Perfect. I loved them, too! Our memories are strong. I frequently speak of these cookies and how incredible they were. Regular stores, specialty stores. I remember Ideal Bars as a kid,and really disappointed that they discontinued them.NABISCO WAKE UP, PEOPLE WANT THEM BACK.Little Debbie would be close with their version if they used dark chocolateBut Ideal is no.1 in my opinion. Sorry to say but, "Little Debbie" peanut bars (or whatever they are called) do not even remotely compare with Ideal cookies; not even slightly! Why were they ever taken off the market? !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Then he started pre-bagging them for lunch. If anybody ever hears of a petition please email me. Go to this page and leave them a request to BRING BACK IDEAL COOKIE BARS!!! -- I'm in! Please let me find Ideal PB cookie bars on our cookie shelves. You would think with all these comments about the Ideal cookies Nabisco would want to satisfy their customers. I did NOT have to share them. THAT'S true love. //2007-06-05: inthe70s That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. Nabisco has seen this website; it just doesn't care. I cant believe what i have found. My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. Anyway, Glad to see I'm not alone. Yep, I was just thinking of the yummy cookies. And please don't pretend that apple cinnamon spice Newton is the . I really think Nabisco (Kraft) needs to re-evaluate product selectionsand give the people what they want! Made the call. My sister and I have been wishing the same thing all of you are, Nabisco bring them back, "Little Debbie", put them in all the stores where your snacks are soldLiz. If everyone on this list did, maybe it would help. Nabisco workers had said their first strike in 52 years is about keeping what they already had as employees producing Oreo cookies, Ritz crackers and other snacks for Nabisco parent Mondelez . The chocolate peanut butter logs were a staple in my grandmother's cupboard. Get them home intact, if possible, refrigerate or freeze, get a glass of ice cold milk, or fresh brewed tea, and eat, a little touch of Heaven! There was an extra little clot of chocolate on each side of the bar, sort of a remnant of a cooled puddle of chocolate, I figured, that resulted when chocolate was drizzled over the top of each chocolate. Years later my husband and I used to joke about it being a "single serving package" because for us it was. yes bring back the ideal cookie bar! I always figured they were available in some part of the country that I hadn't visited yet. I still have the scar and it reminds me of these wonderful cookies everyday. I can still see the package,,,,, it was dark brown with a flat orange trim.they were THE BOMB. I loved those cookies. The distinctive design was thought to have been created by William A. Turnier but Nabisco . My best friend in grade school used to get them every week, and she would share! There was just one problem. Have tea in a cemetery with a dazzling view of Istanbul. The company was improving the cookies, making them more attractive to the modern health-conscious consumer. I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! Please bring them back! I snuck them down and proceded to eat every single one of them in that brown, orange, and see- through wrapper. My dad used to ration them to me and my 3 siblings, otherwise we would eat them all in an hour! I still think about them. Come on Nabisco, BRING THEM BACK!! Im sitting here telling my son about my favorite cookie of all time, Ideal peanut butter chocolate bars, they remind me of my child hood, I was so sad and disappointed when they stop selling them, I remember asking my mom to look for them if she ever went out of town, but we never found them anywhere . I am emclosing the text of the email. Anyone know the name of the shortbread or sugar cookie with a hersey-kiss type chocolate drop on top? The chocolate had hardened by the time I ate mine. BEST COOKIE EVER MADE!! I am willing to attempt another contact with nabisco whatever will work. They were so good. I think the best advise we read was to write to Nabisco. Nabisco reportedly discontinued the cookies because they often broke in the packaging and were too expensive to produce. Far better than anything out their now!!! Those cookies and a COLD glass of milk.makes me tear up just thinking about them. Hacked recipe available? I have been trying to remember the name of this candy bar for yearsI was talking to my mother tonight ( 85 years old) and was reminiscing about the clark bar type of cookie I used to crave.the name Ideal name came to my mind..I googled it and Here I am !! Maybe I will try making them myselfhaaha.might take a few thousand tries. They just disappeared! I have to do a thorough search in the cookie aisle a couple of times a year. They were the BEST!! If Nabisco R & D folks actually took the time to read these comments, they just might realize they could make a product that would put the "Peanut Butter" cup in the trash forever. We need to bring thse back. Even now, so many years later,I have never found another cookie that I have