What will it take to get nabisco to bring back ideal bars? I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. I think the chocolate was dark if I remember correctly. We should start a petition drive to bring them back.. Please show me where to sign up. Just emailed NabiscoWe NEED to let the world know about the Ideal bar. Everytime we get together we talk about how we bit off both ends and used them as straws to drink milk. Bring them back. Sometime after 1976 I asked a Nabisco rep delivering in my local grocery store, where were they? I thought I was the only one that searched grocery store shelves all over america for these treats!! We'd save our allowance to buy them and they didn't last more than a half hour once we got them home. Finally, my father started counting them. I Goggled this cookie to see if anyone else remembered this sweet treat and boy was I surprised!! We ate alot of Ideal cookies back in the day. All rights reserved. Iconic Dad's chocolate chip cookies discontinued, customers bitter - CBC Nabisco Cookies. The best cookie in the world ! The world needs Ideal Bar cookies now more than ever! they are the best. Unite. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. I JUST CAME FROM THE STORE AND STILL LOOK IN THE COOKIE ISLE JUST HOPING NABISCO WOULD BRING THEM BACK. They said they quit making these because they'd melt in transit, but they make chocolate covered cookies everyday. Need to get these back on the market! I am so glad I found this link because it makes me feel connected with all the other IDEAL COOKIE LOVERS. I continue to hopefully search. There obviously must have been a quiet, well financed deal made for Nabisco to "bow out" of the competition! Well it wasn't long afterwards they disappeared altogether. Still not quite the same.all time faveoriate cookie ever - even better than Mallowmars! PLEASE BRING THEM BACK NABISCO. Funny thing, as it was, the woman I spoke with said that those were her favorite cookies also. It was the first thing we would go for when we got to the store. Why were they ever taken off the market? The quality of the ideal bar was high and I am sure it would be a challenge to reproduce today. I am so disappointed they have discontinued them. We need to all call Nabisco! He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. I encourage all you IDEAL fans to reach out to Nabisco too. I also feel the same way about the old Hershey 'Bar None' candy bar, which only lasted a short timeduring the 1990's. Please, please, please Nabisco. PLEASE! She said they were expensive so we couldn't always get them, but I always tried. "So . OMFG. 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But the shift wasnt enough; in 2001, Kelloggs had bought the Keebler brand, putting Hydrox under yet another corporate owner, and by 2003, it had stopped selling Hydrox altogethersans a brief reprieve in 2008 after enough consumers complained that it briefly changed its mind. The chocolate had hardened by the time I ate mine. I can pass up any other store bought cookie but not these. :}. The Best Cookie Ever Made, Please Someone Make Them Again, Are Give Me The Recipe And I Will Make Them My Self.. My absolute favorite store-bought cookie EVER!!! bummer. 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. I hated to see that they discontinued them!!!!!!! It was one of the best treats she couldve given to us. I am now 58 years old and have never found a cookie that comes close to the ideal peanut butter log. My brother DeNault asked me just a few years ago what were those cookies? 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. Ideal Barks popped into my mind last week and I asked my husband to look for them at the store. And if Nabisco is too stupid to bring back the bars, then head to Trader Joe's! It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. You would think with all these comments about the Ideal cookies Nabisco would want to satisfy their customers. The cookie took a long time to eat, but it didn't last a long time at the grocery store. I think of these cookies often. I don't care which aisle it's in just bring it back. I cannot believe the number of people who remember these cookies! With all of the 'retro' trends these days in fashion and automobiles (love the new Camaro!) There's nothing left. My god we are all correct best damn cookie ever made. 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. I grew up in the midwest and I beleive Karen is correct above that the Ideal was only available in the fall and winter. Whatever they did to make this cookie, it was the BOMB!!! The cookie aisles at the grocery store today are VERY dull and limited in what is offered for sale. I have been craving them for years. When you think of dark sandwich-like cookies with a creamy white center, you probably think of Oreos, in part because Nabisco is so good at marketing. I just came from the store and was looking for them. PLEASE BRING THESE BACK, NABISCO!!! Youd be surprised how many companies are hoarding trademarks, Kassoff told The Consumerist in 2014. Found these comments so wanted to put my two-cents in on this. At this point I knew I had a problem. Regular stores, specialty stores. Come on you guys bring them back. Well, considering that disputes about the sandwich cookie and its origins are still going on to this day, the answer is yes. They would be a big hit! They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. COME BACK FOR ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to have them again. They were expensive, but worth every penny. