I would love Nabisco to bring this delicious chocolate delightful cookie back! The absolute BEST cookie ever produced on this planet in my lifetime. I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. They were the best. I loved IDEAL bars!! I am so excited to find so many other Ideal-a-holics! Please, Please make them again!!!! I actually contacted them and they said if they heard from enough people they might consider bringing them back. Miss them so much. PLEASE! What could be better. 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 know they discontinued them years ago but I rfuse to give up hope. Nabisco cannot continue implying that there is not enough demand for the Ideal cookie. Me and my Dad loved them. I cannot believe this many people loved Ideal cookies as much as me and my sister and Nabisco will not bring them back!!! Thanks, Mark. Last I saw them was the early 1980s. How can those gawdawful Nilla wafers survive all these years while the ultimate cookie -- the Ideal Bar -- is retired? They were the best. What's the problem? I'D SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love these cookies. I wish they would bring them back. I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. I guess they don't need the money. It's a shame they don't listen to the loyal consumers (as this blog demonstrates)and make that investment into bringing back such a popular item. Hey NABISCO ITS TIME!!! IT IS A SHAME THAT NABISCO WILL NOT MAKE THE COOKIES AND SELL THEM ONLINEHINT HINT NABISCO. Well do you know I went right back up to that shelf and proceded to eat the rest of them. Nothing compares!!! I have the happiest memories of eating alot of these cookies!!!! If you got a package that didn't have enough PB, they were almost tasteless. Good times. It was the highlight of dessert. I'm sorry I just read Pollies comment, trust me Reese doesn't come close, I've looked for years for this cookie, and now that I've remembered it's time to hammer Nabisco. One of my sisters used to buy them and lock them up un her room. (Somehow the chocolate in Hershey candies seems watered down;
not as good as the old days). They are both treasured cookies. But when you see fancy cookies today packaged as 8 cookies for $4.00, there must be a market for the hi-price cookies! 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. I dream of these cookies. I still think about them. Nabisco also used to sell assortment packages that are no longer produced. Regenstein explained that the process of koshering an oven is done by a rabbi with an unexpected tool: a . Every once in a while my brother & I will talk about them. IDEAL COOKIES ARE A FAR CRY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER THEY MAKE. My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. I miss them. I guess it was supposedly the heat that they stopped manufacturing these cookies. They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! Ideal cookies were a staple in my house. LET US ALL PROMISE TO CALL NABISCO AND PLEAD FOR THEM TO BRING BACK THIS COOKIE. Let us unite and show the company. I agree - best cookie ever! For Nostalgia they really should reproduce some of these old snacks. I do not know why Nabisco do not hear the voices crying. They are amazing! I hope nabisco reads these comments and realizes the disappointment to many famalies with the loss of a simple cookie. Shopping with 5 children apparently wasn't easy, so she would bribe us with Ideal bars. they are the best. Come on Nabisco, BRING THEM BACK!! Why were they ever taken off the market? As a kid in the 60's, nothing was better than some Ideal Peanut Butter Logs and a glass of really cold milk. My mom always kept a package in the house. Even so, bring back the original recipe!!!!! I would love to have them again. I would love to see this cookie again. I miss you Ideal cookies. I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. It will be worth it. Ideal Chocolate Peanut Bars -- oh man do I miss those. But the cookies design, which was initially sold with an exotic English biscuit twist, was pretty interesting for its era: With an industrial press from a mold, the cookie took on the look of a flower. I try every new peanut butter cookie I see, but none quite compare to Ideals. Sporty Hairstyles. I could sit and eat a whole box when I was a kid. I LIVE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND WE ONLY HAD IDEAL COOKIES IN THE COOL MONTHS. It didn't stop me - and I would love an Ideal bar right now. Ellia Kassoff, a Jewish kid who grew up on the kosher cookies, had gained some knowledge on how to gain access to a trademark that was sitting unused, and as a result, he was able to pick up Hydrox for his own company, Leaf Brandsitself a dormant brand that Kassoff had revived. Bring them back. I've written Nabisco, and now the parent company Kraft, several times and I usually receive a form email back. These were and remain my all-time favorite cookie. The Streett Family. Please bring them back. 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. How sad. I remember my sister's boyfriend was incredulous (although he should not have been given stories that I have since heard). jjcardella@hotmail.com. Ideal cookie isn't the only good cookie we've lost. Were screwed. Considering how many gourmet cookies are sold now, it's hard to imagine there wouldn't be a market for these at a higher price. We DO need them back - no other cookie/candy bar compares! :}. The real chocolate coating made them a seasonal cookie. When my husband & I were dating we used to sit down & eat a whole package at a time ;). Check out McKee Bakery to find Peanut Butter Crunch Bars. Best sweets I ever ate!!! Fabulous product. And if Nabisco is too stupid to bring back the bars, then head to Trader Joe's! They were great.
