Still, it is the Oreo that has become the icon.. 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. I still have the scar and it reminds me of these wonderful cookies everyday. After reading all your comments and listening to my husband, I want one NOW! They were the Best Only draw back was they melted so easily. I have missed these cookies and have tried with much disappointment to find a replacementPlease, Nabisco, bring them back! Press gently with palm of hand to flatten slightly. Perfect. I found this site this morning. It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. About Trump's Oreo Boycott - FactCheck.org I have been craving them for years. ISO: Why did they discontinue the ideal bar? - Recipelink.com I'D Sign the petition in an instant! It seems like the best things are often inexplicably taken away or discontinued. I sooo love these cookies!! Please bring them back! Best cookie ever! Does anyone remember how some of them used to be more rounded and others were flatter? Please Nabisco, make a good business decision and bring these back. Crazy.. What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! -- I'm in! I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. They were great. 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. It's just barely enough for the 2 pie crusts I needed to make this morning, where it used to be plenty with leftovers. Ideal Bars were my favorites too (along with peanut butter Spoon Candy, also by Kraft/Nabisco)! They're the treats you probably always wanted your mom to buy -- old-school cookies, including both classics and long-forgotten brands. These Cookies RoCkEd! The boycott was prompted by the Mondelez company's decision to close its American factories and move production to Mexico. I hadn't been able to find those for years either, but found one today (hooray! They can have the goldI just want to enjoy these cookies again. Nabisco is sure missing out here.they could make millions. But I can't make that happen by myself. I don't know what is stopping them. 1993 Kraft General Foods acquires NABISCO ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco. Please bring them back Nabisco!!! We called him the "cookie monster" I care for my Mom who is 82. I also LOVED Ideal Cookie bars. Peanut butter, chocolate and that delicious chocolate. The cookie took a long time to eat, but it didn't last a long time at the grocery store. Finaly found on the web, after years of idly searching. More like this. Nabisco we NEED these cookies! Please bring this cookie backit's been gone way too long!! On the way home, I ate just as many as where missing and put them back on the shelf. Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie. Come on Nabisco, no one can compare to your recipe. Oreo factory shutdown: Mondelez to close N.J. Nabisco plant, but says Was there a special machine needed which cannot get parts anymore? As a kid in the 60's, nothing was better than some Ideal Peanut Butter Logs and a glass of really cold milk. Nabisco if you arent going to bring back the Ideal Cookie, then sell the Cookie recipe and rights to some company that will. How do we get to it? 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. Sorry to say but, "Little Debbie" peanut bars (or whatever they are called) do not even remotely compare with Ideal cookies; not even slightly! My mother would stop me though. Even at 50 every year at Christmas I long for them, well really all year. Those cookies were both of our favorites. google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; 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. Wassup Nabisco? I make something very very similar. I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. Midnight munchies were also a time to slip away to savor these delectable treats. They patiently look them up and laugh. Grew up in the Detroit area . been thinking about these lost cookies for decades now! Can ANYONEconvince Nabisco to re-make these cookiesPLEASE, I loved Those Cookies -- Mom used to have to hide them in the 2nd drawer -- they were such a treat -- and I'd love to have them again. 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!! All these comments make me want to cry, for i too lost an old friend when the ideal peanutbutter bars were discontinued, i am a diabetic now but i would give a little toe for a pack of those sweet logs, twix has or had a p-butter cookie that was simalur but nothing compares i will boycot nabisco products till they bring back the best cookie in the world!!! I just stole one of my kids' Quaker Chewy Dips Peanut Butter Chocolatey Granola Bars. Ideals were what I thought of! My husband and I lived in the mountains befor they had cable, so we would listen to the stereo and have Ideal cookies and Milk two or three times a week! One of my all time favorite cookies in the whole world!!!!! They didn't make them in the summer, so when it cooled down, we immediately started asking for them. OK, so what WAS it about the Ideal bars? If you got a package that didn't have enough PB, they were almost tasteless. They really should bring them back!!!!! I would do almost anything for a package of Ideal cookies. I had always kept an eye out for these and time to time I would find them (and buy a few boxes!!! I, TOO, LOVED Ideal Bars growing up and into adulthood. OMG!My aunt worked for Nabisco for years and brought us samples,damaged,etc.I would kill for Ideal cookies in the orange box :)God Bless Katherine. As a matter of fact,they were terrible. Wonderful cookies the kids and I loved them then they disappeared! I call Nabisco every year and ask them when they are going to start making Ideal Cookie Bars again. I have tried all the "almost Ideal Bars". I CAN REMEMBER WHEN OCTOBER CAME AROUND WE STARTED LOOKING IN THE GROCERY FOR IDEAL COOKIES. "Today just being fat-free is not enough," he said. I MISS THEM TO THIS DAY!!! I was a Nabisco Sales Rep for over 30 yrs retiring in 2002. the Ideal Peanut Butter bars were a fall and winter cookie as was the Choc Pinwheels. I'll definately sign it! Maybe I will try making them myselfhaaha.might take a few thousand tries. Let us unite and show the company. I'll bet Elvis did too! 