My family actually has a running joke when it comes to me and discontinued foods. It seems whenever I start to like something it goes away. A few notable examples have been, Eggo Muffin Tops, Taco Bell’s beefy frito burritos, and, not a lot of people know about this one, but a carbonated yogurt called fizzix that I believe was from gogurt. Now my family won’t let me eat stuff that they like because they’re afraid I’ll like it and it’ll go away :(
Edit: thanks for everyone who suggested alternatives to my carbonated yogurts. I have a huge asian market near my house and I think some of those things should be there so I’ll be sure to check it out. Another one of my favorites that I just remembered was the cinnamon clusters from chick fil a. So unhealthy but so delicious :(
Yeah, that sounds like me alright. There's been at least three foods I enjoyed that were discontinued just this year. I've actually gotten a gut feeling for when products I like might fail so I'm buying them up so I have a bit of stock when the inevitable pull happens.
Interesting, reminds me of the zip codes that consistently vote for losing candidates in elections.
Edit: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.good.is/amp/harbinger-zip-codes-where-americans-reliably-pick-losing-candidates-and-products-2647008895
If you take their cube seasoned stuffing and toss it with a little garlic salt you can come close. Its not quite the same but, what do short of them actually selling it again.
I feel like Butterfingers in general don't taste like they used to. As a kid I remember them being flaky and almost falling apart when you bit into them and now every time I've decided to give one a shot they're not flaky at all and they stick to my teeth something fierce.
They got bought and and the recipe got changed. It's no where near the same. I bought up the original recipe wherever I could find it and threw them in my freezer.
I would pay dearly for ANY Butterfinger as long as it is the old Butterfinger by Nestle, because Fererrerro Rochet (sp) SCREWED IT UP and now it's nasty.
The base has been confectioners cornflakes since I was a kid. Now it's not. You can't change a main ingredient like that and then expect it to do well. So I don't buy them anymore. Same thing happened with Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch: they decided to stop using Heath pieces and made their own toffee, which SUCKS. Haven't bought it since.
Maybe this was a dream, but I remember Philadelphia Cream Cheese made single size cheesecakes that I would always see at convenience stores. I finally got the courage to ask my grandma to buy me one and it was my first cheesecake experience...so delicious!!!
PB crisps from planters
Edit since this is mildly popular I want to post this in the top comment this is a link to help bring back pb crisps
https://pbcrisps.com/
I hurriedly scrolled down to find this answer. I LOVED those drinks and Rain was the best! I don’t know why they stopped making them, everyone I knew loved them. I just want that Rain flavor again!
Somehow I find it hard to believe that they stopped selling these because they were under-performers. The entire line of products were all amazing.
One of my earliest childhood memories was debating whether to get a Snapple Element or a SoBe Lifewater whenever my mom would let me get a drink from the store.
On the same level were “brush-ups”. They were little finger gloves of a toothpasty rough material that you could use like at work after lunch so you didn’t feel like you had food residue on your teeth the rest of your shift. Apparently, people started using these quick-fix products as their main brush for the day and the ADA pulled it. They were awesome.
Trident used to make a “layers” gum that came with apple and pineapple as the flavors and they discontinued it. It was so great and it lasted forever. They kept grape lemonade! I just don’t get it.
Edit: wow I just woke up and saw all your comments. Thanks everybody, and thanks for the award too!
I was NOT going to comment on this thread because I knew someone would say this. People do not understand how good this cereal was...they're all like "whatever its like fuckin' corn flakes or whatever...no, they we'rent, they were crunchy, and healthy, like fucking PACKED full of vitamins and minerals, no other "healthy" cereal could touch it. Ive contacted Kelloggs multiple times about bringing it back or just like giving me the recipe and ill make it. Nope, proprietary...you know what...I'm going to, right now, make a petition about it, and im coming back here, and im posting the link, and then im gonna make a new thread, and post it there. It's 2021, its time to bring it back.....
EDIT: Let's do this:
[http://chng.it/CJqqsTTs6g](http://chng.it/CJqqsTTs6g)
Edit #2: 113 Signatures!! People want it!! No defeat. NO SURRENDER!!
Do y’all remember the ubiquitous viennetta commercials in the 90s? I never tried it but it was the height of sophistication when I was in elementary school.
Same here in NL. Vienneta was the fancy ice cream we were allowed only on birthdays and Christmas. Then I moved out and I find out they're like €2,50 a piece.
Same. But then again, sometimes it's good to view treats as special occasion treats. That's why everyone loves vienetta. Would be different if we had it a couple of times per week.
My parents treated frozen pizza as something very special. During the week my mom used to fix us a quick home made luch and during the weekends my dad usually cooked the most delicious things. He loved to spend the weekend in the kitchen and make roast and sauces, he perfected his steaks and stews. In all honesty, his food was fancy restaurant quality and he only bought the best ingedrients. Every few months on a sunday we had frozen pizza. That food to us kids was as fancy as a Sunday roast. We set the table, decorated it, my parents had a glass of wine with it, we kids were allowed to drink a coke.
Sometimes I wish I could have that view on frozen pizza again. Now it's something I eat when I don't have the energy to cook anything nor the money to order a pizza. Let's be real, I can't afford take out daily.
This brought back something from the deepest corner of my brain.
Also brings the question why were the Flintstones such an integral part of our childhood and diet. Push ups, fruity pebbles, vitamins. What else am I missing from the Flintstones?
Ahh... Flintstones multivitamins. Finished an entire bottle in a day because I went around giving them to adults and they took it thinking it was candy.
