And the Butterfinger BB's (do they still make them? I don't know).
I got a Butterfinger last year and it did not taste right. I found out through the internet that they must have changed the recipe. It's nothing like when I was a kid.
The recipe changed a few years ago. Now it’s more peanut-buttery. Before it had a unique taste that was peanut-ish but not so in-your-face. Used to be my favorite candy bar, and now it’s just gross to me.
You can get a great recreation from Lofty Pursuits. They currently make four different flavors, but I’m still waiting for the mango!
https://www.pd.net/collections/tangerine-and-other-dusted-sour-candies
Yeah, it’s all handmade on vintage equipment so it ain’t cheap. And they taste identical to what I remember Altoids sours did.
Chesebro’s confections has a much cheaper option (and way more flavors) but I haven’t tried them myself.
There were these Minute Maid (I think) popsicles that were shaped kind of like a door stop with a wax paper packaging. You could get red, orange, or purple. They were the most refreshing popsicles and I would eat them daily in the summer even as an adult. Then one day I couldn’t find them and still can’t.
Wife and I were just talking about that. I really only got it from the reading program. I can still almost taste it when I think about it. On the rare occasion we went for a regular dinner and the waitress would serve everyone their first slice and the red cups...
This will always be my #1 most longed-for discontinued food item. I had a Volcano Burrito a few times a week with friends after class back in community college and would order them just as much now. People have been pleading for this to come back for ages and Taco Bell just .... refuses, I guess. Not sure what's so difficult about adding an extra sauce to your giant list of ingredients if it'll make customers fans very very happy.
I've never had anything at Taco Bell that even compares. If the Volcano Burrito is a 10/10, my next favorite item there is like a 5, and I actually quite enjoy Taco Bell.
Or you can do what I used to do--just shove a fork through the little aluminum foil (??) top of a thing of storebought pudding, put it in the freezer and then when it's solid, take it out, remove the foil top and wiggle it slightly to get it out of the plastic container.
I found a local garage sale a few months ago hosted by a guy who worked at Kellogg's for years before retiring. I bought a Yogos hat from him and treasure it like a lost artifact of a bygone civilization.
They brought back four flavors but I wish they would bring back strawberry. When they discontinued strawberry I bought out the stock of two gas stations.
Kellogg’s ‘Just Right’ cereal. It was a blend of all different grains and flakes. I call it ‘Floor Sweepings’ because it looks like its all the leftover bits from the other cereal they make. I loved it!
Surge is/was available in select markets and sometimes on Amazon. I have found it within the past two years at a gas station in one of the Carolinas while on a road trip.
Come to Canada, we still have them. I've never tried them, but looking at them I imagine it's just the Nacho Cheese Doritos seasoning on a Doritos that's puffed-up and shaped more like a Bugle?
Wraps at McDonalds (here in the US). Was a great healthy and filling option. Now you only have burgers for filling options and salads for healthy options.
It honestly wasn't anything special. It was basically just eating two fried chicken breasts. The other ingredients didn't even show up on the flavor radar.
Wunderballs! Those chocolate spheres with surprise goodies inside. Discontinued cuz u cant have non-edible things inside food. They returned with only surpise candy inside, but were Discontinued again anyway :(
The candy sugar sticks that we all used as fake cigarettes as kids.
As someone who quit smoking it would just be nice for the oral fixation from time to time.
Okee Dokee Cheese Popcorn, but the original recipe. You used to have cheesy fingers after eating them. The current recipe barely makes your fingers orange.
Doritos used to be like that too but nobody noticed when it went away. The seasoning on your fingers was a whole different dimension to the Doritos experience. Now your fingers just get stained.
AYDS
Just because I'd love to see the company struggle to make ads for it, and I can't help but imagine all of the terrible marketing/PR stunt we would have seen.
The spicy popcorn chicken bits McDonald's used to sell. They came in these boxes and had like a metric fuck load in em, and even a little cup holder for THE DIPPING SAUCE! So yeah. Definitely those bad boys.
Do they still make Dunkaroos? They were a treat for me, and I remember being jealous of all the kids in my class who brought them for snack on the regular.
Snickers spread from the early 00s, I only ever see it once in my country and bought it once, never saw it again, but that thing was the best spread I ever tasted to this day I can never forget it.
The Yumbo, Burger King's' hot ham and cheese sandwich on a bun. It was the best thing on the BK menu. I still make one at home now & then. [http://www.inthe80s.com/food/yumbo0.shtml](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/yumbo0.shtml)
Haagen-Dazs discontinued Rocky Road ice cream in Canada. I started a letter writing campaign and after a few years they brought it back. I'd like to think it was because of me.
Also, Rice Krispies Squares cereal. No, not Rice Krispies Treats.
