it worked for betty white on snl, maybe it would work for ideal bars! Nabisco, You MUST bring these Back. More of a cookie than a cracker, these treats were discontinued in 2016. "Little Debbie" calls them "Peanut Butter Crunch Bars". I try every new peanut butter cookie I see, but none quite compare to Ideals. Adolphus Green is president. Lots of people WANT these cookies back in production!!! The following are comments left about Ideal Cookies from site visitors such as yourself. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! Here is the Nabisco email for comments. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; The Hydroxs ornamental pattern is at once cruder and more delicate than the Oreos; the ridges around the edge are longer and deeper, but the center comprises stamped-out flowers, a design more intricate than the Oreo pattern, he stated. I just did, but many voices are better than one. Best cookie ever! I thought I was the only one who missed these cookies. Maybe they didnt make enough profit or something. -- I'm in! What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! I have been craving them for years. 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 love them. To put that into perspective, consider that the overall global cookies market (i.e. :(. What surprises me is they still make the Pinwheel which was the same line..even the same color package..kind of their higher end type cookie. Great to see all the Love. There is nothing that compares to the Ideal cookie which is why it had the perfect name. Even now, so many years later,I have never found another cookie that I have enjoyed more. If you got a package that didn't have enough PB, they were almost tasteless. We stopped at a store in Winston, Oregon and we found "Little Debbie's" version of the Ideal bar. Hacked recipe available? I haven't seen them for years! 1901 The name Nabisco is first used as part of a name for a sugar wafer. I've been telling my husband about these for a while now. 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. Bacon flavored Ritz Crackers are flaky and delicious with a savory taste thats perfect for pairing, topping, or popping. You would think with all these comments about the Ideal cookies Nabisco would want to satisfy their customers. Litte Debbie's are okay, but not great - and although the concept of dipping nutter butters in chocolate is appealing - it's not really like an Ideal bar. We usually had to have two packages: one for Dad, and one for the kids. Round cookies make easy snacks for kids and adults Baked cookies with a classic crispy texture for a satisfying crunchy snack Ideal for sweet snacks or desserts Specifications Contains: Soy, Wheat May Contain: Peanuts, Tree Nuts Filling: No Filling State of Readiness: Ready to Eat Package Quantity: 1 Bakery topping: Brown Sugar She had the idea of looking for them online. I would put them in the fridge. All rights reserved. Ok folks, you can duplicate the taste of these Ideal cookies. However, Reeses sticks are too sweet and less rich than the Idea Bar. I keep looking and hoping they will bring them back I absolutely loved them PLEASE PLEASE BRING THEM BACK THEY ARE ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!!!!!!! LOL I swear I wish they would bring those cookies back. I will go on the newsdo commercials for you.whatever it takes! My parents both worked for Safeway in Va. we loved those peanut butter cookie bars in the orange and brown wrapped rectangular box. What will it take to get nabisco to bring back ideal bars? Nothing can compare , more like a candy bar . I think it must be at least 25 years since they were available. http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_form2&age=3&coppa=False&prod=True&sub=335 opps ;), My letter wasnt enough to bring em back, lets do this ppl :) Here's Nabiscos reply: Hi Dan, Thank you for visiting http://www.nabiscoworld.com and for your interest in Kraft Foods. 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). Surely we can get a comeback?? Nadeau was probably pleased, when in 2015, Hydrox made a comeback. My people! Reminds me of my mom, too. This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. I cannot believe this many people loved Ideal cookies as much as me and my sister and Nabisco will not bring them back!!! In the 1970s and 80s, when the guards stepped away, the pots and flames came out. Along with that - bring back pudding pops! So what? When I was a kid I used to be a pretty good actor. The Ideal bar was the best cookie they ever madeperiod. I sooo love these cookies!! We used to get them a lot and they were great. Yes, that has been over 30 yrs ago. I miss Lemon Coolers and My Dad Harold Hourihan more! I would buy them..in fact I know my entire family would buy them There were utterly AWESOME. :). Sometime after 1976 I asked a Nabisco rep delivering in my local grocery store, where were they? They were the best. Like most American brands. 