More like this. They were almost like a candy bar. The biscuit containers and the china scoop to retrieve the biscuits, are prized along with: wood crates carrying the N.B.C./National Biscuit Company label, and early metal tins, store . O. O U. U U U UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU. Followed by Penguin cookies! They were the best ever! The first is the IDEAL Peanut Butter Bars. //2007-06-05: inthe70s Despite their undeniable childlike aesthetic, though, even grown-ups could get behind crunching on a handful of these mini-cookies even though they pretty much lack any nutritional . I've been looking for them for years!!!!! These were a chocolate covered cookie shaped like a small candybar. Now that I have my own home I would love to have them back. Please bring them back, Nabisco! Get the word out and maybe, just maybe we'll see the BEST cookie resurrected. We also search for this cookie but now the truth is out we will stop, kind of sad. I remember them well. i loved the ideal bars myself, little debbie has somthing simalar the peanut butter bar which is a close fascimile there of. Individually wrapped sleeves to lock in freshness. OK, so what WAS it about the Ideal bars? Please lets get them back.. There's one candy bar, Peanut Butter Twix, that kind of reminds me of the essence of Ideal, but still not the real thing. I'D Sign the petition in an instant! I found something that reminds me of the Ideal Peanut Butter Bars. Please bring Ideal cookies back. E-mail your local news station with this link. I'm with you guys; Scott, Jim, Jan, et,al My most treasured memories of the seventies include that cookie/bar. Love them and really wish they would bring them back the SAME as the were! It was the highlight of dessert. You need more diversity than this to keep my business!!! Make them again! My people! I miss you Ideal cookies. With all these people clamoring for these cookies, I wonder why they ever stopped making them. I was sitting in bed and the name just came back to me so I Googled "Ideal"! Little Debbies just don't work for me. I remember the package being a single layer of chocolate dipped peanut butter bars, maybe about a dozen lined up back to back. I am so glad I found this site. I still check the cookie isle at the grocery store hoping to see these again. Since were so loved there is no doubt they would be a best seller. The absolute BEST cookie ever produced on this planet in my lifetime. The following are links about Ideal Cookies you may find interesting. For the sake of money, some men will destroy goodness. I did NOT have to share them. Sporty Hairstyles. We were just talking about how much we miss them and want them back!! Ya Gotta bring EM back they are the true IDEAL snack of all time!!! Once Nabisco had removed the lard, mainly for health reasons, going kosher became possible. LETS ALSO SAY WE DON'T GIVE A DAMN WHAT THEY COST. PLEASE! Good ta know WE ARE NOT ALONE! My son has never had one. Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546. I know they discontinued them years ago but I rfuse to give up hope. The Ideal cookies were also a great treat in our household. Nabisco cannot continue implying that there is not enough demand for the Ideal cookie. Shopping with 5 children apparently wasn't easy, so she would bribe us with Ideal bars. I can't believe the post starts in 2007 and the last one was 4 days ago. And even if theyll always be the second banana compared to Oreo, they have a spot in the grocery store again. There are some cookies called Nutter Butter, if you melt some semi-sweet chocolate chips and dip these cookies in the chocolate, it comes fairly close to the Ideal cookie. With so many of us wanting them back has anyone sent Nabisco this link? Melt the Ghirardelli bittersweet chocolate morsels. I can not remember the name. 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. The problem, of course, was probably the name. My Mother kept these IDEAL Peanut Butter Cookie Logs in the Bread Box part of our shelvesthey were maybe three inches long and sorta like a flatted log.dark rich chocolate, didn't taste cheap.and had an inner crispy peanut butter filling, with some moisture.something like a Clark Bar taste, only a bit more of a cookie. !my mom says she LOVED them! Ideal Chocolate Peanut Bars -- oh man do I miss those. it worked for betty white on snl, maybe it would work for ideal bars! I would absolutely love to introduce these cookies to my adult children and grands. I would put them in the fridge. 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. 