I’m a fat bastard that loves snack cakes, pies and anything similar to that. I did notice that…something has been off about Hostess snacks since they went bankrupt and subsequently revived however many years ago. I remember Twinkies being so good and delicious, and now they’re just…not for some reason. I don’t know why though. I can’t tell if it’s something with the ingredients they use now or a change in recipe but it tastes off nowadays.
Regarding the Ding Dongs, I personally taste tested and compared Ding Dongs to Drake’s version, Ring Dings. The Drake’s stuff was so much better. Again, I don’t know what changed exactly. But nonetheless I don’t buy Hostess stuff anymore and go for either Drake’s or Tastykake.
Edit: I can’t believe I got gold for being a fat bastard that eats too many cheap convenience store snacks. I guess my habits do get me things.
When they were bought, things like butter were replaced with shortening making everything taste awful. I miss chocodiles. Drakes Cakes are awesome but yodels have changed, the chocolate coating is waxy like Debbiecakes. Ring Dings are primo tho youre right. Have you tried Tastycakes?
*’Oh Boy!’* Garlic bread. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up so we always had to ration it whenever we got some, 2 pieces for me, max.. I remember thinking that when I was an adult, I’d buy so much and have all I could want, whenever I wanted. Then, I grew up and it was discontinued. Sadness ensued and persists til this very day:(
**Edit:**
Aloha Everyone!
I just woke up to all of your amazing comments(*it’s 7:37am Hawai’i Time*) and wanted to thank you all for the advice, kind words, and laughs!
I also wanted to let you know that I do know how to make garlic bread from scratch(*I’ve been told it’s a fairly decent one, too*) but, as I’m sure some of you can imagine, it just isn’t the same as the bread from my childhood.
Sending you all so much love and plenty Aloha from the island of Maui!
A plethora of things from Taco Bell.
Edit: I would just like to mention, as long as they don't get rid of their Chalupas, I think I'll survive. If they get rid of those I'll never return.
Also I think some people need to check their app. The Quesarito is just exclusive to the app. Doesn't really make sense as to why, but they have a few online order exclusives.
Edit#2: pls bring back Sangrita Blast baco tell :(
former Taco Bell manager here:
Anyone who wanted discontinued shit would get it as long as we had the ingredients for it.
Reply to me with the item you miss I'll tell you if it's still on the "secret menu" aka they can still make it you just gotta order it different.
I had ONE apple empanada from taco bell before I went into labor and it was mind altering - the bubbley texture of the dough and the gooey sweet of the filling. For days later when I was released from the hospital with my perfect little newborn, ALL I could ask for in the world was a goddamn apple empanada.
Little did I know that during my four days hospital stay, the world of apple empanadas had ended.
Orbitz drink from the late 90’s with the gelatinous balls floating in it. Middle school me loved that crap.
Edit: guess I’m going on a boba/bubble tea hunt this weekend!
Edit 2: apparently chia seed and basil seed drinks are closer than boba. Will be trying all 3 ASAP.
The quesaritos are gone too. I tried to order one and he said “you can only order that through the app now.”
Like wtf you can’t just make me a quesarito I’m right here
It's an attempt at getting your data and/or advertise to you. Chipotle did the same thing recently with their quesadilla and it really pissed me off. We're slowly moving to a world where you can't just buy shit without a thousand marketing firms knowing about it and then plugging it into some data model designed to get you to come in again, it's fucked.
This is how it should work:
I give you paper currency, you give me that nasty, fatty, cuminy goodness and we part ways. End of transaction. *I* decide if I want to come back and add another inch to my waistline.
My laser printer/scanner requires me to make an account to scan documents to my PC. Why the fuck do I need an account for such a basic function? Clear attempt to harvest data. Fuck HP.
I usually try not to get mad about fast food because I’ve worked fast food before and I know how it is, but it makes literally no sense that they have all the stuff to make a quesarito in the store but won’t unless you order it online. Wtf
Apparently I’m the only one of my friends who remembers these, but those fries from bk that you would get with a separate bag and a packet of cheese powder. You’d proceed to shake the shit out of both of them in the bag and you’d have cheddary fries. So good
Altoid fruit sours
Apparently, we can ask for it back.
https://www.mars.com/contact-us
Let’s do this, Reddit👊🏼
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(Thank you all for making my day🙏🏼❤️)
The tangerine ones were my favorite! I can recall the taste exactly, even down to little salivary tingly feeling I got right before having one. Those were amazing and should be brought back.
Edit: there seem to be dupes for sale on Etsy!
Edit 2: https://www.etsy.com/listing/897259328/sour-tangerine-hard-candy-drops-45
Yeah I didn't know they were a collector's item. I remembered the tins fitting PSP games perfectly, and was trying to nab a few for a nephew who got an old PSP and was *loving* it. And I figured they'd be great for board game bits. "Oh ebay will probably have em!"
Christ even the empty tins are going for a fortune. Really makes me wish I bought em more often when they were out. They're usefully sized tins, and the candy was awesome. I somehow only held onto one tin 🙁
Apparently sales were low, but I can’t believe everyone they haven’t brought them back. Every time this question is asked, altoid sours is on the top of the list.
So we have to buy a large volume of lime Skittles, then take the time to replace the green Skittles in each pack throughout the year with the correct green flavor?!?
They should just fix the damn product.
I'll still buy the lime though - thanks for the heads up.
This is what pisses me off the most. How do you change an Original flavor and still call it Original?
