why did nabisco stop making ideal cookies?

//-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. These were definitely the best cookies. I had a friend in Missouri I used to mail seeveral packages at a time to around Christmas. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! Not bad, but not the same. Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. C'mon, Nabisco!!! You can wait around and hope but, frankly, I'd be astonished to see anything of their class again. Still not quite the same.all time faveoriate cookie ever - even better than Mallowmars! They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. I am so glad I found this link because it makes me feel connected with all the other IDEAL COOKIE LOVERS. Why is it that when you find something that really works for you, it's discontinued. wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger, Sign up for our email, delivered twice a week. I can still taste them. Now that I know there are others out there, I will call them again. Why did they discontinue the cookies!! Finally, I accepted that I'll never see them again, but I still reflexively look in the cookie aisle when I'm in the grocery store. :) My sister and I talked about them this weekendsuch good memories! Last I saw them was the early 1980s. Not only does it cue back to Hydrox, but its a fun, whimsical name that really works with the Keebler imagery. Keebler marketing director for cookies Carolyn Burns explained to Fortune in 1999. Maybe they can assist to get them back, They were the best cookies EVER MADE nd NOTHING compares. Little Debbie are close. They will SELL, SELL, SELL!!!! It's great to hear from consumers who are looking for our products because it lets us know how much you enjoy them. For the longest time, I refused to believe that Ideal bars (we always called them bars) weren't being made anymore. So sad that i have not gotten any is so very long. google_color_text = "000000"; My mom would hide ours, too. We put the lil debbie's the freezer (as close as you can get, but not the same) and everytime the grand kids here me say not like an Ideal!! :}. YUMmmm!! http://nabiscoworld.custhelp.com/app/contact. NABISCO..PLEASE BRING THE IDEAL COOKIES BACK!!!! Same with everything else, you love something, they quit making it. mmmmMMMMmmmmmMMMMMM!!!!! Our family loved these cookies..I still look for them when I shop.I hope Nabisco brings them back. I would love to have them again. These fan-favorite s'mores crackers featured a chocolate, marshmallow-flavored filling sandwiched between its classic buttery crackers. If someone starts a petition or figures out were/how to contact Nabisco I know many people who would sign or write or call. The distinctive design was thought to have been created by William A. Turnier but Nabisco . Ideal Sandwich Cookies were among the "Best of Nabisco"! She says there like a cookie wafer hollow flat log dipped in a rich darkest chocolate with a light peanut butter layer in the middle.yum! I have tried to find these cookies and can not find them any where. Thanks. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). Please bring them back. Wow, I can't believe I'm not the only one craving these cookies, I remember waking up in the middle of the night as a child and going to the fridge for one of these cookies, I would always tip the box forward as to look like there wern't many gone.my mom always new who to blame when only one was leftI REALLY MISS THESE COOKIES!! I think maybe Nabisco, but not real sure. I totally agree. One of the best cookies ever made. How can we all start a united front to get the cookies back on store shelves? If you don't believe me, read this: http://www.inthe70s.com/food/idealcookies0.shtml When are you going to wise up and bring back the best cookie you ever made? They were amazing! I have tried to substitute the Little Debbies, but they are not a match. How sad. I agree I would pay $10 for ideals the only cookie i liked. I have wanted these cookies for decades. I'd feel 30 years younger if I could just get 2 packages (okay, maybe three. The best cookie in the world ! Do any of you remember how much better they tasted when they were cold. And, for a minute, it felt like a game-changer for Sunshine Biscuits. Mondelez International, Nabisco's Chicago-based parent company, makes some of its snacks in Mexico, but it said in a news release that production from Fair Lawn and Atlanta, where it is closing. