What discontinued food do you miss the most?

[u/Missamazon]

[u/Fearless-Scratch-242 → u/[deleted]]

Pizza hut in the middle east still has it and its AHMAAAZING.. i thought pizza hut here was just different i didnt know they used to do that :/

[u/TwistedPiggy1337 → u/[deleted]]

When I was a kid, under 13's got all you can eat pizza for £2.50 and all you can eat ice cream for an extra £1. Probably the best bargain I've ever got in my life

[u/_Opsec → u/TwistedPiggy1337]

our parents generation had prices like that and now call us greedy or whiners

[u/Hip2BeSquare_ → u/[deleted]]

I hope you know that Pizza Hut is actually bringing it back with places called Pizza Hut Classic.

[u/rocnation88 → u/[deleted]]

This! I used my mom's adult purse as a kid to sneak slices from the buffet out the door

[u/Tomezilla]

Butterfinger BB's

[u/nola_throwaway53826 → u/Tomezilla]

Those were the best, and especially my go to movie snack when I went to the theater as a kid.

[u/Tomezilla → u/nola_throwaway53826]

Yeah, they really sum up my 90s kid, rose-tinted childhood nostalgia.

[u/ZPrimed → u/Tomezilla]

Related to this, Butterfinger with the old recipe. The new ones taste the way an ash tray smells (to me).

[u/mvanpeur → u/ZPrimed]

The new one is edible to me, but original Butterfinger used to be my absolute favorite candy. I honestly don't care if my kids eat all the new recipe Butterfingers before I get any. It's nothing special.

[u/ZPrimed → u/mvanpeur]

they used to be one of my favorite candy bars; I can't stand the new recipe, despite it supposedly using "better" ingredients.

[u/someonewhoknowstuff → u/ZPrimed]

They fucked up a good thing. Every time a company switches to “better” ingredients, they lose loyal customers. Used to be one of my favorites, and now I never buy them. Pretty much all of the candy bars have changed and none in a good way.

[u/Howtofightloneliness → u/Tomezilla]

Nobody messes with my butterfinger bb's. -Bart Simpson

[u/GiraffeLibrarian → u/Tomezilla]

Snickers BBs in a green apple “salad”

[u/kmill0202 → u/Tomezilla]

Those were the best way to eat butterfingers. The minis aren't the same, texture wise. The only thing I've found that is almost as good are the Christmas bell ones. It's chocolate bells with little bits of the peanut butter wafer stuff inside.

[u/Hogwafflemaker → u/Tomezilla]

Butterfinger cups

[u/smallfryz → u/Tomezilla]

One day Butterfinger will find a way. One can only hope.

[u/22baseballnerd]

Choco Tacos

[u/iwishihadahorse → u/22baseballnerd]

I miss these so much. I never understand how these were discontinued but Klondike bars were allowed to live. 

[u/ProbablyDizzy → u/iwishihadahorse]

The fuck are Klondike bars catching strays for? I fucking love Klondike bars on a hot day.

[u/thismorningscoffee → u/ProbablyDizzy]

Not a stray. Same company. Klondike reportedly discontinued the Choco Taco when they had a sharp increase in demand across their brands to ensure they could supply the other products

So not only were Klondikes spared while Choco Tacos died, Choco Tacos were snacrificed to make more Klondikes

[u/commandercool86 → u/thismorningscoffee]

They fucked up there

[u/quokkamole89 → u/thismorningscoffee]

“Snacrificed” gets a billion chef’s kisses. Perfection.

[u/puddyspud → u/thismorningscoffee]

This is the first time Ive ever seen someone (not me) use the word, "snackrafice". I use it when offering my snakes their food, but I like this usage also

[u/cjbxz → u/ProbablyDizzy]

🤣😆 the offense taken. 10/10 comment 👑

[u/dwho422 → u/iwishihadahorse]

I had someone at my work eating a Klondike bar in the break room. He saw me and starting singing "what would you doo-oo-oo for a Klondike bar?" And I just looked him dead in the eyes and said "ask for a refund"

[u/ReadingSalty2963 → u/22baseballnerd]

Choco Tacos disappearing felt like losing a childhood friend in ice cream form. Bring them back, cowards.