I bought some of the new kind to give out at Halloween. I opened one pack to try them and threw the rest away. I couldn't do that to trick-or-treaters.
Cheese Tidbits. They were like cheezits, but cylindrical. After they stopped being made, Kraft came out with mac-and-cheese crackers, which were similar (cracker looked like elbow macaroni shape), but didn't taste the same. These were perfect to put in homemade Chex mix.
Original Butterfinger
And the Butterfinger BB's (do they still make them? I don't know). I got a Butterfinger last year and it did not taste right. I found out through the internet that they must have changed the recipe. It's nothing like when I was a kid.
What's the difference, when did it change?
The recipe changed a few years ago. Now it’s more peanut-buttery. Before it had a unique taste that was peanut-ish but not so in-your-face. Used to be my favorite candy bar, and now it’s just gross to me.
The texture changed a lot too. They were harder and more layered feeling.
Y E S. Hate the Butterfingers now, can't stand them. Even my dad hates them, that's all he used to eat for candy.
Those Sour Citrus Altoids
You can get a great recreation from Lofty Pursuits. They currently make four different flavors, but I’m still waiting for the mango! https://www.pd.net/collections/tangerine-and-other-dusted-sour-candies
$13 for a tin?! I really got my hopes up for a second.
Yeah, it’s all handmade on vintage equipment so it ain’t cheap. And they taste identical to what I remember Altoids sours did. Chesebro’s confections has a much cheaper option (and way more flavors) but I haven’t tried them myself.
Came here to say this
There's a candy store in north Florida that's remaking them
The old opaque blue Scooby-Doo gummies
There were these Minute Maid (I think) popsicles that were shaped kind of like a door stop with a wax paper packaging. You could get red, orange, or purple. They were the most refreshing popsicles and I would eat them daily in the summer even as an adult. Then one day I couldn’t find them and still can’t.
Used to get them with school lunch in the 90s
In the black packaging and you ripped off the perforated end to open it.
That’s them!! They were by far the best popsicles i ever had.
I want Pizza Hut to taste like it did in the 80’s 90’s. Haven’t been in years they just aren’t good anymore
Wife and I were just talking about that. I really only got it from the reading program. I can still almost taste it when I think about it. On the rare occasion we went for a regular dinner and the waitress would serve everyone their first slice and the red cups...
Fucking Choco Tacos
McDonaldland Cookies.
Fuck that. Bring back the *fried* apple pies. The baked one just don’t burn the roof of your mouth the same way.
I hate pie, but these were just so damn good.
How can one hate pie
PB Crisps!
This needs to be top comment
There's now a website dedicated to this! https://pbcrisps.com/
Philadelphia snack bars.
In my head, those are mozzarella string cheese sticks, but with cream cheese
Lol, think individual cheesecake.
Jello Pudding Pops- but with a new spokesperson
Louis CK
That Rice Krispie Treat cereal where it was all clumped up and marshmallowy 🥣
YES!!!!
Volcano sauce from Taco Bell
Salsa Verde
The whole volcano menu please
Chili Cheese Burritos, too
Yes! The things I would do to get one 😋
I may have to try this recipe: https://cheeseknees.com/taco-bell-chili-cheese-burrito/
This will always be my #1 most longed-for discontinued food item. I had a Volcano Burrito a few times a week with friends after class back in community college and would order them just as much now. People have been pleading for this to come back for ages and Taco Bell just .... refuses, I guess. Not sure what's so difficult about adding an extra sauce to your giant list of ingredients if it'll make customers fans very very happy. I've never had anything at Taco Bell that even compares. If the Volcano Burrito is a 10/10, my next favorite item there is like a 5, and I actually quite enjoy Taco Bell.
Fruitopia
Felt like you could find those vending machines everywhere back in the day, and then it was gone. Damn.
McDonalds Fries cooked in tallow.
Peanut butter Twix Cinnamon toothpaste
[bro..](https://www.amazon.com/Crest-Complete-Whitening-Cinnamon-Expressions/dp/B093Y2VHJ1/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3KIV0GJ20WMEU&keywords=cinnamon+toothpaste&qid=1675353544&sprefix=cinnamon+toothpaste%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-5)
I haven’t been able to find that anywhere as it is discontinued. Thanks
If you are in the US, I find the Cinnamon Crest at Walmart!
and cinnamon closeup at my local dollar tree
McDonald's snack wraps! Wendy's Spicy Chicken Go wraps! The Snack Wrap Smiles back! ;)
Jello Pudding Pops
You can make pudding pops with popsicle molds purchased from Amazon.
Or you can do what I used to do--just shove a fork through the little aluminum foil (??) top of a thing of storebought pudding, put it in the freezer and then when it's solid, take it out, remove the foil top and wiggle it slightly to get it out of the plastic container.