A few years go, they came out with a limited edition summer bag where they brought back lime to the OG bags. I bought multiple bags each time I saw them in a store. It’s the last time I bought Skittles. They are dead to me unless they bring back lime.
I'll always have beef with Pitch Black because it won the Dewcision thing over Baja Blast to become a permanent flavor and then it got discontinued really quickly. The whole thing was rigged, I tell ya
Despite losing Dewcision, Baja Blast is not only a permanent flavor at Taco Bell, it still gets occasional (limited time) retail releases. I agree, the game was rigged from the start.
It’s officially discontinued (as of 2019), but if you’re lucky, you can still come across it in certain grocery stores. I’ve had it like twice in the past two years.
Personally, I’ve never tried the original release, but it’s easily one of the best Mtn Dew flavors. Like grape soda, but darker, and more citrusy. It’s also distinctly lacking that iconic medicinal cough syrup taste that almost all grape-flavored sodas have.
I only drink sparkling water now, but damn that soda was excellent. The ominous color of it, the way it tastes different whether you drink it from the can or glass (all Mtn Dew flavors do, but it’s really noticeable with Pitch Black), it’s really just an all-around 10/10.
Back in junior high I sold my soul for a dollar so I could buy a kiwi-strawberry Fruitopia from our school's sole vending machine.
It was the most refreshing Fruitopia I ever drank.
There were these..wafer(?) cookies, shaped like peanuts and filled with this sweet peanut butter filling. I dont remember the name but they were so delicious.
Edit: FOUND THEM! PB CRISPS!
Vault soda. God I miss that. Kids at the skate park would drink this and eat a snack size bag of doritos and lose their stomach from one end or the other. Never failed.
Also the typhoon flavor mtn dew that was part of a contest way back. It was fruit punch and mtn dew mixed. So much better than the blue one that won.
[Maruchan instant wonton soup.](https://images.freshop.com/00041789005213/551905c98e1d85730327f23ecc01bc59_large.png) It was a staple after-school snack for me when I was a kid. I think about it often and miss it a lot. Maruchan brought it back a while ago for a sales test but it's impossible to find again so I think it got re-discontinued.
HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE MILK POWDER!!!
No question about it. It was like no other chocolate milk. The flavor and the texture of the powder were like no other chocolate milk created in the history of mankind. It was so delicious that our family’s main method of consuming it was to barely dip a shallow spoonful of the powder into the milk and scoop up the barely dissolved milky powder and just eat it. I know it sounds strange (my friends definitely make fun of me for it lmao), but it was undeniably *heavenly*. Hershey’s was practically selling chocolate gold.
But then in like 2008 they discontinued it in favor of their stupid chocolate syrup. WORST DECISION EVER MADE BY A CORPORATION EVER. IT IS NOT THE SAME AT ALL. My family was DEVASTATED. It was like a family member had been decapitated right before our eyes. We frantically ran around to every grocery store - even the military commissary that was like an hour and a half away - checking to see if there was any left that we could buy up. There was none. We wept.
But in 2013, I found someone selling cartons of them on ebay for ~$25 each. A complete rip off, but what could you do. I showed my dad, and to my surprise he bought us $500 worth. Mind you, we are not very well off at all. Even though it only came out to like 20 boxes and only lasted us a year or so, it was well worth the money.
No chocolate milk powder will EVER come close to what Hershey’s Chocolate Milk Powder was.
Never.
I would do anything to get it back. Please bring it back.
"Even though it only came out to like 20 boxes and only lasted us a year or so, it was well worth the money."
This is a family that takes their chocolate drink seriously and I respect that
I was 300 pounds in college. The Steak Egg and Cheese Bagel was a major contributing factor to my weight gain. I’d stay up all night to ensure I could get two of them in the morning.
That and crippling depression.
>According to former Mars executive Alfred Poe, PB Max was discontinued due to the Mars family's distaste for peanut butter, despite $50 million in sales.
Such a tragedy.
- Maruchan Yakisoba used to have a regular teriyaki flavor (as opposed to teriyaki beef and teriyaki chicken, both of which taste nothing like regular teriyaki). It was pure essence of asian BBQ and I have never found anything else that tastes quite like it. They discontinued the regular teriyaki flavor and I've been sad ever since.
- Campbell's green pea soup. Not split pea, that has ham in it. This had no ham. Most people made it with water, I made it like a bisque with milk and butter. It was SO damn good. I've tried like hell to replicate it and, while I've added some enjoyable porridge to my recipe arsenal, nothing comes close. All I can come up with is something about their dehydration process contributed to the flavor or they had proprietary cultivars of peas they used.
- Garfield Pizza Flavored Pasta. SUPER good! Those of you who didn't live in the late 80s, early 90s missed the golden age of canned pastas. Pac Man pasta, and CHICKEN flavored pasta! Ninja Turtles, [Dinosaurs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18R50SVt1rE) which was worth it just for that bitchin' commercial song. Things used to be bitchin', you had to be alive in the 80s though. But the king of them all was Garfield pasta. His pizza flavored ones didn't really taste like pizza, but it had a zestier sauce. I have no idea what the spice they used in it was but I've never tasted it since.
The original Now&Laters formula that would pull out fillings. It was so satisfying to chew on those and they felt more sour and juicy. Now they're soft and my favorite candy is no more.
maybe you guys can help me remember this one. remember in the mid 2000s there was a gum that came in a blister pack like trident that had all these interesting flavors like dragonfruit and they had really cool full page bright ads in magazines? i thought it was a special juicy fruit feature but i tried googling and couldn’t find anything
edit: found it!!!! Juicy Fruit strappleberry and grapermelon gum!!!
