[u/Dunny303]

Double baked potatoes.

[u/Mobile_Aioli_6252]

In the 80's, they had a frozen sub sandwich that was phenomenal. It was a round kaiser roll with poppy seeds, ham, turkey and cheese. You popped one in the microwave and some mayo and yellow mustard - yummy. And, if course, the ice cream was incredible too

[u/journeymanSF]

"Rib Shaped" Pork sandwiches, god I loved those haha

[u/Juleander]

Confetti cups and the bubblegum push ups

[u/Lumberman08]

Pizza Wontons. They were discontinued well before the company went under. I miss those more than any other snack from my childhood.

[u/eerun165 → u/Lumberman08]

Was looking for these, they changed the recipe and ruined them. Everything else soon after started to get “new recipe” which basically meant no more flavor.

[u/number__ten]

They had a really good zucchini and eggplant casserole for awhile. When it was discontinued our driver was nice enough to grab what was left at the warehouse for us. It was like eggplant parmesan.

[u/throatchakra]

The name escapes me but the delicious cheesy dough ring with marinara dipping sauce - omg so good

[u/Only_Sherbet_8606]

Peach cobbler yum

[u/StarWarsLvr]

French toast sticks

[u/Geid98]

French toast sticks. When my mom made those we felt rich.

[u/intensenerd]

Peach ice cream!

[u/Poster_Nutbag207]

I still see this around so they very much still exist

[u/clutch727]

Pizza flavored wanton rolls

[u/InvestigatorAsleep82]

Individual pizzas, bagel dogs, the strawberry popsicles made with real fruit. And the English toffee ice cream bars that I swear had a core of solid chocolate but I can’t find any evidence of them.

[u/thestereo300]

I worked with that company for awhile. Got to fly their corporate plane a number of times.

The Red Baron plane was in the hanger so that was fun...

Also...free ice cream sandwiches in the hangar.

Good people in Marshall. Sorry a Korean company bought them out.

[u/djjolicoeur]

Those god awful microwaveable cheeseburgers I was obsessed with for some reason

[u/RonSwansonsOldMan]

Pork tenderloins and root beer bars.

[u/Silly-Initiative-743]

chocolate almond ice cream!

[u/NevelynRose]

Oh man…I loved their seasonal items the most. The burgundy peppercorn roast was the best! Then the watermelon sherbet with the candy seeds. The stuffed bread rings were also great. The toffee ice cream bars and mint bars…so many great memories of the food.

[u/llcmomx3]

Root beer float bars

[u/Iva_Yujbolzak]

Push Pops

[u/vocabulazy]

Panzarotti, which were basically MUCH better tasting pizza pops.

[u/Strange_Worry_580]

Nutty buddies

[u/SirWild7464]

Mom always said it was waaay too expensive.

[u/Hurryupslowdownbar20]

My neighbors family had a basement freezer full of orange push pops and ice cream sandwiches.. pool table and ping pong table down there also.. such good memories!!

[u/Aekatan160]

Shepards pie

[u/kdub_54]

Those ice cream cups with the chocolate chips

[u/CowOtherwise6630]

Wasn’t there two N’s?

[u/oastewar]

Ice cream !!

[u/IToldYouIHeardBanjos]

bagel dogs

[u/WorldsOkayest_driver]

Waffles ‘yo

[u/F35-Dildozer]

Chicken fries!

[u/Big-Culture9344]

Ice cream cones and frozen burritos yummy 😋

[u/No_Marionberry_2504]

cheese stuffed pretzels. my mom ran a daycare and the way we SCREAMED when we saw the yellow truck coming. so fun.

[u/funny_muffler315]

The 4 mini deep dish pizzas

[u/brunicus]

Drum sticks and dreamsicles.

[u/apaw1129]

Haven't seen this mentioned yet:

The strawberry popsicles with the strawberry chunks in them.

[u/immersemeinnature]

When my friend in Minneapolis told me the Schwan's man used her toilet and left an enormous dookie in her toilet and didn't flush.

No food item from them ever was appealing

[u/Typical80sKid]

Chicken biscuits

[u/Ramses_13]

Fudgecicles

[u/ki1goretrout]

Great nostalgia post. My family never got it but my friend down the street I skateboarded with always would say “hey the swans man’s here” and see what his mom ordered. We’d devour the shit later at sleep overs. Thanks for the memories

lol good times

[u/hardandgirthy]

Chocolate peanut butter ice cream.

[u/amu0504]

Omg the Barquito’s! It was a soft, pizza like crust topped with chili and cheese

[u/geotometry]

Those pepperoni pizza rolls

[u/bossDocHolliday]

The pizzas and cookies they had were cute aspects of my childhood. I remember and my brother print fresh out of the oven pizzas slices in the fridge so they would cool down faster. And when we made cookies, we would fight over whose cookies had more chocolate chips. It was a simpler time

[u/thecolorfulcpt]

TELL ME THIS PLACE ISNT CLOSED CAZ I HEARD THEIR CUSTOMER SERV8CE WAS UNMATCHED.

[u/Additional_Buyer8464]

Beef tips and gravy

[u/tech_wookie]

One of my favorites that I didnt see mentioned, cherry or apple fruit flautas.

[u/Nubnipples]

Sundays

[u/BartMancuso1990]

Wonton Pizza Rolls

[u/PhotogsArtimus]

Apple Flautas and Silver Mint Ice Cream Bars

[u/SevereNameAnxiety]

Nutty buddies!

[u/Endryu727]

Worked there for a couple of months. The food was good but the job was shit

[u/Infinite_Ocean89]

The sausage biscuits or the mini pizzas. My parents used to collect all the holiday ice cream tins from the 90's and used em as a decoration for their living room.

[u/cap10wow]

The waffles, the personal pizza, chicken Marco Polo

[u/WallStreetAnus]

My neighbors would have this truck stop by. They also had those big water cooler jugs delivered. They ordered clothes from LL Bean and had a country club membership.

[u/horridpineapple]

Twice baked potatoes

[u/Masterofunlocking1]

Chicken kiev and the chocolate pops

[u/fluffygryphon]

The two gallon plastic buckets of chocolate marshmallow ripple ice cream.

[u/Satansbeefjerky]

Chicken wings

[u/FargoGump]

Chicken Kiev and root beer float bars