In honor of our 100th anniversary we will be publishing a commemorative book, and some of your Sun-Maid memories may become part of it.
Do you remember your mom making oatmeal raisin cookies?
Finding the little boxes of raisins in your lunch box at school?
Please submit your memory by clicking here. You will be contacted through your provided e-mail address if we would like to use your memory in the forthcoming book. Contact us with any questions.
Thank you for sharing your Sun-Maid memories with us.
Every Christmas Mom would let me and my three siblings, help her make cut- out sugar cookies using cookie cutters. One special cookie cutter was of Santa's head. Filled with dips and bumps, the cutter was a hard one to use, and only Mom would at...
While growing up I always wondered why the lady on the box looked so happy with the bright sunlight in the background. Today, I'm a health provider with an understanding of nutrition, fitness and health. Years ago my professional co...
The familiar red box seemed to be a fixture on my Grandmothers counter top. So many times I would stare, or so it seemed at the lovely lady on the front as her smile is beautiful and she appeared to be someone that I would like to meet one day. T...
Sun-Maid raisins were on top of the list for my toddler, Kirsten. She would covet the little box that fit her hand so perfectly and ate every morsel. One day she even ate the box. The writing, trademark picture with all it's color, processed pe...
I know you are celebrating 100 years and I just wanted to share a picture (attached) of my daughter with her arms wrapped around a Sun-Maid jumbo raisin box. It's too cute not to share and I wouldn't mind if you wanted to post it on your websi...
Being the youngest of 15 children, our parents fed us plenty of fruits and vegetables. I remember there were always raisins in my lunch box as my parents were laborers and could not give us a whole lot. My Dad had his own garden with veggies to feed ...
The Sun-Maid red raisin box has always been a staple in the pantry at my house. My mother was selected as the 1924 Raisin Queen. Her family will always be proud of her accomplishments whether it was on the parade route with Monte Blue, or in the kin...
My son loves Sun-Maid raisins. He was playing with the box after he had eaten them and I managed to capture his excitement.
Congratulations for keeping alive traditions in quality.. I am 56 yrs old, and I have a life time of memories using Sun-maid products...I still use them today. As children, we loved having those little boxes of raisins as snacks. Those box...
My grandmother loved to bake. She kept Sun Maid Raisins in her cupboard as a staple for much of her baking. Her house was filled with the scent of cookies and pies and homemade goodness. Sun Maid Raisins were also a staple in my mother's house an...
I remember always carrying around the little red boxes of raisins when I was small. They were the perfect size. Now, I toss them in all my bags to have ready for my sons. On the day in this photo, Cole shared his raisins, and a sunny smooch, with his...
As I was about to sit down for my afternoon break I glanced at the vending machine, There on the bottom row sitting and calling my name was a bag of Sun-Maid rasins quickly I pulled out the correct change to purcahse what took me back to when I was ...
I have eaten raisins since I was little. I remember how special it was to have my very own box to snack on after school. We packed a picnic lunch recently and of course Sun Maid raisins were right in the mix! We were snacking in Bar Harbor at the...
After my mother died I attended St Vincents School for Boys in San Raphael. My father would visit me every other Sunday. We would drive into town and take in a movie. I always had to have a bag of popcorn and then later a box of Sun Maid Raisins. ...
Sunmaid raisins were a staple in our home when I was growing up. They came to us in lunches, a variety of cookies, cakes, salads, raisin & real mincemeat pie, and straight out of the box. Being a country kid, my sister and I did alot of exploring, pl...
My best memory is of my Mother making the Raisin Crumb Bars. They would come out of the oven warm and I got to taste test them. I make them for my family and my children are the tasters now!
I HAD MADE HONEY OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES FOR OPEN CLASS AT THE FAIR. HAD I WAS TAKING THEN OUT OF THE OVEN OF COURSE MY HUSBAND HAD TO HAVE A WARM COOKIE. AFTER HE HAD TAKEN A BITE, HE ASKED HOW MANY DO I HAVE TO SHARE WITH THE FAIR. I STATED 4. HE S...
the greatgrand kids learned how to make ggandmoms oatmeal raisins cookies she let them play in the dough and add what raisins that was left lets just say they was mostly oatmeal cookies but what fun
The little boxes make me think of taking my lunch to school in my metal lunch box, so I keep them in my desk now to get a snack and a smile.