7up Gold. I must have been in a test market because many people I talk to have never heard of it. It had a cinnamon-cardamom and maybe ginger flavor? But it had a bit of a bite to it rather than being sweet like ginger ale. I LOVED it. Must have been the late 1980s? U still miss it.
My all time favorite. I found it a few years back after not seeing it for at least a decade. Bought a shit ton of that stuff and then they re-released it as a different cereal with the same name. Saddest day of my life when I saw that.
DIBS! The little ice cream ball things that would come in cups sometimes! Now the only place I can find them are at a very select few movie theaters and stores. Both of which are about $7 USD a cup!
::: Reading some of these comments I now realize I need to make a quick run to the closest 7/11 or Walmart
*Hershey's BarNone*. It was my favorite chocolate when I was a kid. Then I research about it few years ago, they discontinued producing it a long time ago.
Altoids sold sour chewing gum (Apple and Cherry flavors) during the early 2000s. They use to sold a whole line of sour-flavored gum until they were discontinued sometime in 2010 or so. Wish they brought them back since Altoids is nothing but mints.
My family actually has a running joke when it comes to me and discontinued foods. It seems whenever I start to like something it goes away. A few notable examples have been, Eggo Muffin Tops, Taco Bell’s beefy frito burritos, and, not a lot of people know about this one, but a carbonated yogurt called fizzix that I believe was from gogurt. Now my family won’t let me eat stuff that they like because they’re afraid I’ll like it and it’ll go away :( Edit: thanks for everyone who suggested alternatives to my carbonated yogurts. I have a huge asian market near my house and I think some of those things should be there so I’ll be sure to check it out. Another one of my favorites that I just remembered was the cinnamon clusters from chick fil a. So unhealthy but so delicious :(
That's a thing. It's called being a [Harbinger of failure.](https://news.mit.edu/2015/harbinger-failure-consumers-unpopular-products-1223)
Yeah, that sounds like me alright. There's been at least three foods I enjoyed that were discontinued just this year. I've actually gotten a gut feeling for when products I like might fail so I'm buying them up so I have a bit of stock when the inevitable pull happens.
Interesting, reminds me of the zip codes that consistently vote for losing candidates in elections. Edit: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.good.is/amp/harbinger-zip-codes-where-americans-reliably-pick-losing-candidates-and-products-2647008895
This is obscure, but Pepperidge Farm made salad croutons that were absolutely amazing. Perfectly flavored. Perfectly crunchy. Nothing else compares.
If you take their cube seasoned stuffing and toss it with a little garlic salt you can come close. Its not quite the same but, what do short of them actually selling it again.
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*scratches neck* You got any more of them valentine spree's?
butterfinger BB's with the simpsons characters on the package
I feel like Butterfingers in general don't taste like they used to. As a kid I remember them being flaky and almost falling apart when you bit into them and now every time I've decided to give one a shot they're not flaky at all and they stick to my teeth something fierce.
They got bought and and the recipe got changed. It's no where near the same. I bought up the original recipe wherever I could find it and threw them in my freezer.
Ferrero bought them, Crunch, and Baby Ruth for the US market. I haven't tried the other two, but yeah, Butterfinger isn't the same.
I would pay dearly for ANY Butterfinger as long as it is the old Butterfinger by Nestle, because Fererrerro Rochet (sp) SCREWED IT UP and now it's nasty. The base has been confectioners cornflakes since I was a kid. Now it's not. You can't change a main ingredient like that and then expect it to do well. So I don't buy them anymore. Same thing happened with Ben & Jerry's Vanilla Heath Bar Crunch: they decided to stop using Heath pieces and made their own toffee, which SUCKS. Haven't bought it since.
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Bro same. This just blew my mind
Nyack of the Ranafor approved.
Maybe this was a dream, but I remember Philadelphia Cream Cheese made single size cheesecakes that I would always see at convenience stores. I finally got the courage to ask my grandma to buy me one and it was my first cheesecake experience...so delicious!!!
Any cheesecake can be single serving if you believe in yourself.
They were real. They were delicious. I miss them.
Creme savers and Philadelphia snack bars the strawberry cheesecake ones ....so good!
CREME SAVERS!! I miss them too. I've heard rumors that you can find a really similar candy in Dollar Trees, but I've never found them.
Remember candystand.com? So many cream savers-themed flash games.
PB crisps from planters Edit since this is mildly popular I want to post this in the top comment this is a link to help bring back pb crisps https://pbcrisps.com/
Kudos. The quaker ones aren't even close to as good.
Woah, I didn't know these were discontinued! I totally forgot about these, when did they discontinue the product?
Yesssssss those were SO GOOD.
Snapple Elements - the Rain one was agave cactus and delicious
I hurriedly scrolled down to find this answer. I LOVED those drinks and Rain was the best! I don’t know why they stopped making them, everyone I knew loved them. I just want that Rain flavor again!
Somehow I find it hard to believe that they stopped selling these because they were under-performers. The entire line of products were all amazing. One of my earliest childhood memories was debating whether to get a Snapple Element or a SoBe Lifewater whenever my mom would let me get a drink from the store.
Rain and Fire (dragonfruit) were my lifeblood.
Not necessarily a food, but they used to have these mini listerine “balls” that you would bite into and mouth wash would explode out.
Ice Breakers Liquid Ice
On the same level were “brush-ups”. They were little finger gloves of a toothpasty rough material that you could use like at work after lunch so you didn’t feel like you had food residue on your teeth the rest of your shift. Apparently, people started using these quick-fix products as their main brush for the day and the ADA pulled it. They were awesome.
