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.
Monster orange Khaos (the 30% juice type), and the yellow Ripper flavor also. Miss me with that Papillon and Pipeline Punch.
Isn’t Khaotic the rebranded Khaos?
Also, I agree, Pipeline Punch is similar to Ripper, but lacks something that made Ripper special.
Bring them back
Orbitz, the drink. The one with the little flavor balls floating in it. That shit was awesome.
What’s irritating about it’s discontinuation is that the reason cited was people didn’t like the little tapioca balls. And then boba became a craze. 😬
Just learned it was made by the Clearly Canadian folks. I suspect that I wouldn’t like it as much anymore.
Beep, however, I imagine I’d still love.
At one point in the very early 90’s, the Keebler elves stopped making cookies for a few minutes and made the best fucking pizza flavored chips to ever grace this planet. The crafty little shits figured out how to make chips from actual pizza dough, and they called them Pizzerias. It’s been over 30 years and I can still taste them now.
Back during the Fruity/Cocoa Pebbles craze, there was a third cereal in the line, a cinnamon themed one. I had that whenever I could, but it has been gone for years.
Was it a blue box w/ Bam Bam as the character on it? I vaguely remember something like that…
So many. Everything I love goes away. The first that comes to mind is Crescent brand au jus. It was the best out there, period.
The next is the bruschetta chicken ciabatta sandwich that Jack in the Box used to have. Amazing.
Uno candy bars are technically still around but impossible to find. I love those little bastards.
There are more but I can’t think of them. Do the myriad of products that changed their recipes thinking no one would notice count? I noticed. Sometimes the new thing is dead to me.
Also those old “fire” “rain” element drinks (sobe?) were unbelievably good. In fact sobe was so good in the 90s/00s but changed recipes and packaging so that stuff is bleh to me now.
Original Surge cola. They changed it for the relaunch and it never was quite right. I used to have one every day before [sport] practice in high school.
Oh! Trader Joe’s had this pepperjack quiche that was out of this world. Haven’t seen it in years. It was the only reason for me to go there.
Edit: this post made me hungry and sad
those old “fire” “rain” element drinks (sobe?)
This sounds like possibly Snapple Elements. In tall, wavy bottles?
From last decade, Sour Cream & Onion Baked Lays. ;_;
From the eighties, does anyone remember pudding cake mix? After you baked the cake it had pudding (sort of like…custard I guess if you’re English?) inside the cake. Oh man that was good.
Mild cheese dip, there all spicy now and I’m allergic to capsaicin. So Its difficult to find any cheese dip around where I am that isn’t spicy.
5th Avenue chocolate bars. I don’t know if they still exist or not but I’ve only ever found em in the checkout lines of one grocery store.
also Murry’s chicken nuggets. they were cheap and good, but they disappeared by the time I was in high school
You know which chocolate disappeared then came back?
Cup O Gold, it has a creamy coconut center.
I went for something like two decades without it, imagine my surprise at suddenly eyeing it at the Fry’s Electronics checkout line!
To this day, I find it at the Smart & Final market chain.
- Philadelphia cheesecake bars
- squeezits
- tiny toons fruit snacks
- life saver popsicles
- mickey and friends popsicles
- string thing
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
When I was in college they came out with a bunch of different “pieces” candies. They were just like Reese’s pieces, but for different candies, like Heath and Almond Joy. I loved them, and I loved the fact that you could mix them together to make different flavors. They didn’t last too long, though. I was disappointed when I couldn’t find them anymore after a few years.
Then later I found a new favorite candy in the Butterfinger cups. They were like Reese’s peanut butter cups, but softer and with little Butterfinger pieces in them! I loved them, but they also disappeared in a few years. That’s the issue with gravitating toward new things - so many of the ones I find myself enjoying end up failing since most people just like to stick with what they know.
Rice crispies treat cereal
Dem Bones, my favorite trick or treat candy
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?