enjoyed more. I agree with all of you, BEST COOKIE EVER!!!! So many good ones are gone and now we are stuck with oreo's and chips ahoy. Are there any other theories out there? I would love to see them make a comeback! Oh these were my favorite cookies. Waiting to see how it reacts with milk compared to what I remember. I often times tell my family about this cookie. Dark chocolate over crunchy peanut butter, I can almost taste them. My kids love peanut butter and chocolate, I know they would devour these! At the end of their email form, they give a phone number. Ritz Bits S'mores. Give it a try or let someone else make them. What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! An Ideal Bar was better than a Snickers or any candy bar, and it was a cookie!!! I can't help but wonder if Hershey paid Nabisco to discontinue Ideal bars. Ideal cookie bars were the BEST. The logs were a staple in my cupboards also. I hope that they bring these delicious cookies back to the grocery store shelves or sell the recipe to someone else. Remember biting into them and then dunking them in milk in such a way that milk would fill then void. Hope they see it. BRING THEM BACK!!! Not bad, but not the same. I miss those doggone ideal bars!!!! I USED TO GET THE IDEAL COOKIES FROM MY PARENTS AS A GIFT. I would occasionally take an entire bag (I could not take one from the bag, so a whole bag was required). they really left an impression on me. Oh yesHow I remember those cookies "Ideal Cookies" they were the best cookie I have every eatenI wish Nabisco would make them again. I was hoping to put the Ideal Bar in my search engine and find them on line somewhere. google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; Sporty Hairstyles. You know that maybe they hadn't really existed. They were not made in the summer because they would melt. I LOVED THEM and MISS THEM. Nabisco would make a boatload of money putting these back out there on the market. I'm from CT,and my Dad would buy them whenever they were available. Well, put it this way: Nilla wafers have an estimated annual growth rate of 45.8%, according to Tastewise. I am thinking of starting a "petition" that would go to Nabisco we all NEED these Ideal bars back on the shelves of our local stores. I've been wanting the name of the IDEAL bars so I could tell Nabisco to make them again. I sooo love these cookies!! I wrote Nabisco and sent the link to this site. !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! It reminds me of that great Ideal Peanut Butter Bar Taste. I think the last Ideal Bar I bought was in the early 90's in California. The world needs Ideal Bar cookies now more than ever! I was so bummed when they discontinued them. I will call Nabisco in the morning. I moved to Texas in the early 70's and couldn't find them anywhere. Please Nabisco bring back the Ideal cookie, Check this out. Absolutly loved 'em and as kids growing up in the 70's fought over them. Dip cookies in the melted dark chocolate and let cool in the freezer. Individually wrapped sleeves to lock in freshness. I thought I was the only one that searched grocery store shelves all over america for these treats!! Please, please, please Nabisco. Please Nabisco bring back these cookies. I use to eat them in maryland. Little Debbie,PB Twix etc. All rights reserved. They were great to have on hand whenever company came over. And that was the keythe slightly salty peanut butter. google_ad_format = "120x600_as"; Oh what i wouldn't give for an Ideal cookie! He will be 48 on Monday and I have no doubt that if those cookies were still around, he would eat the entire package. Nothing can compare , more like a candy bar . There were air gaps between the various layers of the one cookie I ate so far. PLEASE!!!!! Please bring them back Nabisco!!!! These were my husband's favorite & what an awesome Christmas surprise that would be!!! Im 55 now but I can still remember those awesome chocolate covered cookie bars I can still taste them they were the best ever cookie ever made in my opinion my aunt that just past at the age of 95 still remembered those cookies. This TEMPLE OF ANSWER that i met on this was my God of savior please contact them now if you are having same problem email is templeofanswer@hotmail.co.uk phone number is +2348155425481. Nabisco is sure missing out here.they could make millions. Same with everything else, you love something, they quit making it. Growing up in the 60's, my mom would splurge every now and then and buy them--what a treat. Please bring this cookie backit's been gone way too long!! Anyone know of a recipe to make them at home? I'll definately sign it! See. #SnackCation. Chill dough for about an hour. Only it turned out, four years later, to also be a game-changer for Nabiscos Oreo. I would love to see this cookie again. Taste most like the original Ideal than anything I've tried. However, Reeses sticks are too sweet and less rich than the Idea Bar. Unfortunately the quality from Nabisco was not consistent. I would love to have them again. They were definitely one of the best cookies made!! Great site, was looking for Caravelle candy bars and then searched for the Ideal bars. In the 80's, I believe, Ideal just didn't sell that well, and they were discontinued; I have a feeling that as the price crept higher and higher, many of the brands that were never featured were ignored. I knew they were peanut butter logs - I couldn't remember the Ideal part. They are so missing the boat on a retro line for all of us who remember these products. Through the years I told so many people that my ALL TIME FAVORITE STORE BOUGHT COOKIE was Nabisco's Ideal cookies. 