I miss the ball so much picture your
favorite childhood food items now try to
think of the last time you saw them in
your local grocery store more likely
than not you can't remember this has
nothing to do with your memory and
everything to do with the fact that food
items don't always stick around forever
so here are 10 discontinued food items
we miss part 500 cereal Burroughs
delicious but forbidden cereal was
already well-established as the go-to
breakfast food of many a child then
cereal companies decided to make their
products pop culture themed grocery
store aisles were filled with children
begging their parents to buy them cereal
based on their favorite sitcoms
one such cereal was our coalos for those
of you born after 1998 who somehow
haven't been subjected to reruns by a
nostalgic family members Steve Urkel was
a character in the sitcom Family Matters
he was your prototypical nerdy character
with big glasses and suspenders and
famous for his catchphrase
your clothes look like Froot Loops if
you removed all pieces except the pink
and yellow the cereal itself was
strawberry and banana flavored and
referred to in an advertisement as a fun
circle-shaped product questionable
marketing choices aside the cereal had
an impressive run being discontinued
nine years after its 1991 release very
impressive Pepsi blue from August 2002
to May 2004 a new drink was shelved
alongside our favorite sodas though it
bore the Pepsi logo its flavor was quite
different from the classic soft drink we
know and love
Pepsi blues official flavor couldn't be
vaguer it was described by Pepsi as
berry most reviews give it the more
specific description of blueberry or
raspberry flavored others who found the
drink to be nothing more than liquid
sugar described the flavor as similar to
that of cotton candy with an aftertaste
more or less akin to that of a generic
berry was an apple juice the drinks
sickly sweetness alone sounds like
grounds for discontinuation but that's
not all there is to it fun fact the
drinks bright blue color
it's natural look Pepsi blue achieved
its coloration from an agent called blue
one this dye was actually banned in
several countries and its use in this
drink started a massive controversy this
combined with the poor marketing that
led to less than impressive sales meant
bye-bye Pepsi blue though it was
discontinued in North American markets
Pepsi blue can still be found in several
other countries that's great news Ben
and Jerry's creme brulee well I guess we
won't be having creme brulees nights Ben
& Jerry's has a vast and wide variety of
flavors to choose from in fact that's
part of the charm when eating Ben &
Jerry's ice cream choosing one of the
seemingly endless flavor options with so
many flavor options that also means many
discontinued flavors Ben & Jerry's creme
brulee ice cream was one of the more
popular flavors to receive the axe it
was available from 2007 to 2012 and Ben
& Jerry's describes the flavor as sweet
custard ice cream with a caramelized
sugar swirl and boy was it yummy sounds
yummy sadly it is now gone residing only
in Ben & Jerry's flavor graveyard with
the rest of Ben and Jerry's discontinued
flavors tears were shed when this one
disappeared but Ben and Jerry's offers
hope dead and buried flavors as Ben and
Jerry's calls them can be resurrected
that's right you can go to the web page
of the discontinued flavor you love and
click resurrect this flavor Ben &
Jerry's does periodically re-release the
resurrected flavors with the most votes
so Ben and Jerry's creme brulee ice
cream we hope we see you again someday
back soon ok
Apple Newtons I love apples in 2012
Nabisco changed the name of their famous
cookie snack from Fig Newtons to Newtons
in order to encompass the other flavors
they were beginning to release the
Newton's brand came to be all the way
back in 1891 with its name taken from
the town of Newton Massachusetts
originally the brand made Fig Newtons
exclusively but now the rectangular
cookies can be filled with paste made
from any fruit Under the Sun while their
strawberry raspberry and mixed berry
cookies have been thriving Apple Newtons
got the axe not too long after their
conception Nabisco tried to quell
were outraged at the discontinuation of
their Apple Newtons by releasing an
apple and cinnamon flavor but anyone who
was a fan of its predecessor knows that
the new iteration isn't nearly as good
it's just not the same
one fan recalls a favorite dessert from
their childhood which was a microwaved
Apple Newton served topped with vanilla
ice cream sure it's no apple pie but
it's still a tasty and easy to prepare
treat with the introduction of apple and
cinnamon Newton's the chances that
Nabisco will ever bring back apple
Newtons are slim to none and so we mourn
the loss of this great snack food while
settling for it's cinnamon infused
counterpart what's that it's a cinnamon
sticks Keebler pizzerias throwing it all
the way back to the late 80s and early
90s who here remembers Keebler pizzerias
many chip companies have tried their
hand at the pizza flavored chip but as
of now we're still waiting for someone
to pull off what Keebler did almost 30
years ago most Pizza flavored chips are
wildly disappointing but pizzerias were
special they came in three different
pizza flavors with cheese pizza being
the most popular the chips themselves
bore a strong resemblance to Doritos but
the triangle shape was to mimic the look
of a slice of pizza and the red orange
coloration was to give the appearance
that they were topped in cheese and
tomato sauce word on the street is that
these chips tasted pretty much exactly
like an actual slice of pizza would
pizza nutritious delicious pizza it's
pretty incredible that they managed to
capture those flavors so well especially
since even the best chip brands have
consistently failed to produce anything
that tastes remotely similar to pizza
pizzerias were rebranded by TGI Fridays
who now sells them as pizza chips
despite the fact that now instead of
being shaped like pizza slices each chip
is shaped like an entire pizza meaning a
circle they have a very similar flavor
if you're a pizza Riyaz purist you might
not be a huge fan but if you're looking
to revisit a childhood favorite ordering
