Which discontinued/limited food items do you miss the most?

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I'm so pissed off that the majority of the cookie section in the grocery store now is some variation of Oreo or Chips Ahoy, it's ridiculous! Bring back Archway cookies and Danish Wedding Cookies. All kinds of cookies! We don't need 43 different types of Oreo.

McDonald's fries when they were cooked in beef fat. Also the fried apple pies.

This is obscure, but Pepperidge Farm made salad croutons that were absolutely amazing. Perfectly flavored. Perfectly crunchy. Nothing else compares.

Keebler Fudge Sticks seem to have disappeared very recently. I can't even find the Great Value brand version of them.

Carr's ginger lemon cookies. Yes, they're still around, but the recipe has changed. Bleh.

Junket Pudding

Team flakes cereal.

Roman Meal bread.

Diet Slice lemon lime soda.

I still think about my favorite (now discontinued) Ben & Jerry's flavor, oatmeal cookie chunk. Apparently it is one of the company's most missed flavors. They discontinued it because the supplier that made the cookies went out of business.

R1 = Karen Carpenter

Quaaludes.

Brach’s MAPLE NUT GOODIES

Dunkaroos, Pepsi Blue, Hostess Chocodile (chocolate covered Twinkies).

Jell-O Pudding Pops were my all time favorite frozen dessert, mixing creamy pudding with a perfect chill that made every bite pure bliss. They were my go-to summer snack and I still remember how much joy they brought me. I wish they’d bring them back so I could relive those sweet memories. Personally I think the Bill Cosby association has stopped them from reissuing Pudding Pops. Just find a new spokesperson.

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R15 Oh, honey, Hydrox cookies. Those little gems were the real deal before everyone went crazy for the other brand. They had this perfect balance of crunchy and creamy that was simply divine. I remember popping them in my mouth and thinking, “Now this is how you do a cookie!” They might not have had the same glitzy reputation as their rivals, but darling, Hydrox had a charm all its own that still makes me giddy.

[quote]Pepperidge Farm made salad croutons that were absolutely amazing.

And they were small. Croutons now are all too big.

A company called Leaf makes Hydrox cookies now. I bought some from Amazon last month. Just checked and they're currently unavailable, but this has happens periodically with them. They taste pretty much the same.

Hormel Pickled Pig's Feet Hormel Pickled Pork Hocks

R17 = Liza Minnelli

They taste EXACTLY as I remember.

Gatorade, Frost Riptide Rush.

Altoids, sours.

There was a spread made by Kraft? It was made of pineapple, cream cheese, and some othe stuff. Tasty. I haven't seen it in years. Miss it.

Stouffers Corn Souffle. Miss it terribly.

[quote] There was a spread made by Kraft?

Was there?

My brain says it was made by Cabot but I think I just think that because Cabot makes salsa grande dip. There used to be a mushroom dip (I believe it was made with sour cream and had in the ingredients anchovy) that was so delicious but disappeared 20 years ago.

Heyday bars.

A&P Spanish bar cake

Can't remember the name but there used to be these chocolate mousse bars that were delicious

I loved chicken tonight and another pasta in a jar from Ragu(I think)

Weaver Chicken Roll.

If you know, you know.

Oh right, R29 reminds me this wasn't just Bryan Singer and Kevin Spacey's theme song.

Little Debbie Boston Creme Rolls

Stouffer's Welsh Rarebit

Philadelphia Strawberry Cheesecake bars in the refrigerated section, photo below.

McDonald's fried cherry pies. Is it true they discontinued them because they were sued about the exact number of cherries in each pie not always matching what was on the package?

Hostess fruit pies used to come in all sorts of flavors - some of them look really good!

Remember Orbitz? That wild drink with floating, wobbly blobs of fruit flavored goo in it? I tried it at a party and felt like I was drinking a lava lamp. I was fascinated, and by the end of the evening I was pushing it on everyone like it was the elixir of life. When they discontinued it, I felt like the universe took away one of its most delightful oddities. I still miss that fizzy, blob-tastic concoction.

