Food/beverages you like that have been discontinued

[Dr.Girlfriend]

@BomTek

I don’t remember if it was one of the big brands like Rold Gold or Snyder’s, but someone used to make mustard pretzels… not honey mustard, just mustard. Seems like I never see those anymore, and all the mustard pretzels in the grocery store are honey mustard instead

Were they Gardetto’s?

Gardetto's™ Snack Mix Deli-Style Mustard Pretzel (7 ct) 5.5 oz

I was just telling someone about these the other day. I used to work for a grocery store that sold these in bulk and we couldn’t keep them in stock. Haven’t had them in years.

[Skywatcher]

@divemaster

Also, I miss saccharine-based diet colas. All I drink are diet colas and ever since they went to aspartame, they just don’t taste as good. **Tab **was one of the hold-outs and I would buy that, but even **Tab **has since added aspertame to the mix

Have you tried Zevia?

[UCBearcats]

@carrps

When Pepperidge Farm was bought out by whomever, the Nassaus disappeared. They were my favorite, too! Too many of the cookies they kept were just variations on Milanos, which were my least favorite Pepperidge Farm cookies.

I miss Vernors, too. I couldn’t find it for forever, then I saw it in stores – maybe 10 years ago? – but they’d changed the formula, and it was too sweet. The point of the original Vernors was that sharp bite. I assume they disappeared a second time because they faked out original Vernors fans.

Vernors has never disappeared. Still on the shelf everyday in Michigan. The formula has not changed either. Maybe your local distributor stopped carrying it.

[Dr_Paprika]

Heinz bought out Lea & Perrins and in theory could stop making it so as to not cannibalize sales. However, I think I have seen it available at moderately priced stores.

[carrps]

@WildaBeast

You’ll be happy to learn that a few years ago an entrepreneur acquired the trademark and recipe for Hydrox cookies and has brought them back! You can buy them on Amazon.

Nope. I tried them. Close, but, not close enough.

[carrps]

@UCBearcats

Vernors has never disappeared. Still on the shelf everyday in Michigan. The formula has not changed either. Maybe your local distributor stopped carrying it.

Maybe you can only get the real stuff in Michigan. Like Faygo Red Pop.

[minor7flat5]

Faygo Red Pop and Vernors!

Two really cool things from my childhood in Michigan. Whenever I find myself in that state I get some Vernors. I haven’t had a Red Pop since I was a child though.

[purplehorseshoe]

@D_Anconia

Apparently, they still sell it at Walmart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/2-Pack-Asian-Creation-Thai-Kitchen-Authentic-Roasted-Red-Chili-Paste-4-Oz/612444974

Nope. “Out of stock.”

Same with Amazon. I wonder if the manufacturer just hasn’t quite committed to discontinuing it or not … ? Seems weird to keep listing a product that hasn’t been available for at least a few years.

[Saint_Cad]

@Snake_Plissken

In the 60’s or early 70’s Cotton Club made a soft drink called ‘Cactus Cooler’…it was a pineapple-y / orange-y flavor. Very refreshing.

I bought some last time I was in California

[actualliberalnotoneofthose]

@carrps

Maybe you can only get the real stuff in Michigan. Like Faygo Red Pop.

Nah, we have it in Ohio, too.

[Saintly_Loser]

@divemaster

My dad always was partial to Campbell’s Pepper Pot soup, which was tripe-based. He said it was almost impossible to find. (I’ve never tried).

Tell him to try Goya-brand mondongo. Pretty much the same thing.

https://www.goya.com/en/products/pantry/dry-soup-mixes-and-canned-stews

Depending on where you live, Goya products are available in just about every store.

And it is indeed delicious.

[divemaster]

@Skywatcher

Have you tried Zevia?

@Saintly_Loser

Tell him to try Goya-brand mondongo. Pretty much the same thing.

Thanks for the info!

[Rough_Draft]

@Rick_Kitchen

Yeah, Wheat Chex are my favorite cereal, and it’s awful hard to find. It’s also more expensive than almost any other cereal.