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE FROM NABISCO THAT COULD STRT THESE BACK UP? I'm surprised they quit making them, with all the fans they evidently have out there. One of the few foods I would eat in the middle of the night. Oreo Big Stuf was introduced in 1984 and was about 10 times the size of a traditional Oreo. They were the best. The Ideal bar was more of a candy and Reeses sticks are more of a cookie. hoping..praying.to see the most wonderful cookie ever made! 1981 Nabisco merges with Standard Brands. See, the reason these were the BEST cookies is because they were slightly salty AND sweet. They were the best ever, especially cold. My dad used to get at least to boxes of these one for himself and another for the kids. I can still taste them and remember the orange and clear cellophane package. These cookies were literally like crack. Bring 'em back Nabisco!!!!!! And that was the keythe slightly salty peanut butter. !I'm 7 years old and I NEED them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The price got really high and they did not sell that well. I grew up devouring these cookies, they are the BEST ever Nabisco made. I continue to hopefully search. I cannot beleive that the powers that be at "Nabisco" are not aware of the number of people that want these cookies back at any cost. I concur with every favorable sentiment expressed about these cookies and if someone from Nabisco were to read all of these comments and if a lightbulb were to go on upstairs, they might see the dollar signs written on the wall. please make this cookie again! For example, while Nabisco was stuck spending money on a costly transformation to remove the lard from the cream in its cookies, Hydrox cookies were already kosher, which for decades gave them an advantage in the market. There's only one way to get big corps attn anymorethe moneybet if we all boycotted Nabisco and Kraft products we'd have them by next Christmas! I can speak for the rest of our clan and say Nabisco bring back the Ideal Cookie Bars and make the world a sweeter place. I loved these Ideal Peanut Butter Bars tooooo much! Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. The tough part comes when we have to share the news that the product you're trying to find has been discontinued. I have the fondest of memories eating these cookies. What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! The best part towards the end of them being around, we had to special order them, and then hope to get them before someone else snapped them up. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. It is more true than not, that if you gave Nabisco a goose that laid golden eggs, Nabisco would immediately slaughter that goose rather then pay to feed it. I wish I could get through to Kraft/Nabisco! My dad worked for Nabisco - when he'd go to the plant that made Ideal peanut butter bars and come back with a carton - we felt like we were in heaven. OMIGOSH!!!! All the comments on this page are only the tip of the iceberg. Why would they ever discontinue making such a fabulous cookie that became so loved by so many people? Followed by Penguin cookies! Nabisco. Good times. Alas, everything Good in life either disappears or changes. The taste is still on the tip of my tongue. Just the population from the 70's who misses this cookie so much would constitute enough people to support reintroducing these! It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. Little Debbie just doesn't get it done. Nabisco are you listening? For months, some Canadians have been searching in vain for their beloved Dad's chocolate chip cookies. i never thought i would be so besotted with a cookie, but i love this cookie and was so disappointed to learn they were no longer made. I still have dreams about these cookiesonce came home for lunch from school and mom had gone to a meeting. Join the facebook group "Bring Back Ideal Cookie Bars" http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_90612602794 Maybe we can all get a "movement" together or at least find the original recipe LONG LIVE IDEAL!!!! I bet they have trans-fats, but I would make an exception and still eat them. 2023 Atlas Obscura. My sister, my best friend (who passed away at the age of 39)introduced the Ideal cookie to me. Everyone that leaveas a comment on this page should go to http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_form1 and tell Nabisco that you want those cookies back!!! He figured out that, since Kelloggs admitted it wasnt interested in doing anything with the cookie brand, he legally would be able to cancel the trademark and re-use it. Please, Please, meet public demand and produce them again. The boycott was prompted by the Mondelez company's decision to close its American factories and move production to Mexico. I need one for myself!). Nabisco is sure missing out here.they could make millions. I think about them all the time. I guess I'm not the only one in the world that loved those great cookies. Even though they were a little pricey compared to other cookies my mom always bought them because she knew how much I loved them. I might even vote for Newt Gingrich if he promised to bring our declicious little ideal bars backwell, I'm not sure if I'd do that, but I would consider it. There were the BEST! they really left an impression on me. OfficeWorld.com has over 100K business products in-stock, up to 80% savings, industry-leading service, FREE 1- to 2-day delivery over $49*! Mybe even the show unwrapped. They were almost like a candy bar. Nutter Butter is an American sandwich cookie brand, first introduced in 1969 and currently owned by Nabisco, which is a subsidiary of Mondelez International. We used to get them a lot and they were great. PLEASE! I would love it if the Ideal bars would come back. Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. Why single out the admirable apple variety for demolition? More and a few times we paid for an empty pack. i.ve been looking for those ideal bars everywhere.when i was younger i used to babysit i took my money and go to the store and buey ideal bars and eat the whole package they were so good.i wish they would bring them back!!!!!!!!!! I will call Nabisco in the morning. google_ad_width = 120; When I met my husband 25 years ago his favorite thing was an Ideal Bar - and to this day when I ask him what he needs from the store, his response is always "Ideal Bars". Please, please bring them back! These were my husband's favorite & what an awesome Christmas surprise that would be!!! If anybody ever hears of a petition please email me. They were too good to have just one, just two - maybe four!!! Here's to getting them back! There was a whole ritual to my after-school consumption of this sweetest of sins: We would take them out of the 'fridge (I thought that mom would hide them in there, but now I understand it was because of the low melting point of the chocolate). Best cookie ever !! Are there any other theories out there? Contact Kraft/Nabisco and let them know that there are LOYAL Nabisco customers that want to BUY Ideal Bars! We'd save our allowance to buy them and they didn't last more than a half hour once we got them home. How do we get to it? Anyway, Glad to see I'm not alone. Get the word out and maybe, just maybe we'll see the BEST cookie resurrected. Someone needs to start a facebook group. My god we are all correct best damn cookie ever made. I so miss the original Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Cookies. Those packages sure did go fast! I know it sounds crazy but all of these comments made me feel better. "Little Debbie" calls them "Peanut Butter Crunch Bars". I will write to Kraft. I'm sure that each Ideal cookie produced will be picked up at the factory by those of us who are in love with them. My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. My husband and I started to think maybe we had dreamed about Ideal Cookies. Oh my a cold glass of milk and and a few Ideals that is all I asklol. Those cookies and a COLD glass of milk.makes me tear up just thinking about them. They were fabulous and I would give anything to have one today. A current Facebook thread on the topic is full of tales about quests for the item. I have e-mailed Nabisco begging for them to just bring them back as a seasonal item or a limited time only so me & my sisters could stock them in the freezer but I think if everyone would e-mail them maybe they would listen. There's one candy bar, Peanut Butter Twix, that kind of reminds me of the essence of Ideal, but still not the real thing. Oreo, which the company described as, two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling survived. I was told way back in the 70's also that they quit making them during the warm months.. and then never started making them again one year. LET US ALL PROMISE TO CALL NABISCO AND PLEAD FOR THEM TO BRING BACK THIS COOKIE. We usually had to have two packages: one for Dad, and one for the kids. There is a Facebook on bring back the ideal cookie .someone said they talked to nabisco and they said they would consider it if enough people pushed for them back. Let's bring them back, people!!! I was hoping someone who bakes would create the recipe and share it. But the cookies design, which was initially sold with an exotic English biscuit twist, was pretty interesting for its era: With an industrial press from a mold, the cookie took on the look of a flower. There is nothing that compares to the Ideal cookie which is why it had the perfect name. With my father it was always a toss up either the pinwheels or the Ideals, 95% the time it was the Ideals, one of the best of store bought cookies ever. More like this. They, too, were far superior to ANYTHING available today!!!! I've been wanting the name of the IDEAL bars so I could tell Nabisco to make them again. They also said if enough people contact them,. That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. All the other cookies out there except for Pinwheels, Mallowmars and maybe a few others aren't any good; in fact they are terrible compared to Ideal. I wrestled with my weight as a kid in the late 70's, yet every once in a while my mom would secretly buy a box of these rich logs of dark chocolately goodness, if only to show her undying love for me, her only begotten son. I thought I was the only one. I thought this was the absolute best snack until I got the bright idea of doing the same thing with coffeemelting dark chocolate and soft peanut butter filling - I was in heaven! The folks at Nabisco must just be a bunch of big, dumb, stupidheads to not want to bring them back. I try every new peanut butter cookie I see, but none quite compare to Ideals. I'd BEG the president of Nabisco to re-introduce them, if it would do any good! I believe the cooky you're thinking of was a Hey Day or something like that. They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from