I remember doing a report on raisins for fourth grade. I researched raisins from our school library and used all the different ways in 1970 to access information about raisins. There were no accessible computers at that time. To finish off my repo...
As far back as I can remember I have memories of going to my grandparent’s house. My grandma had a big, red, apple, cookie jar that she would fill with her homemade raisin oatmeal cookies...it was the first stop all of us grand kids would make befo...
Just seeing a box of Sun-Maid Raisins always reminds me of my cajun Momma baking Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and my siblings and I smelling them bake and all standing around waiting for them to come out of the oven. My cajun grandma (Mo-Mo) would make the...
As a young boy in Monroe, Michigan, I found that one way to earn extra money was to caddy for golfers at the local golf course, Monroe golf and Country club.There were some days that were very slow, other were so busy that I had to carry two bags for...
About once a year my mom would let me be too "sick" to go to school. It was an unspoken agreement that we would have a day together. An inside day. No friends, no Dad, no brother, just me and my mommy. We always ended up in the kitchen ...
It was a foggy sort of rainy day. Me and my friends were out as usual. When We decided to open our neatly packed launches, we quickly grabed the SUN MAID RAISINS first and just as i opened my colorfull little box, the sun came peaking out of the clou...
My husband and I went on a 7 day cruise to Mexico. The food on the cruise was absolutely wonderful, but the meal that I looked forward to the most was breakfast. Everyday I had a bowl of oatmeal with SunMaid raisins. Yummy.
when I was as little girl, we could not afford to buy the hot lunches at school, but I do remember my little red lunch box and the sandwiches wrapped in wax paper, and my little box of raisins in the bottom. I loved them and especially getting down ...
When I see that Sunmaid girl, it takes me back to metal lunch boxes in elementary school cafeteria and the treat of a single size box. I also remember summertime snacks and warm oatmeal raisin cookies. It still takes me back everytime I walk by and...
100anos y en mi pueblo natal tanbien cuando vine america se me hiso tan facil saborear los pasas cuantas veces queria lo mismo mi mama estos mas de 100anos mantenganse con el buen trabajo
Growing up in the 50's my Mom & Grandmother always had Sunmaid Raisins in the house. They made oatmeal raisin cookies (mine and my brother's favorite), raisin bars (my Dad's favorite), apple raisin pie (everyone's favorite) and my Grandm...
My mom tells a story of when I was a very little girl, how my brothers had gotten their treats one day, she said that they had gotten them by digging dandelions, I went out and dug up all kinds of dandelions and was very upset not to find anything un...
I grew up during the depression and World War II so money was hard to come by and my mother had to really stretch my dad pay check each week. As a little kid mother knew I always wanted a snack to eat when o got home from school every day. ...
My Sun-Maid story is only 40 years old and traces back to when I was in Junior High School. I was a good student for the most part, except when it came to Spanish. For some reason, Spanish confounded me. The teacher praised my accent, but faulted ...
I have quite a few memories of Sun-Maid raisins being in our home. Some are when my sister and I were kids in school back in the 1960's, and others when I got older. I always remember having them in our pantry. We put them in our cereals, with ...
My story happened back in the 1950s when we would visit Grandma Elsie way over in Liberal, Kansas. When we got there after many hours ride I would head straight to the cookie jar. I don't remember how the raisin/chocolate chip cookies got the ...
This is not much of a story, rather a memory of the taste of the raisin pie that Mom would make. It was the late 40's and we were not well to do. This was the taste of the treat of the month. The recipe was on the box and when it was taken off, Mo...
When I was a kid we very seldom had candy in the house, BUT, we always had a box of Sun-Maid Raisins. Mom hid them in the lower cupboard behind all the canned goods. Good thing they were in the lower cupboard because I was such a short little bugge...
I remember helping my Mom make the Raisin filled cookies. She used to make them with the famous"Muscat" (the jumbo ones), I think that's what they were called. I know I've looked every where to find those same raisins, but I can'...
One evening my husband and I watched the grandkids for a few hours. I made sandwiches for them to eat, using raisins to make faces on the sandwiches. Our granddaughter ate her raisins right up and I gave her some more. Later she followed me into t...