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. WILL YOU PLEASE BRING THEM BACK IF EVEN FOR A SHORT TIME (possibly like the recent "Pepsi Throwback" offering Pepsi did with their original sugar recipe/formula), BUT THEY MUST BE ORIGINAL RECIPE - PLEEEEEESE???!!!!!!!!!!! Not only does it cue back to Hydrox, but its a fun, whimsical name that really works with the Keebler imagery. Keebler marketing director for cookies Carolyn Burns explained to Fortune in 1999. 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. These cookies were the best - my favorite childhood cookie. The cookie aisles at the grocery store today are VERY dull and limited in what is offered for sale. http://nabiscoworld.custhelp.com/app/contact. The reason the taste of those cookies is still memorable to so many people is simplethe high salt content of the peanut butter and the quality of the dark chocolate they used was a terrific combination. Wow, how I miss those peanut butter bars. These were the best cookies ever. I thought it was a heat issuenope. Yes, we loved the chocolate-peanut butter delights that melted deliciously on our fingers enough to sit through Lawrence Welk! If I could stand on the street corner for themall legs would be hanging out LOL. Lets face it: Nabisco has changed hands numerous times since Ideal Peanut Butter Bars went off the market and, as far as I'm concerned, the quality of their product has gone WAY down since. 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 immediatly thought about Ideal cookies for the first time in many years, looked on Google and found this site. They used to be on the shelf next to the pinwheels, Why Nabisco still makes pinwheels and not ideal bars us beyond me. please make this cookie again! If someone else beats you to the punch, it's your loss, and our gain. Weird how so many people miss it like I do. These Cookies RoCkEd! Thanks to all for the enhancing my belief that the Ideal Chocolate Peanut Butter bar is the best store bought cookie ever made!! It was the highlight of dessert. Bake at 375 degrees F for 10 minutes or until edges are brown. I wrote the Nabisco Company a few years ago and they said they stopped making Ideal Bars because they were not selling as good as they wanted. Who wants to go to the store for cookies and basically have only one choice???? I would love to sit down and devour a few of them right now. I am glad to see I am not the only Ideal obsessed kook out there. BRING THEM BACK. I'd then take a small bite of both ends of the Ideal bar, dip one end into the milk and suck the milk through like a straw. If they ever do, there is going to be mass hysteria and total chaos around the world!! Last time I had these was 4/17/80, my birthday, and I'm still dreaming about them 30 years later bring em back! I cannot believe there are others out there like my family. !my mom says she LOVED them! My mother would stop me though. Anyway, I wish they would bring them back, That would make the perfect Mothers Day present:), I'm glad it wasn't my imaginationI have had dreams of those fantastic cookie bars! That is absurd in a world where Reese's Peanut Butter Cups are one of Hershey's #1 sale items. Really? Please bring Ideal cookies back. 1971 Nabisco becomes the corporate name. They were absolutely the best! Once Nabisco had removed the lard, mainly for health reasons, going kosher became possible. I wish they would bring them back. I looked forward to autumn when they would reappear at Thriftway supermarket. It was on the very top shelf. Ideal Sandwich Cookies were among the "Best of Nabisco"! Will have to try another e-mail address. Let's get on the 'stick' and urge them! But I can't make that happen by myself. OfficeWorld.com has over 100K business products in-stock, up to 80% savings, industry-leading service, FREE 1- to 2-day delivery over $49*! My sister used to buy them and hide them under her bed and i would steal them. So what? The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. Bring them back! PLEASE make them for us. THEY WERE THE BEST. When my parents bought the ideal bars, it was a big deal. And, for a minute, it felt like a game-changer for Sunshine Biscuits. I thought that maybe my memory was better than the cookie really was but evidently my memory served me well!!! Please NABISCO bring them back. Let me know! I cannot believe the number of people who remember these cookies! 