them. //2007-06-05: inthe70s They were even better cold. I have longed for the Ideal cookie since I got married! Adolphus Green is president. If a petition is started., I will sign. Hope they see it. They'd have a hot stock on their hands if they did! I CAN REMEMBER WHEN OCTOBER CAME AROUND WE STARTED LOOKING IN THE GROCERY FOR IDEAL COOKIES. I still check the cookie isle at the grocery store hoping to see these again. We used to buy those cookies and count them out so that everyone got an equal number. My mom had to hide them because I would sit and eat almost all of them in one sitting. I keep looking and hoping they will bring them back I absolutely loved them PLEASE PLEASE BRING THEM BACK THEY ARE ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!!!!!!! They were the absolute best cookie I ever ate. There obviously must have been a quiet, well financed deal made for Nabisco to "bow out" of the competition! My favorite way to eat them was to first fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice-cold milk. Years ago I ran across these cookies for the last time while on a ski trip at incline village Nevada - I bought 2 bags and planned to bring 1 home but they didn't make it all the way home :-), Holy Crap!!!!! Very similar to my memory of the Ideal Peanut Butter bars but not made as well. How can those gawdawful Nilla wafers survive all these years while the ultimate cookie -- the Ideal Bar -- is retired? I am so happy to hear that I am not alone in my love of Ideal Bars. Im sitting here telling my son about my favorite cookie of all time, Ideal peanut butter chocolate bars, they remind me of my child hood, I was so sad and disappointed when they stop selling them, I remember asking my mom to look for them if she ever went out of town, but we never found them anywhere . I truly hope when I'm walking through the gates of Heaven, there is a plate of Ideal Cookie Bars waiting! 1993 Kraft General Foods acquires NABISCO ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco. I love Ideal cookies!!! An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. ITS NOT NOT FAIR!! These teeth-melting treats were promoted heavily, but disappeared after a few years. Cheers to all you fellow Ideal Cookie Lovers! Wow, how I miss those peanut butter bars. This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. There is no time like the present to re-introduce them to the market. Please bring them back!!!! The best ever cookie. Nabisco, please bring them back!!! I have been looking for these cookies for years now! But the shift wasnt enough; in 2001, Kelloggs had bought the Keebler brand, putting Hydrox under yet another corporate owner, and by 2003, it had stopped selling Hydrox altogethersans a brief reprieve in 2008 after enough consumers complained that it briefly changed its mind. I'm looking for a cookie that my dad and I used to eat when i was little I belive they were Heydays or maydays similar to a 1000 Grand bar with wafer cookie and carmel and rice krispies does anyone remember??????? They used to not be in the stores during the summer months but come fall they would be back on the shelves in Texas and I LOVED them! I had often wondered what happened to Ideal Bars. My brother DeNault asked me just a few years ago what were those cookies? they were my favs and can't believe they haven't been brought back yet is there a fb page for them yet??? I still check the grocery store shelves - just on case. Maybe we're all psychic and they're planning to re-release them in the near future! They were that good. Why else would they not capitolize on the chocolate & peanut butter market in 30 yeas? to see if I can find these cookies. Please bring them back. Please, Nabisco, Please! Cannot understand why Nabisco will not bring them back. PLEASE BRING THESE BACK, NABISCO!!! They patiently look them up and laugh. They were the Cadillac of commercial cookies. I found the FB page but there isn't enough activity to turn the heads of Nabisco. I am so happy to know that there are this many people that loved the IDEAL bars like me. Please - make them again Ana Isco. All rights reserved. I would love to see these cookies back in the grocery store, or even available through online ordering. google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; My father and I used to sneak the whole package the moment my mother brought them home from the grocery. SURE WISH THEY'D BRING THEM BACK EVEN AS A SEASONAL SPECIALTY. I would eat them with bananas!! Go to this page and leave them a request to BRING BACK IDEAL COOKIE BARS!!! Still my favorite cookie of all times! Nothing taste as good as the ideal cookie. If you got a package that didn't have enough PB, they were almost tasteless. They were our special treat. If they ever do, there is going to be mass hysteria and total chaos around the world!! I just got finished telling my kids about the best cookie I ever had-the Ideal bar- and wondered what happened to them. There is a Facebook page called Bring Back The Ideal Bar! Please, Nabisco, bring these back. If we get enough attention it will spread like