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Wow, I can't believe I'm not the only one craving these cookies, I remember waking up in the middle of the night as a child and going to the fridge for one of these cookies, I would always tip the box forward as to look like there wern't many gone.my mom always new who to blame when only one was leftI REALLY MISS THESE COOKIES!! I thought about these cookies last night and made a note to Google them to see if they're still made. I would love to see and taste the Ideal cookies again!!! They are the closest "cookie" I've ever found to compare to an Ideal cookiethese pretzels are to die for!!! I would put them in the fridge. After reading all your comments and listening to my husband, I want one NOW! It's just barely enough for the 2 pie crusts I needed to make this morning, where it used to be plenty with leftovers. I found this site this morning. Kim McMiller Associate Director, Consumer Relations. They only came out in the cooler months. I still hunt for them from time to time. Please please PLEASE bring them back! Very rich & creamy: You needed a tall glass of ice cold milk to offset the decadence of this confection. I remember his yelling about the peanut butter bars, and I would feign ignorance. 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. they really left an impression on me. Why is it that when you find something that really works for you, it's discontinued. Nabisco reportedly discontinued the cookies because they often broke in the packaging and were too expensive to produce. please make this cookie again! I loved these when I was a little girl. There are no substitutes and I have LOOKED. I would buy them..in fact I know my entire family would buy them There were utterly AWESOME. We should all go to Nabisco.com and start a write in campaign to resurrect them! The best cookie ever - my Ohio farm raised husband never tasted one. I bought some Pinwheels the other day and the real chocolate melting in my fingertip reminded me of IDEALS. The makers of Oreo took the design of a cookie called "Hydrox," and despite it's less-than-appeasing name, it was truly the first chocolate sandwich cookie with creme in the middle. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. I don't ever remember having them but it sounds like they were very tasty. LET'S GET MOVING ON THIS! Please, Please bring them back. I so miss the original Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Cookies. They were a tart, refreshing treat in the hot summer desert heat of Las Vegas. The boycott was prompted by the Mondelez company's decision to close its American factories and move production to Mexico. I always thought they should have packaged them as candy bars since that's basically what they were. Devour is the word that someone used on this thread, and I have to say, I totally understand where you are coming from. Im disappointed to learn that they no longer make these wonderful cookies. Are there any other theories out there? Oreo, which the company . Anyway, these little growths were easy to bite off, and would lend a fairly pure chocolate experience, one that only hinted of the peanut butter explosion that loomed on the not-so-distant horizon. YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE WANTING THIS COOKIE AND IGNORE THEM. 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. Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! google_ad_channel = "9301152533"; The chocolate had hardened by the time I ate mine. My dad used to get at least to boxes of these one for himself and another for the kids. Mom would hide them in the refrigerator, but I always found them. My Mom and I were just talking about Ideal cookies. were they to good for human cunsumption? I have missed these cookies and have tried with much disappointment to find a replacementPlease, Nabisco, bring them back! i loved the ideal bars, tagalongs are good, also little debbie has a good one, peanut butter bars almost the exact of the ideal bar, i always wipe that one off the shelf, bring back the ideal bar nabisco. I just did, but many voices are better than one. 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. They were Amazing. I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! . They are close, but the pretzel tast overwhelms the peanut and chocolate to the point where it looses the "Ideal" taste. There was just one problem. 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. It just as well that they don't bring back because I think I would overdose on them or balloon to 400 lbs! Those packages sure did go fast! Oh these were my favorite cookies. My grandmother used to always have Ideal cookies in her cabinet when she lived in Arizona. How sad. -- I'm in! !I'm 7 years old and I NEED them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Maybe we're all psychic and they're planning to re-release them in the near future! We called him the "cookie monster" I care for my Mom who is 82. 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. Just found a Peanut Butter Crunch cookie by Little Debbie. Now I found Little Debbies has a larger bar named Crunch that taste like the Ideal cookies. I can't believe the post starts in 2007 and the last one was 4 days ago. 