Ever wonder why some of your favorite cookies seemed to disappear from store shelves one
day?
With fun names like Giggles, Magic Dunkers, and Yum Yums, how could they not have been
a success?
Keep watching to see if any of your favorites have gone missing!
"Mr. Big Stuf, who do you think you are?"
Such is the question posed by this 1980s Oreo commercial for its product, the Oreo Big Stuf.
This cookie was just like the original Oreos we all know and love, but bigger.
A good 3 inches wide, the Oreo Big Stuf was a giant, individually wrapped Oreo cookie.
What could possibly be bad about a bigger Oreo?
Unfortunately, the Big Stuf didn't hit the spot, and it was discontinued after about
seven years on the market.
It's not 100% clear why the giant cookie didn't last long, but it might have been too big
for kids' appetites.
It may also be that it required people to completely rework how they ate an Oreo.
After all, the Oreo Big Stuf was too big for dunking in a glass of milk or twisting apart
to get straight to the cream filling.
Still, it seems there are some nostalgic folks out there who want these oversized cookies
to make a comeback.
Kim Kardashian herself even made a plea to Nabisco on Twitter to bring the Oreo Big Stuf
back.
Considering she got several people freed from prison, if she can't revive these cookies,
it's likely that no one can.
Picture this: a chocolate chip cookie stuffed with a gooey, fudge filling.
Sounds like a dream, doesn't it?
Well in the late '80s and early '90s, it was a reality.
Keebler Magic Middles cookies came in a few varieties, including a chocolate chip cookie
with chocolate filling, and a sugar cookie with either chocolate or peanut butter filling.
And as the commercial from the early '90s points out, they were…
"A work of genius!"
"We're pretty proud!"
It's unclear why Keebler quietly discontinued these cookies, and the company has been pretty
mum on the topic.
Keebler supposedly phased them out to use the equipment for a different product, but
unfortunately, this may remain one of life's great mysteries.
Luckily, there are some truly dedicated Magic Middles fans out there putting in the hard
work on social media to try to get these magical cookies back on our shelves.
Let's hope Keebler is taking notice!
Every ounce of these bite-size, lemony morsels paid tribute to the history of the Girl Scouts,
from their name to their smiley, wedge shape.
Released in 2011, the Savannah Smiles cookies were created to celebrate the 100-year anniversary
of the Girls Scouts organization, which was founded in Savannah, Georgia.
Founder Juliette Gordon Low was inspired by the Boy Scouts organization and knew that
girls in America needed a program just for them.
And the rest is history!
The Savannah Smiles cookies contained lemon chips to give them a bold lemon flavor and
were coated in powdered sugar.
If held just right, the cookies resembled the iconic "Brownie Smile."
What is the "Brownie Smile," you ask?
It's the smile only a Brownie Girl Scout girl can have, according to the iconic "Brownie
Smile Song."
Sadly, these delicious-sounding cookies were discontinued in 2019.
Reminiscent of the Oreo, the Nabisco Giggles sandwich cookies that were popular in the
1980s featured both vanilla and chocolate cream filling sandwiched between two shortbread
cookies.
And the cookies came in either vanilla or chocolate.
But the Nabisco Giggles also had a gimmick: Each cookie had a smiley face cut into them.
Why?
Because you couldn't eat a Nabisco Giggles cookie without bursting into a fit of uncontrollable
giggles.
Or at least that's what the Giggles commercials would have you believe.
It's unclear exactly why these cookies faded out in the '90s.
But the fact that they were popular despite ads that featured children laughing in a terrifying
and maniacal way is a true testament to how good these cookies must have been.
While it seems unlikely that Giggles cookies actually make people burst into literal fits
of laughter, they do sound delicious.
And perhaps our world would be just a tiny bit happier if they were to come back.
Lunchables might have been an iconic DIY schoolyard meal from the '90s, but the Lunchables Cookies
'n Frosting packs have remained popular up until recently.
These decorate-your-own-cookie kits came with two cookies and sweet, spreadable icing you
could smear on yourself.
While a quick Google search will show lots of results for places to buy these cookie
packs, you'll see that they're all dead ends, which suggests they were recently discontinued.
In fact, all Lunchables products have been harder to find as the pandemic winds down.
Demand for the cafeteria stalwart has increased as kids have returned to school, leading to
empty shelves across the country.
In response, Kraft Heinz issued a statement saying it's working hard to ramp up its supply
again.
And if you're the type of person who likes to put your own icing on your cookies, there's
even more good news for you!
The Cookies 'n Frosting may be dead, but Lunchables did release their own version of the Dunkaroos
in 2020, with the Cookie Dunks and S'mores Dippers.