wildfire. I would love to have them back. Crazy.. I had no idea there were so many Ideal Bar fans out there. If you are determined to continue to refuse to bring these superior products back into production, then at least make the recipes for them available to the people who love them and grew up on them, people like me. Nabisco we NEED these cookies! Pleeeeease bring them back! We're all demanding the cookie - where is the supply? Ideal. I really love these cookies also! I loved them. I miss you Ideal cookies. Mom would hide them in the refrigerator, but I always found them. Maybe they didnt make enough profit or something. I had no idea when I typed the name ideal peanut butter bars into google how many like minded souls there would be!! It just hit me like a ton of bricks. I contacted Nabisco one time they said they could find no record of them ever making such a cookie. As the others have said I can't believe that we all have been craving Ideal Peanut Butter Logs. Please, someone foreward all these requests to Nabisco. my Dad's Uncle ran a country store just across the road and we could run over there and grab a package when needed. My brother and I could eat a whole package of them in one sitting back when we were kids (ahhh, the good old days of a speedier metabolism!). Please come back. I had forgotten about them until the other day when I had a dark chocolate Reese cup. It wasn't my fault, I bought them all the time. Once Nabisco had removed the lard, mainly for health reasons, going kosher became possible. Maybe we need to start our own petition to Nabisco! Nabisco cannot continue implying that there is not enough demand for the Ideal cookie. OK, so what WAS it about the Ideal bars? I have eaten many packages of these with a quart of milk. I don't know what is stopping them. I thought about these cookies today and wondered whatever happened to them. They were a very high quality cookie. NOW!!!!!! I aqree that with all the boring cookies out there and the market for gourmet cookies Nabisco couldn't find a way to market them or sell the recipie to a gourmet cookie company who could market them. I'D Sign the petition in an instant! You also need to bring back the Lemon Cooler and Cherry Cooler cookies! My Mother would buy these and send them in our lunch boxes for dessert and they we super-delicious!!!! We all should go to the keebler web site and leave our coments there also. The post accurately reports that Nabisco parent company Mondelz International is closing two U.S. cookie plants; however, it inaccurately claims jobs will be shipped to Mexico and the decision . I hope that they bring these delicious cookies back to the grocery store shelves or sell the recipe to someone else. I always thought they should have packaged them as candy bars since that's basically what they were. I have tried to find an alternative over the years, to no avail. TOO. My mom used to keep them in the refrigerator. Maybe someday we'll get 'em back! Feast or famine was my and three other siblings lives due to my fathers dreams and my mom chose to buy Ideal cookies with the last few dollars left one week because we loved them that much! So i made the recipe as per instructions, with only one change: swapping in a cup of rice flour for the cup of potato flour. Ideal Cookies were the BEST!!! Aside from this, I remember not only the great flavors of those treats but the sheer QUALITY of them and all of Nabisco products. For one matter, the peanut butter in Twix is way too sweet - and they have milk chocolate instead of a "fudgy" dark chocolate. I am 48 now and have never had an Ideal cookie and never heard of them. Do we have to wait until the Kraft foods no longer has the patten on the cookies. I've contacted Nabisco. I would base my weekly calorie intake around these cookies! So what? There are a few FAKE ones on the market but nothing like the real IDEAL cookies. I still look at the grocery store shelves to see if they are there. Quit messing with your customers Nabisco or whoever owns you now in 2019. This site was so fun to find. They are as close to the Ideal cookie that I have ever found. Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. I don't believe Nabisco would ship them during the summer months, at least here in New England. He was unable to finish his sentance, I replied IDEAL!! In regards to the Trader Joes Pretzels. After reading the previous post, I got in my car and drove 45 minutes to Trader Joes and purchased a bag. A mouse got into the cupboard and ate one bite from each cookie -- I would happily still have eaten them all, but the counselors made me throw them out --I still get sad thinking about it!! My wife and I were just talking about the magical flavor that these cookies had. That off colored orange package. Then she'd say, "Now, Peter, you know that four is your limit." I miss them too. On the way home, I ate just as many as where missing and put them back on the shelf. Me and my Dad loved them. I still remember them and I'm going to write to Nabisco/Kraft asking them to bring them back!

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