I won't have to SHARE!! My dad and I reminisce about them, too. We would eat them all in one weekend!! Too bad Nabisco/Mondel. Anyone ever track down the recipe from Nabisco? I just got finished telling my kids about the best cookie I ever had-the Ideal bar- and wondered what happened to them. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE FROM NABISCO THAT COULD STRT THESE BACK UP? They have a section where you can contact them and request they bring back Ideals. Please bring this cookie back so my children can enjoy them too!!! google_ad_width = 120; Really, we would all buy them if they would just bring them back, I would love one right now!!! Why Nabisco why??? We should start a petition drive to bring them back.. Lets band together!!! I think maybe Nabisco, but not real sure. And please don't pretend that apple cinnamon spice Newton is the . There never will be another cookie like it. I remember the package being a single layer of chocolate dipped peanut butter bars, maybe about a dozen lined up back to back. C'mon, Nabisco!!! I enjoyed reading everyone's comments - these cookies were the BEST and I can still remember their taste. Ideal cookie isn't the only good cookie we've lost. I love the taste of peanut butter and chocolate and the IEDAL cookies are the reason why. I used to scour grocery store shelves for packages and buy them out. I've been telling my husband about these for a while now. They've become extinct. Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546. Ideal Cookies were the BEST!!! Sometimes Mom hid them - they lasted about a day, cost a little more than most other cookies and were worth every dime. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. Funny that ideal cookies are one of the few things I recall from my early years. I've asked people over the years but haven't found anyone else that remembers them. I still think about them. Can't believe they aren't made any more. My father and I used to eat these all the time in the 70's. Please bring Ideal cookies back. google_ad_channel = "9301152533"; 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. 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 My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. Yes Bring Ideal Bars back! They were definitely the BEST cookies ever! They were his favorite and he used to dole them out like they were going extinctoh, they did!!!!!! Even thought my dad didnt even get one! The problem, of course, was probably the name. I used to love Ideal Bars: there was a certain salty sweet inside "crunch", and the way the outside chocolate used to melt, so you had to eat it faster, especially in the summer! My mother also tried her best to keep these wonderful cookies to herself and we made a game of finding where she had hidden them and sneak 1m or 2, but of course she always knew. Ritz Bits S'mores. Please bring them back! Since were so loved there is no doubt they would be a best seller. Finally, my father started counting them. Whenever I find myself in the cookie aisle of the supermarket - I look for them - still to this day - hoping they have come back. I was a good climber too. And if Nabisco is too stupid to bring back the bars, then head to Trader Joe's! I think of these cookies often. Anyone know the name of the shortbread or sugar cookie with a hersey-kiss type chocolate drop on top? Bring them back to way up north in Maine!! He was unable to finish his sentance, I replied IDEAL!! Let's all call and complain! Alas, everything Good in life either disappears or changes. The Ideal cookies were also a great treat in our household. we both started laughing when we realized how much we both wanted them! I cannot beleive that the powers that be at "Nabisco" are not aware of the number of people that want these cookies back at any cost. The price got really high and they did not sell that well. When I ate the dark chocolate one, the first thing I thought of was the Ideal Cookie. Remember biting into them and then dunking them in milk in such a way that milk would fill then void. She would check out with a half full package. They're calling to me now! The Streett Family. Ideal coolies will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have experience a different kind of taste of cookie. Ive been looking for these cookies to magically appear back on the shelves for years! When my husband & I were dating we used to sit down & eat a whole package at a time ;). And that was the keythe slightly salty peanut butter. BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO. The loss of these cookies was devastating. As the others have said I can't believe that we all have been craving Ideal Peanut Butter Logs. I loved them. My mom always kept a package in the house. