Thanks, Mark. I would buy them by the case. Bring them back! More like this. Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. We DO need them back - no other cookie/candy bar compares! I'm going to the web site to put in a request. The real chocolate coating made them a seasonal cookie. 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. Yes just had 1 of those girl scout cookies today. Thanks to all for the enhancing my belief that the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is the best store bought cookie ever made!! If you want a good substitute, though remember that it's merely a substitute, try the Trader Joe's Chocolate-covered Peanut Butter Pretzels. The only thing that I have found that even comes close is a Peanut Butter Twix. Nothing compares!!! I call Nabisco every year and ask them when they are going to start making Ideal Cookie Bars again. Giggles were shortbread cookies filled with fudge and vanilla cream, like an Oreo. Nabisco PLEASE bring them back!!! Only much bigger Enjoy! It is now Nov 2016 and still NO IDEAL cookies on the shelf..why can't Nabisco sell their Recipe for the Ideal Cookie to like a Wegmans?? Anyone know of a recipe to make them at home? Sometime after 1976 I asked a Nabisco rep delivering in my local grocery store, where were they? But I have to askdid anyone else first peel the chocolate off with their teeth before launching into the cookie? They were the absolute best cookie I ever ate. In an even more fundamental fashion, however, the Oreos form leaps across stylistic boundaries.. I thought I was the only one. Very sad when something that evokes such passion is discontinued.. Wow, I thought that I was crazy for still looking for these great dark chocolate covered cookies. I do all the shopping! Golderberger had some thoughts on the Hydrox, too. I am so excited to find so many other Ideal-a-holics! IT IS A SHAME THAT NABISCO WILL NOT MAKE THE COOKIES AND SELL THEM ONLINEHINT HINT NABISCO. Anyone know the name of the shortbread or sugar cookie with a hersey-kiss type chocolate drop on top? I used to sell Nabisco cookies, and Ideal bars were a great seasonal item, just like Mallomars and Pinwheels. Good ta know WE ARE NOT ALONE! 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 think the chocolate was dark if I remember correctly. Price would not be a factor for sales of the greatest cookie ever. I think I crave them everyday, I believe I was an Ideal junkie as a child!I was so glad to find a support group! They were very good/, So there's no way to get these anymore then? Great to share a wonderful memory of my childhood. I have been searching for these damn cookies for decades hoping upon hope I could find them again. I also love these cookies. I miss Ideal cookies and they were my favorite store bought cookie in the seventies. THAT'S true love. I am so happy to know that there are this many people that loved the IDEAL bars like me. I can still taste them and remember the orange and clear cellophane package. They were his favorite and he used to dole them out like they were going extinctoh, they did!!!!!! I often times tell my family about this cookie. I bought some Pinwheels the other day and the real chocolate melting in my fingertip reminded me of IDEALS. Maybe I will try making them myselfhaaha.might take a few thousand tries. I would start with me first and the pass them down to the next generations! Grew up in New England and now live in California. 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 . Not identical, but MUCH better than the Little Debbie's version. What I wouldn't do to just have one more!! Nabiso failed when they discontinued this winner. There must be a warehouse stash somewhere with these. Bring them back. I would love to have them back. What happened to capitalism? I'D Sign the petition in an instant! Bring 'em back Nabisco!!!!!! To put that into perspective, consider that the overall global cookies market (i.e. I was about 10 when they came into my life. Oreo, which the company described as, two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling survived. (Unlike Girl Scout Tag-alongs which are just sweet.) I was thinking of a nice surprise that I could get my two sisters who will soon be turning 50. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! to which he replied, they were no longer stocking them on shelves in the warmer months. They were a very high quality cookie. Over 70% of the cookie aisle from ALL cookie manufacturers is taken up by CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!! I loved eating those cookies - Let's bring them back Nabisco! We usually had to have two packages: one for Dad, and one for the kids. It is clear that EVERYONE remembers how good these were and many have fond memories of these cookies as do I. I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. Since were so loved there is no doubt they would be a best seller. Even just a small note to bring back a beautiful cookie to me would be one step closer. The fact my kids never had one is enough reasonwait, not it's not. But I was really let down. I can recall in the early 70's playing football with the neighbood kids in the fall and after working up a good hunger pain we would walk down the block to the local A&P store and buy a package of Ideal cookies and eat them all. They were