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'Gone Too Soon!': 36 Discontinued Snacks And Drinks Guaranteed To Ping Your Nostalgia Bone, According To Older Folks

When we revisited 41 discontinued foods that left a Tid-Bit-shaped hole in our hearts, it was clear people had plenty more to share. From forgotten flavors of familiar favorites (wowza, check out that alliteration) to completely original creations, BuzzFeed Community user comments were another delicious trip down memory lane. So, we're diving even deeper into the pantry of the past with 36 more beloved foods that disappeared without a trace (and honestly, we're still not over it). 1. "Buitoni Toaster Pizza! They were round pockets filled with sauce and cheese that came frozen, and you popped them in the toaster to heat them. This was a perfect after-school snack." 2. "Fizzies. Loved dropping those tablets into ice-cold water and creating a yummy fizzy drink. Especially the root beer flavor! In addition, we drank them out of those colorful aluminum glasses. It made the icy cold experience even better! No Fizzies or aluminum glasses any longer. SAD." —Jan, Carson City, 68 "Fizzy tablets to make a bubbly drink. They came in orange, grape and cherry." —Sue, 67 3. "One thing that I truly miss from my '90s childhood: Rice Krispies Treats cereal! It was so good!" — betherick85 4. "Hydrox sandwich cookies! So much better than Oreos. " 5. "Shake-A-Puddin'. Came with an orange plastic cartoon-like 'person' unscrewed in the middle to add the dry pudding mix and milk. Screw it back together and shake, and after a minute open and you have properly mixed, ready-to-eat pudding (in theory; there were usually lots of dry powder lumps). The jingle went: 'Shake, shake, shake. Shake, shake, shake. Shake-a-puddin'. Shake-a-puddin'." 6. "I miss Bar None candy bars. I used to 'unleash my chocolate beastie!'" 7. "Munch 'Ems. They were little hexagon-shaped crackers, and the ranch flavor was amazing." 8. "The only answer is the Peanut Butter Boppers." 9. "The Mars candy bar. The company now has a product like it, but it's not the same as the original one." 10. "Social Teas by Nabisco." 11. Drake's full-sized Ring Dings. They came out with Ring Ding Juniors, which eventually became Ring Dings, and the original, larger, individually wrapped version disappeared." 12. "Fortified oat flakes! It was so delicious, not too sweet, and had a very specific flavor we've never been able to find since." —Eltee "Fortified oat flakes." —Lisa, Seattle, 58 13. "A soft drink, around the time that Mountain Dew premiered, called Kickapoo Joy Juice." 14. "Sara Lee Frozen Banana Cake." 16. "Nabisco Marshmallow Sandwich Cookies!" 17. "Meatloaf sauce — it came in a can, and all you had to do was dump it into a pound of ground beef, and it made the absolutely most delicious meatloaf ever with no extra seasoning!" 18. "Devil's food cookies. You can still buy them, though they are not made the same way... The old ones were just the cake filling dipped in a very thin layer of marshmallow and then in a thin layer of chocolate." 19. "Crazy Cow (chocolate and strawberry)." 20. "Willy Wonka Oompas." 21. "Cinnaburst and Mintaburst gum." —Anonymous 22. "Australian Toaster Biscuits." Oroweat / notmynaturalcolor / Via —Lisa, Rhode Island, 55 23. "Kraft Chicken Noodle dinner." Kraft / carolinejohnson / Via —Anonymous 24. " Butterfinger BBs. Way better ratio of chocolate to inside, and they didn't make a mess." Nestle / verycrunchy / Via —Anonymous 25. "Morton's frozen honey buns!!!" Morton / kittybigs / Via —Anonymous 26. "Ocean Spray cranberry raspberry hard candy. It was around sometime in the '90s and gone too soon!" photogsartimus / Via —Marissa, Massachusetts, 41 27. "Moola Koola by Borden's. The slogan was 'soft drink that tastes like a cow!'" ALittleSliceofVintageLife / Via Facebook: ALittleSliceofVintageLife —Anonymous 28. "Juice Squeeze — Grapefruit, wild berry, and there was also an orange one… Best soda I've ever tried. Rip Crystal Geyser." Crystal Geyser / useful_conclusion_15 / Via —Anonymous 29. "Koogle Peanut Butters." Kraft / robbjuteau / Via —Anonymous 30. "Chicken Tonight was a big hit in our house in the early 1990s. They had several varieties of this sauce for skillet-cooked chicken, but Country French was the best. " Ragu / [deleted] / Via —Anonymous 31. "Orange sugar-free Bubble Yum. It was the best! It was around in the late '70s/early '80s. Not sure when it went away." The Hershey Company / first-chapter / Via —Anonymous 32. "Grape Lifesavers. They used to come in a pack by themselves. Haven't seen them in the US since the mid-'80s. A friend found some on a trip to Canada about 25 years ago, but I don't know if they're available anywhere now." Mars / redkittiekat / Via —Anonymous 33. "Stouffer's Corn Soufflé. It was excellent as a side dish or for dinner with a salad." Stouffer's / AxlCobainVedder / Via —Anonymous 34. "Rothschilds butterscotch. They had a toffee and chocolate as well. I thought the butterscotch was the height of sophistication as a kid." Rothschilds / bluesage1948 / Via —Anonymous 35. "Stouffer's Welsh Rarebit." Stouffer's / AxlCobainVedder / Via —Anonymous 36. "Banana flips, a vanilla cake taco filled with artificial flavored banana cream. So artificially flavored, and so good." Nickles / deepfriedgreensea / Via —Anonymous What food items do you remember from past decades that are sorely missing from grocery store shelves today? Tell us in the comments or anonymously via this form! Your submission may be featured in a future Tasty post! Paramount Pictures / Tasty Download the free Tasty app for more content like this and easy access to thousands of recipes — no subscription required! Note: Some responses have been edited for length and/or clarity.