I would love to be able to see him try one for the first time! I can't go in to the cookie isle without looking for them. These cookies made every tastebud in your mouth stand up and take notice!! And I guess there's ony one real answer. I used to look forward to our Sunday visits to my grandparents. He will be 48 on Monday and I have no doubt that if those cookies were still around, he would eat the entire package. BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO. My husband promised me a case of them if we ever saw them again - which we have not. Oh how I miss that Ideal cookie! Still not quite the same.all time faveoriate cookie ever - even better than Mallowmars! !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. 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!). I also feel the same way about the old Hershey 'Bar None' candy bar, which only lasted a short timeduring the 1990's. :}, P.S. ideal cookies were the absolute best! I loved eating those cookies - Let's bring them back Nabisco! 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!!!!!!!!!! Finaly found on the web, after years of idly searching. She had the idea of looking for them online. I hope it's okay to leave this comment here, I was enjoying these cookies in the 60s. Please please PLEASE bring them back! They had good tasteu could not just eat one. I believe they would sell if they brought them back. My dad and I reminisce about them, too. Can't believe they aren't made any more. I hadn't been able to find those for years either, but found one today (hooray! Finally I returned home with the Ideal cookies after eating my final bite so that the perfect amout was found by my Mom. I agree with everybody on this page. I always figured they were available in some part of the country that I hadn't visited yet. Not like any other cookie . When Keebler took ownership of the Sunshine Foods brands in the late 90s, most people thought Hydrox was the Johnny-come-lately, when it was really Oreo that had entered the market second. Let's get on the 'stick' and urge them! The chocolate peanut butter logs were a staple in my grandmother's cupboard. The peanut butter was kind of salty and my brother and sister and I could eat a whole pack of them. I am thinking of starting a "petition" that would go to Nabisco we all NEED these Ideal bars back on the shelves of our local stores. But then I would probably gain 10 pounds! I would buy them..in fact I know my entire family would buy them There were utterly AWESOME. My people! Nothing compares!!! 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 bite off one end and submerge it in a glass of ice cold milk, it would absorb the milk and the center would be soft encased in the crunchy chocolate. Get them home intact, if possible, refrigerate or freeze, get a glass of ice cold milk, or fresh brewed tea, and eat, a little touch of Heaven! I have wanted these cookies for decades. 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. Best cookie EVAH! "Correction" I called this Cookie a candy bar in my rush..my apologies. Please bring Ideal cookies back. Nabisco Brands History and Timeline - ThoughtCo I'd bite a little hole into each end, then suck milk up into it like it was a straw. The cookie took a long time to eat, but it didn't last a long time at the grocery store. PLEASE bring this cookie back. OMIGOSH!!!! google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; If I have to bake them myself in order to enjoy them again, I DON'T MIND, because it would be worth the time in the kitchen making them from scratch, by hand!!!!! What I can't understand is why Nabisco a consumer company won't even comment. Nothing compares to the original Ideal Cookie Bars. I have the happiest memories of eating alot of these cookies!!!! I am emclosing the text of the email. Surely we can get a comeback?? NABISCO, WHY DID YOU STOP MAKING THEM???!!! Thought I was the only one who felt this way about Ideal. 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. There are none like them. 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. One glassful was good for 3-4 cookies. :}. Yep, I was just thinking of the yummy cookies. I so miss the original Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Cookies. Glad to know others remember them and they were not a figment of my imagination. I figured like some of the old candy from the 60s is still made regionall that these cookies would be too. The combination of all the ingredients was GENIUS!!! YUMmmm!! Even though they were a little pricey compared to other cookies my mom always bought them because she knew how much I loved them. If he were alive he'd want them back, too. Then later they came in a dark brown package (and seemed to have lost something then). Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. You can find alot of copycat recipes for these cookies if you google "ideal nabisco cookie bars". And even if theyll always be the second banana compared to Oreo, they have a spot in the grocery store again. I loved these cookies. I agree I would pay $10 for ideals the only cookie i liked. Please, Nabisco, bring them back! My mom had to hide them because I would sit and eat almost all of them in one sitting. 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! . My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. My wife and I were just talking about the magical flavor that these cookies had. I am going to email cis@nabisco.com (found this email address on another website of other people begging for this cookie to come back). With so many of us wanting them back has anyone sent Nabisco this link? Please bring it back, Oh How I'd love to have that cookie again -- please bring it back. I've been to a large number of websites and forums where these are mentioned the most. Such a wonderful cookie, I sure wish they would bring them back!! I call Nabisco every year and ask them when they are going to start making Ideal Cookie Bars again. They were the best with a cup of coffee!!!! I've written Nabisco, and now the parent company Kraft, several times and I usually receive a form email back. The Streett Family. Cheers to all you