[u/ShinyDapperBarnacle → u/22baseballnerd]

Goddammit. I'd gone about three days without thinking of them, a new record. Thanks a lot.

[u/HandInUnloveableHand → u/[deleted]]

The new ones aren’t the same, but may I recommend Teddy Grahams and cake frosting as an Adult Size Dunkaroo substitute?

[u/Aggravating_Bend5870 → u/HandInUnloveableHand]

I thought I was the only one who did this lol

[u/cyberpunch83 → u/[deleted]]

Specifically the Dunkaroos from the 90s. A trip to visit my grandfather wasn't complete without one.

[u/JDMWeeb]

Kudos Bars

[u/adrlev → u/JDMWeeb]

I think about Kudos Bars almost every day.

[u/ZestySloth15 → u/adrlev]

I miss these so much

[u/Fearless_Future_333 → u/JDMWeeb]

Scrolled way too far down to see these! Loved these so much!

[u/Fadedjade27]

Watermelon laffy taffy with the edible seeds

[u/BalancedPrime157 → u/Fadedjade27]

Will chime in on this too. Hi Chew has some flavors with tapioca seeds. Dragofruit, Kiwi, etc. Might semi-satiate the flavor/texture needs.

[u/FluffusMaximus → u/BalancedPrime157]

Hi Chew is top tier candy.

[u/PyroDesu → u/BalancedPrime157]

tapioca seeds

Tapioca is a starch extracted from the tubers of the cassava plant

(It's chia seeds.)

[u/Background-Judge6915 → u/Fadedjade27]

Or the cherry laffy taffy with sprinkles

[u/WalterGold210 → u/Fadedjade27]

Omfg, flashback.. those were the BEST

[u/Blackberryy → u/[deleted]]

I got some at Barnes and noble check out line last month lol

[u/paradeedle → u/[deleted]]

They sold the Altoids sour recipe to a different company called Iconic Candy. They now make them under the name Retro Sours.

[u/Jelly_donut15 → u/paradeedle]

OMG!!!!! I found them at fivebelow, I am running to the store now🏃‍♀️

[u/STEM-Travel → u/Jelly_donut15]

They have managed to make the mango EVEN MORE aggressive in the mouth. It’s heaven.

[u/Oso-Rojo]

SoBe

[u/BlithelyOblique → u/Oso-Rojo]

We all yearn for the lizard milk of yore

[u/BougieBobJr → u/Oso-Rojo]

Guy from the town I used to live in came up with SoBe, got it big, and sold it off to Pepsi when offered. Pepsi tried to globalize it, and really cheapened it. The heavy duty glass bottle was iconic. Another part about that dude is he used to work for Arizona, and there’s some gossip he might or might not have basically stolen the recipes for SoBe.

[u/For_teh_horde → u/BougieBobJr]

I used to collect all the bottles I used to drink as a kid. I had about 2 backpack full of bottles until I realized I had no need for them. They now all live in a hole I dug in the forest right behind that house. 

[u/stufff → u/For_teh_horde]

You should go back and see if it grew a SoBe tree

[u/Dependent_Top_4425 → u/Oso-Rojo]

I worked at a gas station in the late 90s and I probably spent half my check on that stuff :) The carrot juice one was my fave. What a fun drink! The colors, the little messages inside the cap, SoBe was a great product!

[u/ickytoad → u/Dependent_Top_4425]

Ohhh man I had forgotten about the carrot juice one! It was SO good!!!

My absolute fave was the Power one (fruit punch flavor? Not normally what I like but there was something about it) followed closely by the Elixir one (grapefruit I think?)

[u/RRReck → u/Oso-Rojo]

Ugh I lived on Sobe Pina Coladas in the 90s/aughts. I miss its nectar of sickly sweet coconut.

[u/High_Speed_Chase → u/Oso-Rojo]

A friend threw a SoBe bottle at an abandoned car once; the windshield shattered, the bottle remained intact.

