# Favorite products which have mysteriously vanished from store shelves **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 19, 2007, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822 "2007-02-19T16:36:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/241 "2010-10-31T07:33:09Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > And ginger Altoids are almost impossible to find. What happened to chocolate altoids? Can’t find them anywhere! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@Fried\_Dough\_Ho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fried_Dough_Ho)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/242 "2010-10-31T07:40:21Z")
Pear Pimm’s. Here in the states, you can still get Orange and Raspberry, but apparently the Pear is only sold in Canada. I loved 'em… ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/243 "2010-10-31T07:40:33Z")
> [@wmulax93](#): > > Viennetta ice cream cakes. I haven’t seen them in nearly a decade. That post just brought me back to the early-mid 90’s. Ahhh! Used to love this as a kid. I would devour a whold box of this in 2 days. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/244 "2010-10-31T14:57:34Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > There are [Fiber One](http://www.fiberone.com/product/bars.aspx) bars. Very good. Fi-Bars came in several flavors, but raspberry is the only one I can think of offhand. No chocolate ones, I don’t think. And I’m saddened to learn there are no more Lemon Keeblers. Hadn’t thought about those in ages, but now that I know they’re gone, I miss them. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/245 "2010-10-31T15:58:48Z")
Crest Vanilla Mint toothpaste. Secret Vanilla Chai deodorant (hey, I like vanilla flavored stuff. 😛 ) Carnation Breakfast Squares (but this was many, many years ago. I still miss them.) ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/246 "2010-10-31T16:26:17Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Every time a thread like this pops up, I decry the very same injustice. There was and still is no cookie anywhere near as yummy as Lemon Coolers. Those Keebler bastards [discontinued](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunshine_Biscuits) the Lemon Coolers when they bought the Sunshine Biscuit Company, along with Hydrox cookies which they brought back in 2008. The crappy thing about the whole thing is there is still no alternative lemon cookie available that is anything at all like the Coolers. It’s a such a goddamn crime. :mad: They discontinued the Golden Raisin Biscuits, too. A pair of flat, glazed, kinda sweet crackers with a raisin filling. Really pretty blah tasting, but I still get cravings for them. They can be had, at the usual exorbitant price, in the baby boomer’s Big Book of Nostalgia that is called The Vermont Country Store catalog. And Aldi’s food store makes a very similar version, with apples and raisins, in their cookie/snack food aisle. But I’m really upset that the Shake n Bake BBQ coating seems to be gone. Oh, there’s crumb coating, but the powdered BBQ sauce for chicken was really special. Can’t find it, though I’ll keep looking in Big Lots and places. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/247 "2010-10-31T17:02:07Z")
Three things: -Jovan ginseng cologne-loved that stuff! -Chicken Bones candy-a soft chewy core surrounded by crackly sugar-great! -“Quality Street” assorted licorice pieces (from England)-Nobody carries them anymore-Gawd-I loved them! ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/248 "2010-10-31T17:12:24Z")
I’ve seen big jars of “Turkey Bones” which are like Chicken Bones, in the grocery store, before Christmas (for gifts). They’re usually in the gift-food section with boxes of cheese samples, layered jars of cookie mix in jars, fruit baskets, tea samplers… ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/249 "2010-10-31T21:53:47Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Vanilla Coka was OK, but I’d been drinking real vanilla Cokes at TGI Friday’s and Johnny Rocket’s for years before the bottled stuff came out and it was not nearly as good. I strongly recommend those pining for the stuff to simply add some vanilla syrup (like Torani)to their regular Coke. Ooh. Added to grocery list. I’ll have to see if I can find some around here. Edited to add I might try just adding some real vanilla to diet coke–a co-worker brought some stuff back from Mexico that I want to try. I just bought a tin of ginger Altoids, but I didn’t like them. (Sorry!) My parents had a cat that lived for 19 years on Tender Vittles. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2010, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/250 "2010-10-31T23:19:23Z")
Lea and Perrins White Wine Worcestershire sauce. Absolutely brilliant on roast chicken. It’s out there somewhere but the stores around me have stopped carrying it. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/251 "2010-11-01T03:54:21Z")
This is not something on store shelves, but do any places still offer chocolate Cokes over the counter? When the wife and I were students in Hawaii, we’d often go the food court in Ala Moana shopping mall for a chocolate Coke. On our last visit there, the place had been remodeled, and no more chocolate Cokes! Man, those were good. ---