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. Please bring this cookie backit's been gone way too long!! Ritz Crackers are a great anytime snack, the perfect complement for quick meals, and a versatile base for tasty party appetizers. Bring them back! When we'd visit Grandma and Grandpa, they'd open Ideal Bars after dinner, and we'd consume the whole package while watching TV. I agree with everybody on this page. I can not remember the name. They were that good. My favorite cookie ever! The best cookie of the 60s and 70s. You kept the box for Honey Maid Graham Crackers the same size, but significantly shrank the size of the crackers inside it. Every year for Christmas my parents would buy me a lot of them for my stocking. Why they ever stopped making them I will never know. One glassful was good for 3-4 cookies. They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. Pleeeeeeaaaaasssse, bring these cookies back. It just so happened to be a day when Dad took an Ideal bar headcount. I believe that is why they discontinued them. I think about them all the time. Buy the Grandma's peanut butter sandwich creme cookies or Nutter Butter, but Grandmas is better to get the taste. The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. Holy cow. I can still taste them. I also searched for them in the past. 8 Discontinued Oreo Flavors | Mental Floss Get the word out and maybe, just maybe we'll see the BEST cookie resurrected. There is no replacement for Ideal cookies but Little Debbie makes a similar product. 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. A current Facebook thread on the topic is full of tales about quests for the item. What is one thing in the world that I could change would be world peace. I used to ask for them in my Easter basket and in my Christmas stocking! Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. Surely someone out there has enough influence on some high level executive at Kraft Foods to reintroduce this extraordinary cookie!!! Dad always got a pack when we all went to the grocery as a familywe'd open the pack while shopping and they were gone before we hit the register! The first is the IDEAL Peanut Butter Bars. It has been years since I have had an Ideal cookie bar and I can still taste them. I actually had someone get mad at me for introducing them to those addictive cookies. There has never, ever been a cookie that has come close to that incredible treat. I sooo love these cookies!! Dropping them made no sense! Oreo Big Stuf was introduced in 1984 and was about 10 times the size of a traditional Oreo. Lets face it: Nabisco has changed hands numerous times since Ideal Peanut Butter Bars went off the market and, as far as I'm concerned, the quality of their product has gone WAY down since. I would base my weekly calorie intake around these cookies! google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; Wassup Nabisco? I also contacted Kraft and received the same message as Dan in April 2009. I'm emailing them as we speak. This article was updated with minor edits on September 8, 2020. See, the reason these were the BEST cookies is because they were slightly salty AND sweet. I am so disappointed they have discontinued them. - Touche, old man! Ideal cookies were a staple in my house. all cookies sold all over the world), which was valued at $30.62 billion in 2018, has been projected to expand at a compounded actual growth rate of 5.3% . They will SELL, SELL, SELL!!!! Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. Oh my God I too loved them my sisters & I would put them in the fridge as well & I would love to have them back. Thanks a bunch, Nabisco. These were a chocolate covered cookie shaped like a small candybar. Does anyone remember how some of them used to be more rounded and others were flatter? No purchase necessary. They were so good. You would think in the year 2010 they could figure out some solution to the melting problem. I am so happy to know that there are this many people that loved the IDEAL bars like me. What's the problem? There are few things I wouldn't do for those cookies. There were the BEST! 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!!! I made my own sandwich and helped my self to an entire package of Ideals. Why Nabisco did away with them, I'll NEVER know!!!!! They can have the goldI just want to enjoy these cookies again. Nabisco Cookies - Home - Facebook 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! Please, Please start making the Peanut Butter with Dark Chocolate cookies, these are the best cookies, there is no other and will never be any other cookies out there that is as wonderful as these cookies. What I can't understand is why Nabisco a consumer company won't even comment. Hopeful!. "Once Upon A Time" I was told that Nabisco discontinued production of these cookies because of the heat factor in shipping (chocolate melting, etc.) At this point I knew I had a problem. they we're the best cookie ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. Me and my Dad loved them. 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. Ooops, maybe the Yoohoos I stole from Uncle Charlie's sandwich shop was first?!?!?! WHY did they ever stop making them WHY?????????? There is a Facebook on bring back the ideal cookie .someone said they talked to nabisco and they said they would consider it if enough people pushed for them back. If we get enough attention it will spread like wildfire. The Ideal bar was more of a candy and Reeses sticks are more of a cookie. I've been looking for them for years-I was thinking maybe I just didn't remember the name and that's why I couldn't find them. They were absolutely the best! If you are determined to continue to refuse to bring these superior products back into production, then at least make the recipes for them available to the people who love them and grew up on them, people like me. 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 will call Nabisco in the morning. Brown Edge Wafers - Cookie Madness She said they were expensive so we couldn't always get them, but I always tried. IDEAL COOKIES ARE A FAR CRY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER THEY MAKE. I agree, Ideal Bars were the BEST! These fan-favorite s'mores crackers featured a chocolate, marshmallow-flavored filling sandwiched between its classic buttery crackers. Gonna have to visit the Kraft foods site and ask for them back. 