With the amount of feedback generated on the internet WHY wouldn't they bring back an obvious "homerun" cookie? We called him the "cookie monster" I care for my Mom who is 82. I thought I was the only one that searched grocery store shelves all over america for these treats!! I have NEVER tasted another cookie that was anywhere near as great as Ideals. I wish they would bring them back. They truly were the best cookies ever. Please Nabisco, Ideal or whomever owns the recipebring them back! Please show me where to sign up. Nabisco would make a boatload of money putting these back out there on the market. Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! How I wish we could still buy them. I just got finished eating Reese's Sticks that I had gotten from the fridge and I thought of the Ideal cookies!! Nabisco also used to sell assortment packages that are no longer produced. Bring 'em back Nabisco!!!!!! I don't know why the hoopleheads at Nabisco won't make these incredibly popular bars anymore. Over 70% of the cookie aisle from ALL cookie manufacturers is taken up by CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!!!! The loss of these cookies was devastating. Please bring them back. I remember the ideal bar as a kid and a quick snack when traveling across the nation or mom packing them in our lunch. How can those gawdawful Nilla wafers survive all these years while the ultimate cookie -- the Ideal Bar -- is retired? I found the FB page but there isn't enough activity to turn the heads of Nabisco. Please, Please bring them back. With so many people wanting them I can't believe Nabisco doesn't bring them back--I'd be first in line for a box. Nabisco. When I revisted Cali they didn't have any as well. An Ideal Bar was better than a Snickers or any candy bar, and it was a cookie!!! The Streett Family. But I can't make that happen by myself. Nabisco we NEED these cookies! I remember them not being available in the summer months and assume this was because the chocolate would melt. Maybe we could petition to get them backwho is with me, OMG! Great to share a wonderful memory of my childhood. I found that the peanut butter Twix is similar, but these are hard to find. I had no idea when I typed the name ideal peanut butter bars into google how many like minded souls there would be!! I think about them all the time. I thought it was a heat issuenope. Found these comments so wanted to put my two-cents in on this. Thanks to all for the enhancing my belief that the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is the best store bought cookie ever made!! I loved eating those cookies - Let's bring them back Nabisco! I remember my mom used to buy the Ideal Bar or I think it was called the whirl. Please come back. ISO: Why did they discontinue the ideal bar? - Recipelink.com They were and still are the best cookie I have ever had. Anyway, Glad to see I'm not alone. We have so many fancy specialty items available (specialty beers; wines; whiskeys; cheeses; music; tuna; ice cream (Ben & Jerry's); candy; etc.) 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!! PLEASE! Nabisco-PLEASE make them again. I cannot believe the number of people who remember these cookies! I will buy them out!!! (He liked Peanut butter and banana sandwiches, too). Oh how I miss that Ideal cookie! I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! Finally I returned home with the Ideal cookies after eating my final bite so that the perfect amout was found by my Mom. 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 people! We would just laugh and have THE BEST time. Not sure if he'd appreciate me telling the world, but he used to bite each end off and then dip the cookie in milk, suck milk through the cookie and then eat the cookie when it became soft. This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. I'd bite a little hole into each end, then suck milk up into it like it was a straw. They are both treasured cookies. Have missed my favorite cookie for years. Those cookies were both of our favorites. Too bad Nabisco/Mondel. Price would not be a factor for sales of the greatest cookie ever. It's great to hear from consumers who are looking for our products because it lets us know how much you enjoy them. This was a big deal for him since he never packed his own lunch. I think the last Ideal Bar I bought was in the early 90's in California. I remember these well, I too have discussed with Nabisco about getting these back on the shelf,but no I have to make do with my home made peanutbutter chocolate bars pretty good but not an Ideal bar. Even at 50 every year at Christmas I long for them, well really all year. What will it take to get nabisco to bring back ideal bars? Yes Bring Ideal Bars 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. Rollover, play dead, and beg they said. I would really like my daughter Keira, who is a chocolate fanatic, to enjoy the delectable Ideal bar. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. Let's all call and complain! I am emclosing the text of the email. One of the best cookies ever made. Dark chocolate over crunchy peanut butter, I can almost taste them. wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger, Sign up for our email, delivered twice a week. The logs were a staple in my cupboards also. 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. Maybe they can assist to get them back, They were the best cookies EVER MADE nd NOTHING compares. Little Debbie are close. Too bad for me. I knew they were peanut butter logs - I couldn't remember the Ideal part. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes or until edges are brown. I hated to see that they discontinued them!!!!!!! Nabisco, You MUST bring these Back. And, for a minute, it felt like a game-changer for Sunshine Biscuits. I'll definately sign it! //2007-06-05: inthe70s My Mom and I ate so many packages of these we should be ashamed! 