awesome. Ok folks, you can duplicate the taste of these Ideal cookies. I try every new peanut butter cookie I see, but none quite compare to Ideals. As a matter of fact,they were terrible. My mom would hide ours, too. They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. Easily the best chocolate-covered cookie ever. I loved those cookies. Can't believe they aren't made any more. The distinctive design was thought to have been created by William A. Turnier but Nabisco . Alas, everything Good in life either disappears or changes. Let's get on the 'stick' and urge them! Ive been looking for these cookies to magically appear back on the shelves for years! Sorry to say but, "Little Debbie" peanut bars (or whatever they are called) do not even remotely compare with Ideal cookies; not even slightly! I think what made these cookies so incredible was the crunchy cookie portion of it, the peanut butter filling which had finely chopped peanuts in it, and the EXCEPTIONAL quality of the chocolate that enrobed this cookie. More of a cookie than a cracker, these treats were discontinued in 2016. Gastro Obscura covers the worlds most wondrous food and drink. Nabisco Ideal Bars were by far, the best cookie ever. They were not made in the summer because they would melt. These were my husband's favorite & what an awesome Christmas surprise that would be!!! Glad to know others remember them and they were not a figment of my imagination. I would really like my daughter Keira, who is a chocolate fanatic, to enjoy the delectable Ideal bar. Well I'm glad I'm not crazy!!! My husband raves about Ideal cookies. But no kidding -Nothing can substitute for Ideals. Why would they ever discontinue making such a fabulous cookie that became so loved by so many people? Ritz Bits S'mores. Please come back. Glad to find this comment page and know we are not nuts. 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. My mother bought the Ideal peanut butter bars for my father (I don't know why he was allowed to hog them). I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. I think I made a request for Vermont Country Store to find them but never heard anything. No other cookie compares! My Mother would buy these and send them in our lunch boxes for dessert and they we super-delicious!!!! My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. Let's all call and complain! YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE WANTING THIS COOKIE AND IGNORE THEM. PLEASE! Well it wasn't long afterwards they disappeared altogether. Really, we would all buy them if they would just bring them back, I would love one right now!!! I sent the link to this page to Nabisco today. Well, considering that disputes about the sandwich cookie and its origins are still going on to this day, the answer is yes. I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. We talk about it often and it still makes us laugh. Maybe we need to start our own petition to Nabisco! To be blunt, they lie to the Trademark Office.. Oh, what happened to them!? We're all demanding the cookie - where is the supply? My Dad started hiding them in the hall closet, but we still found them!!! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! They said they quit making these because they'd melt in transit, but they make chocolate covered cookies everyday. It's always about the money. I looked up the # myself to be sure I was calling the right place. I agree - best cookie ever! I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! That brand would be Hydrox, the second banana of the cookie aisle, which these days simply cant compete against the marketing juggernaut that is Oreo, even if it did get a bit of a head start. When I revisted Cali they didn't have any as well. I have the happiest memories of eating alot of these cookies!!!! Please bring them back Nabisco!!!! Get the word out and maybe, just maybe we'll see the BEST cookie resurrected. So what? Feel free to have friends and family make additional requests. 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!! Ideal cookie isn't the only good cookie we've lost. I LOVED these exact cookies too. They were almost like a candy bar. Once I nearly cut off my finger trying to cut one from the end that had stuck to the others. Thank you all! Crazy.. They were expensive, but worth every penny. Along with that - bring back pudding pops! How do we get to it? They were great. I would buy them in a second if they were around, and I have pretty much sworn off all sugar. I immediatly thought about Ideal cookies for the first time in many years, looked on Google and found this site. The Little Debbie things are similar but nowhere close to as good. I'm sure that each Ideal cookie produced will be picked up at the factory by those of us who are in love with them. There's one candy bar, Peanut Butter Twix, that kind of reminds me of the essence of Ideal, but still not the real thing. What I can't understand is why Nabisco a consumer company won't even comment. There are none like them. As a milk chocolate/peanut butter junkie, these were simply the best! After a few seconds the insides would be all smooshy. Does anyone remember how some of them used to be more rounded and others were flatter? 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. Come on Nabisco make my day!!!! they are the best. Ha!.NO REALLY. 