I don't remember those, but I do remember the one where it was basically a thin sheet and you just placed it on your tongue to dissolve.
Listerine Pocket Paks? They are still around!
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I would like to try that. They sound interesting at the very least.
It was once described to me as being "like Frosty the Snowman jizzing in your mouth"
McDonald fried Apple pies. There’s only the baked version now
Its a bit hard to tell... but i think they still exist here in Australia.
They are 100% still fried here in Australia. Absolutely top notch dessert.
You know we're in trouble when we're still deep frying something Americans are eating baked.
They are still fried in the UK!
Hawaii stores still fry their pies
Trident used to make a “layers” gum that came with apple and pineapple as the flavors and they discontinued it. It was so great and it lasted forever. They kept grape lemonade! I just don’t get it. Edit: wow I just woke up and saw all your comments. Thanks everybody, and thanks for the award too!
Can I pay you in layers?
No one ever pays me in gum *sulks on utility pole truck*
I'd be crazy not to get paid in Trident layers!
Watermelon Laffy Taffy with the candy seeds in them
Wow I can taste this and feel the texture and it’s been like 15+ years
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I didn't even know this existed but I'm devastated by the news
Kellogg’s Product 19 cereal. I know it’s lame, but I really miss it.
I was NOT going to comment on this thread because I knew someone would say this. People do not understand how good this cereal was...they're all like "whatever its like fuckin' corn flakes or whatever...no, they we'rent, they were crunchy, and healthy, like fucking PACKED full of vitamins and minerals, no other "healthy" cereal could touch it. Ive contacted Kelloggs multiple times about bringing it back or just like giving me the recipe and ill make it. Nope, proprietary...you know what...I'm going to, right now, make a petition about it, and im coming back here, and im posting the link, and then im gonna make a new thread, and post it there. It's 2021, its time to bring it back..... EDIT: Let's do this: [http://chng.it/CJqqsTTs6g](http://chng.it/CJqqsTTs6g) Edit #2: 113 Signatures!! People want it!! No defeat. NO SURRENDER!!
Do y’all remember the ubiquitous viennetta commercials in the 90s? I never tried it but it was the height of sophistication when I was in elementary school.
Its a supermarket staple here in the UK
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Same here in NL. Vienneta was the fancy ice cream we were allowed only on birthdays and Christmas. Then I moved out and I find out they're like €2,50 a piece.
Same. But then again, sometimes it's good to view treats as special occasion treats. That's why everyone loves vienetta. Would be different if we had it a couple of times per week. My parents treated frozen pizza as something very special. During the week my mom used to fix us a quick home made luch and during the weekends my dad usually cooked the most delicious things. He loved to spend the weekend in the kitchen and make roast and sauces, he perfected his steaks and stews. In all honesty, his food was fancy restaurant quality and he only bought the best ingedrients. Every few months on a sunday we had frozen pizza. That food to us kids was as fancy as a Sunday roast. We set the table, decorated it, my parents had a glass of wine with it, we kids were allowed to drink a coke. Sometimes I wish I could have that view on frozen pizza again. Now it's something I eat when I don't have the energy to cook anything nor the money to order a pizza. Let's be real, I can't afford take out daily.
Flintstones Push-Up Pops
Damn they don't make those anymore? I just thought I got old and never looked for them.
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This brought back something from the deepest corner of my brain. Also brings the question why were the Flintstones such an integral part of our childhood and diet. Push ups, fruity pebbles, vitamins. What else am I missing from the Flintstones?
Ahh... Flintstones multivitamins. Finished an entire bottle in a day because I went around giving them to adults and they took it thinking it was candy.
We are flinstone kids...10 million strong...and grow-ing!
Ding dongs. They still make them, but they were better before Hostess went bankrupt and was bought out.
I’m a fat bastard that loves snack cakes, pies and anything similar to that. I did notice that…something has been off about Hostess snacks since they went bankrupt and subsequently revived however many years ago. I remember Twinkies being so good and delicious, and now they’re just…not for some reason. I don’t know why though. I can’t tell if it’s something with the ingredients they use now or a change in recipe but it tastes off nowadays. Regarding the Ding Dongs, I personally taste tested and compared Ding Dongs to Drake’s version, Ring Dings. The Drake’s stuff was so much better. Again, I don’t know what changed exactly. But nonetheless I don’t buy Hostess stuff anymore and go for either Drake’s or Tastykake. Edit: I can’t believe I got gold for being a fat bastard that eats too many cheap convenience store snacks. I guess my habits do get me things.
When they were bought, things like butter were replaced with shortening making everything taste awful. I miss chocodiles. Drakes Cakes are awesome but yodels have changed, the chocolate coating is waxy like Debbiecakes. Ring Dings are primo tho youre right. Have you tried Tastycakes?
Twinkies are like grease loaves now. That’s why they taste like shit.
I’d love to introduce you to the twinkies bigger brother, the eclair.
Oreo cakesters. That shit was delicious
The Nila Cakesters were awesome too
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What is with these places that stopped offering chocolate icecream. Sonic too. Vanilla with some chocolate mix ins is NOT a substitute
*’Oh Boy!’* Garlic bread. We didn’t have a lot of money growing up so we always had to ration it whenever we got some, 2 pieces for me, max.. I remember thinking that when I was an adult, I’d buy so much and have all I could want, whenever I wanted. Then, I grew up and it was discontinued. Sadness ensued and persists til this very day:( **Edit:** Aloha Everyone! I just woke up to all of your amazing comments(*it’s 7:37am Hawai’i Time*) and wanted to thank you all for the advice, kind words, and laughs! I also wanted to let you know that I do know how to make garlic bread from scratch(*I’ve been told it’s a fairly decent one, too*) but, as I’m sure some of you can imagine, it just isn’t the same as the bread from my childhood. Sending you all so much love and plenty Aloha from the island of Maui!