The classic Moon Pie has been around for over 100 years for a reason — they're delicious.
Marshmallow filling sandwiched between two soft graham crackers, cake-like cookies, covered
in chocolate, they're the kind of treat that never goes out of style.
Well, except for one type of Moon Pie, the Moon Pie Crunch.
These were just like the classic Moon Pie, but with crunchy chocolate cookies instead
of the signature, soft graham cracker ones.
A review from 2010 reveals that the Moon Pie Crunch came in both peanut butter and mint
flavors.
Unlike the original Moon Pie, which featured different flavored outer coatings, it was
the cream filling that was flavored inside the Moon Pie Crunch.
While it's important for any company to keep innovating, especially after 100 years, it
seems Moon Pie missed the mark with these cookies, as they are no longer available.
But for the true Moon Pie fanatic, there are still plenty of other Moon Pie products available
to you.
For example, there are Moon Pie candles, a Moon Pie rug, or even a Moon Pie lip balm,
in case you need that sweet Moon Pie taste on your lips
at all times.
Burry's Fudgetown cookies were yet another sandwich cookie that once enjoyed quite a
heyday, only to eventually burn out.
They featured two flower-shaped chocolate cookies with a fudgy filling.
In fact, according to an old commercial from 1966, they contained so much of their signature
fudge filling that it would overflow from the center.
"Fudgetown!
The cookie that's so full of fudge, it pops out of the top."
Basically, Fudgetown cookies were a chocolate lover's dream.
Popular in the 1960s and 1970s, the commercials claimed they were made in an actual place
called Fudgetown, and that's why they were so fudge-tastic!
But alas, Fudgetown is not a real place.
In reality, Fudgetown cookies were probably made in the great state of New Jersey.
Burry's Biscuits' manufacturing plant was a quarter-mile-long factory filling Elizabeth,
New Jersey, with the sweet smell of cookies for decades.
Sadly, the factory shut down in 2006 and then, adding insult to injury, burned down in 2011.
That doesn't bode well for anyone hoping to see Fudgetown cookies back on the shelves
anytime soon.
While they were decidedly not a paper-mâché animal stuffed with candy, these Iced Berry
Piñata Girl Scout cookies sure sounded like a party in your mouth.
Shortbread cookies topped with strawberry jam, cinnamon crumbles, and drizzled with
icing, the Iced Berry Piñatas resembled a classic Danish pastry, but in cookie form.
What's not to love about that?
One would think that a cookie like this would stand the test of time, but Piñatas were
only on the market from 2003 to 2005.
We'll never know why these cookies went the way of low-rise jeans, but luckily one former
Girl Scout and Iced Berry Piñata cookie fan over at WhatsJessMaking.com has created a
knock-off recipe, so the rest of us can party like it's 2003.
Grab your Motorola Razr and a jar of strawberry jelly, and enjoy the fiesta.
We all remember the peak red velvet craze of the early-to-mid-2010s.
You couldn't walk 10 feet without tripping over a red velvet cupcake, body spray, or
scented candle.
So it's not a big surprise that Oreo released a limited-edition red velvet cookie in 2015.
According to a taste test, the cookies actually tasted like a red velvet cake.
What was unusual about this particular Oreo was that not only was the filling in the center
a different flavor — cream cheese, to be exact — but the flavor of the cookie itself
was changed from Oreo's signature chocolate to a true red velvet flavor.
If you call yourself a fan of the pigmented cake, then these were the cookies for you.
But sadly, the Red Velvet Oreos were discontinued in 2020.
Nabisco claimed the reason was to make room for other new cookie innovations.
Maybe it's a sign the red velvet craze has officially died down?
Only time will tell.
Way back in the year 2000, a couple of mad scientists at Nabisco had a brilliant idea:
What if they could make dunking Oreos in milk even more fun for kids?
Enter the Oreo Magic Dunkers, which turned your milk blue when you dunked them.
And because they were made with food dye, they also turned your fingers and tongue and
probably clothes blue as well.
The Magic Dunker cookies were reportedly invented after the marketing team at Nabisco found
that more than 30% of Oreo customers liked to dunk their cookies in a glass of milk.
So they brilliantly found a way to make the experience even more interesting.
Nabisco claimed their technologists spent over a year perfecting that blue swirl technology
until they got it just right.
But sadly, it seems they spent more time developing these cookies than actually selling them,
as they didn't stay on the shelves for long.
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't
stop to think if they should!"
Maybe enough parents got tired of having to wash the stains off their kids' clothes every
time they snacked on Magic Dunkers?
Tough to say.
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