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. I used to scour grocery store shelves for packages and buy them out. I thought they might only be a local New England product but see now it was nation wide. 37. But while Oreo ascended to become something of a cultural touchstone, Hydrox retained its partisans, in part also because the slightly-more-bitter cookie was also kosher. I wrestled with my weight as a kid in the late 70's, yet every once in a while my mom would secretly buy a box of these rich logs of dark chocolately goodness, if only to show her undying love for me, her only begotten son. I love the peanut butter filled pretzels at Trader Joe's, so I may just have to try it. You know how they sometimes can find the recipes to old stuff and remake they do it. I am going to keep trying and contacting them. I remember them not being available in the summer months and assume this was because the chocolate would melt. I'm on a mission now!!! read petition letter Dear Nabisco, Individually wrapped sleeves to lock in freshness. He will be 48 on Monday and I have no doubt that if those cookies were still around, he would eat the entire package. Here's to getting them back! Despite their undeniable childlike aesthetic, though, even grown-ups could get behind crunching on a handful of these mini-cookies even though they pretty much lack any nutritional . they were my favs and can't believe they haven't been brought back yet is there a fb page for them yet??? It seemed to make the enjoyment last longer. Oreo was one of three cookies introduced by Nabisco on April 2, 1912, with the other twothe Mother Goose biscuit and the Veronese biscuitnow lost to history. They were amazing! I would love to see and taste the Ideal cookies again!!! If they ever do, there is going to be mass hysteria and total chaos around the world!! Finally I googled and found this site. Nabisco could reintroduce these cookies with much fanfare and publicity and then watch their profits soar. Had to google it and found this thread. 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. They are amazing! We need to bring thse back. I'D SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not quite the same quality but really close. They were perfectly balanced, the right size and flavor. 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. Unite. We need to all call Nabisco! Thanking you in advance for your cooperation in making our lives better. I have tried to find these cookies and can not find them any where. I contacted Nabisco one time they said they could find no record of them ever making such a cookie. 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!!!!! These were the BEST cookies by far!! I've been to a large number of websites and forums where these are mentioned the most. Buy the Grandma's peanut butter sandwich creme cookies or Nutter Butter, but Grandmas is better to get the taste. I just saw this Comment Page Today; I Agree with Brenda who wrote earlier this very day, and so many, many others eho commented over the past 12 years, that IDEAL COOKIES were the Absolute Best snack of childhood and beyond, to whenever they stopped being made. 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. What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! Still crave them . He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. When I was in my 20s and did not have to worry about weight or health, I would consume and ENTIRE box all by myself during an evening with glasses of milk. Please bring them back!!!! Yup, I've been craving them for years now and, alas, still no Ideal like an ideal. I JUST CAME FROM THE STORE AND STILL LOOK IN THE COOKIE ISLE JUST HOPING NABISCO WOULD BRING THEM BACK. ITS NOT NOT FAIR!! 8 Discontinued Oreo Flavors | Mental Floss Ritz Crackers are a great anytime snack, the perfect complement for quick meals, and a versatile base for tasty party appetizers. PLEASE bring this cookie back. http://nabiscoworld.custhelp.com/app/contact. Nutter Butter is an American sandwich cookie brand, first introduced in 1969 and currently owned by Nabisco, which is a subsidiary of Mondelez International. Why Nabisco did away with them, I'll NEVER know!!!!! Bacon flavored Ritz Crackers are flaky and delicious with a savory taste thats perfect for pairing, topping, or popping. Gratitude to whomever started this stream so that I could possibly get this out of my system. I am your biggest fan. While no where as good as the origional Ideal Bars, they are worth it, for a stared population of Ideal cookie fanatics !! My mom always kept a package in the house. I asked the Vermont Country Store to get them going again, I have not seen them in their catalog yet. My biggest beef with the 'chocolate peanut butter' type cookies out there today is they are all too sweet! They were fabulous and I would give anything to have one today. BEST COOKIE EVER MADE!! I would love to see Nabisco bring them back for my family. 