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!!! I believe the cooky you're thinking of was a Hey Day or something like that. Little Debbies just don't work for me. I have the fondest of memories eating these cookies. The chocolate cookies with carmel and peanuts I think was called Haystacks. They have a section where you can contact them and request they bring back Ideals. They get all this old stuff that is hard to find, unfortunately I never heard anything from them. //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. We could not get enough! I can still taste them. !I wish Nabisco would bring them back!!!! Does nabisco still make uneeda biscuits? It's nice to see so many other people feel the same way I do. 1981 Nabisco merges with Standard Brands. Ideal ,One of the best cookies ever on the store shelf ! I'd feel 30 years younger if I could just get 2 packages (okay, maybe three. Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring these cookies back. please bring back this tasty, tasty treat. 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. Getty Images Nabisco's Fair. I would love it if the Ideal bars would come back. C'mon, Nabisco!!! Oreo's and Chips Ahoy are SHELF SPACE HOGS. petition: Nabisco Chocolate Snaps Cookies Make them again! I would buy them by the case. It appears we're not alone! Let me have ONE memory of my childhood back! Please! I LOVED these exact cookies too. The Untold Truth Of Nilla Wafers - Mashed.com To be blunt, they lie to the Trademark Office.. I figured like some of the old candy from the 60s is still made regionall that these cookies would be too. :(. It was discontinued after seven years, but we would love to have just one more of these tasty treats. Peanut butter, chocolate and that delicious chocolate. I'm 51 years old now, and my only fear is that if Nabisco ever introduces this cookie again, I would promptly buy a couple of packages of them, pour a nice glass of cold milk, eat through the first package, and probably a few of the second. Ideal cookies were a great part of childhood. There is no replacement for Ideal cookies but Little Debbie makes a similar product. Giggles were shortbread cookies filled with fudge and vanilla cream, like an Oreo. The absolute best cookie I have ever had. hoping..praying.to see the most wonderful cookie ever made! They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. My parents both worked for Safeway in Va. we loved those peanut butter cookie bars in the orange and brown wrapped rectangular box. I used to ask for them in my Easter basket and in my Christmas stocking! Was there some ingredient used which is now illegal? Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie. I have the happiest memories of eating alot of these cookies!!!! Corporations have the rights of an individual but not the soul of one. I do think it is wise for new management to revisit that decision againlet's hope. I used to hate that they came in such a small package, but that is the size package I would kill for now. Those cookies were both of our favorites. ;o(. I can't go in to the cookie isle without looking for them. these cookies were great and my mom favorites i wish they would make them again there is not many sweets she can each but i know she would it them again and give up other sweets please bring them back. Nabisco cannot continue implying that there is not enough demand for the Ideal cookie. There never will be another cookie like it. Nabisco could reintroduce these cookies with much fanfare and publicity and then watch their profits soar. Nabisco if you arent going to bring back the Ideal Cookie, then sell the Cookie recipe and rights to some company that will. Maybe we need to start our own petition to Nabisco! I am so glad I found this link because it makes me feel connected with all the other IDEAL COOKIE LOVERS. I've thought about them for years and could not understand why they are no longer available, OMG!!!!!!!!!! How sad. They were amazing! Brand history. Nabisco Giggles cookies were introduced in the 1980s, and they were only sold for about a decade. As a kid in the 60's, nothing was better than some Ideal Peanut Butter Logs and a glass of really cold milk. I loved these cookies. Wish me luck. Nabisco are you listening? I have tried all the "almost Ideal Bars". 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 still hunt for them from time to time. When I was a kid my mom sent them to me at sleep away camp since they were my favorite!! Why is it that when you find something that really works for you, it's discontinued. Maybe we're all psychic and they're planning to re-release them in the near future! I LIVE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND WE ONLY HAD IDEAL COOKIES IN THE COOL MONTHS. Craft/Nabisco (877)535-5666. I would sign a petition to bring them back in a minute. We need to contact Nabisco a.s.a.p. He had to do all the hard work of reformulating the snack, but once he had figured that out, it was off to the races. I loved IDEAL bars!! They are the B E S T Cookie and if Nabisco doesn't want to make them anymore, then someone needs to reintroduce them. They were very good/, So there's no way to get these anymore then? Does anyone remember how some of them used to be more rounded and others were flatter? They were wonderful. Melt the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate morsels. These were a chocolate covered cookie shaped like a small candybar. YOU CANNOT HAVE THIS MANY PEOPLE WANTING THIS COOKIE AND IGNORE THEM. 