fellow Ideal Cookie Lovers! I actually contacted them and they said if they heard from enough people they might consider bringing them back. Pretty close! I miss them too. In the past 10 years or so I have not found them and about 2009 time frame I asked Nabisco what happened and they said that they stopped making them totally. I would buy them in a second if they were around, and I have pretty much sworn off all sugar. Can't believe they're gone for good My sister and I were trying to explain this cookie to my youngest daughter today. Sometimes Mom hid them - they lasted about a day, cost a little more than most other cookies and were worth every dime. Since Vintage and Retro (i.e. Chill dough for about an hour. I continue to hopefully search. The boycott was prompted by the Mondelez company's decision to close its American factories and move production to Mexico. Someone needs to start a facebook group. I'd then take a small bite of both ends of the Ideal bar, dip one end into the milk and suck the milk through like a straw. 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. google_ad_width = 120; I just got home from the store. It was fun watching everyone scramble, grab, and nearly fight over who was going to get the Bisco's sugar wafers. JPC. I thought they were originally produced by a smaller company than Nabisco, but could be mistaken. I sooo love these cookies!! (Making matters worse: 1998 was the first year that Oreo itself went kosher for the first time.). I'D SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ideal coolies will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have experience a different kind of taste of cookie. Last I saw them was the early 1980s. I miss them. Ideal ,One of the best cookies ever on the store shelf ! they were my favs and can't believe they haven't been brought back yet is there a fb page for them yet??? I found that the peanut butter Twix is similar, but these are hard to find. I loved these when I was a little girl. The company was improving the cookies, making them more attractive to the modern health-conscious consumer. No luck, so we checked another, and another. It works perfectly. I don't ever remember having them but it sounds like they were very tasty. Its comforting knowing my insanity has friends. Nabisco needs to GET RID of all the OREO and Chips Ahoy varieties, and bring REAL diversity back to the cookie aisle.The text of the email is as follows: I know of 4 cookies you need to bring BACK!!!!! I have found a cookie bar made by Little Debbie snacks, called peanut butter crunch bars. The best ever cookie. Addicted to Ideal cookies in the 70's . Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. Nabisco Ginger Snaps Cookies - 16oz : Target Nothing taste as good as the ideal cookie. I have been longing for these cookies and although I could not currently eat them like I did when I was young, I would keep them on hand to eat a few daily. They were my absolute fav cookie and I can almost taste one! Perfect. Had to google it and found this thread. You've almost got a cookie mob on your hands here and all we want is Ideal Cookie chocolate on ours!!! Oh My God do I have a story about these cookies!!! I'm going to the web site to put in a request. [ CNP00612 ] 100 Calorie Cheese Nips Crackers, 6 / Box; [ FVS00609 ] Ritz 100 Calorie Snack Mix, 6 / box; [ FVS00612 ] 100 Calorie Cheese Nips Crackers, 6 / Box. i loved the ideal bars myself, little debbie has somthing simalar the peanut butter bar which is a close fascimile there of. Since 1912, the snack food company has created so many different variations of its beloved chocolate sandwich cookie, including holiday-themed and limited-edition flavors, mystery flavors, a version branded by streetwear label Supreme, and even glittery Oreos.Nabisco's willingness to reinvent the Oreo and keep fans interested with . It appears we're not alone! Pleeeeeeaaaaasssse, bring these cookies back. Nabisco factory in New Jersey closing after 63 years - New York Post I have never stopped thinking about those cookies. This site was so fun to find. They were the Cadillac of commercial cookies. Stay tuned for Chapter Two: The First Bite. Nabisco Cookies - Home - Facebook Cinthia, thanks for tip, it was fun. 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. Please Nabisco bring back these cookies. 50 Discontinued Groceries We Want Back Eat This Not That Remember biting into them and then dunking them in milk in such a way that milk would fill then void. PLEASE!!!!! I miss the darn things too. Nabisco Chocolate Snaps Cookies by: Rico Hatcher recipient: Nabisco Company If you fell in love with the Nabisco Chocolate Snap cookies in the 70's and 80's, then sign this petition. We'd save our allowance to buy them and they didn't last more than a half hour once we got them home. Melt the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate morsels. I have tried to find an alternative over the years, to no avail. NABISCO..PLEASE BRING THE IDEAL COOKIES BACK!!!! I have been craving them for years. I think it must be at least 25 years since they were available. If products don't seem to be popular with our consumers, and demand starts to drop, a decision is made to discontinue the item. When my husband & I were dating we used to sit down & eat a whole package at a time ;). I would sign a petition to bring them back in a minute. I am so glad I'm not the only one who misses Ideal cookies. I had a friend in Missouri I used to mail seeveral packages at a time to around Christmas. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. I've asked people over the years but haven't found anyone else that remembers them. -- I'm in! )which got me thinking again about the best cookie ever, IDEAL! What's the problem? The Untold Truth Of Nilla Wafers - Mashed.com Timmy D PGH WE will prevail. They were the best. Corporations have the rights of an individual but not the soul of one. If they're not going to sell them any more can't they at least share the recipe??!!!! It is more true than not, that if you gave Nabisco a goose that laid golden eggs, Nabisco would immediately slaughter that goose rather then pay to feed it. Please! I would love to see Nabisco bring them back for my family. How sad. 1970's- When mom said us kids could pick one item during the family once a week trip to the grocery storewe always wanted IDEAL cookies. When I was a kid I used to be a pretty good actor. I still check the cookie isle at the grocery store hoping to see these again. Here's to getting them back! Well I'm glad I'm not crazy!!! Not only are the cookies kosher these days, but theyre made with real sugar and without GMOs. Now that I know there are others out there, I will call them again. 