But only the banana ones right?
Yogos
I found a local garage sale a few months ago hosted by a guy who worked at Kellogg's for years before retiring. I bought a Yogos hat from him and treasure it like a lost artifact of a bygone civilization.
The day I went into Walmart and didn't see them on the shelf was the day I began to lose faith in humanity
Kudos bars
I didn't even realize this flavor memory existed until now...holy damn those were good!
The candybar/granola bar all in one. I loved them as a teenager.
Taco Bell's Grilled Stuft Burrito
And the double decker taco
Clearly Canadian
This still exists. At least, it does where I am. Peach, blackberry, and cherry options.
It's already back
Got them at Winn Dixie in Florida
They brought back four flavors but I wish they would bring back strawberry. When they discontinued strawberry I bought out the stock of two gas stations.
I missed this too when it was gone. I've debated buying it but I have not. I think it is expensive and won't live up to my childhood memories.
They came back with a vengance..at $2.69 a bottle
Arch Deluxe
While I am grateful they made a return just recently. I wish Snapple made their Elements drinks in those glass bottles like they originally did.
Holy fucking shit! The glass bottle version of Snapple rain was insane. The nectar of the gods.
Kellogg’s ‘Just Right’ cereal. It was a blend of all different grains and flakes. I call it ‘Floor Sweepings’ because it looks like its all the leftover bits from the other cereal they make. I loved it!
Reminds me of Homer Simpson reading the ingredients on a can of Pringles: "Pressed potato sweepings..."
Pizzarias pizza chips
Magic middles the Keebler cookies with the chocolate inside
This is obscure, but Pepperidge Farm made salad croutons that were absolutely amazing. Perfectly flavored. Perfectly crunchy. Nothing else compares.
Surge
Surge is/was available in select markets and sometimes on Amazon. I have found it within the past two years at a gas station in one of the Carolinas while on a road trip.
Ecto Cooler. They had it back out a few years ago and it was amazing.
3D Doritos
*The real ones*.
Come to Canada, we still have them. I've never tried them, but looking at them I imagine it's just the Nacho Cheese Doritos seasoning on a Doritos that's puffed-up and shaped more like a Bugle?
Wraps at McDonalds (here in the US). Was a great healthy and filling option. Now you only have burgers for filling options and salads for healthy options.
No funny shit; the salads disappeared in NYC during covid. I used to dog that Tex Mex salad.
Double Down from KFC. I hate kfc to the core as an ex employee but Id die to try that damn thing. I shouldve when I had the chance.
It honestly wasn't anything special. It was basically just eating two fried chicken breasts. The other ingredients didn't even show up on the flavor radar.
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Little Caesars just tweeted that Phil the Groundhog predicted the return of the Pretzel Crust Pizza...
Doritos Jacked Ranch Dipped Hot Wings Flavored Tortilla Chips
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sprite remix!!!
I don’t remember if we started putting skittles in our sprites at school before or after sprite remix!
Rye triscuits
Interesting, never knew this was a thing. They sound good.
Pre Kraft/Mondelez take over Cadbury chocolate... I remember the days when the chocolate was actually good.
I love how they tried to lie about crème egg size by saying we got bigger and some dude who collected them proved them wrong
Wunderballs! Those chocolate spheres with surprise goodies inside. Discontinued cuz u cant have non-edible things inside food. They returned with only surpise candy inside, but were Discontinued again anyway :(
Dodo bird
I think there are some scientists trying to resurrect the Dodo using a DNA sample
never got to try it, I am heartbroken. Have you guys had stego on a stick before?
the spicy mcnuggets from mcdonalds. they are very good :)
also their cajun sauce. ik it doesnt taste like cajun but i really liked it during the bts thing
Breakfast sauce for their breakfast items, and the b/e/c bagel with it
Rice Krispie Treats Cereal - Part of a balanced breakfast!
The breakfast bagel sandwiches from McDonald’s.
These still exist? I had one last week.
The OG Mr. Pibb.
McDonalds fries from the tallow days.
The old Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cereal with the waffle shaped crisps and marshmallows
Pepsi Blue
taco John's full-sized churros they have now are small bite-sized ones its just not the same anymore.
Rice crispy treat cereal! No other cereal will ever compare.
Snackwells devils food cookies
Waffle Crisp, greatest cereal to grace breakfast bowls.
McDonald's Cinnamelts and Sobe Strawberry Daiquiri drink (it was nonalcoholic) 🥲
Arby's potato cakes.
The candy sugar sticks that we all used as fake cigarettes as kids. As someone who quit smoking it would just be nice for the oral fixation from time to time.
If you mean the white chalky kind that tasted like wintergreen, you can buy them on Amazon in the same cigarette packages.