What Are Some of the Cookies Discontinued by Nabisco? - Reference.com To this day 30 years later we agree there was not a better cookie ever after they stopped making them. Please, please consider bringing them back!! That is absurd in a world where Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are one of Hershey's #1 sale items. Wow, I can't believe I'm not the only one craving these cookies, I remember waking up in the middle of the night as a child and going to the fridge for one of these cookies, I would always tip the box forward as to look like there wern't many gone.my mom always new who to blame when only one was leftI REALLY MISS THESE COOKIES!! OK Nabisco, you have had your fun - BRING THE COOKING BACK!!!! NOTHING COMPARES, not even close.Ideal Bars were easily the greatest cookie ever mass produced,SORRY OREO, but its true. I wish they would bring them back at least as a promotional item for a few months, possibly the holiday season???? They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. They are the closest "cookie" I've ever found to compare to an Ideal cookiethese pretzels are to die for!!! Those cookies were both of our favorites. Nabisco PLEASE bring them back!!! They were great to have on hand whenever company came over. Sometime after 1976 I asked a Nabisco rep delivering in my local grocery store, where were they? I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! Glad to know others remember them and they were not a figment of my imagination. There must be a warehouse stash somewhere with these. Some things should never have been changed, and this was one of them! He was unable to finish his sentance, I replied IDEAL!! With so many of us wanting them back has anyone sent Nabisco this link? Best cookie ever !! SURE WISH THEY'D BRING THEM BACK EVEN AS A SEASONAL SPECIALTY. When mom would buy them at the grocer's she had to hide them!!! I also LOVED the cookies as a child. Wonderful cookies the kids and I loved them then they disappeared! The chocolate peanut butter logs were a staple in my grandmother's cupboard. I had forgotten about them until the other day when I had a dark chocolate Reese cup. 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! An Ideal Bar was better than a Snickers or any candy bar, and it was a cookie!!! WILL YOU PLEASE BRING THEM BACK IF EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME (possibly like the recent "Pepsi Throwback" offering Pepsi did with their original sugar recipe/formula), BUT THEY MUST BE ORIGINAL RECIPE - PLEEEEEESE???!!!!!!!!!!! I loved these cookies. yes bring back the ideal cookie bar! I thought I was the only one who missed these cookies. Adolphus Green is president. They are the B E S T Cookie and if Nabisco doesn't want to make them anymore, then someone needs to reintroduce them. Like some of you my mom would have to hide them. I have never stopped thinking about those cookies. Nabisco workers had said their first strike in 52 years is about keeping what they already had as employees producing Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and other snacks for Nabisco parent Mondelez . From my earliest childhood I remember that distinctive packaging that housed the best cookies ever made. I was surprised to find out how many other people loved those cookies as much as I did. It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. THE LITTLE DEBBIE ONES ARENT THAT BAD AT ALL BUT THEY ARE NOT IDEAL.THE ORIGINAL..SO CMON GANG EVERYONE GO TO NABISCO AND WRITE THEM A LETTER,TELL THEM ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS SITE AND MAYBE THEY WILL MAKE THEM AGAIN , My favorite cookie above all was Ideal. Bring back, Bring back, Bring back that cookie to us, to us (Sung to the tune of, Oh, you'll get it:) If Anyone has a Recipe, Please Publish It! Perhaps Nabisco has a deal with Reeses that they will not compeet! Is it my distorted memory or were Ideal Peanut Butter Bars only available in the fall and winter? After dinner, I couldn't eat much, but I even got to share some more Ideal cookies with my Mom and this is where my life of food-crime began. The problem, of course, was probably the name. Nabisco could reintroduce these cookies with much fanfare and publicity and then watch their profits soar. I don't know why the hoopleheads at Nabisco won't make these incredibly popular bars anymore. Nothing compares to the original Ideal Cookie Bars. 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!! Since Vintage and Retro (i.e. I moved to Texas in the early 70's and couldn't find them anywhere. My dad and I reminisce about them, too. //2007-06-05: inthe70s