37. evenings watching TV and eating a package of them with Daddy & cold white milk. Thank you all! OMG I have the same problem finding Nalley's Chip dip in all stores, another one of those tastes from the past My sister and I just got back from a road trip down the coast of Oregon and then back up I-5 going North. Please Nabisco, make a good business decision and bring these back. Roll into small balls and place on ungreased or parchment lined cookie sheets. They are not spell checked or reviewed for accuracy. I remember these and still desire them! I made my own sandwich and helped my self to an entire package of Ideals. I was broke and Mom was gonna know I wasn't sick. The following are comments left about Ideal Cookies from site visitors such as yourself. I moved from Cali to Texas in 1980, Texas didn't have anybummer. Through the years I told so many people that my ALL TIME FAVORITE STORE BOUGHT COOKIE was Nabisco's Ideal cookies. my Dad's Uncle ran a country store just across the road and we could run over there and grab a package when needed. See, the reason these were the BEST cookies is because they were slightly salty AND sweet. DON'T cheapen the ingredient deck! I sent the link to this page to Nabisco today. They were our special treat. I believe the cooky you're thinking of was a Hey Day or something like that. The best ever cookie. Brand history. I would love to get my hands on them again. Considering how many gourmet cookies are sold now, it's hard to imagine there wouldn't be a market for these at a higher price. I contacted Nabisco one time they said they could find no record of them ever making such a cookie. I believe that is why they discontinued them. We are sisters who grew up in California in the 60's and 70's and were TOTALLY addicted to the Ideal cookie bar!!! google_ad_client = "pub-1475700848612418"; My sisters and I loved them and ordering GS Tagalongs reminds us every year that they've disappeared. There was only one store in our little town that carried them. We DO need them back - no other cookie/candy bar compares! Give it a try or let someone else make them. BEST COOKIE EVER MADE!! We would eat them all in one weekend!! There has never, ever been a cookie that has come close to that incredible treat. I make something very very similar. Ideal cookies were my favorite, too. Ideal Bars were my favorites too (along with peanut butter Spoon Candy, also by Kraft/Nabisco)! I keep telling my grandkids about them and they can't believe me or wontPLEASE BRING THESE WONDERFUL TREATS BACK !! If you can believe it (and it's true) I actually went through shock treatment using Ideal bars as a food I should not eat (a loose weight gimmick in the 70's which is still used for smoking). I've often remembered the ideal bar with fondness and wished I'd had one. Wow, how I miss those peanut butter bars. Please bring this cookie backit's been gone way too long!! I just came from the store and was looking for them. Sometimes we used them as scoops with vanilla or new york ice cream. I just had a brainstorm on how to get close to that flavor again though! It's a crime! 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I hope nabisco reads these comments and realizes the disappointment to many famalies with the loss of a simple cookie. Please bring it back, Oh How I'd love to have that cookie again -- please bring it back. Press gently with palm of hand to flatten slightly. How sad. OMG I miss Ideal Bars! 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. 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. He figured out that, since Kelloggs admitted it wasnt interested in doing anything with the cookie brand, he legally would be able to cancel the trademark and re-use it. Very sad when something that evokes such passion is discontinued.. Wow, I thought that I was crazy for still looking for these great dark chocolate covered cookies. They were so delicious out of the refrigerator. Years later my husband and I used to joke about it being a "single serving package" because for us it was. I copied the link above someone posted and left the same story to nabiso, if everone does this, we might have a chance!! Finally I googled and found this site. Follow us on social media to add even more wonder to your day. Ideal cookies were a staple in my house. Whenever I find myself in the cookie aisle of the supermarket - I look for them - still to this day - hoping they have come back. This cookie was by far the most delicious blend of flavors you could ever ask for. They're calling to me now! It is now Nov 2016 and still NO IDEAL cookies on the shelf..why can't Nabisco sell their Recipe for the Ideal Cookie to like a Wegmans?? Please! Nabisco kept the other fruit-flavored Newtons (raspberry, strawberry). I won't have to SHARE!! I am now 58 years old and have never found a cookie that comes close to the ideal peanut butter log. But I have to askdid anyone else first peel the chocolate off with their teeth before launching into