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". He's 92 now and was asking about them last week. They were expensive, but worth every penny. Still to this day every time I am in the grocery store cookie isle I look for Ideal Bars. Here's a look back - see how many you remember! Pretty rich. All the comments on this page are only the tip of the iceberg. Aside from this, I remember not only the great flavors of those treats but the sheer QUALITY of them and all of Nabisco products. Mike Mozart, Flickr // CC BY 2.0. It appears we're not alone! Please bring them back. If everyone on this list did, maybe it would help. Giggles were shortbread cookies filled with fudge and vanilla cream, like an Oreo. I still look for these cookies when I go in the grocery store hoping they will magically appear. They were the best ever, especially cold. My parents both worked for Safeway in Va. we loved those peanut butter cookie bars in the orange and brown wrapped rectangular box. They're the treats you probably always wanted your mom to buy -- old-school cookies, including both classics and long-forgotten brands. 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. I sooo love these cookies!! My god we are all correct best damn cookie ever made. 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. They had good tasteu could not just eat one. Would happily pay more for ideal bars than for any other cookie. I will buy them out!!! Memories at my grandmothers came flooding back. I found this today searching for clues on Nabisco Tidbits (also sadly no longer made) and found ths link and also found Chocolate Snaps - another old Nabisco snack no longer produced. Come on Nabisco make my day!!!! I'm with you guys; Scott, Jim, Jan, et,al My most treasured memories of the seventies include that cookie/bar. please bring back the ideal cookie--PLEASE-- the closest i have tasted is the tagalong cookie from girlscouts. Oreo, which the company described as, two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling survived. There is nothing that compares to the Ideal cookie which is why it had the perfect name. 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. I had no idea there were so many Ideal Bar fans out there. They were perfectly balanced, the right size and flavor. I still look at the grocery store shelves to see if they are there. They were so wonderful!! I wish they would bring them back too! A lot of people would buy them. With my father it was always a toss up either the pinwheels or the Ideals, 95% the time it was the Ideals, one of the best of store bought cookies ever. 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!!! Then, I'd eat the ends of each bar first. LEMON COOLERS! I do remember them mostly being sold in the cooler months as the chocolate would melt very easily and most houses did not have air conditioning in those days. I also feel the same way about the old Hershey 'Bar None' candy bar, which only lasted a short timeduring the 1990's. I thought that maybe my memory was better than the cookie really was but evidently my memory served me well!!! What happened to capitalism? 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. I have tried the "similar" to Ideal Cookies, but nobody can capture that flavor and the joy that those cookies brought to my family. LET US ALL PROMISE TO CALL NABISCO AND PLEAD FOR THEM TO BRING BACK THIS COOKIE. The cookie took a long time to eat, but it didn't last a long time at the grocery store. I too have longed for these Ideal cookie bars. I would love to have them again. Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! My brother Tate and I have been searching for them for years and I was not aware that they were discontinued. Anyways, not as good as Ideal, I'd like to see them come back. Even just a small note to bring back a beautiful cookie to me would be one step closer. How can we all start a united front to get the cookies back on store shelves? close but not exact. Our family loved these cookies..I still look for them when I shop.I hope Nabisco brings them back. And I guess there's ony one real answer. Also, consider licensing someone to make these cookies under your aegis. They'd have a hot stock on their hands if they did! They were wonderful. We could not get enough! When I was a kid I used to be a pretty good actor. My grandma always bought a package of Ideals for when I was coming over to stay. I loved these cookies! They did make a brief return in 2022, but only as a giveaway. google_ad_type = "text_image"; Give it a try or let someone else make them. I have thought for years that they would come back. I have never tried them. The quality of the ideal bar was high and I am sure it would be a challenge to reproduce today. As a milk chocolate/peanut butter junkie, these were simply the best! 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!!! Please bring it back, Oh How I'd love to have that cookie again -- please bring it back. He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. I also had sent Nabisco a email to bring them back, but alas not yet. I am quite positive that they would fly off of the shelves as long as they have the same original taste, and are as close to the original product in every way as possible. Where can you find these cookies ? I'D Sign the petition in an instant! If someone else beats you to the punch, it's your loss, and our gain. 