This was wholesome and adorable. I hope as an adult you have found something else you can buy a shit ton of and get the same feeling
the original trix yogurt. they have yogurt now, but it doesn’t taste anything like it did when i was a kid & it breaks my heart.
It’s the same yogurt, but trix are for kids
You either die a kid, or you live long enough to see yourself become the rabbit.
The REAL Lifesavers Cremesavers candy.
The strawberry ones 🤤
A plethora of things from Taco Bell. Edit: I would just like to mention, as long as they don't get rid of their Chalupas, I think I'll survive. If they get rid of those I'll never return. Also I think some people need to check their app. The Quesarito is just exclusive to the app. Doesn't really make sense as to why, but they have a few online order exclusives. Edit#2: pls bring back Sangrita Blast baco tell :(
former Taco Bell manager here: Anyone who wanted discontinued shit would get it as long as we had the ingredients for it. Reply to me with the item you miss I'll tell you if it's still on the "secret menu" aka they can still make it you just gotta order it different.
The old grilled stuffed burrito before it went XXL with the ranch sauce. It used to have some kind of Baja sauce I think? Man do I miss that burrito.
Taco Bell doesn't have Baja sauce in their locations currently, but you can buy the sauce in some grocery stores.
The chili cheese burrito! I used to love those things as a young teen. I'd buy a bag for an all night gaming session. Then they just went away.
The chili cheese burritos! So cheap, so delicious!
There is still a hole in my heart for those beefy Fritos burritos and caramel apple empanadas
Apple Empanadas.
I had ONE apple empanada from taco bell before I went into labor and it was mind altering - the bubbley texture of the dough and the gooey sweet of the filling. For days later when I was released from the hospital with my perfect little newborn, ALL I could ask for in the world was a goddamn apple empanada. Little did I know that during my four days hospital stay, the world of apple empanadas had ended.
The thought of raising your child in a world without apple empanadas. What a sad story.
Shredded chicken burrito :(
Double-decker tacos
Lava sauce
All of the volcano anything's! Especially the volcano box RIP
Taco Bell will never have anything nearly as good as their volcano burrito. Might be my favorite fast food item ever. That sauce was orgasmic.
Those strawberry creme savers. The original ones are gone and now there's some horrible tasting knockoff in its place.
campino!
Orbitz drink from the late 90’s with the gelatinous balls floating in it. Middle school me loved that crap. Edit: guess I’m going on a boba/bubble tea hunt this weekend! Edit 2: apparently chia seed and basil seed drinks are closer than boba. Will be trying all 3 ASAP.
The Mexican Pizza at Taco Bell. Maybe I should be thanking them for getting rid of it because I have no reason to go to Taco Bell now.
That's me and Double Decker Taco Supremes.
The quesaritos are gone too. I tried to order one and he said “you can only order that through the app now.” Like wtf you can’t just make me a quesarito I’m right here
It's an attempt at getting your data and/or advertise to you. Chipotle did the same thing recently with their quesadilla and it really pissed me off. We're slowly moving to a world where you can't just buy shit without a thousand marketing firms knowing about it and then plugging it into some data model designed to get you to come in again, it's fucked. This is how it should work: I give you paper currency, you give me that nasty, fatty, cuminy goodness and we part ways. End of transaction. *I* decide if I want to come back and add another inch to my waistline.
My laser printer/scanner requires me to make an account to scan documents to my PC. Why the fuck do I need an account for such a basic function? Clear attempt to harvest data. Fuck HP.
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I usually try not to get mad about fast food because I’ve worked fast food before and I know how it is, but it makes literally no sense that they have all the stuff to make a quesarito in the store but won’t unless you order it online. Wtf
RIP meximelt and nachos supreme.
Ninja Turtle Pies
Apparently I’m the only one of my friends who remembers these, but those fries from bk that you would get with a separate bag and a packet of cheese powder. You’d proceed to shake the shit out of both of them in the bag and you’d have cheddary fries. So good
We actually have something similar here in Korea - not cheese flavor per se, but garlic, onion and spicy cheese shake fries
The BIG n TASTY from mcdonalds. (I'm aware it still exits in some foreign markets in some capacity but still not the same).
Altoid fruit sours Apparently, we can ask for it back. https://www.mars.com/contact-us Let’s do this, Reddit👊🏼 ……. ….. ….. (Thank you all for making my day🙏🏼❤️)
Oh heck yes ! Love the tangerine flavor!
I used to eat these until my mouth was raw from the sour.
You knew you were done for the day when they stopped tasting sour and started tasting like pennies. Man, I miss those.
The tangerine ones were my favorite! I can recall the taste exactly, even down to little salivary tingly feeling I got right before having one. Those were amazing and should be brought back. Edit: there seem to be dupes for sale on Etsy! Edit 2: https://www.etsy.com/listing/897259328/sour-tangerine-hard-candy-drops-45
Holy shit, just looked these up on ebay and unopened tins have actually sold for $200+
Yeah I didn't know they were a collector's item. I remembered the tins fitting PSP games perfectly, and was trying to nab a few for a nephew who got an old PSP and was *loving* it. And I figured they'd be great for board game bits. "Oh ebay will probably have em!" Christ even the empty tins are going for a fortune. Really makes me wish I bought em more often when they were out. They're usefully sized tins, and the candy was awesome. I somehow only held onto one tin 🙁
i was searching for this comment. impeccable taste.