Raisins always have been an everyday staple in our home and our parents homes. My mother and my grandmother always gave us a small box of raisins in our lunch and they were one of the items we always found in our Christmas stocking. Always moist an...
I remember mini boxes of raisins appearing from the depths of my mother's purse no matter where we were. Sometimes my brother and I were tired from "helping" Mom shop at the base commissary. Sometimes one of us was bored with watching the o...
When we visited our grandmother, she sometimes said, "I baked cookies today. Would you like one?" That could only mean a soft sugar cookie with two or three chewy, sweet and delicious Muscat raisins pressed into the center. We never thought to ...
I became diabetic when I was 6 years old. Everyday I was excused from class to have my morning snack. My snack was always a small box of Sunmaid Raisins. They helped balance my blood sugar until lunch time and they tasted so good.
I grew up in the back room. My parents owned a toy store on Chicago's south side from 1945-1970. These were the days of customer service and we were open every night until 9 pm in December. We rarely ate dinner at home, so after school mom gave ...
I'm 67 years old but memories of how I learned to cook and bake have always been a big part of my married life and a big part of sharing memories with my sisters. My Mother cooked and baked for 6 kids, our Daddy, and Mom' mother. Mom baked ...
When I think of Sun-Maid raisins I remember back to when I was a child and going over to my grandma's house, she was always baking, and making some of the best raisin cookies I've ever had. She loved us so, providing us with treats which were n...
When I was a very little girl my Grandmother Maggie made me the most awesome cookies. Wasn't until years later that I discovered her secret. SUNMAID RAISINS all the other raisins do not compare. In her recipe it just said raisins. Makes a big dif...
My mother, Kathleen McCallion Quinn made two cake pans of soda bread every day, and added raisins in it. There was nine of us children plus Ma ,dad and grandma. She also made bread pudding with raisins, cinnamon and hot milk, we ate that before go...
My name is Melinda Hernandez, I grew up on sunmaid everything. My father worked for sunmaid since i was about 6 years old. I remember coming home from school and my mother would be baking her goodies like cookies or cakes we always had to have raisen...
When I was very young, my great aunt made the best raisin cookies. They were like shortbread,and were filled with a cooked raisin mixture.The top layer was open with the filling in sight. I've looked for years for a similar recipe but haven't f...
All my life, my mother has always been a friend to my friends. She would always lend an ear, be supportive, and give advice in a gentle manner instead of a typical 'parent'. She would feed us all after school and give us snacks for lawn picnic...
Raisins as a baby snack when I was two!
During school, whenever i'm feeling hungry between classes i'll keep a box up sun-maid's in my locker and snack on them.. they're my hunger hero!!!
When I was a kid I would come into the house looking for a snack. I never really carred for apples or other fruit, so I would grab a small box of Sun-Maid raisins and a teaspoon of peanut butter. That would be the best snack, the creamy smooth peanut...
My first memory of Sun Maid Raisins was when I was about 4 ,so for me that's over 66 years ago. Daddy returning from work would open his lunch bucket and us kids would jump with joy seeing the little red boxes of raisins that he got for us. We did...
I always make a wonderful carrot raisin salad with sun-maid products,They are fresh and I always make it for family get-togethers it is everyones favorite,,Sun-maid products have been a part of our family tradition ,they make great snacks and salad d...
After a long day at the office, and then dinner with our children when we catch up on the days events, my husband would work on the next day's schedule--; but promptly at 10:00 PM, it was "dessert and coffee" time. My husband loved dess...
My favorite thing about having a box of Sun-Maid raisins in my lunchbox (back when kids used those!) was eating up all the raisins as fast as I could, so I could use the box as a whistle. While this annoyed my teachers something fierce, all the kids...
I remember my first time trying sun maid raisins I was only five years old my iron count was always low so my mother put a box of sun maid raisins in my lunch box. I will soon be 28 years old and to this day sun maid raisins saved my life if it weren...
My mother made the best raisin pie. She has passed away, but her pie will always be a memory. No one makes them anymore. We tried to find one at a store recently. I know it would not compare to my mom's pie. Congratulations on 100 years.