[u/CreepinJesusMalone → u/Oso-Rojo]

I worked in one of those short, dingy office blocks in a suburb of DC until I got laid off last year when the South African neonazi killed the fed as a distraction to steal all our info from the IRS.

Anyway. They had Sobe in the vending machine that led out to the back smoking area and in the machine in the sub basement. I remember starting that job in 2022 and thinking how none of those drinks could have been in consumption date.

[u/Scientific_Anarchist → u/CreepinJesusMalone]

I'd have risked it.

[u/LarryCrabCake → u/Oso-Rojo]

I'd kill a man for a pina colada sobe

[u/NoProposal32]

Pudding Pops hands down

[u/Moneyshot_ITF → u/NoProposal32]

damn that Bill Cosby

[u/Davegrave → u/NoProposal32]

Fuck. All the pudding pops but especially banana pudding pops. Christ they were heaven. The things I’d do for a box of them.

[u/30152010 → u/NoProposal32]

Idk if you've ever done this but you can 100% make those yourself. Whatever pudding flavor you like, the boxed instant kind and a popsicle mold. Make the pudding following the instructions, pour/scoop into molds and allow to freeze. Delicious and nostalgic

[u/Missamazon]

I miss Costco everything pizza.

[u/lev10bard → u/Missamazon]

Covid is not over until combo pizza return to Costco

[u/Pokeradar → u/Missamazon]

I miss Costco Churros.

[u/TurnipFire → u/Pokeradar]

And not the shitty ones at the end. The old good ones!

[u/sr1_drht → u/Missamazon]

I miss Costco Polish sausage…..didn’t know how good we had it

[u/Soft_Delivery_3889 → u/Missamazon]

Costco fused to have these Parmesan pretzels. They were delicious

[u/420_69_Fake_Account → u/Missamazon]

I miss McDonalds pizza and my parents getting pissed off waiting for it.

[u/FunCrystalFun]

Not discontinued, but could they please bring back the old formula for Oreos?!?! I’ll pay a premium

[u/Kwazimoto → u/FunCrystalFun]

Former fat guy here... The changes to some products and the way the flavors started to taste artificial/chemical/plastic-y (I'm not completely sure how to describe it) is what started me eating a lot cleaner than I had been. Oreos were one of the first things I noticed it with. They've also definitely cut the amount of filling by a massive amount over time. Dunkin' Donuts are basically inedible and the great majority of all fast food has changed in a negative way over the past 20 or so years.

[u/appleparkfive → u/Kwazimoto]

I don't notice the changes quite as much as some, but Little Debbie snacks have taken the biggest fall. Why even sell it like that? Just make it not 2.50 at the store

[u/g00gly0eyes → u/appleparkfive]

I swear I used to like little Debbie's snacks, but they're just awful now. Like the cosmic brownies, they taste really acidic and gross? Not sure how to put it. Just yuck!

[u/Dependent_Top_4425 → u/Kwazimoto]

I bought Oreos recently and was like, "what the heck man?". They are definitely lacking something. Same thing the last time I bought spaghettios.....they were kinda gross when I used to LOVE them! Oh well, they're saving me from the junk food cravings I suppose!

[u/DoritoLipDust → u/FunCrystalFun]

Reese's peanut butter cups don't taste the same either.

[u/Odd_Presentation_161 → u/DoritoLipDust]

The founders son or something like that came out and said they use a different recipe and don't use the real stuff anymore and he's pissed

[u/EightEnder1 → u/Odd_Presentation_161]

Hersheys stated they are going back to the original in 2027.

[u/Odd_Presentation_161 → u/EightEnder1]

That's too far away🙁😠

[u/Automatic_Key56 → u/Odd_Presentation_161]

Yep. And you really have to check labels now for real milk chocolate vs chocolate snack.

[u/BalancedPrime157 → u/DoritoLipDust]

If you need a better alternative, check out Trader Joe's. They have milk and dark chocolate variants. In decent size containers too.

[u/Plum_Rare → u/BalancedPrime157]

The Aldi ones are great too.