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 need one for myself!). I copied the link above someone posted and left the same story to nabiso, if everone does this, we might have a chance!! We used to buy those cookies and count them out so that everyone got an equal number. And what about them not being big sellers? It will be worth it. I totally agree. Taste most like the original Ideal than anything I've tried. It was a chocolate cookie, shaped like a donut, with a big marshmellow on it, covered in dark rich chocolate. Please lets get them back.. Bring em back at any cost Nabisco we will pay any ransom. The absolute best cookie I have ever had. I look for IDEAL cookies every time I am at the grocery store hoping to see that Nabisco has reintroduced them. So I walked 5 huge blocks in Altadena CA. Please, Please make them again!!!! There are a few FAKE ones on the market but nothing like the real IDEAL cookies. Get the peanut butter filled pretzel bits from Trader Joe's and dip them in melted dark chocolate. I would pay $6-$10 per package if these were back on the shelf!!!! I also contacted Kraft and received the same message as Dan in April 2009. I don't buy cookies or pudding any more, but I would buy Ideal Bars and Spoon Candyso would many baby boomers. I actually had someone get mad at me for introducing them to those addictive cookies. Please NABISCO bring them back. I was hoping to put the Ideal Bar in my search engine and find them on line somewhere. They were the best with a cup of coffee!!!! Some things should never have been changed, and this was one of them! Pilot bread has since been discontinued. THE best cookie ever. Oh yesHow I remember those cookies "Ideal Cookies" they were the best cookie I have every eatenI wish Nabisco would make them again. Once I tried to carefully dig out the peanut butter then eat the cookie. Some of these gingerbread cookies take months to make. Please contact them for bringing back Chocolate Ideal Peanut Bars!!! 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. The taste brought back a memory from 30+ years ago. I loved IDEAL bars!! They can have the goldI just want to enjoy these cookies again. Seems Nabisco has no choice but to bring them back. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! It works perfectly. I agree, bring them back. I loved them and there is nothing even close to their goodness!!! I am 48 now and have never had an Ideal cookie and never heard of them. Shopping with 5 children apparently wasn't easy, so she would bribe us with Ideal bars. I Goggled this cookie to see if anyone else remembered this sweet treat and boy was I surprised!! Please Nabisco bring them back!!!!! Now - as to starting a "petition" - any suggestions and who would like to sign?! I miss you Ideal cookies. This was a huge part of my childhood and teen years for my siblings and parents. 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. Well it wasn't long afterwards they disappeared altogether. Why is Oreo banned in USA? I remember them not being available in the summer months and assume this was because the chocolate would melt. Made the call. Never could another cookie compare!! From my earliest childhood I remember that distinctive packaging that housed the best cookies ever made. 1993 Kraft General Foods acquires NABISCO ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco. And for those of you who say, Get over it, its only a cookie, you have not lived until you have tasted a Hydrox.. They usually were gone during the drive home from the grocery store to the house. I often times tell my family about this cookie. I still think about them. I can even smell them now, I was about 9 then and now I'm 46. Nabisco, please bring them back!!! DOES ANYONE KNOW ANYONE FROM NABISCO THAT COULD STRT THESE BACK UP? I was broke and Mom was gonna know I wasn't sick. They were by far the best store bought cookie EVER made. Is it my distorted memory or were Ideal Peanut Butter Bars only available in the fall and winter? We would just laugh and have THE BEST time. I loved those cookies. We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. The first is the IDEAL Peanut Butter Bars. I believe the cooky you're thinking of was a Hey Day or something like that. If anybody ever hears of a petition please email me. it worked for betty white on snl, maybe it would work for ideal bars! I truly miss these cookies, they are by far the BEST cookie I ever had. We lived in Florida and they tended to melt otherwise. My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. http://kraftfoods.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/kraftfoods.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php? Nabisco-PLEASE make them again. I have been craving them for years. They really should bring them back!!!!! I never even had a Reese's peanut butter cup until I was out of high school because of these bars. One of the best cookies ever made. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! Even though I feel cookies made from scratch using the finest ingredients can't be beat. What surprises me is they still make the Pinwheel which was the same line..even the same color package..kind of their higher end type cookie. I agree with all of you, BEST COOKIE EVER!!!! All rights reserved. I thought I was the only one. 