these pizza chips could make for a fun
experience sounds like fun ét cereal
remember what we said earlier about pop
culture themed cereal it's always a hit
no matter how good the actual product is
although we have to give it to ET cereal
this one we can definitely get behind
even if you haven't seen the movie you
probably still know that Reese's Pieces
are featured in ET the extra-terrestrial
it's a pretty mainstream reference and
it was that reference which was used to
craft this delicious cereal if you
haven't guessed yet ET cereal is
chocolate and peanut butter flavored
just like Reese's candy Reese's Pieces
the puffed grain pieces were shaped like
the capital letters E and T which is an
even more obvious tie-in to the film
released in 1984 two years after the hit
film's debut ET cereal had a
surprisingly short run it was
discontinued in 1986 after a mere two
years if this cereal were to make a
comeback it might encourage parents to
introduce their kids to the film and
cereal alike could make a great family
movie night it would be a trip down
memory lane for the adults and a great
experience for the kids cuz let's be
real here everyone has to see et at
least once I love that little guy
Reese's bites
that's a big bite - speaking of the
peanut butter and chocolate combination
Reese's bites were part of Hershey's
bites lineup which took candies like
Reese's peanut butter cups KitKat and
Hershey milk chocolate bars and released
them as ball shaped candies in this case
Reese's bites were chocolate-covered
balls with peanut butter filling they
really weren't all that different from
the original candies their chocolate
coating might have been slightly harder
but other than that it was basically the
same one is just smaller than the other
and as such makes for a much better
movie theater snack
the bites candies were introduced in the
late 90s and had their curtain call in
2003 why because they were deemed a
choking hazard don't choke on anything
as far as reasons behind discontinuation
go this is a pretty good one after
Reese's bites came Reese's swoops which
were pieces of Pringles shaped chocolate
drizzled with peanut butter and after
Reese's Swift's came Reese's minis it
seems like the third time's the charm
and
are here to stay as the snacked size
counterpart of the Reese's Peanut Butter
Cup of course there are plenty of other
Reese's products still out there as well
so luckily for us we don't have to look
too hard to get our chocolate and peanut
butter fix skittles bubble gum not just
gum bubble gum
skittles candy had its first commercial
release in 1974 they're still thriving
today as one of the most popular candies
in the world naturally while the
original candy has been going strong
since its introduction over the course
of its run many variations of the candy
have been tested some successful others
less so
skittles bubble gum sadly falls into the
latter category there's nothing wrong
with the candy itself in fact it tasted
incredible and as far as bubble gum goes
it was pretty solid despite the good
reviews it was sold for only two years
we're not quite sure of the reason
behind its discontinuation but the
problem might have been that they did
too good of a job at emulating the
original skittles candy oh man she
seriously skittles themselves already
have a texture kind of similar to that
of gum and the tastes of the two candies
were virtually identical in the end
skittles bubble gum was just a slightly
chewy or slightly longer-lasting version
we say slightly because we all know that
bubble gum always has a disappointingly
short lifespan nothing can ever top the
skittles we know and love so if you're
given the choice between two candies
that are almost exactly the same
original skittles will win every time it
seems like skittles gum just wasn't
meant to be just isn't meant to be right
slice soda this soft drink is one of the
longest lasting food items on this list
slice soda came out in 1984 and wasn't
discontinued until the mid 2000s this
makes us miss it even more because we
had time to get really attached the soda
came in a variety of different fruit
flavors including mandarin orange grape
lemon-lime strawberry pineapple and
fruit punch slice soda had a strong
start but its popularity gradually waned
throughout its run it wasn't hugely
popular but it maintained a strong cult
following the drain
was originally owned by PepsiCo which
introduced it all the way back in 1984
oh I didn't I didn't know that and they
remained the manufacturer until it was
discontinued that said slice was
reintroduced in the US and Canada only
by a company called new slice ventures
who acquired the slice soda trademark
rights for those two countries the
reintroduction did feature some changes
to the formula making it lower in both
sugar and calories this will be a
welcome change for some but not so much
for those looking to experience the
original exactly as it was I'm not
change bugles
hand me a bugle this General Mills snack
food got its name from its distinctive
shape the hollow cone shaped chips are
reminiscent of everyone's favorite horn
the bugle after a test run in 1965
bugles had their official release in
1966 alongside several other General
Mills snacks such as pizza spins
whistles and daisies if you don't
recognize those last three names that's
perfectly understandable since none of
them made it into the 80s
bugles alone managed to make it to the
end of the century without being
discontinued however since 2000 the
snack has been discontinued in several
countries worldwide thanks to declining
demand well that sucks in some countries
like Canada and the United Kingdom there
was such an outcry when bugles were
first discontinued that they were
actually brought back fairly quickly
currently bugles are available in the
United States Canada China Denmark Saudi
Arabia the Netherlands and some other
countries in Central America and the
Caribbean the rest of the world won't be
able to get their hands on bugles
unfortunately that said General Mills
does license the name and shape to other
manufacturers around the world so you
may be able to find something similar to
bugles in your region that's wonderful
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