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. The best cookies ever! The Ideal Bars by Nabisco was the best cookies that one could buy from the store. I can't stop checking. I keep looking and hoping they will bring them back I absolutely loved them PLEASE PLEASE BRING THEM BACK THEY ARE ALL TIME FAVORITE!!!!!!!!! Grew up in the Detroit area . Nabisco is owned by Kraft Foods. these cookies were great and my mom favorites i wish they would make them again there is not many sweets she can each but i know she would it them again and give up other sweets please bring them back. I agree with everybody on this page. Bring 'em back Nabisco it's time!!! Keebler created a weak version. I miss the darn things too. Not like any other cookie . 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! I have tried to find something similar, but no way can anything else compare. This was a big deal for him since he never packed his own lunch. Anyone know of a recipe to make them at home? I cannot believe this many people loved Ideal cookies as much as me and my sister and Nabisco will not bring them back!!! Some things should never have been changed, and this was one of them! We need to contact Nabisco a.s.a.p. I can't help but wonder if Hershey paid Nabisco to discontinue Ideal bars. :). We need to take action for Nabisco to put these cookies back on the shelves, there wouldn't be many in the stores where I live because "I'D BUY ALL OF THEM". They sent some coupons to me in the mail and stated they would report my request. Does nabisco still make uneeda biscuits? Just the population from the 70's who misses this cookie so much would constitute enough people to support reintroducing these! I thought I was the only one. PLEASE bring this cookie back. I, TOO, LOVED Ideal Bars growing up and into adulthood. ISO: Nabisco Ideal cookie bar clone recipe : PJ Virginia - 3-27-2006 : 1: Recipe: Ideal cookie bar information : Halyna - NY - 3-27-2006 : 2: These cookies RULED! I loved these when I was a little girl. I cannot believe there are others out there like my family. Why did they discontinue the cookies!! I've written Nabisco, and now the parent company Kraft, several times and I usually receive a form email back. Its an idea, and it might be similar. LETS ALSO SAY WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THEY COST. Nothing taste as good as the ideal cookie. Nabisco are you listening? These Discontinued Snacks Will Make You Nostalgic - Business Insider Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546. 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 also would like to see them brought back. I have never tasted anything remotely like the Ideal bars. I just had a brainstorm on how to get close to that flavor again though! Nabisco, you've got to back Ideals!! There are some cookies called Nutter Butter, if you melt some semi-sweet chocolate chips and dip these cookies in the chocolate, it comes fairly close to the Ideal cookie. I had a friend in Missouri I used to mail seeveral packages at a time to around Christmas. It appears we're not alone! I'm 51 years old now, and my only fear is that if Nabisco ever introduces this cookie again, I would promptly buy a couple of packages of them, pour a nice glass of cold milk, eat through the first package, and probably a few of the second. Im disappointed to learn that they no longer make these wonderful cookies. I have been trying to remember the name of this candy bar for yearsI was talking to my mother tonight ( 85 years old) and was reminiscing about the clark bar type of cookie I used to crave.the name Ideal name came to my mind..I googled it and Here I am !! (Unlike Girl Scout Tag-alongs which are just sweet.) 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. !my mom says she LOVED them! Thanks. !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! Please Nabisco bring back these cookies. My mom used to keep them in the refrigerator. Maybe I will email Keebler and encourage them to check out this site - for sure there's a demand - so how 'bout they provide the supply - :). I would love to be able to see him try one for the first time! My brother and I would fight over them on who got the last one!! Nabisco kept the other fruit-flavored Newtons (raspberry, strawberry). I think it must be at least 25 years since they were available. Please, Nabisco, Please! From my earliest childhood I remember that distinctive packaging that housed the best cookies ever made. Or give it to the Girl Scouys. Ideal Chocolate Peanut Bars -- oh man do I miss those. Sounds like this cookie has a "Cult" followingha! Nabisco the market for them is ready and waiting!!!! Does anyone remember another cookie at that same time that had chocolate, caramel, and covered with nuts? i didnt no they