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. . When Oreo began populating store shelves in 1912, it . We put the lil debbie's the freezer (as close as you can get, but not the same) and everytime the grand kids here me say not like an Ideal!! THAT'S true love. Good times. We agree 100% that the Ideal cookie should be put back on the market, We loved this cookie growing up in the 60 's & 70's . A lot of people would buy them. How's that for wishful thinking? TOO. All the other cookies out there except for Pinwheels, Mallowmars and maybe a few others aren't any good; in fact they are terrible compared to Ideal. I miss Lemon Coolers and My Dad Harold Hourihan more! Still dream about these - anybody ever try to make them at home? As a milk chocolate/peanut butter junkie, these were simply the best! The peanut butter was kind of salty and my brother and sister and I could eat a whole pack of them. I have missed these cookies and have tried with much disappointment to find a replacementPlease, Nabisco, bring them back! Nabisco if you arent going to bring back the Ideal Cookie, then sell the Cookie recipe and rights to some company that will. Whenever I eat a Reeses peanut butter stick, I think of the Ideal Bar and how much better it is. I recall that from late 60's to late 70's my mom would buy the cheap "kiddie" cookies for us, and Ideal Peanut Butter Bars for herself, which she would keep in the fridge. Discontinued Products :: Nabisco :: Discontinued Nabisco Products. . They said they quit making these because they'd melt in transit, but they make chocolate covered cookies everyday. Regenstein explained that the process of koshering an oven is done by a rabbi with an unexpected tool: a . Sometimes we used them as scoops with vanilla or new york ice cream. Ideal Sandwich Cookies were among the "Best of Nabisco"! I am emclosing the text of the email. Perhaps Nabisco has a deal with Reeses that they will not compeet! I used to sell Nabisco cookies, and Ideal bars were a great seasonal item, just like Mallomars and Pinwheels. Stay tuned for Chapter Two: The First Bite. The package was orange and brown, but I guess it could have been clear revealing the chocolate. which are offered at higher prices. JPC. Wow, I was checking the internet to try to find the recipe for my mom since she said they do not make them anymore. They were a very high quality cookie. I keep telling my grandkids about them and they can't believe me or wontPLEASE BRING THESE WONDERFUL TREATS BACK !! There are no substitutes and I have LOOKED. Who knew so many other people loved my favorite cookie ever? Let me have ONE memory of my childhood back! these must be brought back they would fly off the shelves..these were me and my sisters favorite cookies!!! The absolute BEST cookie ever produced on this planet in my lifetime. This TEMPLE OF ANSWER that i met on this was my God of savior please contact them now if you are having same problem email is [email protected] phone number is +2348155425481. I would love to have them again. And the name proved such a huge turnoff that Hydrox only had 4.2 percent of the sales of Oreo in 1998just $16 million compared to Oreos $374 million takeaway. Little Debbies just don't work for me. We need to all call Nabisco! I would absolutely love to introduce these cookies to my adult children and grands. Why do they always discontinue a good thing?? Press gently with palm of hand to flatten slightly. She would always get furious as to why we were sneaking hers when we had our own. were they to good for human cunsumption? The closest thing I found to these are the little Debbie peanut Butter bars that are very simular in shape. They'd have a hot stock on their hands if they did! How difficult can this be? Had to google it and found this thread. We talk about it often and it still makes us laugh. We just blogged the question to the Internet and are so surprised to find a support group. They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. I too loved these wonderful cookies. What happened to the Ideal Bars Nabisco used to make Dark - Answers I was surprised to find out how many other people loved those cookies as much as I did. ideal cookies were the absolute best! Absolutly loved 'em and as kids growing up in the 70's fought over them. Oh so very good. I have tried to find these cookies and can not find them any where. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. Great site, was looking for Caravelle candy bars and then searched for the Ideal bars. With so many people wanting them I can't believe Nabisco doesn't bring them back--I'd be first in line for a box. Still crave them . the time is ripe for bringing back some treasured tastes of the old days! google_color_text = "000000"; Bring them back. It was the highlight of dessert. The peanut butter part of the Ideals was slightly salty, and that is what made it so good. Over 70% of the cookie aisle from ALL cookie manufacturers is taken up by CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!! They were so wonderful!! I'm from CT,and my Dad would buy them whenever they were available. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! Probably a good idea they stopped making those. 