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. They were great. They were FAR BETTER than ANY peanut cookie and/or candy bar available today, INCLUDING the Nutter Butter cookies you make today. 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. Go figure! Too much cookie, not enough fudge and peanut butter. I have to do a thorough search in the cookie aisle a couple of times a year. Weird how so many people miss it like I do. They were awesome. I would love to sit down and devour a few of them right now. Chill dough for about an hour. THE best cookie ever. OK Nabisco, you have had your fun - BRING THE COOKING BACK!!!! Nabisco Brands History and Timeline - ThoughtCo Our memories are strong. They were very good/, So there's no way to get these anymore then? Press gently with palm of hand to flatten slightly. He's asked me to search a few novelty shops (i.e., Cracker Barrell etc.) Hope they see it. Every once in a while my brother & I will talk about them. 1993 Kraft General Foods acquires NABISCO ready-to-eat cold cereals from RJR Nabisco. Were screwed. My brother DeNault asked me just a few years ago what were those cookies? What a great bday present that would be - a package of Ideal Bars!!!! I still remember them and I'm going to write to Nabisco/Kraft asking them to bring them back! Please show me where to sign up. Come on Nabisco, BRING THEM BACK!! Nabisco could reintroduce these cookies with much fanfare and publicity and then watch their profits soar. I havent had an Ideal cookie in about 45 years but they are still my favorite cookie- bar none. I have tried to substitute the Little Debbies, but they are not a match. Let's bring them back, people!!! The price got really high and they did not sell that well. In an even more fundamental fashion, however, the Oreos form leaps across stylistic boundaries.. like everyone else, Ideal Cookies where the best ever! I have the fondest of memories eating these cookies. The Little Debbie things are similar but nowhere close to as good. This was and still would be my favorite cookie. They were much butter than the dry poptarts we are forced to have as replacements today. My sister and I were reminiscing and wishing they were still around. THE LITTLE DEBBIE ONES ARENT THAT BAD AT ALL BUT THEY ARE NOT IDEAL.THE ORIGINAL..SO CMON GANG EVERYONE GO TO NABISCO AND WRITE THEM A LETTER,TELL THEM ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS SITE AND MAYBE THEY WILL MAKE THEM AGAIN , My favorite cookie above all was Ideal. I too wish they would bring them back. When mom would buy them at the grocer's she had to hide them!!! They are the closest to the Ideal as anyone every going to get unless nabisco starts to make them again. I used to scour grocery store shelves for packages and buy them out. 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. Please bring them back! !I've never had a cookie I've enjoyed as much. As 1 of 7 kids we would all wait til Mom got home from shopping to check out the bags and be sure she got them. My dad worked for Nabisco - when he'd go to the plant that made Ideal peanut butter bars and come back with a carton - we felt like we were in heaven. That has never made sense to me! I wish they would bring them back at least as a promotional item for a few months, possibly the holiday season???? 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. ideal cookies were the absolute best! The last time I remember seeing them in the store was in the mid/late 70's. They were the Cadillac of commercial cookies. Cheers to all you fellow Ideal Cookie Lovers! to see if I can find these cookies. I am so dissapointed I can't get these for him. Please lets get them back.. google_ad_width = 120; "Correction" I called this Cookie a candy bar in my rush..my apologies. !I wish Nabisco would bring them back!!!! I would give up every store-bought cookie---sorry Pepperidge Milanos---for one Ideal Bar! My father and I used to sneak the whole package the moment my mother brought them home from the grocery. I too was an Ideal Bar Addict. Please let me find Ideal PB cookie bars on our cookie shelves. Bring them back to way up north in Maine!! Nabisco should make them again - the economy is in the dumps, people are depressed, shouldn't Nabisco make ideal bars just to make the country a happier place? I remember, my step-dad bringing fresh cookies out to us when we would pick him up. We used to get them a lot and they were great. Well apparently my husband wasn't kidding. Does anyone remember how some of them used to be more rounded and others were flatter? I found something that reminds me of the Ideal Peanut Butter Bars. They, too, were far superior to ANYTHING available today!!!! Even though I feel cookies made from scratch using the finest ingredients can't be beat. The Little Debbie bars don't even compare to Ideal Bars. Why single out the admirable apple variety for demolition? Please, Nabisco, bring them back! google_alternate_color = "E7F0EB"; I just came from the store and was looking for them. Vintage Nabisco (National Biscuit Co.) Collectibility and Fun Facts We depend on ad revenue to craft and curate stories about the worlds hidden wonders. Oreos were made with lard. Ok folks, you can duplicate the taste of these Ideal cookies. I hadn't thought about them in years until about a month ago I purchased a bag of the miniature reeses peanut butter cups that now come in milk and dark chocolate. My Mom and I were just talking about Ideal cookies. I was broke and Mom was gonna know I wasn't sick. There is no time like the present to re-introduce them to the market. I still have the scar and it reminds me of these wonderful cookies everyday. Nabisco kept the other fruit-flavored Newtons (raspberry, strawberry). I have been longing for these cookies and although I could not currently eat them like I did when I was young, I would keep them on hand to eat a few daily. PLEASE make them for us. I never got over losing the Ideal Bars. I'm on a mission now!!! Please we need to unite and get Nabisco to bring the Ideal bar cookie back. I've thought about them for years and could not understand why they are no longer available, OMG!!!!!!!!!! Giggles were shortbread cookies filled with fudge and vanilla cream, like an Oreo. 