High Point Decaf. Every jar was bursting with that delicious aroma.

Why was R1 so quick with that harsh comment? He’s not even trying.

Those cheesecake bars look very tasty and yet discontinued-sad.

Two heartbreakingly-long time discontinued items that really make it difficult to go on living: ‘’Fortified Oat Flakes’’ and ‘’Mothers Cookie’s’’ brand ‘’Iced Raisin Cookies’’ I keep searching-there are petitions here and there to restart these items but nothing-Oy.

Educator Beer Chasers. Bakers Instant Cocoa.

Trader Joe’s cilantro and chive yogurt dip. The factory that made them had a listeria outbreak and had to close down. It never reopened.

I wish Sprite Remix Berryclear would come back. I last had it as a seven-year-old back in 2003. It was delicious.

R43 = CZJ

Fat whores bemoan lost snacksssssssss.

In the mid 1960's in my hometown in Alabama there was an ice cream shop in a shopping center - Dipper Dan. They had flavors that I have never had anywhere else. My sister's favorite was Pink Lemonade, and mine vacillated between Grape and Lemon. They weren't sherbets or sorbets, they were full milk creamy rich ice creams.

After we moved away we used to talk about why no one else could capture those same flavors.

Weaver’s boxed frozen fried as well as batter-dipped chicken pieces, pre-microwaveable.

Space Food Sticks. I thought I was going to be an astronaut, and when they stopped making them, my dreams died. Peanut butter was the best.

I never got to try Crystal Pepsi or Zima and that weighs on my soul.

I Remember when Sara Lee pound cake, and cheese cake and coffee cakes tasted like the real deal, not the chemical substitutes we have now. Nobody Doesn't Like Sara Lee...(sob!)

Totally forgot Space Food Sticks R48-thanks.

Lean Pockets.

Aunt Jemima frozen pancake batter in the little carton. So good!

Boursin (soft, herbed cheeses) aren't as good as they used to be. I bought a 3-pack at Costco. They are somehow kind of dry and rubbery. I think it's probably easy just to make something like that, yourself.

This thread is making me HUNGRY as HELL!

Coca-Cola with actual cocaine in it.

Butterfingers before they ruined the flavor. My husband is still so upset about this, btw.

The Cold Stone Barbie ice cream cake. They were available last year when Barbie was in theaters. So fucking good. I have this picture saved on my phone. Sometimes, I look at it and sigh.

[quote] Weaver’s boxed frozen fried as well as batter-dipped chicken pieces

Can confirm. They were good. And they were small. You could eat one small one to tide you over or or could eat 2 for dinner with veg.

Human pork rinds.

Viennetta.

Just reminded of McDonald’s fried cherry pies . Kill all the lawyers

I miss the Nut Loaf from Michegan. You younger womons don't know what you're missing.

Chewy Chip Ahoys before they removed the trans fats and Little Debbie Walnut Brownies. Now you can only find "Cosmic Brownies" with candy because walnuts got too expensive.

The removal of trans fats in general fucked up a lot of foods in the U.S.

Honey Nut Shredded Wheat.

[quote]I never got to try Crystal Pepsi or Zima and that weighs on my soul.

In college we had to dissolve Jolly Ranchers in Zima just to make it drinkable. Free your soul from that particular weight.

[quoted] Stouffers Corn Souffle. Miss it terribly.

I loved that stuff!

Ortolan

Stouffers Au Gratin potatoes.

Back in the 80's my mother would occasionally buy a candy bar called a "parlay". It was made by a chocolate company called Lofts and was a more elegant and delicious version of a Snickers bar - it was nougat with chopped pecans and covered with chocolate. Lofts closed down years ago.

I seriously miss the sandwich restaurants called Blimpie's. I only ever got their "Blimpie (BB) Best" sandwich and it was so good. Sadly, all of the Blimpie's in NYC closed down and disgusting Subway has nothing that even comes close. In desperation, I went to Goldbelly and ordered a sandwich that seemed to be very close to my beloved BB. I wasted $45 on something that was not a substitute.

