# Supermarket items you miss **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 11, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013 "2005-07-11T16:35:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/1 "2005-07-11T16:35:03Z")
Which supermarket products from the past that have been taken off the market do you wish they’d bring back? There are three things I wish they’d bring back: **1. Heyday bars (Nabisco)**- These were cookies (wafers) that were covered with caramel and nuts. **2. Doo Dads (also Nabisco)**- This was a snack food similar to Chex party mix, but already made and ready to go in a box. **3. Campbell’s Chunky Chicken and Mushroom soup** - The Chicken and Dumplins soup is an acceptable substitute, but I still wish they’d bring this one back. It doesn’t have to be a food product or something you’d necessarily buy at a supermarket. Anything that you used to buy all the time and miss can be listed here. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/2 "2005-07-11T16:43:35Z")
**Jell-o Pudding Pops.** I used to survive the summers on those things. Creamy and delicious. I read an article last year that they were bringing them back, but I’ve searched supermarkets in the area high and low and I’ve yet to find them. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/3 "2005-07-11T16:53:59Z")
'Tato Skins potato chips by Keebler. Super Mario Bros/Legend of Zelda breakfast cereal. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/4 "2005-07-11T16:54:31Z")
**Choco-diles.** Basically, a chocolate covered twinkie. Staple of my youth in NYC…nowhere to be found in Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/5 "2005-07-11T16:55:46Z")
Bigg Mixx cereal. It was marketed as a kid’s cereal with some sort of moose or something. It came back later as some health food cereal. Now I can’t find it. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/6 "2005-07-11T16:59:20Z")
**Wheatables**. Now, I know what you’re all going to say. And before you say it, that current crap that is sold in the Wheatables box is by no meansd the Wheatables I came to know and love. The one I loved what kind of like a wheat thin, but a buit more oily, and covered in the perfect blend of herbs and spices, and it was savory. The current incarnation is a crap-fest of honey-wheat. Look, if they wanted to make a honey-wheat wheatable, why didn’t they just make it a variety, instead of replacing the normal version? Those bastards! And for a while, probably in response to Keebler changing the recipe, Nabisco put out a type of Wheat Thins called Crispy Thins, or something similar, that tasted just like the original Wheatables. But I think I was the only one who bought them, so they went away. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![wasson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4da419/32.png) [@wasson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wasson)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/7 "2005-07-11T17:01:08Z")
Oh, and how could I forget Mr. Pibb? Pibb Xtra is foul. Mr. Pibb was the best. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/8 "2005-07-11T17:16:08Z")
Chunky Style (or whatever they were called) Reese’s PB Cups ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/9 "2005-07-11T17:28:26Z")
> [@Stonebow](#): > > **Choco-diles.** Basically, a chocolate covered twinkie. > > Staple of my youth in NYC…nowhere to be found in Arkansas. If I didn’t think they’d melt, I’d ship you a case. They are relatively easy to find out here. Just as a Thank-You for starting the thread that gave us the **18"DHIBJD** :eek: :eek: ! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/10 "2005-07-11T17:30:54Z")
**Post Fortified Oat Flakes.** This rare example of a good-tasting-AND-good-for-you cereal was quietly withdrawn sometime in the late 1980s. It was about the time the oat bran phenomenon was peaking, and Post may have been a little embarrassed that FOF didn’t actually contain any bran. I too lament the passing of **doo dads,** if only because you could turn the package upside down and it appeared to say **spap oop**. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/11 "2005-07-11T17:31:58Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > Jell-o Pudding Pops. I used to survive the summers on those things. I came in here JUST to mention specifically that. I was talking to my mom about them the other day. Damn those things were good. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Boods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Ms\_Boods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Boods)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/12 "2005-07-11T17:32:55Z")
Carnation Breakfast Bars. ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/13 "2005-07-11T17:37:14Z")
Drakes Coffee cakes – we are on the west coast so mom mails them to me PB Maxx (PS: I just had Tato Skins the other day…so hopefully they still make them!) Agreed with the Pudding Pops. Once you get through that thin layer of ice, YUM. ---
**Author:** ![belladonna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@belladonna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/belladonna)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/14 "2005-07-11T17:40:58Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > I read an article last year that they were bringing them back, but I’ve searched supermarkets in the area high and low and I’ve yet to find them. I found them at a store a while back and bought some, but they were very obviously not the same. Nowhere near as good. As for stuff I miss, I think I might be the only person on the planet who actually liked the 1-2-3 Jello. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/15 "2005-07-11T17:43:51Z")
There was a s’mores cereal back in the 1980s that I miss. I don’t remember what it was called, though. The graham crackers were a lot like Golden Grahams in taste and texture, but with chocolate flavor added. I’ve looked for other s’mores cereals since, but none have ever been the same. I miss the crunchy Reese’s peanut butter cups, too (dunno if that’s what they were called, but that’s what I called them). > [@dwc1970](#): > > Doo Dads (also Nabisco)- This was a snack food similar to Chex party mix, but already made and ready to go in a box. I used to love those! I should point out that they do sell pre-made Chex Mix in bags, in various flavors. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/16 "2005-07-11T17:49:48Z")
Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Sandwiches. French vanilla ice cream layered between two 1/4" thick brownies. With walnuts. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/17 "2005-07-11T17:59:30Z")
> [@psycat90](#): > > **Jell-o Pudding Pops.** Cos? That you? ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/18 "2005-07-11T18:06:08Z")
[QUOTE=sj2] \PB Maxx\ [QUOTE] No, no my first name is **Madd** , not **PB**. Although I am quite the item at the supermarket. 😃 There is a thread around here somewhere about it, but I miss Ben & Jerry’s Holy Canoli ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/19 "2005-07-11T18:12:45Z")
Odwalla Harvest Apple Cider. MAN that stuff was good. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013/20 "2005-07-11T18:23:14Z")
[ul] [li]Raisin Biscuts.[/li][li]Quake Cereal[/li][li]Cinnimon Captain Crunch[/li][li]Vanilla Crunch[/li][li]Green River Soda[/li][li]But NOT Kraut Juice. :p[/li][/ul] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supermarket-items-you-miss/312013.md?page=2)