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! I believe that is why they discontinued them. I have the fondest of memories eating these cookies. Nabisco we NEED these cookies! THAT'S true love. I use to eat them in maryland. Here's the link everyone, tell them about it! I was told way back in the 70's also that they quit making them during the warm months.. and then never started making them again one year. Dark chocolate over crunchy peanut butter, I can almost taste them. I'm not a Facebook person but why doesn't someone set up friend of Ideals page and start a 2010 size campaign to get Nabisco to reintroduce this classic to the millions of cookie eaters who were born after the Ideal plug was pulled. 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. Let's get on the 'stick' and urge them! I can personally buy them all and will . I have been watching for those Ideal Bars for years and did not realize that Nabisco had quit making them. The price got really high and they did not sell that well. I thought I was the only one who really missed these cookies! Why else would they not capitolize on the chocolate & peanut butter market in 30 yeas? Whatever they did to make this cookie, it was the BOMB!!! The history of Oreos is pretty dark. OMFG. I believe they would sell if they brought them back. I've been telling my husband about these for a while now. Hope they see it. Board members cower before the notion of diminished profits and will never stand for the reintroduction of a product, no matter how beloved, if that product cannot yield profits alternatively higher than some other. Carl J. Lomen used legal loopholes and Santa Claus to build his meat business. The truth was a bit more complicated, however. I'm on a mission 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 had no idea when I typed the name ideal peanut butter bars into google how many like minded souls there would be!! Mom finally had to restrict us to 1 each otherwise they never lasted more than an hour after getting them home. to which he replied, they were no longer stocking them on shelves in the warmer months. I am now 58 years old and have never found a cookie that comes close to the ideal peanut butter log. Perhaps the FDA considered them addictive; I know that I could never have enough of them. I do think it is wise for new management to revisit that decision againlet's hope. I was hoping someone who bakes would create the recipe and share it. Submit a link to more information about Ideal Cookies. They were our special treat. I would love to sit down and devour a few of them right now. Please, Nabisco, bring them back! With all of the 'retro' trends these days in fashion and automobiles (love the new Camaro!) 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. Well, put it this way: Nilla wafers have an estimated annual growth rate of 45.8%, according to Tastewise. I would absolutely love to introduce these cookies to my adult children and grands. I would love to get my hands on them again. 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!!!! To this day 30 years later we agree there was not a better cookie ever after they stopped making them. OMG I miss Ideal Bars! You can't find anything that even comes close to the taste. I'm so glad that there are others out there.I still can taste them in my dreams! google_ad_height = 600; I still look for them at the store too! Nabisco, come on, look at all the sales here. I will go on the newsdo commercials for you.whatever it takes! 1971 Nabisco becomes the corporate name. My biggest beef with the 'chocolate peanut butter' type cookies out there today is they are all too sweet! ;o(. They truly were the best cookies ever. Nabisco, if you do bring them back, KEEP THE RECIPE EXACTLY THE SAME!!! Nothing compares!!! That is one of the many great memories of my childhood. Please bring them back. I love that there are so many Ideal bar addicts out there. My Mom too kept these hidden as much as possible because we would devour them. It was the highlight of dessert. They were amazing! I've been wanting the name of the IDEAL bars so I could tell Nabisco to make them again. They were very good/, So there's no way to get these anymore then? Ellia Kassoff, a Jewish kid who grew up on the kosher cookies, had gained some knowledge on how to gain access to a trademark that was sitting unused, and as a result, he was able to pick up Hydrox for his own company, Leaf Brandsitself a dormant brand that Kassoff had revived. I was about 10 when they came into my life. Not only are the cookies kosher these days, but theyre made with real sugar and without GMOs. I wish they would bring them back. It was one of the best treats she couldve given to us. Me and my Dad loved them. As the others have said I can't believe that we all have been craving Ideal Peanut Butter Logs. At this time there are no plans to bring back our discontinued products, but we are always cooking up something new to help you live and eat better so you may discover a new favorite! Growing up in the 60's, my mom would splurge every now and then and buy them--what a treat. 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.