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. I love these cookies! - Touche, old man! Maybe they stopped making them because they were too expensive to make. I still hunt for them from time to time. These Discontinued Snacks Will Make You Nostalgic - Business Insider I would love to have them again. Yes, please bring the Ideal Peanut Butter Bars back along with the Hey Deys, the crispy chocolate carmel bar. DON'T cheapen the ingredient deck! Nabisco Cookies. When I was growing up my mother would buy IDEAL BARS and hide them too.I have 7 brothers and sisters and when we found them they didn't last too long.My mom would be so mad she would spank our butts.The next time she bought them we would do the same thing.They were worth every whack!Please bring them back,my mom is too old to catch us now! It was child abuse I tell ya. OMG !!! So sad that i have not gotten any is so very long. If I could stand on the street corner for themall legs would be hanging out LOL. Apparently they were well loved and a very popular cookie. I too am a lover of the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars. Never could another cookie compare!! It's great to hear from consumers who are looking for our products because it lets us know how much you enjoy them. It was the first thing we would go for when we got to the store. My grandmother, mother, step-dad and other relatives use to work for Nabisco (anywhere from office, management & factory workers). and Cheese Nips. You have to keep them refrigerated because the chocolate will melt. :) My sister and I talked about them this weekendsuch good memories! Cookies today do not compare with IDEAL cookies - they were and still are the best! Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes or until edges are brown. I grew up in the midwest and I beleive Karen is correct above that the Ideal was only available in the fall and winter. Nabisco is not afraid of experimenting with its Oreo flavors. 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. C'mon, Nabisco!!! 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. Im 55 now but I can still remember those awesome chocolate covered cookie bars I can still taste them they were the best ever cookie ever made in my opinion my aunt that just past at the age of 95 still remembered those cookies. )which got me thinking again about the best cookie ever, IDEAL! When I was a kid my mom sent them to me at sleep away camp since they were my favorite!! Go to this page and leave them a request to BRING BACK IDEAL COOKIE BARS!!! Please let me find Ideal PB cookie bars on our cookie shelves. were they to good for human cunsumption? Nabisco should make them again - the economy is in the dumps, people are depressed, shouldn't Nabisco make ideal bars just to make the country a happier place? I stated there was only 1 cookie worth remembering and that was IDEAL cookies, It is true, there has never been a better cookie made than those Ideal bars and never will. Oreos were made with lard. they really left an impression on me. One of the best cookies ever made. 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. They just disappeared! I won't have to SHARE!! Chill dough for about an hour. Surely someone out there has enough influence on some high level executive at Kraft Foods to reintroduce this extraordinary cookie!!! I can speak for the rest of our clan and say Nabisco bring back the Ideal Cookie Bars and make the world a sweeter place. Please bring them back! You also need to bring back the Lemon Cooler and Cherry Cooler cookies! The Untold Truth Of Nilla Wafers - Mashed.com The closest thing I have found is the Girl Scout Peanut Butter Patties. Litte Debbie's are okay, but not great - and although the concept of dipping nutter butters in chocolate is appealing - it's not really like an Ideal bar. I do think it is wise for new management to revisit that decision againlet's hope. Sporty Hairstyles. I agree, Ideal Bars were the BEST EVER! I would base my weekly calorie intake around these cookies! I remember the package being a single layer of chocolate dipped peanut butter bars, maybe about a dozen lined up back to back. If a petition is started., I will sign. When I first saw Little Debbie's version I couldn't believe it. My sister and I went to a family reunion out-of-state we stopped in to the store and she went around one way and I went around the other and we met in the middle of the aisle I said what are you looking for and she said ideal cookies and I said me too! Still my favorite cookie of all times! They were a tart, refreshing treat in the hot summer desert heat of Las Vegas. Ideal coolies will never be forgotten by those who were fortunate enough to have experience a different kind of taste of cookie. WOW! Good times. I remember these and still desire them! Now that I have my own home I would love to have them back. The tough part comes when we have to share the news that the product you're trying to find has been discontinued. Gonna have to visit the Kraft foods site and ask for them back. Please Nabisco bring them back!!!!! At this point I knew I had a problem. NABISCO..PLEASE BRING THE IDEAL COOKIES BACK!!!! Once Nabisco had removed the lard, mainly for health reasons, going kosher became possible. I called Nabsico years ago to ask them to bring them back but no luck. I used to buy Ideal cookies when I lived in Wisconsin. Sometimes Mom hid them - they lasted about a day, cost a little more than most other cookies and were worth every dime. Really? Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. I wish they would bring them back too! I suggest we all keep contacting them. I have fond memories of getting these and grandmas house! I also had sent Nabisco a email to bring them back, but alas not yet. I have to do a thorough search in the cookie aisle a couple of times a year. Last time I had these was 4/17/80, my birthday, and I'm still dreaming about them 30 years later bring em back! I also have food pages for the 80s and 90s. The legacy of Sunshine Biscuits also didnt suffer too badly, and Jacob Loose died a rich man. Nabisco if you arent going to bring back the Ideal Cookie, then sell the Cookie recipe and rights to some company that will. The logs were a staple in my cupboards also. How's that for wishful thinking? I have never tried them. There was just one problem. They look and taste exactly like the original "Ideal Bar". The best cookie in the world ! I am sending an email to Nabisco to lodge my question tonight. Join the facebook group "Bring Back Ideal Cookie Bars" http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_90612602794 Maybe we can all get a "movement" together or at least find the original recipe LONG LIVE IDEAL!!!! I can see the package and taste those things right now. ideal cookies are the best cookies ever made. Vintage Nabisco (National Biscuit Co.) Collectibility and Fun Facts I frequently speak of these cookies and how incredible they were. Perfect. I LIVE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND WE ONLY HAD IDEAL COOKIES IN THE COOL MONTHS. These Cookies RoCkEd! For the sake of money, some men will destroy goodness. Bring 'em back Nabisco it's time!!! "So . These were and remain my all-time favorite cookie. I contacted them and received a very narrow minded canned response that they don't bring back discontinued products. "Correction" I called this Cookie a candy bar in my rush..my apologies. Please bring them back! Reeses' stix are not the same but still evoke some of the same taste. I have thought for years that they would come back. Everytime we get together we talk about how we bit off both ends and used them as straws to drink milk. Please, please, please bring them back!!! They are close, but the pretzel tast overwhelms the peanut and chocolate to the point where it looses the "Ideal" taste. I use to eat them all the time and was sad when they stopped making them. Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring these cookies back. It's a shame, and the list is rather long best cookie that I remember from my childhood have tried to find them for years without success used to sneak into my dads stash because they were so good have called and wrote a letter to Nabisco or rather Kraft and am waiting for an answer as to why that they cant bring them back it is so nice to know that I am not alone comforting to know that someone else knows exactly what cookie was so great in the 70's. PLEASE make them for us. Devour is the word that someone used on this thread, and I have to say, I totally understand where you are coming from. We also search for this cookie but now the truth is out we will stop, kind of sad. My Dad would buy multiple boxes, then hide at least one in his truck so that we kids couldn't eat them all. I would buy them..in fact I know my entire family would buy them There were utterly AWESOME. 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. What is one thing in the world that I could change would be world peace. Hopeful!. Theses cookies were the best and I still look for them. Sounds like this cookie has a "Cult" followingha! 2. I have been craving them for years. My father and I used to eat these all the time in the 70's. Please contact them for bringing back Chocolate Ideal Peanut Bars!!! And they completely disintegrate in your hand when you take a bite! If someone starts a petition or figures out were/how to contact Nabisco I know many people who would sign or write or call. Iconic Dad's chocolate chip cookies discontinued, customers bitter - CBC Nabisco. I would eat the top off and then eat the peanut butter inside and then the bottom. I knew they were peanut butter logs - I couldn't remember the Ideal part. It was the best store bought. Please Nabisco give us an answer!!!! I can still remember that taste. Here's a look back - see how many you remember! The last time I remember seeing them in the store was in the mid/late 70's. To the lady who stated that little debbie bars tasted like the ideal bars, must not ever had the real Nabisco Ideal bars. I thought I was the only one who missed these cookies. Please! An Ideal Bar was better than a Snickers or any candy bar, and it was a cookie!!! (Two words: Cheez-It.). I don't understand why a company would stop making a product that is so popular. You won't be sorry!! Give it a try or let someone else make them. From my earliest childhood I remember that distinctive packaging that housed the best cookies ever made. This is a dark time in cookie history, one Hydrox partisan, Gary Nadeau, wrote, according to the Wall Street Journal. I wrote Nabisco and sent the link to this site. . The cookie took a long time to eat, but it didn't last a long time at the grocery store. 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. I remember them well. I hope it's okay to leave this comment here, I was enjoying these cookies in the 60s. Best cookie ever! My brother DeNault asked me just a few years ago what were those cookies? 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