Me first: in the early 80s, I remember the Vons supermarket chain had their own brand of sour cream dip for potato chips, one flavor that people I know loved was fresh pismo clam, it still had chunks of clam meat in there. One day it got yanked from the shelves and I’ve never seen it again.
More recently, about a decade ago, Trader Joe’s carried cheddar-and-horseradish potato chips, then one day they were gone.
I would love… LOVE… to dip those horseradish chips into that clam dip… sigh.
I had rediscovered they still existed (just not where I lived) when it was being discontinued in 2019. I ordered a pallet box before they were. My neighbor/babysitter gave me that for breakfast as a kid.
Man, that’s a pretty long list, and I’d have to dig back to my childhood to see what I could remember…. One of them was an in-store bakery product, a jalapeño cheese bread at Food-4-less. They quit making it, but man was that stuff good.
Now, if you’d asked what favorites have gotten worse…that’s almost everything. Cheapening of ingredients and flavorings have wrecked the majority of stuff like sweets and drinks, and even food products.
Schweppes had a great root beer that I haven’t seen since sarsaparilla was outlawed.
Taco Bell Enchirito’s around 10+ years ago were amazing. I think they temporarily bring similar things back, but it’s never the same.
Count Chocula cereal used to taste much better. I think it was made with oat flour but then they changed to corn.
They were practically a drug for kids. Some other companies copied the format, but they weren’t as good (and I haven’t even been able to find those, lately).
They also had chips cut like this…:
… which were delicious, but I can’t find a picture of a bag. 😭
Waffle fries aren’t that uncommon are they?
They are here. 🤷♂️
Never seen any since these vanished from the shelves two or three decades ago.
Where is here? I can find them in the USA.
I can find them in the USA.
Spoken like a true American. 🤦♂️
Of course you can fins them in the world capital of junk and unhealthy food.
Luckily the vast majority of the world population are fortunate enough not to live anywhere near that particular catastrophe.
I asked where here was because you stressed that as if it matters. I mentioned I can find them in the USA because I don’t know where you are and for all I know you could be here.
Why are you so rude? Is being this unpleasant over something this small a normal thing for your culture?
Rice crispies treat cereal
Omg I have one. Sara Lee chocolate gateaux. It was this triple layer cake of delight, and my parents would buy it for every party back in the 90s. This was before chocolate got shit, so it was alllllll of the good stuff. Probably some cocaine in there too, who knows. I fucking miss that cake.
In the 1980s, Frito Lay test marketed a new extruded Cheeto-like product that was filled with an easy cheese filling. There was even a pbs documentary about it centered around how new snacks are made.
I wish I could remember the name of the snack and/or find the documentary online. They were yummy but they didn’t last long. I think there were like three different flavors and they were cut at an angle.
https://www.thedailymeal.com/1317712/discontinued-cheetos/
Not sure if those ever made an official release
- Philadelphia cheesecake bars
- squeezits
- tiny toons fruit snacks
- life saver popsicles
- mickey and friends popsicles
- string thing
Do any of you remember Orbitz? It was a clear drink with little gel balls that were floating in it. I don’t know if actually miss it, but I just really want to try it again.
That and Beep are on my list.
I suspect that I wouldn’t actually like Orbitz now that I’m an adult and not impressed by little colorful blobs in my drink
Agreed. Definitely a novelty as a kid! I had to look up Beep. I hadn’t heard of that one!
It was great. Kinda like sunny D, but less cloyingly sweet and more refreshing iirc (it’s been a long long time). A mix of fruit juices, but mostly orange.
Crystal Pepsi.
Mentadent toothpaste. I enjoyed how the dispenser combined the white and blue gels as you applied it to your toothbrush. I liked the taste too.
Also Cremo men’s face moisturizer. I haven’t found another that suits my skin so perfectly before or since.
In both cases I wrote to the companies about bringing back the products, and both wrote back to blow me off.
I forgot about Mentadent! I used it for so long! I held on to the dispenser base for a long time hoping one day it would come back, but I threw in the towel at some point.
Fanta green apple. I loved it, but Fanta killed it. Now I don’t drink Fanta.