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. They only came out in the cooler months. I wrote the Nabisco Company a few years ago and they said they stopped making Ideal Bars because they were not selling as good as they wanted. I'm not a Facebook person but why doesn't someone set up friend of Ideals page and start a 2010 size campaign to get Nabisco to reintroduce this classic to the millions of cookie eaters who were born after the Ideal plug was pulled. My brother DeNault asked me just a few years ago what were those cookies? I'm going to the web site to put in a request. Would love to be able to buy again. Everytime we get together we talk about how we bit off both ends and used them as straws to drink milk. I remember my sister's boyfriend was incredulous (although he should not have been given stories that I have since heard). There was an extra little clot of chocolate on each side of the bar, sort of a remnant of a cooled puddle of chocolate, I figured, that resulted when chocolate was drizzled over the top of each chocolate. google_ad_height = 600; ASAP! It seemed to make the enjoyment last longer. Whenever I find myself in the cookie aisle of the supermarket - I look for them - still to this day - hoping they have come back. We would all definitely be willing to spend our hard earned money on a package of those awesome ideal bars! yes bring back the ideal cookie bar! Get them home intact, if possible, refrigerate or freeze, get a glass of ice cold milk, or fresh brewed tea, and eat, a little touch of Heaven! They were great to have on hand whenever company came over. Please lets get them back.. I hope that they bring these delicious cookies back to the grocery store shelves or sell the recipe to someone else. And if Nabisco is too stupid to bring back the bars, then head to Trader Joe's! Addicted to Ideal cookies in the 70's . I dream of these cookies. I would, I loved them. NABISCO..PLEASE BRING THE IDEAL COOKIES BACK!!!! Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! It was on the very top shelf. :}. I'd feel 30 years younger if I could just get 2 packages (okay, maybe three. Oreo's and Chips Ahoy are SHELF SPACE HOGS. So many good ones are gone and now we are stuck with oreo's and chips ahoy. The price got really high and they did not sell that well. These cookies popped into my head the other night, it's unfortunate that they are not made anymore. When I first got married I would buy them from the grocery store (back in 1982) and my husband and I would tag team these cookies until there was an empty package left in the cabinet. And please don't pretend that apple cinnamon spice Newton is the . That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. Then I just took one, so he could not be sure if his count was off one. Price would not be a factor for sales of the greatest cookie ever. Oreo factory shutdown: Mondelez to close N.J. Nabisco plant, but says Every weekday we compile our most wondrous stories and deliver them straight to you. 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? Never in the summer. Those packages sure did go fast! Nabisco the market for them is ready and waiting!!!! Iconic Dad's chocolate chip cookies discontinued, customers bitter - CBC I would absolutely love to introduce these cookies to my adult children and grands. I totally agree. Millions of other chocolate coated cookies survive shipping and storage - and I guess that most of us would still want them even if the chocolate was melted! I still have the scar and it reminds me of these wonderful cookies everyday. Please bring it back if for limited time. Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546. With so many of us wanting them back has anyone sent Nabisco this link? Why do they always discontinue a good thing?? Oh man, Words Cant Describe how much I loved Ideal Bars.Its great so see how many people besides myself are obsessed with those little crunchy pieces of heaven. Nabisco cannot continue implying that there is not enough demand for the Ideal cookie. PLEASE BRING THESE BACK, NABISCO!!! I had a friend in Missouri I used to mail seeveral packages at a time to around Christmas. What is one thing in the world that I could change would be world peace. When I ate the dark chocolate one, the first thing I thought of was the Ideal Cookie. I moved from Cali to Texas in 1980, Texas didn't have anybummer. Agreed. I still look for them at the store too! Another favorite of mine was TostettesI loved them because they were so moist and full of fruit and had a little sprinkle of sugar on topjust the right amount (cold or hot). Come on Nabisco make my day!!!! They were by far the best store bought cookie EVER made. Cannot understand why Nabisco will not bring them back. They were the absolute best cookie I ever ate. They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. (Making matters worse: 1998 was the first year that Oreo itself went kosher for the first time.). I had no idea there were so many Ideal Bar fans out there. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. I just saw this Comment Page Today; I Agree with Brenda who wrote earlier this very day, and so many, many others eho commented over the past 12 years, that IDEAL COOKIES were the Absolute Best snack of childhood and beyond, to whenever they stopped being made. Heaven on earth! My husband and I lived in the mountains befor they had cable, so we would listen to the stereo and have Ideal cookies and Milk two or three times a week! I remember them from 50 yrs ago . Ideal coolies will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have experience a different kind of taste of cookie. I figured like some of the old candy from the 60s is still made regionall that these cookies would be too. When we'd visit Grandma and Grandpa, they'd open Ideal Bars after dinner, and we'd consume the whole package while watching TV. Maybe someday we'll get 'em back! Why would they ever discontinue making such a fabulous cookie that became so loved by so many people? I made my own sandwich and helped my self to an entire package of Ideals. My favorite cookie ever! The cookie aisles at the grocery store today are VERY dull and limited in what is offered for sale. They didn't make them in the summer, so when it cooled down, we immediately started asking for them. !