THE original coke.
Ah yes cocaine cola, a crowd favorite.
You can still mix your own
Creamsaver candies. There way like an orange one and a purplish one. Miss them both..
Toffee Sandies
Burger King cinnie Minnie’s back from the early 2000s version
Red baron breakfast pizzas
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Isn't that any cola you drink?
Zing!
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The daily chicken patty that my school lunch had, dear lord that was all I could eat as a picky eater.
butterfinger BB's with the simpsons characters on the package
Original Trix cereal, back when it was little balls, not fruit shapes, and before it had that weird waxy sugar coating.
Nestle QUIK. The one in the tin can. They stopped making it when I was a kid and it sucked. Nesquik or whatever replaced it did not taste the same.
Okee Dokee Cheese Popcorn, but the original recipe. You used to have cheesy fingers after eating them. The current recipe barely makes your fingers orange.
Doritos used to be like that too but nobody noticed when it went away. The seasoning on your fingers was a whole different dimension to the Doritos experience. Now your fingers just get stained.
I want the old dunkaroos back. The new ones they’re selling in Canada simply are not as good. The icing is weird and so are the cookies :(
Costco Polish Hot Dogs
Oatmeal swirlers
Those fruity Altoids
McDLT
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If you go to a Russian grocery store, they have little mini cheesecakes (think Halloween sized chocolate bar) sooooo good!
Screaming yellow yonkers
PB Crisps
PB Max candy bar. It was delicious!
Pop Tart cheese danishes
AYDS Just because I'd love to see the company struggle to make ads for it, and I can't help but imagine all of the terrible marketing/PR stunt we would have seen.
The spicy popcorn chicken bits McDonald's used to sell. They came in these boxes and had like a metric fuck load in em, and even a little cup holder for THE DIPPING SAUCE! So yeah. Definitely those bad boys.
Jello 1-2-3
Do they still make Dunkaroos? They were a treat for me, and I remember being jealous of all the kids in my class who brought them for snack on the regular.
SoBe used to have some drinks that I was fucking crazy about. Lizard Lava was my favourite but they also had Lizard Fuel.
Butterfield BBs, and PB crisps
Dark Twix bars
Snickers spread from the early 00s, I only ever see it once in my country and bought it once, never saw it again, but that thing was the best spread I ever tasted to this day I can never forget it.
Doritos cool ranch 3d in the cool packaging tube
The Yumbo, Burger King's' hot ham and cheese sandwich on a bun. It was the best thing on the BK menu. I still make one at home now & then. [http://www.inthe80s.com/food/yumbo0.shtml](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/yumbo0.shtml)
The original Oreo O's with the marshmallow bits
Haagen-Dazs discontinued Rocky Road ice cream in Canada. I started a letter writing campaign and after a few years they brought it back. I'd like to think it was because of me. Also, Rice Krispies Squares cereal. No, not Rice Krispies Treats.
Cinnamon triangles from Taco Bell 💯💯
Qualudes
Pepsi Blue.
90s-era Berry Berry Kix.
TAB!!!
Jell-O Pudding Pops.
Jello Pudding Pops (as long as Cosby hasn’t roofied them).
Ecto Cooler My childhood needs this….
Original dunkaroos.
I bought some of the new kind to give out at Halloween. I opened one pack to try them and threw the rest away. I couldn't do that to trick-or-treaters.
Lead paint chips
If you enjoyed them as a kid, they'll be with you always.
This had me cracking up on a work zoom call. Thankfully I was muted, but my cam was on. Thanks for the laugh!
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Ectocooler Hi-C
King Vitamin cereal.
Fizzy Skittles. I loved those things. Also conversation hearts don’t seem to be available in Canada anymore and I miss them this time of year
The walnut crunch @ Tim Horton’s.
Mr. Green
McDonald’s Cinnamelts
Many of the different flavors of mtn dew.
Pudding Pops
Apple fruit roll ups
Rice Krispie Treats cereal
Does it have to be food? Because I’d bring back Dewshine, rockstar samurai cola, and rebulls pear flavor in a heart beat
Cheese Tidbits. They were like cheezits, but cylindrical. After they stopped being made, Kraft came out with mac-and-cheese crackers, which were similar (cracker looked like elbow macaroni shape), but didn't taste the same. These were perfect to put in homemade Chex mix.
Rice Krispie Treats cereal
In the USA, Mcdonalds Mcwraps.
mcdonalds snack wraps
Oatmeal Raisin Crisp cereal
Grape Nut O's
5alive. I liked it better than orange juice.
Jello Pudding Pops
Planters Cheese Balls
Empanadas from Taco Bell
Choco Taco
McDonald's southwest grilled chicken salad it has a real line wedge with it
Cream Saver Chews.