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. I loved these when I was a little girl. Thanks to all for the enhancing my belief that the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is the best store bought cookie ever made!! Youd be surprised how many companies are hoarding trademarks, Kassoff told The Consumerist in 2014. Little Debbie makes a larger bar that are okay, but not from the same pure chocolate or peanut butter. i can recall Sat. I also always look in the cookie aisle and leave buying no cookies because there is no competition. When I was a kid I used to be a pretty good actor. I hadn't been able to find those for years either, but found one today (hooray! Or give it to the Girl Scouys. While no where as good as the origional Ideal Bars, they are worth it, for a stared population of Ideal cookie fanatics !! I grew up on them as treats and have been looking for them for YEARS!!!!!!! My mom would hide ours, too. The boycott was prompted by the Mondelez company's decision to close its American factories and move production to Mexico. I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. Please, someone foreward all these requests to Nabisco. They were the Best Only draw back was they melted so easily. But then I would probably gain 10 pounds! Oh my a cold glass of milk and and a few Ideals that is all I asklol. Great to see all the Love. Ideal cookie bars were the BEST. I look for IDEAL cookies every time I am at the grocery store hoping to see that Nabisco has reintroduced them. There's only one way to get big corps attn anymorethe moneybet if we all boycotted Nabisco and Kraft products we'd have them by next Christmas! When I was a kid my mom sent them to me at sleep away camp since they were my favorite!! I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. It is such a good memory of my grandma. Years ago I contacted Nabisco about bringing them back but was told that would never happen. It just as well that they don't bring back because I think I would overdose on them or balloon to 400 lbs! Cannot understand why Nabisco will not bring them back. !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! My best guess why Nabisco quit making them is that they were too expensive to produce; in order to maintain the high quality of the product the retail cost would be unrealistic. I was so bummed when they discontinued them. 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. I loved these cookies! There is no time like the present to re-introduce them to the market. Im disappointed to learn that they no longer make these wonderful cookies. I was in elementary school and my Mother used to buy these cookies for herself and give us kids two and hide the rest. The best cookies ever! 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 do not know why Nabisco do not hear the voices crying. I loved them, too! Ya Gotta bring EM back they are the true IDEAL snack of all time!!! Please - make them again Ana Isco. The Oreo is a cookie that embraces contradictions, wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger. Another brand recently introduced a snack that looks just like Ideal Cookies but not even close to the original taste. Hi, it;s me again. It's decades later and those of us middle aged and older would enjoy having a cookie that tastes like something other than sugar to snack on. A version of this post originally appeared on Tedium, a twice-weekly newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. I would give up every store-bought cookie---sorry Pepperidge Milanos---for one Ideal Bar! !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. Oreo factory shutdown: Mondelez to close N.J. Nabisco plant, but says I HAVE TO HAVE ONE .OUR KIDS NEVER EVEN TASTED ONE IF WE ALL WRITE TO NABISCO ABOUT THEM ,MAYBE THEY WILL CONSIDER MAKING THEM AGAIN .I DONT CARE IF THEY ARE 10 BUCKS A BAG LOL WELL,I DO BUT I WOULD PAY IT FOR IDEAL COOKIE BARS. PLEASE! I aqree that with all the boring cookies out there and the market for gourmet cookies Nabisco couldn't find a way to market them or sell the recipie to a gourmet cookie company who could market them. I hated to see that they discontinued them!!!!!!! I still look at the grocery store shelves to see if they are there. When Nabisco first started, the biscuit cookies and crackers were stored in large bins, or cracker barrels and sold at country grocery stores by the scoopful. If he were alive he'd want them back, too. Dip cookies in the melted dark chocolate and let cool in the freezer. read petition letter Dear Nabisco, I had forgotten about these!! But when you see fancy cookies today packaged as 8 cookies for $4.00, there must be a market for the hi-price cookies! We would eat them all until they were gone. You need more diversity than this to keep my business!!! They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from them. I would reach into the long, rectangular box; the bars would be cold to the touch, yet even at first contact my chubby hands would leave tell-tale fingerprints on the cookies I touched. Please Nabisco, make a good business decision and bring these back. !my mom says she LOVED them! The Little Debbie things are similar but nowhere close to as good. Well do you know I went right back up to that shelf and proceded to eat the rest of them. OMFG. Write to this addy Kraft Foods Global, Inc. Consumer Relations Group 1 Kraft Court Glenview, IL 60025. My husband and I started to think maybe we had dreamed about Ideal Cookies. At that point is when I realized I had the most "Ideal" day ever with my childhood.