Mother always had Sun-Maid Raisins in the house as long as I can remember. She used them in cookies, breads, cereals, puddings, and put little boxes of them in our lunch sacks. They are a lot like crayons...they have their own smell and look and fe...
My first memories of learning to "cook" with my Mother was being given the task of plumping the raisins and stringing the celery! Of course, she prepared the lukewarm water, but I got to stick my hand into the Sun-Maid raisin box, put them int...
I'm 55 and still remember helping my mom bake. I was in charge of putting the raisin "eyes" on the cookies! She assured me it was a very important job :)
My fondest memory of raisins are what was always a special treat in my house growing up. We were a large growing family of 5 brothers and 3 sisters, Mom was always baking or cooking something. One of my very best favorite things to eat was her home...
When I was a little girl, many, many years ago, I remember how excited I was to get that little box of raisins in my treat bag, especially if there were more than 1.
As youth gowing up, i loved the raisins, i could not tell you the brand name if my life depended on it, then or now, sorry. but i loked for them as i searched for the web site. "I want the ones with the girl with the bonnett on " As a 4 ...
My mom always had Sun-Main raisins in the cabinet. We lived on a large dairy farm in Virginia and during the time mom was helping with the milking chores, I was in the house baby sitting. I was about 7 years old and did not know how to cook ...
I remember when I was a little girl. My momma would bring home Sun-Maid Raisins. I would run into the kitchen and pop open the box and eat handfuls. They were, and are still, so juicy sweet. That is one of my best memories.
My great grandmother took joy in the simple things in life. She was widowed early in life when her husband passed away a few years after they were married. She lived in small house on a small portion of land and always had a garden of flowers and veg...
My mother-in-law used to make a recipe for "Poor Man's Cake" which her mother had made during the Depression and before. When I married my husband in 1966, I got the recipe from her and frequently made the cake. She always specified that I p...
My mother gave me a cookbook when I was 7 years old ( I am now approaching 74) and told me it was my job to do something for the family at each meal. At 10, I was doing most of the cooking for my family and Mom had to work since Dad had been hurt in...
My father and his sister Nadia, grew up in Fresno in the early part of the 20th century. As a part of our family lore, it was believed that Nadia was the model for the Sun-Maid girl. It is easy to believe as she had dark hair and strongly resemble...
;My mother, a French Canadian used to make a pie that had a French name but was basically a raisin pie. It was beautiful with a lattice upper crust and absolutely delicious. That was over 65 years ago. I've been looking for the recipe since, I ...
the doctor used to give out the little boxes of raisins to little kids, (probably your brand i don't know) i was two and was happily munching away on mine when my dad called on the phone, he asked what i was doing, "eatin raisins from a box"...
I'm 44 years old, and was born in Downey, California. I remember as far back as I can remember my Mom and my Grandma giving me Sunmaid raisins for a snack. I still eat them today. I won't buy any other brand because they just don't taste the...
When i first started seeing my husband we had a lot of common interests and heritage. One of the things we shared was winemaking and I helped him sort the grapes and put it into barrels. During this process, he asked me to get a big box of Sun maid...
I'm 54 and one of my memories is going to my Grandmother's house and her giving me and my brothers a box on Sun-Maid raisins. We would pick them out one by one and our fingers would get sticky by the time we got to the bottom. Then we would s...
I and my driving partner name roger was traveling up highway 99 in calif. on our way to get a load of Sun-Maid raisins. All of a sudden he asked me real serious like wonder where all the raisin trees are. I started laughing so hard I told them...
The first time I went to the Sun-maid Factory Store I was amazed how many different items were made from Raisins! My favorite are the chocolate covered raisins. I, however have tried all of Sunmaid's products from the factory store. I have to s...
Eating Sun-Maid raisins in my parents' backyard, while reading Hardy Boys books under a Pennantia Baylisiana tree (the rarest tree in the world). Sun Maid raisins brings me back to a time when a pack of gum cost a nickel and life was simple.
My grandma used to make us oatmeal for breakfast and every time she did she put a couple of handfuls of Sun-Maid raisins in to cook with it. Those plump, juicy Sun-Maid raisins made grandma's oatmeal the best. I still do it to this day with my kid...
