Yes just had 1 of those girl scout cookies today. I would sign a petition to bring them back in a minute. 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 loved the ideal bars myself, little debbie has somthing simalar the peanut butter bar which is a close fascimile there of. The critical part was having enough peanut butter vs. the cookie and coconut part. 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. google_ad_height = 600;
Never in the summer. In 1882, the entrepreneur Jacob Loose bought a biscuit and candy company that would eventually be known as Sunshine Biscuits (after the companys baking plant designs) and, in 1908, launched the biscuit sandwich known as Hydrox. [ CNP00612 ] 100 Calorie Cheese Nips Crackers, 6 / Box; [ FVS00609 ] Ritz 100 Calorie Snack Mix, 6 / box; [ FVS00612 ] 100 Calorie Cheese Nips Crackers, 6 / Box. "Today just being fat-free is not enough," he said. The Oreo is a cookie that embraces contradictions, wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger. We DO need them back - no other cookie/candy bar compares! The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. Unfortunately the quality from Nabisco was not consistent. Ive been looking for these cookies to magically appear back on the shelves for years! Once I tried to carefully dig out the peanut butter then eat the cookie. I'D Sign the petition in an instant! Ideal Cookies were the BEST!!! OMG I have the same problem finding Nalley's Chip dip in all stores, another one of those tastes from the past My sister and I just got back from a road trip down the coast of Oregon and then back up I-5 going North. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN OCTOBER CAME AROUND WE STARTED LOOKING IN THE GROCERY FOR IDEAL COOKIES. My mother bought the Ideal peanut butter bars for my father (I don't know why he was allowed to hog them). I still think about them. I would love to see this cookie again. You would not be sorry.. I used to ask for them in my Easter basket and in my Christmas stocking! These were definitely the best cookies. 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!!! WHY did they ever stop making them WHY?????????? Go to this page and leave them a request to BRING BACK IDEAL COOKIE BARS!!! They will SELL, SELL, SELL!!!! We kept them in the refrigerator and they typically lasted less than a day. One of them worked in the bakery division. I too am a lover of the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars. Im disappointed to learn that they no longer make these wonderful cookies. Please bring them back! I was in elementary school and my Mother used to buy these cookies for herself and give us kids two and hide the rest. We kept ours in the fridge in the summer so the chocolate wouldn't melt off!!! Someone needs to start a facebook group. Not quite the same quality but really close. Surely we can get a comeback?? It didn't stop me - and I would love an Ideal bar right now. Nabisco would make a boatload of money putting these back out there on the market. LEMON COOLERS! There was only one store in our little town that carried them. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. BRING THEM BACK!!! They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from them. When my parents bought the ideal bars, it was a big deal. COME BACK FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dad used to ration them to me and my 3 siblings, otherwise we would eat them all in an hour! I am quite positive that they would fly off of the shelves as long as they have the same original taste, and are as close to the original product in every way as possible. Funny that ideal cookies are one of the few things I recall from my early years. Please please PLEASE bring them back! I won't have to SHARE!! google_color_border = "E7F0EB";
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 think I made a request for Vermont Country Store to find them but never heard anything. Why do they always discontinue a good thing?? Please, Nabisco, Please! I truly miss these cookies, they are by far the BEST cookie I ever had. google_color_link = "A74403";
please nabisco,start making ideal cookies again, Hello good folks, have had a time with my momery, and can you believe after (3) years the name of this cookie finally came to me, it was the "IDEAL", these cookies were made in the 60's also, and looking on the shelves, and going to hundreds of grocery stores I could never find them. They were the best cookie ever. He was going on about what happened to "his" peanut butter bars. You have to keep them refrigerated because the chocolate will melt. my mother and I would share IDEAL cookies and talk. 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. He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. Regenstein explained that the process of koshering an oven is done by a rabbi with an unexpected tool: a . My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. I thought that maybe my memory was better than the cookie really was but evidently my memory served me well!!! I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! ISO: Why did they discontinue the ideal bar? - Recipelink.com There are a few FAKE ones on the market but nothing like the real IDEAL cookies. won't give an experimental 6-month return of the IDEAL BARS. I remember Ideal Bars as a kid,and really disappointed that they discontinued them.NABISCO WAKE UP, PEOPLE WANT THEM BACK.Little Debbie would be close with their version if they used dark chocolateBut Ideal is no.1 in my opinion. There will always be room in this world for more chocolate and peanut butter. Man I loved those things. I loved these cookies! The price got really high and they did not sell that well. A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. My father and I used to sneak the whole package the moment my mother brought them home from the grocery. And they completely disintegrate in your hand when you take a bite! 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. 