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. There are some cookies called Nutter Butter, if you melt some semi-sweet chocolate chips and dip these cookies in the chocolate, it comes fairly close to the Ideal cookie. Give it a try or let someone else make them. Anyone know of a recipe to make them at home? Was there some ingredient used which is now illegal? I cannot believe there are others out there like my family. I dream of these cookies. If he were alive he'd want them back, too. I google searched "Ideal Cookies". Individually wrapped sleeves to lock in freshness. I still hunt for them from time to time. I also contacted Kraft and received the same message as Dan in April 2009. He was amazed that I knew what he was asking. They were amazing! Come on you guys bring them back. Some things should never have been changed, and this was one of them! Come on Nabisco make my day!!!! Nothing like some Nutter Butters with a view. These Discontinued Snacks Will Make You Nostalgic - Business Insider 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! 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. They were FAR BETTER than ANY peanut cookie and/or candy bar available today, INCLUDING the Nutter Butter cookies you make today. There has never, ever been a cookie that has come close to that incredible treat. Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand. After a little research I have discovered that Nabisco was bought by Kraft back in 2000. How can something SO Good, SO Popular, So Beloved, disappear without a trace, a sequel, a follow-up, or especially, an apology?! Shopping with 5 children apparently wasn't easy, so she would bribe us with Ideal bars. Anyone ever track down the recipe from Nabisco? I miss Lemon Coolers and My Dad Harold Hourihan more! Does nabisco still make uneeda biscuits? But if you take a look off to the side in the grocery store, you might see one brand in particular that, in fact, was invented four years before Oreosa cookie brand that looks remarkably similar. Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546. They've become extinct. I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. Perhaps Nabisco has a deal with Reeses that they will not compeet! 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. The taste is still on the tip of my tongue. My sister and I wear talking about these cookies and I had to google them. Even the Girl Scout peanut butter sandwich cookies at the time, the Savannahs didn't compare, and they were my favorite Girl Scout cookie. close but not exact. More like this. On the way home, I ate just as many as where missing and put them back on the shelf. See, the reason these were the BEST cookies is because they were slightly salty AND sweet. !I wish Nabisco would bring them back!!!! Oh my a cold glass of milk and and a few Ideals that is all I asklol. Long story short, it was a weird name for a cookie. http://www.nabiscoworld.com/misccontent/contactus/contact.aspx?m=cu_form2&age=3&coppa=False&prod=True&sub=335 The more they get the more of a chance it will happen! Little Debbie,PB Twix etc. See. I remember my sister's boyfriend was incredulous (although he should not have been given stories that I have since heard). The fact my kids never had one is enough reasonwait, not it's not. That is one of the many great memories of my childhood. which are offered at higher prices. I would love for my grandchildren to experience the best taste I have EVER tasted in my lifetime! google_color_text = "000000"; I remember, my step-dad bringing fresh cookies out to us when we would pick him up. 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. I miss those doggone ideal bars!!!! They will make tons of $$$ dough on this cookie annually. Best cookie EVAH! Weird how so many people miss it like I do. I will write to Kraft. I'm about 10 years younger than my siblings and they used to have us begging like dogs just to get the cookies. These were my favorite cookies as a child and I also kept them in the fridge!! Someone needs to start a facebook group. Quit messing with your customers Nabisco or whoever owns you now in 2019. been thinking about these lost cookies for decades now! You can wait around and hope but, frankly, I'd be astonished to see anything of their class again. Then he started pre-bagging them for lunch. Nutter Butter - Wikipedia Then she dunked the whole thing in melted semi-sweet chocolate chips. They were wonderful. It works perfectly. They were the Cadillac of commercial cookies. 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!!!! google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; The recipe I normally use as the closest approach to the original Brown Edge Wafer that Nabisco used to make is this one from Cookie Madness, based on a recipe from the potato flour packaging. My wife and I were just talking about the magical flavor that these cookies had. Peanut butter, chocolate and that delicious chocolate. We agree 100% that the Ideal cookie should be put back on the market, We loved this cookie growing up in the 60 's & 70's . I grew up on them and have many memories of hiding them from my sister. PLEASE BRING THESE BACK, NABISCO!!! How difficult can this be? 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. The only thing that I have found that even comes close is a Peanut Butter Twix. Finally I googled and found this site. 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. I thought I was the only one who did that - not anymore after reading these comments. That really sucks, Nabisco really had something there. Still to this day every time I am in the grocery store cookie isle I look for Ideal Bars. Please lets get them back.. Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie. Can't believe they aren't made any more. I love that there are so many Ideal bar addicts out there. Nothing can compare , more like a candy bar . Fact check: Oreos maker Nabisco is not sending US jobs to Mexico My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. My dad and I reminisce about them, too. I thought I was the only person who could remember these cookies! I agree with all of you, BEST COOKIE EVER!!!! Nabisco has been making Teddy Grahams since 1988, according to The Retro Network.Almost immediately after debuting, the sweet treats became staples in kids' lunch boxes and a favorite after-school snack. Ideal bars were the best store-bought cookies ever made. I must say that I am rather in accord with the previous statement by Tom. The peanut butter was kind of salty and my brother and sister and I could eat a whole pack of them. Ideal cookies were my favorite, too. The chocolate peanut butter logs were a staple in my grandmother's cupboard. Nothing taste as good as the ideal cookie. If everyone on this list did, maybe it would help. Pleeeeeeaaaaasssse, bring these cookies back. I can still taste them. They might look up that stats every year and laugh but did they stop to think there is a new generation of peanut butter cookie lovers out there. When Oreo began populating store shelves in 1912, it . 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 USED TO GET THE IDEAL COOKIES FROM MY PARENTS AS A GIFT. Nabisco Cookies. There were the BEST! Nabisco reportedly discontinued the cookies because they often broke in the packaging and were too expensive to produce. You won't be sorry!! See answer (1) Best Answer Copy Nabisco says that when enough people request the cookies, they will bring them back. (Somehow the chocolate in Hershey candies seems watered down; not as good as the old days). Nothing else compares. Craft/Nabisco (877)535-5666. The folks at Nabisco must just be a bunch of big, dumb, stupidheads to not want to bring them back. It was child abuse I tell ya. Please bring them back, Nabisco! I encourage all you IDEAL fans to reach out to Nabisco too. The Oreo is a cookie that embraces contradictions, wrote architecture critic Paul Golderberger. Even so, bring back the original recipe!!!!! PLEASE!!!!! I call Nabisco every year and ask them when they are going to start making Ideal Cookie Bars again. Please bring this cookie back so my children can enjoy them too!!! 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. Yes, we loved the chocolate-peanut butter delights that melted deliciously on our fingers enough to sit through Lawrence Welk! We DO need them back - no other cookie/candy bar compares! Like most American brands. I actually wrote to the Vermont Country Store asking them to see if they could find them. OMG !!! If I were the head of NABISCO, or your parent company, KRAFT, this would ALREADY HAVE BEEN DONE years ago!!!!!! Nabisco is a subsidiary of an American multinational corporation. Good ta know WE ARE NOT ALONE! So many people would buy them just for the memories. I think I saw the Nabisco executives all testifying before congress and each one in turn said "Ideal cookies are not addictive" and they had to pay millions in a settlement. I bought some Pinwheels the other day and the real chocolate melting in my fingertip reminded me of IDEALS. However, Reeses sticks are too sweet and less rich than the Idea Bar. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. They would be a big hit! Stay tuned for Chapter Two: The First Bite. I just for the heck of it thought I would search this cookie as I think of them ALL THE TIME.I have NEVER EVER had another cookie to compare to these.PLEASE COME BACK - IDEAL COOKIE BARS !!! BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO. When we'd visit Grandma and Grandpa, they'd open Ideal Bars after dinner, and we'd consume the whole package while watching TV. 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. If you don't believe me, read this: http://www.inthe70s.com/food/idealcookies0.shtml When are you going to wise up and bring back the best cookie you ever made? Let us unite and show the company. I agree, bring them back. Just emailed NabiscoWe NEED to let the world know about the Ideal bar. My son has never had one. My Dad started hiding them in the hall closet, but we still found them!!! The problem, of course, was probably the name. I grew up devouring these cookies, they are the BEST ever Nabisco made. The cookie part is chocolate and is a little too grainy, compared to Ideal. If they're not going to sell them any more can't they at least share the recipe??!!!! They were the best cookies ever! I have been looking for these cookies for 35 years and would love to have some again. Those fond memories and feeling like a kid again. Yep, I was just thinking of the yummy cookies. Nabisco, short for the National Biscuit Co., is most famous for cookies such as Oreos and Fig Newtons. Best sweets I ever ate!!! Same with everything else, you love something, they quit making it. Why were they ever taken off the market? IDEAL COOKIES ARE A FAR CRY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER THEY MAKE. Lets all write or e-mail Nabisco. They were more like a candy bar than a cookie. Those packages sure did go fast! they really left an impression on me. Of course we stuck pretty close to those Ideals. To put that into perspective, consider that the overall global cookies market (i.e. We should all go to Nabisco.com and start a write in campaign to resurrect them! Carl J. Lomen used legal loopholes and Santa Claus to build his meat business. !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. It seemed to make the enjoyment last longer. Come on Nabisco, no one can compare to your recipe. The Return to the Brown-Edged Wafer - Out of Ambit The problem, you mightve guessed, is its name. 