I am 60 years old, but I can remember my Mom use to make a raisen bread, that when I came home from school, I could smell it as soon as I opened the door. It was a brown bread with raisens and walnuts. She would make it to go with dinner, but betwe...
I remember my mother making the most wonderful bread. She used four "tin cans" to bake the batter. The moist attractive bread was filled with Muscat raisins and a pleasure to your taste buds when served warm, spread with cream cheese. Regret...
Hi Folks, I remember and was told...when I was 4 yrs. old my one brother of 6 was watching me for the day...He was on the back porch with his friends, and I asked him if I could have something to eat, so he gave me raisins and a cup of water. So s...
My favorite breakfast was always oat6meal. Mother prepared it the night before. It was placed on the back of the coal/wood stove in the kitchen; always with raisins included, to cook overnight. In the morning, with milk and sugar added, the bowl was ...
SEVEN DECADES OF EATING FROM "THE RED RAISIN BOX". I CAN REMEMBER AS YOUNG AS 2-1/2 YEARS OLD, IN THE HIGH CHAIR, EATING OATMEAL AND APPLE SAUCE, WITH RAISINS ON TOP - I RECOGNIZED THE BOX, ALWAYS, BECAUSE IT WAS RED, AND WITH THE SMILING FACE...
When my grandmother came to the US in the early 1920s, she and Grandpa moved to California. My grandmother continued to make her English recipes from memory for her family. Our favorite was her dark cake, a spicy cake, full of raisins with no eggs ...
In the 1930s, my mother used to make bread pudding from bread my dad bought from the bakery outlet for semi stale bread. I don't know if there was a recipie. she just broke up bread in a flat pan. poured in milk and eggs and sugar and cinnamon I...
The mini box of sunmaid raisins were the perfect size for my toddlers...a box they could hold, and just the right serving. My son was very good about sharing...one day, I'm watching as he's sharing with my friends dog. I watched as he'd ta...
I teach dance, and these days you have to worry about allergies. Instead of the usual candy at holloween, one of the 'treats' I give my students each year are the mini-boxes of sunmaid raisins. More kids are eating healthy these days, and wit...
When I was young, my grandmother would give me the small red boxes of sun maid raisins, and we would make whistles out of the boxes after we finished them. I have so many fond memories sitting outside with my nana enjoying raisins, excited to finish...
I can remember when I was growing up almost everyday getting a handful of Sun-Maid Raisins. My brother and I would get home from school and our grandmother would give us them so we wouldn't grab chips or candy and ruin our dinners.To this day I st...
When I became a Mom preparing the children to go on an outing was not a chore for me. My husband was a firefighter. So when the children and I went on outings I knew that I had to deal with any little incident that would occur. So, I knew that there ...
When my son was little ( 2-3 years old) I would cut his hair. He would sit on the kitchen table on a little stool. I would give him a small box of Sun Maid Raisins and he would sit somewhat still and quite and eat his raisins. By the time he was d...
As a little girl in the 50's, I loved having tea parties with my stuffed animals and dolls. Mom would help me set the little table with the toy china, and then we would serve animals, dolls, and ourselves. What was on the menu? Why, Sun-maid ra...
In Sweden, when I was a kid (in the 50:ies), Sun Maid Raisins was our sweeties. Our mom had a strong believe in healty and nutricious food and instead of the candyindustrial products offered, we had Sun Maid Raisins as rewards and bonuses. I was of c...
Growing up I loved having snacks at Grandma's house. She always had golden raisins that she would put in a bowl with slices of apples for us.
Raisins rocked in my household when I was growing up...all Mom had to do was bring out the box and it was \"on\"...nothing could bring a smile to my face than the sight of the red box. I remember smarting off my mouth to my mother and of...
When I was growing up, food played a big role in our holiday celebrations. For Passover, among the special foods was a delicious spread that Nona would make for the Sedar plate. She would take plump, juicy, dark raisins, Sun-Maid of course, and wou...
The Year was 1964, I was 6 years old. I was sitting at my school desk at Ernie Pyle School, listening as my teacher was telling us that we were all going on a field trip to the Sun Maid Raisin Plant! And because my Dad was a Greyhound ...
My mom was the neighborhood queen of cookies in our Sunnyvale California home. There always was a box of Sun-Maid raisins ready for the next batch of oatmeal cookies. A couple of now well-known silicon valley entrepeneurs enjoyed those cookies many a...