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. Cookies today do not compare with IDEAL cookies - they were and still are the best! google_ad_client = "pub-1475700848612418"; They were the best. Do anyone remember the cookie back in the 1970's shaped liked a little feet with pink icing on it. Id be willing to guess the cost of a package today would be upwards of $10; I'd pay $15 for a pack! I loved these when I was a little girl. They've become extinct. 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! I found that the peanut butter Twix is similar, but these are hard to find. I also had sent Nabisco a email to bring them back, but alas not yet. Oh PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE bring these cookies back. I'll definately sign it! The quality of the ideal bar was high and I am sure it would be a challenge to reproduce today. E-mail your local news station with this link. I still look for them at the store too! I loved these cookies. WOW! Like us on Facebook to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. I used to hate that they came in such a small package, but that is the size package I would kill for now. Do we have to wait until the Kraft foods no longer has the patten on the cookies. Some of these gingerbread cookies take months to make. We lived in Florida and they tended to melt otherwise. Dark chocolate over crunchy peanut butter, I can almost taste them. Little Debbie,PB Twix etc. BEST COOKIE EVER MADE!! They were the best cookie ever. But while Oreo ascended to become something of a cultural touchstone, Hydrox retained its partisans, in part also because the slightly-more-bitter cookie was also kosher. Nothing compares. He was unable to finish his sentance, I replied IDEAL!! Best cookie ever made.Dad hid them from me and I hid them from him. Kim McMiller Associate Director, Consumer Relations. mmmmMMMMmmmmmMMMMMM!!!!! I have tried to find something similar, but no way can anything else compare. In 1882, the entrepreneur Jacob Loose bought a biscuit and candy company that would eventually be known as Sunshine Biscuits (after the companys baking plant designs) and, in 1908, launched the biscuit sandwich known as Hydrox. He could not believe the Ideal bar interrogation. After a little research I have discovered that Nabisco was bought by Kraft back in 2000. In regards to the Trader Joes Pretzels. After reading the previous post, I got in my car and drove 45 minutes to Trader Joes and purchased a bag. To date the closest I've seen to this most stupendous but unavailable product is the peanut butter Twix. Nabisco factory in New Jersey closing after 63 years - New York Post When Oreo began populating store shelves in 1912, it . If anyone is lucky enough to live somewhere close to a Trader Joe's, then you need to go and buy their Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Pretzels!! She says candy bars today do not compare to the real dark chocolate coating because she says today's candy bars are made with very little real chocolate or coco. 1901 The name Nabisco is first used as part of a name for a sugar wafer. Round cookies make easy snacks for kids and adults Baked cookies with a classic crispy texture for a satisfying crunchy snack Ideal for sweet snacks or desserts Specifications Contains: Soy, Wheat May Contain: Peanuts, Tree Nuts Filling: No Filling State of Readiness: Ready to Eat Package Quantity: 1 Bakery topping: Brown Sugar There were air gaps between the various layers of the one cookie I ate so far. I miss Ideal cookies and they were my favorite store bought cookie in the seventies. My mom would hide ours, too. They're EVEN BETTER than OREO cookies. The Untold Truth Of Nilla Wafers - Mashed.com I use to eat them all the time and was sad when they stopped making them. I'm with you guys; Scott, Jim, Jan, et,al My most treasured memories of the seventies include that cookie/bar. Another option for you might be to spread peanut butter on Ritz crackers, dip them in melted chocolate chips, let cool and consume. These cookies are the best. Can't believe they're gone for good My sister and I were trying to explain this cookie to my youngest daughter today. Please, someone foreward all these requests to Nabisco. The closest thing I have found is the Girl Scout Peanut Butter Patties. My dad and I reminisce about them, too. They were too good to have just one, just two - maybe four!!! 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. http://www.mondelezinternational.com/ ( MondelezInternationaldotcom)has bought out the snack division of Nabisco. My husband and I started to think maybe we had dreamed about Ideal Cookies. I too grew up with the wonder that was Ideals cookies and I miss them terribly. PLEASE BRING THESE BACK, NABISCO!!! They were kept in the little cupboard between the fridge and stove. PLEASE BRING THEM BACK, NABISCO! I thought I was the only one that searched grocery store shelves all over america for these treats!! I would put them in the fridge. OMFG. 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. Please, please consider bringing them back!! Sign up for our email, delivered twice a week. The woman I spoke with was quite nice as I recall but had no answer as to why they had discontinued the product. OfficeWorld.com has over 100K business products in-stock, up to 80% savings, industry-leading service, FREE 1- to 2-day delivery over $49*! The fact my kids never had one is enough reasonwait, not it's not. I have never stopped thinking about those cookies. BRING THEM BACK!!! Please bring it back if for limited time. I remember my mom buying these and trying to hide them from my sister and me, but we could find them anywhere!