Wheat Chex is my favorite too. Luckily it’s readily available in the Denver area. The funny thing is, it only comes in 14 oz. boxes and all the other Chex cereals come in 18 oz. boxes. The price per ounce is the same, however (last week at Walmart it worked out to 16.7 cents per ounce).

[Labdad]

Andeker beer produced by Pabst, back in the days when Pabst was only brewed in Milwaukee. It was a premium beer - a Pabst equivalent of Michelob. It was quite good. Never saw it in bottles, but it was available on tap in a lot of places.

[Zyada]

Several years ago, Kit-Kat came out with a limited edition coffee flavor kit-kat. Man it was good. I’ve haven’t seen it since.

Smucker’s had a low sugar orange marmalade that is no longer available. Not as sweet as the regular, not as bitter as the gourmet varieties.

[purplehorseshoe]

@purplehorseshoe

Two from the condiment aisle:

Thai Kitchen used to sell little jars of roasted red chili paste. Hot but sweet. They still sell little jars of other stuff - including a red curry paste that keeps giving me false hopes when I see it on shelves at a distance - but the roasted chili version seems gone. Delicious in anything even vaguely resembling Asian dishes, and surprisingly wonderful in American style meat marinades. For a time it was my version of Frank’s Red Hot sauce: I put that shit on everything!

Also, Swanson used to sell packets of chicken stock concentrate as a thick goo, called Flavor Boost. In my kitchen, they didn’t boost anything’s flavor, because I became addicted to them. Straight outta the packet, a little bit at a time. Like a chicken-y Vegemite salt bomb.

Christ what I wouldn’t give to have either back in stock, even briefly. I’d hoard the shit out of every package I could find for sale.
Is that like the Ocarina of Time (from Zelda) but chicken flavored?

Bumping this old thread in case anyone else remembered these products, because YOU GUYS!!! I found a store brand version of the “chicken goo packets” that are just as good as the originals. Salty umami bombs, they are:
https://www.meijer.com/shop/en/pantry/soup/stock-broth/true-goodness-chicken-flavor-broth-concentrate-1-69-oz/p/70882041775

[Qadgop_the_Mercotan]

@purplehorseshoe

Bumping this old thread in case anyone else remembered these products, because YOU GUYS!!! I found a store brand version of the “chicken goo packets” that are just as good as the originals. Salty umami bombs, they are:

Cool!

Meijer also carries Bill Knapp’s classic bakery items, even though Bill Knapp’s Restaurant went out of business in 2002. Yum!

[Rilchiam]

@Zyada

Several years ago, Kit-Kat came out with a limited edition coffee flavor kit-kat. Man it was good. I’ve haven’t seen it since.

Ooh, that reminds me! Not discontinued, but never got past test marketing: Kona Cola. Coffee flavored Pepsi. Pretty tasty by itself, and ambrosial when we added bourbon. We found it in Chadds Ford, PA, where it was being test-marketed, and foolishly thought it would go national. Never have understood why it didn’t. Especially since it was the mid-90s and the coffee craze was at its peak.

[pkbites]

@Cardigan

Dixies were drumstick shaped, chicken flavored snack crackers that we used to get occasionally in the late 70s. They were available for a few years but I can’t recall seeing them on the shelves since the early 80’s.

We couldn’t have those because (at the time in the 70’s) the ingredients listed it as containing lard and that went against the dietary laws of the goofy church we belonged to.:rolleyes:

@minor7flat5

Faygo Red Pop and Vernors!

Two really cool things from my childhood in Michigan. Whenever I find myself in that state I get some Vernors. I haven’t had a Red Pop since I was a child though.

They sell both @ Woodmans in Milwaukee/Madison, wisconsin. The Faygo (sounds like a homophobic slur to me) goes 3 12 packs for 8 bucks even, but sometimes it’s on sale 2/$5. I like their flavored diet sodas like orange, grape, and Red Pop.

[RioRico]

I don’t know if this was mentioned in the thread TL/DR but long ago Campbell’s made BAKED (not fried) ramen noodles, tasty and MUCH less caloric than the usual. I’ve not seen any since the mid-1990’s. Is unfried ramen available anywhere?