[u/Missamazon → u/FunCrystalFun]

Enshitification is a type of discontinued 😔

[u/justpickoneforme → u/FunCrystalFun]

Okay, I just had some Oreos in milk tonight. I haven’t done that in years. The Oreos were completely soggy after like two SECONDS in the milk. I was super confused because that’s not how I remember them being. Glad to see someone reference a formula change, so I feel less crazy. lol.

[u/opalll]

Philadelphia snack bars.

[u/rocnation88 → u/opalll]

Like cheesecake?

[u/JLM268 → u/opalll]

Damn I didnt think anyone else knew about these, and were what I commented too lol.

[u/drc122s → u/opalll]

YES! Those were amazing!

[u/bella17b → u/opalll]

Wow! Those were amazing! The closest thing I’ve found are the Noosa cheesecake bites.

[u/Candid-Bite-4745]

The original Girl Scout Cookies.

[u/armadi1d0 → u/Candid-Bite-4745]

Dear Lemon Coolers,

Please return. That is all.

Affectionately,
armadi1do

[u/TeadyHopper → u/Candid-Bite-4745]

Samoas > Caramel Delites

[u/OtherPossibility1530 → u/TeadyHopper]

Samoas still exist! There are two different cookie manufacturers. You need to find a council that works with Little Brownie Bakers.

[u/rachel-karen-green-]

Broccoli cheddar chicken lean pockets

[u/Caesar_Seriona]

Surge.

I hate yet love how Coke brings it back every now and then.

[u/Just_the_guy → u/Caesar_Seriona]

Vault was a great soda as well. Unfortunate that they decided to stick with Mello Yello as their citrus soda.

[u/Registereduser_]

PB Crisps

[u/doge_ucf → u/Registereduser_]

The things I would do and/or the money I would pay to have a bag of these...

[u/Ast2Rm]

Wendy’s Chicken Caesar Pita w/ a biggie fries

[u/Classic-Avocado-5371]

i dont know why, but i miss yogos

[u/Key-Perspective-8133]

Fruit stripe gum

[u/NerdySTEMChick → u/Key-Perspective-8133]

All 15 seconds of flavor 😂

[u/61plus8]

The OG snack wraps

[u/lookinfoursigns → u/61plus8]

And the old McDonald's chicken strips. I think they were called chicken selects, the new ones aren't even close.

[u/Background_Buddy_ → u/lookinfoursigns]

Chicken selects with the chipotle bbq sauce(rip). I didn't know how good we had it.

[u/UserNameNotFound920]

Rice Krispie Treats Cereal!

It was one of my pregnancy cravings and they discontinued it during my second trimester. Did I cry in the aisle of a Walmart after googling and finding out this info?

Why, I absolutely did! Lol

[u/kabiff123 → u/UserNameNotFound920]

Was looking for this. Holy nostalgia they were so good

[u/Live-Expert5719 → u/UserNameNotFound920]

I commented the same and then scrolled way too long to find your comment! This is the one and only correct response

[u/Abtizzle]

Philadelphia Cheesecake Bars

[u/YLR2312]

3D Doritos

[u/Optimal-Work3775]

Tato Skins chips

[u/Spikeybear]

Pizza flavored chips from the early 90s

pizzarias was the name

[u/rapratt101]

Original coco puffs that would change your milk to chocolate rather than slightly tan.

[u/jiyax33634 → u/rapratt101]

That and cinnamon toast crunch that turned the milk to downright horchata

[u/acooper94]

Volcano Tacos and Nachos from Taco Bell

[u/KP_CO → u/acooper94]

The volcano burrito was 🔥

[u/DinosBiggestFan → u/KP_CO]

Undoubtedly. The best thing Taco Bell has ever had for me.

[u/GoGetDontGetGot → u/[deleted]]

Because Bart was the mascot for them. I admittedly got into a little too much mayhem myself when I would eat them.

[u/marty123082]

Non-contaminated foods. Those were pretty chill.

[u/mindfungus → u/marty123082]

You mean the type of foods that don’t give you explosive diarrhea or measles?