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R52 that was shit

I loved Bagel-fulsome and the different flavors.

Normal sized bagels from a bagel store. Knishes from a knish shop. Soft and cakey and fresh black and white cookies iced with frosting that has taste.

I miss Cap’n Crunch with berries original flavor. It would kill the roof of your mouth to eat it, but once a year I craved it like crazy. Now the berries just taste like the regular cereal so what’s the point?

The OLD Butterfingers, before they completely changed the recipe 10 or so years ago. Remember when Butterfingers were incredible?

Jarred shrimp cocktail required romaine lettuce and it was usually sold next to the smellier fresh water fish.

You could also get cheap lump fish that required cream cheese and melba toast. Slip any leftovers into pasta sauce.

Melody chocolate cookies with sugar on top

Suddenly S'mores were my best college friend circa 1990. Then they were gone.

FAT WHORES MOURN!

Chocolate malts

Knott’s Boysenberry Preserves

They sold the rights to Smuckers in the 90s, and Smuckers fucked up the recipe. Now Knotts can’t even use the word “preserves” anymore, and the stuff sold under their name is HFCS crap

Lemon Cooler cookies from Sunshine (also made Hydrox, covered above). They were so light, refreshing and delicious. Keebler discontinued the brand when they bought Sunshine in 1996. Stupid elves.

There are other versions of lemon coolers around, but they're expensive and hard to find except on Amazon.

Peach ice cream.

Nabisco Twigs they were my favorite snack. Also Nabisco Swiss Cheese crackers.

Pepperidge Farm Snack Sticks, those were so good with dip or cheese

OP types morbidly obese.

Nearly everyone I know who has ordered food off of Amazon gets expired items.

Lorna Doone is still on the shelves but I can only find the bullshit packages with the ten individual 100 calorie servings.

This might be a regional thing but I really miss Entenmann’s Banana Crunch Cake

I sincerely miss Breyer’s when it really was All Natural. It was perfect. Then it was purchased by Unilever who quickly added tara gum. Now it tastes like garbage.

r88 in the beginning of Covid when we were on lockdown I ordered some food from Amazon, I opened up a box of Kraft mac and cheese and there were tons of little bugs in it. That ruined me for eating any Amazon food.

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Johnsonville Smoked Corndogs

[quote] Lorna Doone is still on the shelves but I can only find the bullshit packages with the ten individual 100 calorie servings.

Fatties are bothered that they have to open ten packages in one sitting instead of one?

Go to the hospital around here and you can get Lorna Doones, my mom kept sending them home with me because they kept giving them to her.

Katydids. My grandmother used to have them all the time. Last time I looked, they were still available but only if you are selling them for a charity, like a church. They are the most delicious version of pecan turtles and they are covered in real dark chocolate.

Salted Nut Roll - candy bar that's very similar to a Payday bar but the SNR had white nougat inside the nut roll.

Milkshake bars - very similar to a 3 Muskeeters but they were somehow better. Mom would buy them and we'd put them in the freezer.

R18, I buy Reese Herb Seasoind Croutons. They are bite-sized and really good.

Pepsi with lemon

Ben and Jerries used to have a blueberry lemonade sorbet that was my absolute favorite.

Tab.

There used to be a chain of Walgreen's-like stores called K&B in the deep South. They sold terrific ice cream and ice milk which they created via their own factory. So good and so gone.

I can buy Lorna Doones at the supermarket. If I want to pay $6. 00 for the same package that used to cost $2.

Hostess chocolate-covered pudding pies

Once upon a time when my family was very poor, Aldi sold a turkey meatloaf which we referred to as turkey spam. The square loaf was swimming in a thyme-heavy gravy that was mostly salt.

I can still remember the tingle at the back of my throat that would remain hours after eating it.

R103 King Soopers/Kroegers had that too, it was like a meat flavored sponge that tasted nothing like turkey.

Walgreens French Vanilla ice cream. It was creamy and delicious.

Oscar Mayer sandwich spread. It came in a tube, like Braunschweiger. It was nothing more than ground bologna, pickle relish, and ?? It was sort of like ham salad but without the ham. I loved it as a kid and would probably love it now if I could find it.