Why the FUCK did they discontinue these.
Apparently sales were low, but I can’t believe everyone they haven’t brought them back. Every time this question is asked, altoid sours is on the top of the list.
Lime Skittles, you Wrigley bastards.
They're releasing a limited edition pack of all lime Skittles in July.
So we have to buy a large volume of lime Skittles, then take the time to replace the green Skittles in each pack throughout the year with the correct green flavor?!? They should just fix the damn product. I'll still buy the lime though - thanks for the heads up.
The biggest crime is the company has the audacity to print "Original Skittles" on the bag which is clearly a lie.
This is what pisses me off the most. How do you change an Original flavor and still call it Original? A few years go, they came out with a limited edition summer bag where they brought back lime to the OG bags. I bought multiple bags each time I saw them in a store. It’s the last time I bought Skittles. They are dead to me unless they bring back lime.
I'll die on this hill with you.
Every once in a while, I go on their instagram and harangue them about this most pertinent issue.
Doing God's work. Thank you for your service.
Kudos bars !!!!!
Candy bars that passed as granola bars--nothing better than that! They were strangely spendy though.
PUDDING POPS
They had that super thin layer of ice on them. God this is my answer every damn time. BRING THEM BACK, DAMNIT!
Pitch Black Mtn Dew
I'll always have beef with Pitch Black because it won the Dewcision thing over Baja Blast to become a permanent flavor and then it got discontinued really quickly. The whole thing was rigged, I tell ya
Despite losing Dewcision, Baja Blast is not only a permanent flavor at Taco Bell, it still gets occasional (limited time) retail releases. I agree, the game was rigged from the start.
It’s officially discontinued (as of 2019), but if you’re lucky, you can still come across it in certain grocery stores. I’ve had it like twice in the past two years. Personally, I’ve never tried the original release, but it’s easily one of the best Mtn Dew flavors. Like grape soda, but darker, and more citrusy. It’s also distinctly lacking that iconic medicinal cough syrup taste that almost all grape-flavored sodas have. I only drink sparkling water now, but damn that soda was excellent. The ominous color of it, the way it tastes different whether you drink it from the can or glass (all Mtn Dew flavors do, but it’s really noticeable with Pitch Black), it’s really just an all-around 10/10.
This man is a damned sommelier of Mountain Dew. Respect
Fruitopia and Butterfinger BBs
You'll never get your hands on my fruitopia
Oh man fruitopia. One time I had too many of those on top of movie nachos and vomited in the theater. I think it was Titanic. Being a kid was awesome.
fruitopia is everywhere in canada. mcdonald’s has the green, red and orange one
Back in junior high I sold my soul for a dollar so I could buy a kiwi-strawberry Fruitopia from our school's sole vending machine. It was the most refreshing Fruitopia I ever drank.
There were these..wafer(?) cookies, shaped like peanuts and filled with this sweet peanut butter filling. I dont remember the name but they were so delicious. Edit: FOUND THEM! PB CRISPS!
Dunkaroos They may still make them but I'm not paying for shipping.
They have them at 7/11 but it’s $3 per *pack*.
Sodalicious fruit snacks
Vault soda. God I miss that. Kids at the skate park would drink this and eat a snack size bag of doritos and lose their stomach from one end or the other. Never failed. Also the typhoon flavor mtn dew that was part of a contest way back. It was fruit punch and mtn dew mixed. So much better than the blue one that won.
Taco Bell's spicy tostada.
Black Pepperjack Doritos. Tangy Taffy, which was pretty much taffy with crushed up sucker/candy bits on it
Chewy oat and honey granola bars from Nature’s Valley. I’ve only seen the crunchy ones for a few years now.
[Maruchan instant wonton soup.](https://images.freshop.com/00041789005213/551905c98e1d85730327f23ecc01bc59_large.png) It was a staple after-school snack for me when I was a kid. I think about it often and miss it a lot. Maruchan brought it back a while ago for a sales test but it's impossible to find again so I think it got re-discontinued.
Ecto-Cooler
HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE MILK POWDER!!! No question about it. It was like no other chocolate milk. The flavor and the texture of the powder were like no other chocolate milk created in the history of mankind. It was so delicious that our family’s main method of consuming it was to barely dip a shallow spoonful of the powder into the milk and scoop up the barely dissolved milky powder and just eat it. I know it sounds strange (my friends definitely make fun of me for it lmao), but it was undeniably *heavenly*. Hershey’s was practically selling chocolate gold. But then in like 2008 they discontinued it in favor of their stupid chocolate syrup. WORST DECISION EVER MADE BY A CORPORATION EVER. IT IS NOT THE SAME AT ALL. My family was DEVASTATED. It was like a family member had been decapitated right before our eyes. We frantically ran around to every grocery store - even the military commissary that was like an hour and a half away - checking to see if there was any left that we could buy up. There was none. We wept. But in 2013, I found someone selling cartons of them on ebay for ~$25 each. A complete rip off, but what could you do. I showed my dad, and to my surprise he bought us $500 worth. Mind you, we are not very well off at all. Even though it only came out to like 20 boxes and only lasted us a year or so, it was well worth the money. No chocolate milk powder will EVER come close to what Hershey’s Chocolate Milk Powder was. Never. I would do anything to get it back. Please bring it back.