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!! They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. After reading all your comments and listening to my husband, I want one NOW! I'll sign a petition too! Perhaps if we all email Nabisco. 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. I had no idea when I typed the name ideal peanut butter bars into google how many like minded souls there would be!! The Ideal bar was more of a candy and Reeses sticks are more of a cookie. wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger, Sign up for our email, delivered twice a week. I love that there are so many Ideal bar addicts out there. To date the closest I've seen to this most stupendous but unavailable product is the peanut butter Twix. They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from them. It was the best store bought. I won't have to SHARE!! I wrote to Nabisco about ten years ago and was told they weren't big sellers. read petition letter Dear Nabisco, Ideal cookie isn't the only good cookie we've lost. Like some of you my mom would have to hide them. Ideal bars were the best cookies ever made! Bring Back Old Recipe for SnackWell's Devil's Food Cookies OMG I miss Ideal Bars! I would give up every store-bought cookie---sorry Pepperidge Milanos---for one Ideal Bar! The real reason they stopped making these cookies is because they used "real" chocolate and it became very expensive over time. I always thought they should have packaged them as candy bars since that's basically what they were. Hope they see it. I remember them well. I used to demolish a whole strip of them at once. It is to let Nabisco know how much we love and want them back onto the store shelves for us all to enjoy once again. Just the population from the 70's who misses this cookie so much would constitute enough people to support reintroducing these! 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. Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! Winner will be selected at random on 04/01/2023. 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. With all of the 'retro' trends these days in fashion and automobiles (love the new Camaro!) 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 templeofanswer@hotmail.co.uk phone number is +2348155425481. Just emailed NabiscoWe NEED to let the world know about the Ideal bar. I would love to have a nice cold glass of milk and a few Ideals right now. You can't find anything that even comes close to the taste. 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. Still my favorite cookie of all times! More like this. In the 80's, I believe, Ideal just didn't sell that well, and they were discontinued; I have a feeling that as the price crept higher and higher, many of the brands that were never featured were ignored. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! Bring em back at any cost Nabisco we will pay any ransom. They were the best ever, especially cold. Just go and like the Facebook page "Bring Back the Nabisco Ideal Cookie Bars". I just had a brainstorm on how to get close to that flavor again though! I wish they would bring them back. If someone starts a petition or figures out were/how to contact Nabisco I know many people who would sign or write or call. Man I loved those things. I was telling some co-workers about Ideal cookies the other day and one of them googled the name. Heaven on earth! The quality of the ideal bar was high and I am sure it would be a challenge to reproduce today. I think the last Ideal Bar I bought was in the early 90's in California. As a kid in the 60's, nothing was better than some Ideal Peanut Butter Logs and a glass of really cold milk. they we're the best cookie ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. I'd feel 30 years younger if I could just get 2 packages (okay, maybe three. Too bad for me. These were definitely the best cookies. WHY did they ever stop making them WHY?????????? Very similar to my memory of the Ideal Peanut Butter bars but not made as well. I think maybe Nabisco, but not real sure. Miss them so much. The Hydroxs ornamental pattern is at once cruder and more delicate than the Oreos; the ridges around the edge are longer and deeper, but the center comprises stamped-out flowers, a design more intricate than the Oreo pattern, he stated. There is nothing that compares to the Ideal cookie which is why it had the perfect name. Maybe if enough people write to them, the people at KRAFT would consider bringing back this awesome cookie. Everytime we get together we talk about how we bit off both ends and used them as straws to drink milk. I've often remembered the ideal bar with fondness and wished I'd had one. :) I love them. Sorry Mother and Daddy, you couldn't stop us!!! The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. I will call Nabisco in the morning. Best cookie ever made.Dad hid them from me and I hid them from him. Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul. Good ta know WE ARE NOT ALONE! Only much bigger Enjoy! There was a whole ritual to my after-school consumption of this sweetest of sins: We would take them out of the 'fridge (I thought that mom would hide them in there, but now I understand it was because of the low melting point of the chocolate). Well apparently my husband wasn't kidding. I too was an Ideal Bar Addict. One or the other of us would always make a special stop at the only little store in town that stocked them and between my sister and I they could not keep enough on the shelf. There are a few FAKE ones on the market but nothing like the real IDEAL cookies.