Gatorade & Snapple Are Going Full Throwback — and Millennials Are Thriving

Finally, some good news we actually wanted: Gatorade and Snapple are bringing back their iconic glass bottles, and honestly? This is the closest thing to therapy we can afford right now.

Let’s start with the real tear-jerker…

🟢 Gatorade Is Back in Glass — and us ''80s/’90s Kids Are Emotional

If you grew up in the ’80s or ’90s, you know the vibe.
You’re home from school sick, watching The Price Is Right with a thermometer sticking out of your mouth… and beside you?

A giant glass bottle of Lemon-Lime Gatorade that your mom swore would cure literally anything: fever, flu, heartbreak, broken arm, probably.

Well, Gatorade is tapping into that warm, Vicks-VapoRub-covered nostalgia with a Stranger Things collab that’s so retro it might actually send us to the Upside Down.

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🔥 The Gatorade x Stranger Things 1987 Hawkins Capsule Includes:

• 🟡 Collectible Lemon-Lime Gatorade in a retro glass bottle
• 👕 Heavyweight throwback tee with the upside-down logo and Hawkins energy
• 🧻 Sideline towel with original 1980s-style branding

📅 Available Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. EST
💻 Only online at gatorade.com
💸 $70 for the full capsule

Perfect for fans, collectors, and anyone still recovering from Season 4’s trauma.

🍎 Snapple Is Also Bringing Back Glass Bottles

…But only for New York, because apparently they’re playing favourites.

NBC-LA reports that Snapple is reviving its legendary ’90s glass bottles — the ones that popped when you opened them and made you feel like you were starring in your own summer commercial.

But here’s the catch:
They’re only rolling them out in New York, for a limited time, and only in their top flavours:

• Snapple Apple
• Kiwi Strawberry
• Peach Tea
• Zero Sugar Peach Tea
• Lemon Tea

Why NY only?
Because Snapple is based in Brooklyn and says its fandom is strongest there.
(Okay, Brooklyn. We get it. You win this round.)

📺 Quick Stranger Things Note (because we’re all waiting)

• Season 5 Part 1: Out now (Nov. 25)
• Part 2: Drops Dec. 25
• Series Finale: Dec. 31
  Basically, Netflix said: Have a nice emotional breakdown over the holidays.

🧃 A Little History Lesson We Didn’t Ask For but Secretly Love

When did Gatorade stop using glass bottles?
Around 1998, when everything became plastic and slightly less magical.