Kozy Shack butterscotch pudding. Butterscotch items in general seem harder to find over the last several years. Too bad. It's one of the flavors that reminds me of childhood.

Ben & Jerry's had a great flavor, PB&J, that started around 1993 and lasted maybe four years. I miss it every day.

R107 Fuck yes! Cozy Shack butterscotch! Why did they stop? We're left with chocolate, rice, and tapioca. They're all ok but nothing topped CS butterscotch...especially warmed in the micro just a bit.

[quote] why did you remind me of this?

R109 Sorry. But glad to know I'm not the only Kozy Shack butterscotch fan in mourning. It's a goddamn shame they discontinued it!

R110 I can't believe it was a sales issue. We need to petition Kozy Shack...or start a DL thread devoted to it!

No particular sentiment towards it, but does anyone remember SnackWells yogurt? Healthy chocolate suace for healthy nonfat yogurt. Very healthy.

If you’re from Chicago, 50/50 soda from Canfield's. Sort of like Fresca. Do they still make it?

[quote]does anyone remember SnackWells yogurt?

R112 Not the yogurt, only the fatty cooky-type bars that were 'sugar free' and healthy but loaded with fructose!

Speaking of pudding... what happened to the cans of Thank You pudding?

Carnation instant breakfast bars. Those were great.

R106, I remember that! I haven't seen it in many decades. I used to like it. Now, I don't know. I wonder if you could imitate it by mixing sweet relish into Underwood Deviled Ham. That doesn't sound very appetizing, I'm afraid.

Or you could buy a bunch of P&P loaf - which is also hard to find but available at some supermarket deli counters - and grind it to a paste in a food processor.

Speaking of P&P, I haven't seen or heard of olive loaf in a while. Equally tasty. Is it still around?

Not discontinued but I can’t find Tabatchnick soup in flyoverstan.

Put some Mrs. Richardson’s caramel / butterscotch syrup into your Kozy Shack.

This is a random one, but does anyone remember Campbell's Golden Corn soup? It was around when I was a kid in the early 90s. My family used to get it all the time and I recall it having a wonderful, rich flavor. I think it was discontinued when I was still a teenager -- mid/late 90s. Campbell's still produces it in some Asian countries, I believe.

Okay, okay, insert your Carol Channing reference [HERE]

Cooked Non-Event Toast.

R120 I'd buy that! Sounds like a combo corn chowder/creamed corn! Yum.

[quote]Speaking of P&P, I haven't seen or heard of olive loaf in a while. Equally tasty. Is it still around?

R117 Olive Loaf? Bologna sandwich spread? OMG on soft white bread...

R117 I have seen packages of Eckrich olive loaf in the lunch meat aisle

Love you R121.

Peppermint stick ice cream- only seems to be around at Christmas but now I make it a lot.

Louis Rich turkey bologna-the best garlicky bologna

Giffords Grapenuts Ice Cream- the fuckers!!!!!

There were these snack cakes once- in the 90's- early 90's- I was a kid.

But I was a FAT kid for a year or two- And they were all chocolate snack cakes- OH MY GOD THEY WERE SO GOOD-

Choco-something-

Like Chocopalooza or Chocosaurus--- The marketing was that they were so chocolately and they were.

I have to try to google and see what they were called

Here they are

Chocobliss!!!!

leg of lamb. Nobody seems to prepare it anymore.

Dannon used to make frozen yogurt on a stick that was covered in dark chocolate. The flavor I remember is raspberry. The yogurt was tart and the combination of that, and the dark chocoate coating, was heaven. Yasso, while yogurt, is nowhere near as good.

Banana Fudgesicles.

R14 Jared Fogel is available. Has experience too.

Silk cappuccino flavored soymilk. First nondairy milk I ever tried, about 20 years ago. Never seen it since, and I even did google it once. Like it was never there.

Cavendish & Harvey fruit drops. I can't find them anywhere that they're not charging a ransom for them.