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. I frequently speak of these cookies and how incredible they were. (He liked Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, too). Just found a Peanut Butter Crunch cookie by Little Debbie. Along with that - bring back pudding pops! They're EVEN BETTER than OREO cookies. I miss those doggone ideal bars!!!! (Making matters worse: 1998 was the first year that Oreo itself went kosher for the first time.). 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 time my sister's boyfriend was over and things were a bit tense. My Mother kept these IDEAL Peanut Butter Cookie Logs in the Bread Box part of our shelvesthey were maybe three inches long and sorta like a flatted log.dark rich chocolate, didn't taste cheap.and had an inner crispy peanut butter filling, with some moisture.something like a Clark Bar taste, only a bit more of a cookie. My father and I used to sneak the whole package the moment my mother brought them home from the grocery. Not quite the same quality but really close. I remember them well. 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 sitting in bed and the name just came back to me so I Googled "Ideal"! ITS NOT NOT FAIR!! I'm beginning to wonder if these were laced with cocaine! I had often wondered what happened to Ideal Bars. They are the B E S T Cookie and if Nabisco doesn't want to make them anymore, then someone needs to reintroduce them. The Streett Family. But then I would probably gain 10 pounds! I was telling my children and my husband about it. Sorry, Belinda, Peanut Butter Twix is not even close! When I ate the dark chocolate one, the first thing I thought of was the Ideal Cookie. Dip cookies in the melted dark chocolate and let cool in the freezer. Please Please start making them again!!!!!!!!!!! I also contacted Kraft and received the same message as Dan in April 2009. Nabisco, are you listening? Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. 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. Thanks to all for the enhancing my belief that the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is the best store bought cookie ever made!! mmmmMMMMmmmmmMMMMMM!!!!! The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. 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 remember my sister's boyfriend was incredulous (although he should not have been given stories that I have since heard). I loved these when I was a little girl. Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. The real chocolate coating made them a seasonal cookie. As I remember they were not sold in the summer. "Once Upon A Time" I was told that Nabisco discontinued production of these cookies because of the heat factor in shipping (chocolate melting, etc.) You'd make a bundle on themhealth-kick or not, people loved theseand you don't break what's not broken. He's asked me to search a few novelty shops (i.e., Cracker Barrell etc.) For example, while Nabisco was stuck spending money on a costly transformation to remove the lard from the cream in its cookies, Hydrox cookies were already kosher, which for decades gave them an advantage in the market. Yes Bring Ideal Bars back! Funny thing, as it was, the woman I spoke with said that those were her favorite cookies also. PLEASE! It reminds me of that great Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Taste. The package was orange and brown, but I guess it could have been clear revealing the chocolate. The cookie aisles at the grocery store today are VERY dull and limited in what is offered for sale. Nabisco, if you do bring them back, KEEP THE RECIPE EXACTLY THE SAME!!! I look for IDEAL cookies every time I am at the grocery store hoping to see that Nabisco has reintroduced them. I'm so glad that there are others out there.I still can taste them in my dreams! After a little research I have discovered that Nabisco was bought by Kraft back in 2000. Us kids would rip the package open and eat every single one; I'm sure my Mother got tired of us finding her hiding places in the kitchen. I used to scour grocery store shelves for packages and buy them out. Then, I'd eat the ends of each bar first. How sad. Of course we stuck pretty close to those Ideals. 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. Sometimes Mom hid them - they lasted about a day, cost a little more than most other cookies and were worth every dime. 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). Please, please bring them back! However, Reeses sticks are too sweet and less rich than the Idea Bar. Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. I cannot believe this many people loved Ideal cookies as much as me and my sister and Nabisco will not bring them back!!! Invite your friends to do the same. I loved those cookies. I miss Ideal cookies and they were my favorite store bought cookie in the seventies. 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. That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. IT IS A SHAME THAT NABISCO WILL NOT MAKE THE COOKIES AND SELL THEM ONLINEHINT HINT NABISCO. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. Let's get on the 'stick' and urge them! They were kept in the little cupboard between the fridge and stove. That was where all the sweets were kept. I snuck them down and proceded to eat every single one of them in that brown, orange, and see- through wrapper. He was going on about what happened to "his" peanut butter bars. These cookies RULED! This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. . //2007-06-05: inthe70s They were the best. PLEASE Nabisco!!!! 