Chill dough for about an hour. I am so disappointed they have discontinued them. The makers of Oreo took the design of a cookie called "Hydrox," and despite it's less-than-appeasing name, it was truly the first chocolate sandwich cookie with creme in the middle. Cinthia, thanks for tip, it was fun. I loved those cookies. The following are links about Ideal Cookies you may find interesting. They are so missing the boat on a retro line for all of us who remember these products. That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. The folks at Nabisco must just be a bunch of big, dumb, stupidheads to not want to bring them back. My sister and I would walk to the corner grocery store at my grandmas. it worked for betty white on snl, maybe it would work for ideal bars! This was a big deal for him since he never packed his own lunch. We talk about it often and it still makes us laugh. Funny thing, as it was, the woman I spoke with said that those were her favorite cookies also. The tough part comes when we have to share the news that the product you're trying to find has been discontinued. I have e-mailed Nabisco begging for them to just bring them back as a seasonal item or a limited time only so me & my sisters could stock them in the freezer but I think if everyone would e-mail them maybe they would listen. google_color_link = "A74403";
Hope they see it. They are as close to the Ideal cookie that I have ever found. I did NOT have to share them. I would do almost anything for a package of Ideal cookies. Stay tuned for Chapter Two: The First Bite. What I can't understand is why Nabisco a consumer company won't even comment. PLEASE bring them back! It's a crime! MUST. As a holiday ritual, my brother Steve and I used to sneak away early from family dinners and drive to the local WaWa grocery store to buy Ideal cookies. Well apparently my husband wasn't kidding. Anyone ever track down the recipe from Nabisco? I used to demolish a whole strip of them at once. These were the best cookies ever. PLEASE bring them back!!! I thought they might only be a local New England product but see now it was nation wide. Really, we would all buy them if they would just bring them back, I would love one right now!!! Craft/Nabisco (877)535-5666. Let's bring them back, people!!! I remember the package being a single layer of chocolate dipped peanut butter bars, maybe about a dozen lined up back to back. 1985 Nabisco Brands merges with R.J. Reynolds. Holy cow. Things like fundamental goodness or being a beloved brand doesnt mater to a corporation; even if its name is Nabisco. like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! Sent another email to cis@nabisco,com -- maybe, just maybe it might work this time. I talk about them and people have no idea what I am talking about. I have thought of these cookies so many times over the years. It was child abuse I tell ya. The closest thing I have found is the Girl Scout Peanut Butter Patties. Growing up in the 60's, my mom would splurge every now and then and buy them--what a treat. I keep telling my grandkids about them and they can't believe me or wontPLEASE BRING THESE WONDERFUL TREATS BACK !! 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. Something NEEDS to be done here!!! I suggest we all keep contacting them. These are the best cookies bar noneI still haven't figured out why they stopped making these cookiesI live close to the nabisco plant (before they tore it down) and ask one person there why they quit making them and she could not answer me.