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 think of these cookies often. I've been to a large number of websites and forums where these are mentioned the most. I am your biggest fan. I did, now if all of you do, maybe they will. I never got over losing the Ideal Bars. Nabisco Cookies - Home - Facebook My mom always kept a package in the house. Oh how I loved these cookies! The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. . ideal cookies are the best cookies ever made. Bring them back to way up north in Maine!! Ideal Barks popped into my mind last week and I asked my husband to look for them at the store. My biggest beef with the 'chocolate peanut butter' type cookies out there today is they are all too sweet! It would be nice to have something come back from the past to bring back good memories likes this. They were his favorite and he used to dole them out like they were going extinctoh, they did!!!!!! Mybe even the show unwrapped. He figured out that, since Kelloggs admitted it wasnt interested in doing anything with the cookie brand, he legally would be able to cancel the trademark and re-use it. i didnt no they stopped making them i thought they were hard to find because they didnt make enough.i dont even buy cookies anymore they s__k that was the only cookie. I was telling my children and my husband about it. I have the happiest memories of eating alot of these cookies!!!! Finally, I accepted that I'll never see them again, but I still reflexively look in the cookie aisle when I'm in the grocery store. I can't believe the post starts in 2007 and the last one was 4 days ago. Get the peanut butter filled pretzel bits from Trader Joe's and dip them in melted dark chocolate. Snack Catastrophe: Ginger Snaps Move South of the - Dan's Papers And please don't pretend that apple cinnamon spice Newton is the . THEY WERE THE BEST. 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. Here's a look back - see how many you remember! Nothing on the market today even compares. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. I do not know why Nabisco do not hear the voices crying. You also need to bring back the Famous Cookie Assortment. Always will be!! I've been scouring store shelves since, but no sign of them or anything close. I think I made a request for Vermont Country Store to find them but never heard anything. It was the best store bought. If anybody ever hears of a petition please email me. 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. 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 am so excited to find so many other Ideal-a-holics! Seriously. Not only are the cookies kosher these days, but theyre made with real sugar and without GMOs. These Cookies RoCkEd! If anyone is lucky enough to live somewhere close to a Trader Joe's, then you need to go and buy their Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzels!! The cookie was great, the package was great. 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). Very rich & creamy: You needed a tall glass of ice cold milk to offset the decadence of this confection. Maybe we're all psychic and they're planning to re-release them in the near future! What I can't understand is why Nabisco a consumer company won't even comment. In an even more fundamental fashion, however, the Oreos form leaps across stylistic boundaries.. My favorite cookie ever! I was about 10 when they came into my life. yes bring back the ideal cookie bar! They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from 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. But they did not stay mad long after I offered them another cookie :). All the other cookies out there except for Pinwheels, Mallowmars and maybe a few others aren't any good; in fact they are terrible compared to Ideal. I copied the link above someone posted and left the same story to nabiso, if everone does this, we might have a chance!! !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! 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. Crazy.. I was thinking about these cookies today and found all your comments. google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; I totally agree. I looked up the # myself to be sure I was calling the right place. :) I love them. Nabisco factory in New Jersey closing after 63 years - New York Post The Rise, Fall, and Return of Hydrox Cookies, the Proto-Oreo I loved those cookies. Ideals were what I thought of! Seems Nabisco has no choice but to bring them back. I agree, Ideal Bars were the BEST! Far better than anything out their now!!! And what about them not being big sellers? These cookies are the best. I Mourn These Top 5 Discontinued Cookies - Houston Press For one matter, the peanut butter in Twix is way too sweet - and they have milk chocolate instead of a "fudgy" dark chocolate. IT IS A SHAME THAT NABISCO WILL NOT MAKE THE COOKIES AND SELL THEM ONLINEHINT HINT NABISCO. When mom would buy them at the grocer's she had to hide them!!! I will call Nabisco in the morning. I have thought for years that they would come back. Thank you all! I remember his yelling about the peanut butter bars, and I would feign ignorance. These were the BEST cookies by far!! Man I loved those things. Here's to getting them back! I had no idea there were so many Ideal Bar fans out there. They didn't make them in the summer, so when it cooled down, we immediately started asking for them. How sad. Please bring them back! We hid them in the frige and I can still taste the creamy, fresh peanut butter. 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. I still have dreams about these cookiesonce came home for lunch from school and mom had gone to a meeting. I am glad to see I am not the only Ideal obsessed kook out there. Ideal Chocolate Peanut Bars -- oh man do I miss those. I think the chocolate was dark if I remember correctly. Hands down the #1 cookie of all time. Hacked recipe available? Little Debbie has Peanut Butter Crunch Bars that are very very close to the Ideal Bars. 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.