the cookie? They patiently look them up and laugh. If a petition is started., I will sign. I certainly DON'T, and my not buying cookies shows it!!!! If I could stand on the street corner for themall legs would be hanging out LOL. Please, Please bring them back. LOL I swear I wish they would bring those cookies back. There was just one problem. "Once Upon A Time" I was told that Nabisco discontinued production of these cookies because of the heat factor in shipping (chocolate melting, etc.) Every trip down the cookie isle, I scan every shelf looking for them. Growing up in the 60's, my mom would splurge every now and then and buy them--what a treat. I can't go in to the cookie isle without looking for them. Cinthia, thanks for tip, it was fun. This article was updated with minor edits on September 8, 2020. I look for IDEAL cookies every time I am at the grocery store hoping to see that Nabisco has reintroduced them. I miss Lemon Coolers and My Dad Harold Hourihan more! The Ideal Bars by Nabisco was the best cookies that one could buy from the store. Have missed my favorite cookie for years. I was a good climber too. I miss these cookies too! There were the BEST! 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. I still hunt for them from time to time. I'll send a link to my sister. Missed by everyone in my family and we would give almost anything to have a taste of those wonderful treats. //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. If everyone on this list did, maybe it would help. We could not get enough! When Nabisco first started, the biscuit cookies and crackers were stored in large bins, or cracker barrels and sold at country grocery stores by the scoopful. Dad always got a pack when we all went to the grocery as a familywe'd open the pack while shopping and they were gone before we hit the register! My Mom and I were just talking about Ideal cookies. Even now, so many years later,I have never found another cookie that I have enjoyed more. Perhaps Nabisco has a deal with Reeses that they will not compeet! The fact my kids never had one is enough reasonwait, not it's not. On my birthday as a 'Twenty Something' I asked for Ideal cookies instead of a cake!! Found these comments so wanted to put my two-cents in on this. These were my husband's favorite & what an awesome Christmas surprise that would be!!! I would dearly love to give my dad a package of Ideal cookies. I miss Ideal cookies and they were my favorite store bought cookie in the seventies. What surprises me is they still make the Pinwheel which was the same line..even the same color package..kind of their higher end type cookie. It was the best store bought. LET US ALL PROMISE TO CALL NABISCO AND PLEAD FOR THEM TO BRING BACK THIS COOKIE. These were and remain my all-time favorite cookie. I also feel the same way about the old Hershey 'Bar None' candy bar, which only lasted a short timeduring the 1990's. :) My sister and I talked about them this weekendsuch good memories! Nothing taste as good as the ideal cookie. I concur with every favorable sentiment expressed about these cookies and if someone from Nabisco were to read all of these comments and if a lightbulb were to go on upstairs, they might see the dollar signs written on the wall. I was told way back in the 70's also that they quit making them during the warm months.. and then never started making them again one year. They usually were gone during the drive home from the grocery store to the house. I remember his yelling about the peanut butter bars, and I would feign ignorance. These were absolutely the best.I don't remember when they stopped making these, but I DO recall not finding them at the stores and, after a while, forgetting about them, until recently.yes, they only came out in the fall because the delicate chocolate coating would melt in the heat of summer, so they weren't shipped then. I call Nabisco every year and ask them when they are going to start making Ideal Cookie Bars again. More and a few times we paid for an empty pack. Intended to imply hydrogen and oxygenthe two chemicals that make up waterthe result has a more clinical, less roll-off-the-tongue convention to it, and instead evokes hydrogen peroxide, a chemical you probably dont want to drink. )which got me thinking again about the best cookie ever, IDEAL! PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE! I had always kept an eye out for these and time to time I would find them (and buy a few boxes!!! they we're the best cookie ever made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1. It seems like the best things are often inexplicably taken away or discontinued. If a petition would work, let's get one going! I love these cookies. Loved Ideals-The Very Best! I do all the shopping! The chocolate had