stopped making them i thought they were hard to find because they didnt make enough.i dont even buy cookies anymore they s__k that was the only cookie. I still remember them and I'm going to write to Nabisco/Kraft asking them to bring them back! I loved them. But then I would probably gain 10 pounds! Please bring them back Nabisco!!! Intended to imply hydrogen and oxygenthe two chemicals that make up waterthe result has a more clinical, less roll-off-the-tongue convention to it, and instead evokes hydrogen peroxide, a chemical you probably dont want to drink. I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. Even now, so many years later,I have never found another cookie that I have enjoyed more. She says there like a cookie wafer hollow flat log dipped in a rich darkest chocolate with a light peanut butter layer in the middle.yum! Ya Gotta bring EM back they are the true IDEAL snack of all time!!! 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. They didn't make them in the summer, so when it cooled down, we immediately started asking for 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. The folks at Nabisco must just be a bunch of big, dumb, stupidheads to not want to bring them back. Nothing like some Nutter Butters with a view. But no kidding -Nothing can substitute for Ideals. They were Amazing. http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_form2&age=3&coppa=False&prod=True&sub=335
The more they get the more of a chance it will happen! Ritz Crackers are a great anytime snack, the perfect complement for quick meals, and a versatile base for tasty party appetizers. These were my favorite treat as a child! Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! I remember grocery shopping with my mother at the commissary in Newport RI. NABISCO, WHY DID YOU STOP MAKING THEM???!!! 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. Bring 'em back Nabisco!!!!!! Nabisco Ginger Snaps Cookies - 16oz : Target These cookies made every tastebud in your mouth stand up and take notice!! Older Women Hairstyles. Is it that difficult for them to reintroduce an item that was truly loved and enjoyed? I LOVE dark choclet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would do almost anything for a package of Ideal cookies. Nabisco, please bring back my most favorite
cookie of all times. The reason these cookies were discontinued was because the chocolate would melt during shipping which caused a quality problem. You also need to bring back the Lemon Cooler and Cherry Cooler cookies! IF WE ALL MAKE A CALL WITHIN THE NEXT 3 DAYS, MAYBE THEY MIGHT WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE; WHICH BY THE WAY GOES GREAT WITH AN "IDEAL" BAR. like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! PLEASE!!!!! Make them again! I would weigh 500 lbs more than I do now if they didn't, and willing to pay alot per bag so I'd be broke. Send a message to Nabisco to bring Ideal bars back. I have thought of these cookies so many times over the years. Thanks, Mark. I'd BEG the president of Nabisco to re-introduce them, if it would do any good! I am emclosing the text of the email. Why is it that when you find something that really works for you, it's discontinued. the real reason is that it was the perfect cookie. There is no time like the present to re-introduce them to the market. I cant believe what i have found. Here is the Nabisco email for comments. Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. With the amount of feedback generated on the internet WHY wouldn't they bring back an obvious "homerun" cookie? 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 never got over losing the Ideal Bars. I really think Nabisco (Kraft) needs to re-evaluate product selectionsand give the people what they want! I never even had a Reese's peanut butter cup until I was out of high school because of these bars. Had to google it and found this thread. I've been telling my husband about these for a while now. 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. I remember them well. I looked up the # myself to be sure I was calling the right place. 1981 Nabisco merges with Standard Brands. My Mother would buy these and send them in our lunch boxes for dessert and they we super-delicious!!!! They were even better cold. My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. I think about them all the time. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Oh yesHow I remember those cookies "Ideal Cookies" they were the best cookie I have every eatenI wish Nabisco would make them again. When I first saw Little Debbie's version I couldn't believe it. Please bring them back. I miss these cookies too! Ideal is a