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. Well being a creative kid I scrounged all the coke bottles and pennies in the house that I could find and returned them with a wagon and got more cookies. Under the Jewish dietary laws of kosher, pigs, the source of lard, are a forbidden food. I've been looking for them for years!!!!! Maybe they cost too much for the average consumer but we average consumers have changed and will gladly pay for quality. Come on Nabisco make our day!! Feel free to have friends and family make additional requests. OK, so what WAS it about the Ideal bars? Nabisco, short for the National Biscuit Co., is most famous for cookies such as Oreos and Fig Newtons. OMG!!!!! They've become extinct. These cookies are the best. Please, Nabisco, bring these back. How I wish we could still buy them. The chocolate cookies with carmel and peanuts I think was called Haystacks. I agree - best cookie ever! I had no idea when I typed the name ideal peanut butter bars into google how many like minded souls there would be!! 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 would beg my mom when she sent me to the store to let me buy a package of Ideal bars, she would always say yes. Just go and like the Facebook page "Bring Back the Nabisco Ideal Cookie Bars". Our family loved these cookies..I still look for them when I shop.I hope Nabisco brings them back. I MISS THEM TO THIS DAY!!! I guess they don't need the money. I am so dissapointed I can't get these for him. Please bring it back, Oh How I'd love to have that cookie again -- please bring it back. The company was improving the cookies, making them more attractive to the modern health-conscious consumer. The taste is still on the tip of my tongue. Ive been looking for these cookies to magically appear back on the shelves for years! It was the absolute best. Please, please bring them back! When my husband & I were dating we used to sit down & eat a whole package at a time ;). I believe that is why they discontinued them. Oh how I miss that Ideal cookie! Cheers to all you fellow Ideal Cookie Lovers! I think the last time I actually had one was around 1982 but almost every trip to the store I STILL look!!! More and a few times we paid for an empty pack. They were the best ever, especially cold. My Dad would buy multiple boxes, then hide at least one in his truck so that we kids couldn't eat them all. I just got finished eating Reese's Sticks that I had gotten from the fridge and I thought of the Ideal cookies!! Nothing compares!!! We could not get enough! WILL YOU PLEASE BRING THEM BACK IF EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME (possibly like the recent "Pepsi Throwback" offering Pepsi did with their original sugar recipe/formula), BUT THEY MUST BE ORIGINAL RECIPE - PLEEEEEESE???!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!!!! I've been scouring store shelves since, but no sign of them or anything close. Holy cow. Why Nabisco why??? Ideal Bars were my favorites too (along with peanut butter Spoon Candy, also by Kraft/Nabisco)! There's nothing left. I remember the ideal bar as a kid and a quick snack when traveling across the nation or mom packing them in our lunch. Nabisco Brands History and Timeline - ThoughtCo They are so missing the boat on a retro line for all of us who remember these products. Anyone know the name of the shortbread or sugar cookie with a hersey-kiss type chocolate drop on top? Ooops, maybe the Yoohoos I stole from Uncle Charlie's sandwich shop was first?!?!?! They were the best cookie ever. Womens Hairstyles . But if you take a look off to the side in the grocery store, you might see one brand in particular that, in fact, was invented four years before Oreosa cookie brand that looks remarkably similar. Thanks a bunch, Nabisco. My mother bought the Ideal peanut butter bars for my father (I don't know why he was allowed to hog them). 13 Beloved Discontinued Cookies You'll Never See Again It appears we're not alone! LETS ALSO SAY WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THEY COST. Can't believe they're gone for good My sister and I were trying to explain this cookie to my youngest daughter today. Wow, I was checking the internet to try to find the recipe for my mom since she said they do not make them anymore. Yes!!! Oreo Flavors You'll Sadly Never Get To Try Again - Mashed.com google_alternate_color = "E7F0EB"; I can personally buy them all and will . The taste brought back a memory from 30+ years ago. Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Nabisco workers in five states end company's first strike in 52 years My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. please bring back this tasty, tasty treat. Would happily pay more for ideal bars than for any other cookie. Wow, I went online looking for Count Chocula and I found this great support group for fans of the greatest cookie ever! Please, Please bring them back. Here's the Kraft customer service number: 877-535-5666 or you can email Nabisco: [email protected] Take a couple of minutes and make the request. Best cookie ever made.Dad hid them from me and I hid them from him. I couldn't believe how many comments about Ideal cookies. 