hardened by the time I ate mine. Litte Debbie's are okay, but not great - and although the concept of dipping nutter butters in chocolate is appealing - it's not really like an Ideal bar. I seem to remember the stores being out of them during the hot months, then one day they would appear on the shelf and for the next few months I couldnt get enough of them. Just go and like the Facebook page "Bring Back the Nabisco Ideal Cookie Bars". My friend (RIP) and i would walk to the corner store (even in th snow) and buy them..great memories of growing up..i miss those cookies !! For months, some Canadians have been searching in vain for their beloved Dad's chocolate chip cookies. I encourage all you IDEAL fans to reach out to Nabisco too. He will be 48 on Monday and I have no doubt that if those cookies were still around, he would eat the entire package. They were his favorite. We used to get them a lot and they were great. Nabisco, if these wonderful cookies are too expensive to make and sell in a package of cookies, how about packaging them as candy bars? Why else would they not capitolize on the chocolate & peanut butter market in 30 yeas? Sorry Mother and Daddy, you couldn't stop us!!! When I met my husband 25 years ago his favorite thing was an Ideal Bar - and to this day when I ask him what he needs from the store, his response is always "Ideal Bars". More information. What's the problem? Since Vintage and Retro (i.e. Waiting to see how it reacts with milk compared to what I remember. The Best cookie EVER! I hadn't been able to find those for years either, but found one today (hooray! Would happily pay more for ideal bars than for any other cookie. You'd make a bundle on themhealth-kick or not, people loved theseand you don't break what's not broken. an update: I just received a msg indicating that my note referenced above was not deliverable to "cis@nabisco.com". I thought I was the only one who really missed these cookies! I'm on a mission now!!! At the end of their email form, they give a phone number. I wrestled with my weight as a kid in the late 70's, yet every once in a while my mom would secretly buy a box of these rich logs of dark chocolately goodness, if only to show her undying love for me, her only begotten son. I often times tell my family about this cookie. PLEASE! Keebler makes a Pretzel bite that is as close as it gets, but still not Ideal!!!!!! Nothing made today compares! NOTHING COMPARES, not even close.Ideal Bars were easily the greatest cookie ever mass produced,SORRY OREO, but its true. The name, they thought, would be reminiscent of the sunlight that glimmered through its factories, in addition to speaking to a basic purity of product. Little Debbie makes something similar, but we need the real ideal back!! Get the peanut butter filled pretzel bits from Trader Joe's and dip them in melted dark chocolate. Sign up and like! An eye-opening journey through the history, culture, and places of the culinary world. Too much cookie, not enough fudge and peanut butter. That has never made sense to me! Too bad Nabisco/Mondel. WHY did they ever stop making them WHY?????????? IDEAL COOKIES ARE A FAR CRY BETTER THAN ANY OTHER THEY MAKE. Ideal Barks popped into my mind last week and I asked my husband to look for them at the store. They've become extinct. Still my favorite cookie of all times! How can those gawdawful Nilla wafers survive all these years while the ultimate cookie -- the Ideal Bar -- is retired? I remember, my step-dad bringing fresh cookies out to us when we would pick him up. The history of Oreos is pretty dark. Please, please consider bringing them back!! They were even better cold. :}, P.S. Another favorite of mine was TostettesI loved them because they were so moist and full of fruit and had a little sprinkle of sugar on topjust the right amount (cold or hot). ;-) THANKS. Mondelez International, Nabisco's Chicago-based parent company, makes some of its snacks in Mexico, but it said in a news release that production from Fair Lawn and Atlanta, where it is closing. And, for a minute, it felt like a game-changer for Sunshine Biscuits. Those cookies were both of our favorites. I agree with everybody on this page. It is Little Debbie Peanut Butter Crunch cookie bars. It's decades later and those of us middle aged and older would enjoy having a cookie that tastes like something other than sugar to snack on. I would love to see them make a comeback! thanks to all for the great memories & hope! My mom would hide ours, too. Nabisco, please bring back my most favorite cookie of all times. They were wonderful. I'D SIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ideal Sandwich Cookies were among the "Best of Nabisco"! Oreos were made with lard. I kind of make a substitute with Ritz crackers, peanut butter and melted chocolate chips. Best cookie ever !! You also need to bring back the Famous Cookie Assortment. After dinner, I couldn't eat much, but I even got to share some more Ideal cookies with my Mom and this is where my life of food-crime began. Bring them back, who cares what the price is. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. Weird how so many people miss it like I do. This was and still would be my favorite cookie. I called it and REALLY let a customer service rep know what they need to do. When I was a kid I used to be a pretty good actor. These Cookies RoCkEd! Great to share a wonderful memory of my childhood. And the name proved such a huge turnoff that Hydrox only had 4.2 percent of the sales of Oreo in 1998just $16 million compared to Oreos $374 million takeaway. I'm beginning to wonder if these were laced with cocaine! Who knew so many other people loved my favorite cookie ever? I also LOVED Ideal Cookie bars. It was on the very top shelf. hoping..praying.to see the most wonderful cookie ever made! You've almost got a cookie mob on your hands here and all we want is Ideal Cookie chocolate on ours!!! Then he started pre-bagging them for lunch. Maybe I will email Keebler and encourage them to check out this site - for sure there's a demand - so how 'bout they provide the supply - :). 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. THE best cookie ever. These were the best cookies ever and I would give my first born child to have one of these again. No other cookie compares! I also LOVED the cookies as a child. google_ad_width = 120; Sometimes Mom hid them - they lasted about a day, cost a little more than most other cookies and were worth every dime. Ideal chocolate Peanut Bars were the best cookie product ever produced. i would love to have one right now. I would love Nabisco to bring this delicious chocolate delightful cookie back! Here is the Nabisco email for comments. Let's keep up the support for more Ideal Cookies.I have grandsons that need to savor the flavor..I don't think my kids even got to experience it!! like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! Please - make them again Ana Isco. I am going to email cis@nabisco.com (found this email address on another website of other people begging for this cookie to come back). Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Maybe we need to start our own petition to Nabisco! I want them back too, they were my favorite. However, Reeses sticks are too sweet and less rich than the Idea Bar. Adolphus Green is president. I remember them from 50 yrs ago . My kids love peanut butter and chocolate, I know they would devour these! 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. I am sending an email to Nabisco to lodge my question tonight. Best cookie ever made.Dad hid them from me and I hid them from him. !So I can show my grandkids what a great cookie really is! My Mom and I ate so many packages of these we should be ashamed! I can speak for the rest of our clan and say Nabisco bring back the Ideal Cookie Bars and make the world a sweeter place. I have to do a thorough search in the cookie aisle a couple of times a year. We stopped at a store in Winston, Oregon and we found "Little Debbie's" version of the Ideal bar. I loved these Ideal Peanut Butter Bars tooooo much! ideal cookies are the best cookies ever made. Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring these cookies back. My biggest beef with the 'chocolate peanut butter' type cookies out there today is they are all too sweet! Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand. Grew up in New England and now live in California. Please Nabisco bring back these cookies. I would give up every store-bought cookie---sorry Pepperidge Milanos---for one Ideal Bar! My god we are all correct best damn cookie ever made. Best cookie ever! To date the closest I've seen to this most stupendous but unavailable product is the peanut butter Twix. Where can you find these cookies ? OMG !!! It's funny; now that I am middle aged and have enough money to buy these at any time they are not available. "You have to have the right. Oh yesHow I remember those cookies "Ideal Cookies" they were the best cookie I have every eatenI wish Nabisco would make them again. I will go on the newsdo commercials for you.whatever it takes! - Bring them back, you knuckle-heads! I think about them all the time. Feel free to have friends and family make additional requests. 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. Years ago I ran across these cookies for the last time while on a ski trip at incline village Nevada - I bought 2 bags and planned to bring 1 home but they didn't make it all the way home :-), Holy Crap!!!!!
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