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. It was the highlight of dessert. There has never, ever been a cookie that has come close to that incredible treat. Those cookies and a COLD glass of milk.makes me tear up just thinking about them. 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 . I've been wanting the name of the IDEAL bars so I could tell Nabisco to make them again. 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. Discontinued Nabisco Products | OfficeWorld.com Sent another email to cis@nabisco,com -- maybe, just maybe it might work this time. It makes no sense!! 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. Ideal bars are by far the best cookie of my childhood. Lots of people WANT these cookies back in production!!! I LIVE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND WE ONLY HAD IDEAL COOKIES IN THE COOL MONTHS. I also searched for them in the past. I found the FB page but there isn't enough activity to turn the heads of Nabisco. Please bring them back, Nabisco! My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. My husband promised me a case of them if we ever saw them again - which we have not. Sometimes we used them as scoops with vanilla or new york ice cream. I contacted them and received a very narrow minded canned response that they don't bring back discontinued products. Nabisco PLEASE bring them back!!! I cant believe what i have found. I still have dreams about these cookiesonce came home for lunch from school and mom had gone to a meeting. They are the closest "cookie" I've ever found to compare to an Ideal cookiethese pretzels are to die for!!! I think the last time I actually had one was around 1982 but almost every trip to the store I STILL look!!! Bring em back! Nabisco has seen this website; it just doesn't care. I was surprised to find out how many other people loved those cookies as much as I did. Go figure! I so miss the original Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Cookies. These were a chocolate covered cookie shaped like a small candybar. Please we need to unite and get Nabisco to bring the Ideal bar cookie back. I used to demolish a whole strip of them at once. I actually wrote to the Vermont Country Store asking them to see if they could find them. 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. Nabisco-PLEASE make them again. evenings watching TV and eating a package of them with Daddy & cold white milk. There is a whole new generation that would love them. Apparently they were well loved and a very popular cookie. "Squeaky wheel gets the IDEAL" Put this in your Header to Nabisco. Nabiso failed when they discontinued this winner. Holy cow. Ideal Barks popped into my mind last week and I asked my husband to look for them at the store. I made my own sandwich and helped my self to an entire package of Ideals. I was hoping to put the Ideal Bar in my search engine and find them on line somewhere. Nabisco Ideal BarsBRING THEM BACK! | School memories, Childhood I was about 10 when they came into my life. I hope someone takes the challenge on! Maybe someday we'll get 'em back! Grew up in New England and now live in California. I would buy them by the case. I would buy them in a second if they were around, and I have pretty much sworn off all sugar. I loved them. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! I believe the cooky you're thinking of was a Hey Day or something like that. Anyway, Glad to see I'm not alone. Little Debbie makes a larger bar that are okay, but not from the same pure chocolate or peanut butter. I also would like to see them brought back. 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. Womens Hairstyles . 1981 Nabisco merges with Standard Brands. 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. It was the best store bought. We should all go to Nabisco.com and start a write in campaign to resurrect them! The Ideal Bars by Nabisco was the best cookies that one could buy from the store. Oh, what happened to them!? Really, we would all buy them if they would just bring them back, I would love one right now!!! I actually contacted them and they said if they heard from enough people they might consider bringing them back. and Cheese Nips. I wish I or someone could buy the reciepe and bring them back. Bacon flavored Ritz Crackers are flaky and delicious with a savory taste thats perfect for pairing, topping, or popping. Ideal cookies were a great part of childhood. Perhaps the FDA considered them addictive; I know that I could never have enough of them. would be really neat if they reintroduced the Ideal Bars and one would hope the flavor would be the same if so? I thought about these cookies today and wondered whatever happened to them. Kim McMiller Associate Director, Consumer Relations. 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. My all time favorite cookie! They'd have a hot stock on their hands if they did! Consider supporting our work by becoming a member for as little as $5 a month. And that was the keythe slightly salty peanut butter. Bring them back to way up north in Maine!! My sister, my best friend (who passed away at the age of 39)introduced the Ideal cookie to me. My father and I used to eat these all the time in the 70's. !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! 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. Please, someone foreward all these requests to Nabisco. Why do they always discontinue a good thing?? They were Amazing. Those Ideal bars were so great, maybe the top notch ingredients didn't leave them enough profit. When I first got married I would buy them from the grocery store (back in 1982) and my husband and I would tag team these cookies until there was an empty package left in the cabinet. Submit a story or info about Ideal Cookies,