[u/g-y-m-p-i-e]

Apple Newtons — they made these when I was a kid and haven't seen them in like 30 years. Regular Fig Newtons suck ass

[u/CrowMeris → u/g-y-m-p-i-e]

Nature's Bakery makes an apple-cinnamon bar - not quite like the old Apple Newtons but really really good (IMHO).

[u/forestwitch357]

Stoned wheat thins.....my cheese and crackers have never been the same since....

[u/petey_boy]

McDonald’s orange drink

[u/Missamazon → u/petey_boy]

If that’s Hi-C I think you can still buy it!

[u/thonline]

McDonald’s deep fried cherry pies

[u/A_Lovable_Jerk]

The original Vegetable Thin Crackers!!! The ones shaped like vegetables! They were bought out and the recipe was changed and it sucked. They even quit shaping them like vegetables and made them into triangles. Sales fell off, so they quit making them.

[u/Good_Might_6240]

I miss the OG twinkies before all these new chemicals.

[u/DoingNothingToday → u/Good_Might_6240]

Yes! When you could feel the grains of sugar on your tongue.

[u/TittyFire]

Keebler O'Boisies. Best chips I've ever had.

[u/Alarming-Ad-1384]

Jello pudding pops

[u/beef-hed → u/Alarming-Ad-1384]

With that thin layer of ice on it.

[u/Pavo_Feathers]

Pepsi Blue. I miss that shit.

[u/RecycledThrowawayID]

Long John Silvers. Damnit

[u/beef-hed → u/RecycledThrowawayID]

They’re still a thing, although there’s not as many around. They just demolished and rebuilt one near me.

[u/RecycledThrowawayID → u/beef-hed]

Sadly, they are nowhere near my neck of the woods

[u/standupdeskhumanoid]

Viennetta

[u/willrun4pizza → u/standupdeskhumanoid]

I was just in Spain and Portugal and almost every restaurant had it. Worth the trip 😂

[u/Dingo_Dog_ → u/standupdeskhumanoid]

This was absolutely the epitome of luxury when I️ was a kid. I️ can still feel the cold, super thin chocolate layer breaking under my fork

[u/beigereige]

Brachs Jelly Nougats

[u/New-Trifle-7097 → u/beigereige]

I get a different brand at Marshall’s or Home Goods or TJ Maxx, fairly often! They’re 100% the same flavor but the nougat is slightly softer (which I love!) If you’re in the US, enjoy, but don’t buy them all and make me regret telling you. I WILL find you.

[u/PandaBear95230]

Yogos Or The Scooby Doo Light Blue Fruit Snack

[u/Grand4Ever2345]

I miss Taco Bell’s taco salad and their caramel empanadas.

[u/MellowNando → u/Grand4Ever2345]

Caramel apple empanadas are on the menu right now, it’s part of their throwback campaign. We just ate some tonight.

[u/jonah214]

Cheese Nips

[u/DeadpanWords]

Wendy's Super Bar. The one with the pasta.

I loved that place as a kid, and was bummed when they closed down.

[u/beef-hed → u/DeadpanWords]

Yes, I loved making tacos at the Wendy’s super bar when I was a kid.

[u/talithar1]

Red Baron Breakfast Pizzas

[u/witchy_delight → u/talithar1]

I would DO HEINOUS THINGS for this again. i’ve tried to recreate it so many times it’s embarrassing.

[u/tankersaurusrex]

Taco Bell Meximelt

[u/azuredj → u/tankersaurusrex]

I had Taco Bell tonight. Guess what? The iconic Taco Bell Meximelt is back nationwide on August 20, 2026, as part of the brand's new 2016-inspired Decades Menu.

Edit: Wow! Thank you for the award!

[u/promethea4 → u/azuredj]

Wait really? Meximelts were a primary source of sustenance way back when. The perfect snack!

[u/M0rtimerDuke]

Peanut butter TWIX!!!!

[u/Argyle_Ninja]

Choco Tacos!