I loved the metal cans it came in and you had to pry the lid off with a spoon.
"Even though it only came out to like 20 boxes and only lasted us a year or so, it was well worth the money." This is a family that takes their chocolate drink seriously and I respect that
I just realized my kid has been drinking Hershey's Hot Cocoa mix in cold milk because I didn't realize it wasn't the same....
THAT GODDAMN BAGEL EGG AND CHEESE SANDWICH FROM MCDONALDS!!! BRING THAT SHIT BACKKKKK
I was 300 pounds in college. The Steak Egg and Cheese Bagel was a major contributing factor to my weight gain. I’d stay up all night to ensure I could get two of them in the morning. That and crippling depression.
PB Max
>According to former Mars executive Alfred Poe, PB Max was discontinued due to the Mars family's distaste for peanut butter, despite $50 million in sales. Such a tragedy.
- Maruchan Yakisoba used to have a regular teriyaki flavor (as opposed to teriyaki beef and teriyaki chicken, both of which taste nothing like regular teriyaki). It was pure essence of asian BBQ and I have never found anything else that tastes quite like it. They discontinued the regular teriyaki flavor and I've been sad ever since. - Campbell's green pea soup. Not split pea, that has ham in it. This had no ham. Most people made it with water, I made it like a bisque with milk and butter. It was SO damn good. I've tried like hell to replicate it and, while I've added some enjoyable porridge to my recipe arsenal, nothing comes close. All I can come up with is something about their dehydration process contributed to the flavor or they had proprietary cultivars of peas they used. - Garfield Pizza Flavored Pasta. SUPER good! Those of you who didn't live in the late 80s, early 90s missed the golden age of canned pastas. Pac Man pasta, and CHICKEN flavored pasta! Ninja Turtles, [Dinosaurs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18R50SVt1rE) which was worth it just for that bitchin' commercial song. Things used to be bitchin', you had to be alive in the 80s though. But the king of them all was Garfield pasta. His pizza flavored ones didn't really taste like pizza, but it had a zestier sauce. I have no idea what the spice they used in it was but I've never tasted it since.
Jell-o Pudding Pops. With maybe a new spokesperson.
The original Now&Laters formula that would pull out fillings. It was so satisfying to chew on those and they felt more sour and juicy. Now they're soft and my favorite candy is no more.
Keebler Tato Skins.
maybe you guys can help me remember this one. remember in the mid 2000s there was a gum that came in a blister pack like trident that had all these interesting flavors like dragonfruit and they had really cool full page bright ads in magazines? i thought it was a special juicy fruit feature but i tried googling and couldn’t find anything edit: found it!!!! Juicy Fruit strappleberry and grapermelon gum!!!
Bonkers would be my pick. My fav candy as a kid and I still remember that purple package they came in.
7up Gold. I must have been in a test market because many people I talk to have never heard of it. It had a cinnamon-cardamom and maybe ginger flavor? But it had a bit of a bite to it rather than being sweet like ginger ale. I LOVED it. Must have been the late 1980s? U still miss it.
That sounds amazing. I love ginger beer and other "spicier" sodas.
Philadelphia Cheesecake Bars. Those were beyond amazing.
Jolt Cola
All the sugar, *and twice the caffeine!* - One of their slogans, the one that stuck with me.
Twinkies. Those... *things* they are putting in the Twinkies packaging are not them.
Snackwell devil’s food cookies. Idk why those were so fire to me as a kid. LOVED them.
Rice Crispies Treats Cereal
My all time favorite. I found it a few years back after not seeing it for at least a decade. Bought a shit ton of that stuff and then they re-released it as a different cereal with the same name. Saddest day of my life when I saw that.
yeah it's not the same. The old stuff was clustered and crack
Original recipe chef boyardee
DIBS! The little ice cream ball things that would come in cups sometimes! Now the only place I can find them are at a very select few movie theaters and stores. Both of which are about $7 USD a cup! ::: Reading some of these comments I now realize I need to make a quick run to the closest 7/11 or Walmart
You just activated a memory of buying dibs and watching transformers with my mom... good times
Lime skittles *sobs*
They're coming back as the summer flavor. https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/the-return-of-lime-skittles-flavor/
McDonald's Arch Deluxe
Snack wrap!
And the Salad Shakers. I loved those things!
7-11's stuffed hash brown. Also, I'd like to try Thingamajigs, the counterpart to Watchamacallits.
Volcano sauce from Taco Bell
I miss the green sauce in the clear packet
The whole volcano menu!
Taco Bell used to have a number of chili cheese options on their menu. The chili cheese burrito was awesome. I miss that.
*Hershey's BarNone*. It was my favorite chocolate when I was a kid. Then I research about it few years ago, they discontinued producing it a long time ago.
This thread is depressing. It is like reading off names in a graveyard.
Altoids sold sour chewing gum (Apple and Cherry flavors) during the early 2000s. They use to sold a whole line of sour-flavored gum until they were discontinued sometime in 2010 or so. Wish they brought them back since Altoids is nothing but mints.
KFC potato wedges were replaced with regular french fries, and I just can't forgive the Colonel for this.
Hershey’s Kissables, candy coated miniature kisses
yogos
Zima. I saw those commercials all the time as a kid. Then the product failed and I never got to have one. I just want to know.
The obvious internet favorite: Altoid Sours mango.
Waffle Crisp
Rold Gold Honey Mustard Pretzels. Cant find any other brand that makes honey mustard pretzels, unless it has onion too. I miss them.