legend in its own time. I've often remembered the ideal bar with fondness and wished I'd had one. The woman I spoke with was quite nice as I recall but had no answer as to why they had discontinued the product. We kept ours in the fridge in the summer so the chocolate wouldn't melt off!!! They really should bring them back!!!!! My all time favorite cookie! I would sneak one or two every once in a while. I remember these well, I too have discussed with Nabisco about getting these back on the shelf,but no I have to make do with my home made peanutbutter chocolate bars pretty good but not an Ideal bar. They were best after being in the fridge. We would eat them all in one weekend!! 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. Nothing on the market today even compares. This is a dark time in cookie history, one Hydrox partisan, Gary Nadeau, wrote, according to the Wall Street Journal. I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. Maybe we need to start our own petition to Nabisco! Ideal Cookies were the BEST!!! THAT'S true love. How can we all start a united front to get the cookies back on store shelves? Long story short, it was a weird name for a cookie. Please, please bring them back! An Ideal Bar was better than a Snickers or any candy bar, and it was a cookie!!! The best cookie of the 60s and 70s. Why else would they not capitolize on the chocolate & peanut butter market in 30 yeas? I have eaten many packages of these with a quart of milk. jjcardella@hotmail.com. Anyways, not as good as Ideal, I'd like to see them come back. My sister, Teressa and I would buy a package of these cookies and eat the whole package before we got home. 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. The Untold Truth Of Teddy Grahams - Mashed.com Adolphus Green is president. Little Debbie makes a larger bar that are okay, but not from the same pure chocolate or peanut butter. 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. 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. Even the Girl Scout peanut butter sandwich cookies at the time, the Savannahs didn't compare, and they were my favorite Girl Scout cookie. In the 1970s and 80s, when the guards stepped away, the pots and flames came out. If someone else beats you to the punch, it's your loss, and our gain. Anyway, Glad to see I'm not alone. Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! Not sure if he'd appreciate me telling the world, but he used to bite each end off and then dip the cookie in milk, suck milk through the cookie and then eat the cookie when it became soft. google_ad_type = "text_image";
THEY WERE THE BEST. 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. nostalgia) things are "In" right now. 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. my mother and I would share IDEAL cookies and talk. I am so glad I'm not the only one who misses Ideal cookies. I have tried all the "almost Ideal Bars". If Nabisco R & D folks actually took the time to read these comments, they just might realize they could make a product that would put the "Peanut Butter" cup in the trash forever. Now I know I am not crazy, they really did exist. After 30 years of no Ideal ccokies they musthave been to good for us m ere mortals. Years ago I ran across these cookies for the last time while on a ski trip at incline village Nevada - I bought 2 bags and planned to bring 1 home but they didn't make it all the way home :-), Holy Crap!!!!! Easily the best chocolate-covered cookie ever. They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. WOW! I agree I would pay $10 for ideals the only cookie i liked. You won't be sorry!! I hadn't thought about them in years until about a month ago I purchased a bag of the miniature reeses peanut butter cups that now come in milk and dark chocolate. Check out McKee Bakery to find Peanut Butter Crunch Bars. Fabulous product. I talk about them and people have no idea what I am talking about. Great site, was looking for Caravelle candy bars and then searched for the Ideal bars. How do we get to it? I was looking for ideal bars. I've been to a large number of websites and forums where these are mentioned the most. I am so excited to find so many other Ideal-a-holics! My husband promised me a case of them if we ever saw them again - which we have not. Such a wonderful cookie, I sure wish they would bring them back!! They were fabulous and I would give anything to have one today. It just as well that they don't bring back because I think I would overdose on them or balloon to 400 lbs! Some of these gingerbread cookies take months to make. As a milk chocolate/peanut butter junkie, these were simply the best! Good times. I still see these on the shelf but not the Ideal Bar. There were the BEST! Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. There is no replacement for Ideal cookies but Little Debbie makes a similar product. Under the Jewish dietary laws of kosher, pigs, the source of lard, are a forbidden food. I have missed these cookies and have tried with much disappointment to find a replacementPlease, Nabisco, bring them back! 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!!! Nabisco, are you listening? Never in the summer. I still remember how crazy rich they tasted. Another option for you might be to spread peanut butter on Ritz crackers, dip them in melted chocolate chips, let cool and consume. It's just barely enough for the 2 pie crusts I needed to make this morning, where it used to be plenty with leftovers. Let's bring them back, people!!! Well being a creative kid I scrounged all the coke bottles and pennies in the house that I could find and returned them with a wagon and got more cookies.