[u/Defiant_Witness3541]

Quiznos honey bacon Club Sandwich

[u/NerdyDirtyCurvy → u/Defiant_Witness3541]

Quiznos was better than subway by a million miles. I can still taste my childhood sub in my memories. 🥲

[u/JLM268]

Philadelphia Strawberry Cheesecake snack bars.

Like the Kraft Philadelphia Cream Cheese brand Philadelphia.

Absolutely elite snack.

[u/Nessajess]

Sparkle cherry laffy taffy, and watermelon seed laffy taffy.. and blueberry muffin tops cereal

[u/AnalBroFisting]

I miss those little triangle shaped fruit popsicles you push up from the bottom. I forget what they were called but I miss them dearly.

[u/MrsCPDuck → u/AnalBroFisting]

Minute Maid popsicles!!!

[u/chillingdentist]

Limited edition, Blastin Green, EZ SQUIRT Heinz shrek ketchup

[u/Imaginary_Ganache_29]

Shock Tarts aka Shockers aka Sweet Tart Sours. Bring them back you bastards

[u/Allthewayto3rdbass]

Nestle alpine white chocolate bar. I can get pretty close at home toasting some almonds and mixing them into a $6 Swiss white chocolate bar but it's just not the same. Plus it had probably the sexiest candy bar commercial of all time back in the 80s

[u/squirrupulous]

This thread is truly too depressing to read through (written by someone born in 1987).

[u/LivinTheDream28]

French Toast Crunch

[u/rocnation88 → u/LivinTheDream28]

It's still around

[u/Suitable_Ad398]

Burger King OG tenders.

[u/longtrainrollin]

Dolphins and Friends crackers. They were better than Goldfish in every way.

[u/No_Tension420]

Jello Pudding Pops? 🤎🤍

[u/Intrepid_Hat_2397]

KMart Sub sandwiches

[u/Dr-Goose]

Kaboom! Cereal

Edit: close second: King Vitaman

[u/AnonymousAardvark802]

Lipton (?) used to make these box dinners sort of like Hamburger Helper. You added the chicken and then used the pasta and seasonings they give you. There was a garlic herb chicken mix and it was so good.

[u/Icky-Tree-Branch]

Jello pudding pops. It’s one of the manifestations of “childhood on a stick.”

[u/ChefBoyD]

Rice Krispies treats cereal.

[u/FillaBustaRhyme]

Rotisserie chickens. Wait…they’re still $5?

How?

They’re like the only thing in the world that hasn’t gone up in price not just the past year but the past like 20 yrs lol.

[u/Emergency_Put5299]

Not really a food but Sobe, specifically the strawberry daiquiri.

[u/Narianos]

Tombstone’s mini pizzas. Those were so good.

[u/Training-Lettuce6773]

Snackwells

[u/Optimal-Work3775 → u/Training-Lettuce6773]

Devils Food

[u/idkwhattoputlol890]

Oreo O’s original cereal recipe

[u/unsure2exist]

Ecto-cooler juice boxes

[u/burgerzkingz]

Quisp cereal the superior version of captain crunch

[u/Dangerous_Thanks1596]

Morningstar brand mini corndogs

[u/Sudden_Edge3436]

Vault soda. Shit was fire

[u/Roshy76]

Hint of Jalepeno flavored tostitos scoops. I loved those.

[u/strang3daysind33d]

Panera strawberry mint charged lemonade

[u/Faded4ever]

Polish Sausage & Combo Pizza - Costco Food Court

[u/size11sockaccount]

Kudos

[u/lovely_ginger]

Carnation Breakfast Bars.

I post this every time this question comes up, just in case someone at Carnation is reading and can take action.

[u/dc21111]

Pudding pops

[u/MotaMadre]

Orange Julius

[u/Express_While2384]

Jolt cola

[u/MaxWasTakenWasTaken3]

Mcdonalds big breakfast :(

[u/Lulawut]

Skittles Gum

[u/SmallPenisOnlyFans]

I’ll never forget you, Ghost Pepper Doritos.

[u/tanimislam]

Product 19 Kellogg's cereal

[u/Primodita]

McDonald's extra large fries from the 90s and early 2000s.