After a brisk ocean swim, I plopped down on my yellow beach towel and snack on raisins until I fall asleep.
My sisters and I ages 4,6 & 8 about 58 years ago would play house with our dolls and cook them a meal of soda crackers and then we would put sun-maid raisins on each of the little holes on the cracker (about 5 holes on each cracker) and slip them int...
I grew up on the 50's before "fast food" was popular. My favorite snack was Sun-Maid Raisins. I craved them. My mother would wonder where the box was. She would find me eating the raisins from an almost empty box whether it started as fu...
After trick-or-treating my three brothers and I would dump out our bags of treats on the floor and start trading. This was serious business. You could significantly improve your loot with a few well planned trades. Everyone else was trying to get ...
It was a beautful thrusday afternoon on the bus the fight started. My friend Juliza and I were just sitting in our seats when suddenly two raisins hit us on the back of our heads. We turned around to find her brother,Rodrego, and his friends throwing...
when i was at school one day i asked the lunch lady do you have raisins she gave me plain raisins i said look here i want sun-maid they ar the best so me and my friends all got in a line later that day we said give us sun-maid and we have them now.an...
One afternoon, my aunt and uncle were babysitting Carolyn, my 2 1/2 year old daugher. She repeatedly asked for ray-ray's. They were baffled and couldn't figure out what she wanted. It wasn't until I came home and interpretted for them tha...
My earliest memories of Sun-Maid Raisins go back about 55 years, when the greatest "lunch-box" treat was a small red box of raisins. Often hoarded to sneak a snack during school classes (and hopefully not get caught), they were, also, the most...
My favourite memory of Sun-Maid is when they were in the box lunches we got in the Canadian Air Force. I always looked forward to getting that little box of raisens. Not much of a story but that's it.
Growing up on a farm, everything was homemade! I have so many wonderful memories of Sunmaid! Fresh baked raisin pies, homemade rice pudding and other puddings and desserts, raisin oatmeal cookies and of course homemade raisin bread! Easter wou...
Our family story has to do with golden raisins, which were always considered a special treat in our house. Our staple in lunches and regular fare was the "red box", but sometimes, when it was an occasion, we bought golden raisins. I never knew ...
i remember my mom making tomato soup cake, and loading it with raisins, of course quite a few of the raisins kept escaping the recipee, i was snitching them, she made that recipee at least once or twice a month, she would have made it more often, b...
well i love rasins and me and my best freind sit on the porch eating rasins helthey for you and make you stronger and help your stranght.
Raisins were a passion for me as a kid. I'd ask for them as a kid and the only reason I'd go without them was if they were sold out which was rare. I use to eat some wierd off brand but when my mom decided to get me Sun Maid Raisins there was n...
The picture is frrom march 27th,2010, my son Jonas at his cousins birthday party, he was very excited here he hhad just gotten praised for learning something new, I gave him some raisins on a plate and he has ahold of the little box and he was eating...
When I was 6 my favorite movie was The Wizard of Oz. So everyday when I'd come home from pre-school my mom would give me 2 little boxes of sunmaid raisins, and me and my family would watch The wizard of Oz. I went to the grocery store and saw th...
As an 80's child and the daughter of a diabetic mom, I grew up eating healthy -- even though I hated that she mixed my Trix sugary deliciousness with Kix to keep my sugar-and-dye quotient to a minimum. I'll never forget the outings that ...
if you were sunmaid raisins life will be sunny all the time
My and my brother's favorite Sunday pass time growing up was sitting on my grandfather's kitchen floor rolling golf balls back and forth to each other. The growling noise they made running over the dimples in the tile was far too much for us t...
My earliest memory of SunMaid raisins is going to the local Publix in Miami and seeing the SunMaid raisins. I was never a fan of raisins when I was growing up, but I would eat the SunMaid ones only because of the girl on the front of the littl...
I have wonderful memories of Sun-Maid raisins. It was such a delight to open my lunch box, and find the little raisin box. I know that my mom was thinking of me by giving me a healthy snack to eat. I will always remember opening the tiny box that was...
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Sun-Maid raisins and dried fruits are a great healthy snack right out of the package.This collection includes many of our
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