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!! We just blogged the question to the Internet and are so surprised to find a support group. I found this board in 2011. Thats not to say that Hydrox didnt have natural advantages. My husband promised me a case of them if we ever saw them again - which we have not. PLEASE make them for us. I use to eat them all the time and was sad when they stopped making them. - Touche, old man! The Return to the Brown-Edged Wafer - Out of Ambit Hopeful!. We all should go to the keebler web site and leave our coments there also. They were very good/, So there's no way to get these anymore then? 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. 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. So I walked 5 huge blocks in Altadena CA. Nabisco should make them again - the economy is in the dumps, people are depressed, shouldn't Nabisco make ideal bars just to make the country a happier place? "Squeaky wheel gets the IDEAL" Put this in your Header to Nabisco. It's always about the money. Thanks, Mark. "Once Upon A Time" I was told that Nabisco discontinued production of these cookies because of the heat factor in shipping (chocolate melting, etc.) We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Offer available only in the U.S. (including Puerto Rico). I think of these cookies often. I miss you Ideal cookies. Snack Catastrophe: Ginger Snaps Move South of the - Dan's Papers 37. They were too good to have just one, just two - maybe four!!! Nabisco Ginger Snaps Cookies - 16oz : Target I love Ideal cookies!!! See, the reason these were the BEST cookies is because they were slightly salty AND sweet. MUST. These were the best cookies ever! The Ideal Bars by Nabisco was the best cookies that one could buy from the store. Why else would they not capitolize on the chocolate & peanut butter market in 30 yeas? If I could stand on the street corner for themall legs would be hanging out LOL. I remember hiding them to keep them for myself. SHAME ON YOU NABISCO. Those Ideal bars were so great, maybe the top notch ingredients didn't leave them enough profit. I make something very very similar. I still look for IDEAl cookies in the grocery store - hoping by some miracle they would be there. I am so glad I'm not the only one who misses Ideal cookies. I called Nabsico years ago to ask them to bring them back but no luck. Please bring them back!!!! Once Nabisco had removed the lard, mainly for health reasons, going kosher became possible. in the 70s, Food of the Seventies, Ideal Cookies I miss them. Why did they discontinue the cookies!! I've often remembered the ideal bar with fondness and wished I'd had one. Please Nabisco bring them back!!!!! Little Debbies just don't work for me. I would eat them with bananas!! Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Well once upon a time my Mom bought these cookies and I faked being sick to stay home from school so I could find where she hid them. I google searched "Ideal Cookies". Even the Girl Scout peanut butter sandwich cookies at the time, the Savannahs didn't compare, and they were my favorite Girl Scout cookie. won't give an experimental 6-month return of the IDEAL BARS. Nabisco Ideal Bars were by far, the best cookie ever. I wish they would bring them back at least as a promotional item for a few months, possibly the holiday season???? Nabisco has seen this website; it just doesn't care. But I have to askdid anyone else first peel the chocolate off with their teeth before launching into the cookie? http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_form2&age=3&coppa=False&prod=True&sub=335 The more they get the more of a chance it will happen! like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! I was about 10 when they came into my life. Hope they see it. As a matter of fact,they were terrible. And it didnt help that that there was an existing Hydrox Chemical Company on the market, one that sold hydrogen peroxide and was caught up in a trademark lawsuit at the time over the use of the word hydroxa lawsuit that noted the term was used for coolers, for soda, even for brands of ice cream. I grew up devouring these cookies, they are the BEST ever Nabisco made. I sent an email directly to the company and didn't even receive the courtesy of a reply. The chocolate peanut butter logs were a staple in my grandmother's cupboard. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. (sigh) Why Nabisco why? Last time I had these was 4/17/80, my birthday, and I'm still dreaming about them 30 years later bring em back! Were screwed. I wrote to Nabisco about ten years ago and was told they weren't big sellers. Bring them back to way up north in Maine!! ), but they would not last on the shelves. Finaly found on the web, after years of idly searching. Gratitude to whomever started this stream so that I could possibly get this out of my system. Perhaps Nabisco has a deal with Reeses that they will not compeet! Get the peanut butter filled pretzel bits from Trader Joe's and dip them in melted dark chocolate. After 30 years of no Ideal ccokies they musthave been to good for us m ere mortals. Good times. I miss them too. We need to take action for Nabisco to put these cookies back on the shelves, there wouldn't be many in the stores where I live because "I'D BUY ALL OF THEM".