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? Why do they always discontinue a good thing?? Kim McMiller Associate Director, Consumer Relations. Contact Kraft/Nabisco and let them know that there are LOYAL Nabisco customers that want to BUY Ideal Bars! I suggest we all keep contacting them. IDEAL COOKIES ARE A FAR CRY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER THEY MAKE. Yes just had 1 of those girl scout cookies today. I just wrote this letter to Nabisco: There is an army of us who would love to see you bring back your Ideal cookie bars that you discontinued perhaps some 30 years ago. an update: I just received a msg indicating that my note referenced above was not deliverable to "cis@nabisco.com". After reading all your comments and listening to my husband, I want one NOW! My best guess why Nabisco quit making them is that they were too expensive to produce; in order to maintain the high quality of the product the retail cost would be unrealistic. You know how they sometimes can find the recipes to old stuff and remake they do it. I, TOO, LOVED Ideal Bars growing up and into adulthood. I will write to Kraft. ), but they would not last on the shelves. Roll into small balls and place on ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheets. I LOVED these cookies. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. It's a shame, and the list is rather long best cookie that I remember from my childhood have tried to find them for years without success used to sneak into my dads stash because they were so good have called and wrote a letter to Nabisco or rather Kraft and am waiting for an answer as to why that they cant bring them back it is so nice to know that I am not alone comforting to know that someone else knows exactly what cookie was so great in the 70's. Surely someone out there has enough influence on some high level executive at Kraft Foods to reintroduce this extraordinary cookie!!! The Ideal bar was more of a candy and Reeses sticks are more of a cookie. I would say that I am amazed with how many people remember Ideal cookies but I am not. i never thought i would be so besotted with a cookie, but i love this cookie and was so disappointed to learn they were no longer made. Cookies today do not compare with IDEAL cookies - they were and still are the best! I would weigh 500 lbs more than I do now if they didn't, and willing to pay alot per bag so I'd be broke. I thought they were originally produced by a smaller company than Nabisco, but could be mistaken. Check out Little Debbie's substitute, Peanut Butter Crunch Bars: http://www.littledebbie.com/products/PBBars.asp I can't peel the chocolate off them like I did on the Ideals, but they're quite acceptable. To put that into perspective, consider that the overall global cookies market (i.e. Please, Please, meet public demand and produce them again. Nabisco, please bring them back!!! to see if I can find these cookies. Maybe it will be a slow day and they might make a story of these great cookies and all the devote followers craving their return.. Perhaps this way Nabisco might open their eyes. I have thought of these cookies so many times over the years. There is nothing close to them. http://kraftfoods.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/kraftfoods.cfg/php/enduser/ask.php? Growing up in the 60s/70s there were often two packages in the house: One for my two sisters & me, and one for Dad! The only thing that I have found that even comes close is a Peanut Butter Twix. Nadeau was probably pleased, when in 2015, Hydrox made a comeback. Oh how I loved these cookies! Please Nabisco give us an answer!!!! Nabisco, come on, look at all the sales here. Probably a good idea they stopped making those. Here is the Nabisco email for comments. Oreo, which the company described as, two beautifully embossed chocolate-flavored wafers with a rich cream filling survived. My sister, Teressa and I would buy a package of these cookies and eat the whole package before we got home. Here's the Kraft customer service number: 877-535-5666 or you can email Nabisco: cis@nabisco.com Take a couple of minutes and make the request. Maybe if enough people write to them, the people at KRAFT would consider bringing back this awesome cookie. They were too good to have just one, just two - maybe four!!! We also search for this cookie but now the truth is out we will stop, kind of sad. It is Little Debbie Peanut Butter Crunch cookie bars. PLEASE! Why Nabisco why??? Four pages of comments from people all over wanting a certain item back from Nabisco. How can we all start a united front to get the cookies back on store shelves? I wish they would bring them back at least as a promotional item for a few months, possibly the holiday season???? Bring them back. 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 would reach into the long, rectangular box; the bars would be cold to the touch, yet even at first contact my chubby hands would leave tell-tale fingerprints on the cookies I touched.