**Author:** ![be\_bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@be\_bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/be_bright)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/252 "2010-11-01T04:14:16Z")
Anyone mention [Altoids Sours](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51DAR2P191L.jpg)? They came in a few flavors – all I remember are apple and tangerine. Hardly anyone I’ve mentioned them to knows what they are. ☹ I’ve kept a tin of the tangerine sours (candy-less, of course) to hold lots and lots of loose change. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/253 "2010-11-01T05:45:16Z")
There are a few items on my list. Raisin Grape Nuts. Dumping regular raisins in a bowl of Grape Nuts just don’t cut it. Uncle Ben’s Cinnamon & Rice pudding. I know they still make it, I just can’t get it here. And I loved the orange flavored Gatorade energy bars. Now all they have is the basic blah lineup. Chocolae chip, peanut butter, & oatmeal raisin, ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/254 "2010-11-01T06:43:59Z")
I still miss Fib Ribs. And crullers from Dunkin Donuts. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/255 "2010-11-01T18:36:09Z")
> [@toadbriar](#): > > For a very short time in the late 90s or early 2000s, 7-11 had a flavor of slurpee called Dragon Potion. It was purple. The flavor was plum and green tea. It was so so so delicious. > > I liked the lifesavers lollipops with the holes in the middle. There were often swirly flavors, like strawberry cream. Are those still anywhere? > > I have not lived near a Wegmans for 11 years, but occasionally I am visiting in Wegmans territory. They used to carry a store branded flavor of pop that was Hot Ginger Ale. It had a great ginger bite! I looked for it last time I was in Buffalo but no love. Husband would have been thrilled if I brought some back to MA. Do they still make it? > > Polar is a local brand of pop based in Worcester MA. I usedta be able to get their (really good) birch beer in cans, but I have not found it in the last few months. I hope it’s not discontinued. > > I miss Henry Winehard’s (sp?) orange cream soda. MMMM fizzy dreamsicle in a bottle. > > Bruegger’s bagel shops changed their lox cream cheese. It doesn’t have great big chunks of salmon in it. I want the old kind with giant slabs, not the current stuff with just salmon _flavor_. > > I want Sunshine Lemon Coolers cookies. Sorta like nilla wafers but coated in powdered sugar with PROFOUND lemon flavor. So yummy! But gone. I knew that finding them in the 99 cents store did not bode well. > > Is there a reason not to just put some regular old vanilla into coke/diet coke? I’ve done it before, it works fine for me. I just keep forgetting to do it. I love Polar Brand soda-it is nice because it has a lot less sugar than other brands-they make the only orange soda I can drink. The birch beer is still made..oddly enough, Polar seems to have very limited distribution, outside of the Worcester area-though it is carried by a loal independednt chain (Johnnie’s), and Hanaford as well. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/256 "2010-11-01T19:29:55Z")
FroYo, frozen yogurt. Loved that stuff. They made a lemon flavor that was super tart and an orange that tasted so nummy. I think I last saw it around 1983 or so. Sunkist used to have a mandarin orange flavor - late 80’s - that I really liked as it was the closest to an orange soda I became addicted to in Norway. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/257 "2010-11-01T19:43:30Z")
Bertolli’s Pork Cavatappi. Awesome dish. Best of the bunch, and even better after I finished tweaking it with hot sauce, beef broth, chardonnay and romano cheese. 😃 A few years ago, I fixed it for a post-show theater cast party - all 12 gallons of it. Seven or eight bags of the stuff! Not only did the cast and crew of 15 polish it off, i had people in the kitchen spooning out what little was left from the bottom of the cooking pot. Now suddenly it’s nowhere to be found. I’ve complained to Wal-Mart, Kroger and Marsh. No joy. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/258 "2010-11-01T19:53:57Z")
Skippy Honey Roasted Nut Super Chunk peanut butter. It’s easy to find the creamy still, but the chunky is nowhere to be found. I actually sent an email to Skippy, and they responded back with three stores an hour away from me that still carry it. I’m sorry, but I’m not going to drive two hours just to get peanut butter. Back when I used an electric razor, AftaShave made a liquid, alcohol-based lotion that you applied before shaving. I loved it, but it mysteriously disappeared after a while. I’ve since gone back to a manual razor, and am happier with it. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/259 "2010-11-01T20:54:05Z")
Iron cologne - my boyfriend loved it - and so did lots of other people. Judging by what I found when I tried to get it over the internet, it’s not coming back and it’s much lamented. Shasta colas- brought up by a few people above - gosh, just how many flavors were there anyway? For my personal favorite - are Milkshake bars still around? (I’d come to the yard for those) ---
**Author:** ![Dolly\_Madison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Dolly\_Madison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dolly_Madison)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822/260 "2010-11-01T20:57:53Z")
Revlon used to make a great lipstick called Bold Berry that was the BEST shade of soft red……now GONE! I hate having to find a new go-to shade that goes with everything! Anyone else remember Carnation Breakfast bars? I used to devour those by the fistful back in the 80’s (the last time I remember them existing). Maaaaannn…those were excellent!🙂 and sadly, long gone.☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-products-which-have-mysteriously-vanished-from-store-shelves/392822.md?page=14)