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!). Price would not be a factor for sales of the greatest cookie ever. PLEASE bring them back! The closest thing I found to these are the little Debbie peanut Butter bars that are very simular in shape. I just got finished telling my kids about the best cookie I ever had-the Ideal bar- and wondered what happened to them. Yes - my mom used to have to hide them too! I thought about these cookies last night and made a note to Google them to see if they're still made. The company started as a bakery in Massachusetts in 1792, baking and selling biscuits called "pilot bread" for sailors on sea voyages. I have never tried them. The best ever cookie. They were a very high quality cookie. "Correction" I called this Cookie a candy bar in my rush..my apologies. I still remember how crazy rich they tasted. I still have dreams about these cookiesonce came home for lunch from school and mom had gone to a meeting. Invite your friends to do the same. I have to do a thorough search in the cookie aisle a couple of times a year. which are offered at higher prices. My husband promised me a case of them if we ever saw them again - which we have not. they were and are my favorite cookies,no other peanut butter cookie bar comes close, silly me I thought I was the only one missing them. It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. Another brand recently introduced a snack that looks just like Ideal Cookies but not even close to the original taste. like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! I don't know why the hoopleheads at Nabisco won't make these incredibly popular bars anymore. Little Debbies just don't work for me. Timmy D PGH WE will prevail. I always thought they should have packaged them as candy bars since that's basically what they were. I want them back too, they were my favorite. They look and taste exactly like the original "Ideal Bar". We would eat them all in one weekend!! Not only is it dark on the outside and light on the inside, but it is lavishly ornate in its exterior design while being utterly simple within. Anyway, these little growths were easy to bite off, and would lend a fairly pure chocolate experience, one that only hinted of the peanut butter explosion that loomed on the not-so-distant horizon. 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!! I know it sounds crazy but all of these comments made me feel better. PLEASE bring them back!!! I would love to have them back. Really, we would all buy them if they would just bring them back, I would love one right now!!! DON'T cheapen the ingredient deck! I would dearly love to give my dad a package of Ideal cookies. I loved eating those cookies - Let's bring them back Nabisco! When we wanted peanut butter and chocolate at my house when I was a kid in the '60s and '70s, these are what we ALWAYS got. The package was orange and brown, but I guess it could have been clear revealing the chocolate. Who wants to go to the store for cookies and basically have only one choice???? E-mail your local news station with this link. The Untold Truth Of Teddy Grahams - Mashed.com They were a tart, refreshing treat in the hot summer desert heat of Las Vegas. mmmmMMMMmmmmmMMMMMM!!!!! 1971 Nabisco becomes the corporate name. Nabisco we NEED these cookies! Giggles were shortbread cookies filled with fudge and vanilla cream, like an Oreo. I think the last time I actually had one was around 1982 but almost every trip to the store I STILL look!!! they are the best. Cookies today do not compare with IDEAL cookies - they were and still are the best! Pilot bread has since been discontinued. It is clear that EVERYONE remembers how good these were and many have fond memories of these cookies as do I. I would eat them with bananas!! Carl J. Lomen used legal loopholes and Santa Claus to build his meat business. For the sake of money, some men will destroy goodness. Those of you from the Philadelphia area may remember that the Ideal Bars were originally made by Acme Markets and were packaged as an Acme product until Nabisco bought the recipe from Acme. Take 2 Ritz crackers, put peanut butter between them, dip in melted milk chocolate, place on a buttered cookie sheet - load up the sheet with them and refrigerate for about 5 minutes. Really? Perfect. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! my Dad's Uncle ran a country store just across the road and we could run over there and grab a package when needed. Ideal. I truly hope when I'm walking through the gates of Heaven, there is a plate of Ideal Cookie Bars waiting! "So . Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! What can we do to have Nabisco make these cookies again? How's that for wishful thinking? When mom would buy them at the grocer's she had to hide them!!! What is one thing in the world that I could change would be world peace. I made my own sandwich and helped my self to an entire package of Ideals. Ideal cookie bars were the BEST. BRING THEM BACK. Through the years I told so many people that my ALL TIME FAVORITE STORE BOUGHT COOKIE was Nabisco's Ideal cookies. I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. 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 . Nabisco workers in five states end company's first strike in 52 years Ideal bars were the best cookies ever made! Those Ideal bars were so great, maybe the top notch ingredients didn't leave them enough profit. I remember my mom buying these and trying to hide them from my sister and me, but we could find them anywhere! Us kids would rip the package open and eat every single one; I'm sure my Mother got tired of us finding her hiding places in the kitchen. I can still taste them and remember the orange and clear cellophane package. What happened to capitalism? Anyone know of a recipe to make them at home? I can not remember the name. It works perfectly. I grew up in the midwest and I beleive Karen is correct above that the Ideal was only available in the fall and winter. Let me know! Sent another email to cis@nabisco,com -- maybe, just maybe it might work this time. Nabisco Ideal Bars were by far, the best cookie ever. On my birthday as a 'Twenty Something' I asked for Ideal cookies instead of a cake!! Is it deliberate? They're the treats you probably always wanted your mom to buy -- old-school cookies, including both classics and long-forgotten brands. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. Cinthia, thanks for tip, it was fun. I'm with you guys; Scott, Jim, Jan, et,al My most treasured memories of the seventies include that cookie/bar. If someone else beats you to the punch, it's your loss, and our gain. I miss those doggone ideal bars!!!! Pleeeeease bring them back! You would think with all these comments about the Ideal cookies Nabisco would want to satisfy their customers. Please bring Ideal cookies back. NABISCO..PLEASE BRING THE IDEAL COOKIES BACK!!!! When Oreo began populating store shelves in 1912, it . 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 . Nothing compares. well I finally found out the name of these cookies that my grandmother always bought for me in the late 60s and 70s. My brother and I would fight over them on who got the last one!! For the longest time, I refused to believe that Ideal bars (we always called them bars) weren't being made anymore. Should they bring this back it would totally destroy the sales for all the other peanut butter cookies out there. MUST. That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. The absolute best cookie I have ever had. 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. Were screwed. I also LOVED the cookies as a child. They are the closest "cookie" I've ever found to compare to an Ideal cookiethese pretzels are to die for!!! I would love Nabisco to bring this delicious chocolate delightful cookie back! Nabisco Brands History and Timeline - ThoughtCo I would sneak one or two every once in a while. YUMmmm!! There is nothing close to them. Sporty Hairstyles. . :) I love them. Nabisco, you've got to back Ideals!! My favorite way to eat them was to first fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice-cold milk. My Mom too kept these hidden as much as possible because we would devour them. 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! The distinctive design was thought to have been created by William A. Turnier but Nabisco . Lets try this. Oreo, which the company . Please, please, please bring them back!!! There's one candy bar, Peanut Butter Twix, that kind of reminds me of the essence of Ideal, but still not the real thing. Please bring them back, Nabisco! I am emclosing the text of the email. I'm going to the web site to put in a request. I LOVED these cookies. If they're not going to sell them any more can't they at least share the recipe??!!!! My husband raves about Ideal cookies. I'm so glad that there are others out there.I still can taste them in my dreams! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bring-Back-The-Nabisco-Ideal-Cookie-Bars/256146701090663. Maybe we're all psychic and they're planning to re-release them in the near future! 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. and spent my little savings on another package. Nabisco, are you listening? It is claimed to be the best-selling U.S. peanut butter sandwich cookie, with around a billion estimated to be eaten every year. The tough part comes when we have to share the news that the product you're trying to find has been discontinued. I have thought of these cookies so many times over the years. These cookies were highly addictive! Anyway, I wish they would bring them back, That would make the perfect Mothers Day present:), I'm glad it wasn't my imaginationI have had dreams of those fantastic cookie bars! to which he replied, they were no longer stocking them on shelves in the warmer months. Please, Nabiscobring them back. I am willing to attempt another contact with nabisco whatever will work. google_ad_width = 120;
I LOVE dark choclet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I sent the link to this page to Nabisco today. I still hunt for them from time to time. 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. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. This news is very sad. 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. These were the BEST cookies by far!! Regular stores, specialty stores. These fan-favorite s'mores crackers featured a chocolate, marshmallow-flavored filling sandwiched between its classic buttery crackers. Please, please, please Nabisco. These were my favorite treat as a child! Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. If you want to have Ideal Bars again before you die, there is only one way to do it. I LOVED these exact cookies too. I used to scour grocery store shelves for packages and buy them out. 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. These were the best cookies ever! 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. OMG!!!!! Both Hydrox cookies and Oreos sport elaborate designs, creme centers, and a long history. These cookies RULED! Surely someone out there has enough influence on some high level executive at Kraft Foods to reintroduce this extraordinary cookie!!! I thought I was the only one who did that - not anymore after reading these comments. There is nothing that compares to the Ideal cookie which is why it had the perfect name. What I wouldn't do to just have one more!! She says candy bars today do not compare to the real dark chocolate coating because she says today's candy bars are made with very little real chocolate or coco. I just wrote this letter to Nabisco: There is an army of us who would love to see you bring back your Ideal cookie bars that you discontinued perhaps some 30 years ago. I try every new peanut butter cookie I see, but none quite compare to Ideals. I do all the shopping! I seem to remember the stores being out of them during the hot months, then one day they would appear on the shelf and for the next few months I couldnt get enough of them. I used to look forward to our Sunday visits to my grandparents. What's the problem? Gratitude to whomever started this stream so that I could possibly get this out of my system. they we're the best cookie ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. I sure do wish they would bring them back, even if it was just for a trial period. Only much bigger Enjoy! This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. One of my sisters used to buy them and lock them up un her room. Ideal coolies will never be forgotten by those
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