I would love to sit down and devour a few of them right now. It would be nice to have something come back from the past to bring back good memories likes this. I am still looking for "Turkish Delights" myself. :). My sister and I wear talking about these cookies and I had to google them. Nabisco could reintroduce these cookies with much fanfare and publicity and then watch their profits soar. I really love these cookies also! When mom would buy them at the grocer's she had to hide them!!! And that was the keythe slightly salty peanut butter. Come on you guys bring them back. Well apparently my husband wasn't kidding. Wouldn't you think Nabisco would want make some bucks and satisfy the public by bringing this cookie back to market? There is a Facebook on bring back the ideal cookie .someone said they talked to nabisco and they said they would consider it if enough people pushed for them back. Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America. Now that I have my own home I would love to have them back. 1981 Nabisco merges with Standard Brands. Ideal Sandwich Cookies were among the "Best of Nabisco"! ;-) THANKS. They are amazing! I loved these when I was a little girl. A few years back when Nabisco told me that they were discontinued, I was crushed. Not only is it dark on the outside and light on the inside, but it is lavishly ornate in its exterior design while being utterly simple within. PLEASE bring them back - it's been like 30 years or more! Lets all write or e-mail Nabisco. Are there any other theories out there? 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. My mom and I were just talking about good cookies that are no longer available. I am so dissapointed I can't get these for him. That cookie holds the best childhood memories ever. I loved those cookies. If you all really want to do something about it, go to the Nabisco website. "You have to have the right. Thanks, Mark. They had good tasteu could not just eat one. Nabisco, please bring them back!!! Of course we stuck pretty close to those Ideals. Alas, everything Good in life either disappears or changes. They were better than the Oreo with peanut butter in the middle, and that is saying a lot because I love those Oreos. I grew up on them as treats and have been looking for them for YEARS!!!!!!! I aqree that with all the boring cookies out there and the market for gourmet cookies Nabisco couldn't find a way to market them or sell the recipie to a gourmet cookie company who could market them. I love these cookies! Unite. I did NOT have to share them. Nabisco is owned by Kraft Foods. Nothing will ever compare to Ideal Cookies! Probably a good idea they stopped making those. Let me have ONE memory of my childhood back! Is it that difficult for them to reintroduce an item that was truly loved and enjoyed? Now I know I am not crazy, they really did exist. How can something SO Good, SO Popular, So Beloved, disappear without a trace, a sequel, a follow-up, or especially, an apology?! 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. I have been searching for these damn cookies for decades hoping upon hope I could find them again. He had to do all the hard work of reformulating the snack, but once he had figured that out, it was off to the races. Please bring Ideal cookies back. With my father it was always a toss up either the pinwheels or the Ideals, 95% the time it was the Ideals, one of the best of store bought cookies ever. How do we get to it? To the lady who stated that little debbie bars tasted like the ideal bars, must not ever had the real Nabisco Ideal bars. (sigh) Why Nabisco why? Gastro Obscura covers the worlds most wondrous food and drink. they were my favs and can't believe they haven't been brought back yet is there a fb page for them yet??? Then I just took one, so he could not be sure if his count was off one. Nabisco, the maker of Oreo cookies and other treats, said its NJ plant's approximate 600 workers have either retired, transferred or were looking for other jobs. i loved the ideal bars myself, little debbie has somthing simalar the peanut butter bar which is a close fascimile there of. I would love to see these cookies back in the grocery store, or even available through online ordering. i would love to have one right now. The best cookie ever - my Ohio farm raised husband never tasted one. I still look for these cookies when I go in the grocery store hoping they will magically appear. ideal cookies were the absolute best! I just got finished eating Reese's Sticks that I had gotten from the fridge and I thought of the Ideal cookies!! It's nice to see so many other people feel the same way I do. Agreed. Even so, bring back the original recipe!!!!! What is one thing in the world that I could change would be world peace. I loved these Ideal Peanut Butter Bars tooooo much! We're all demanding the cookie - where is the supply? I need one for myself!). NABISCO, WHY DID YOU STOP MAKING THEM???!!! Please bring them back Nabisco!!! Ellia Kassoff, a Jewish kid who grew up on the kosher cookies, had gained some knowledge on how to gain access to a trademark that was sitting unused, and as a result, he was able to pick up Hydrox for his own company, Leaf Brandsitself a dormant brand that Kassoff had revived. soooooooo are they coming back, i'm still needing them!!!!!! Im 55 now but I can still remember those awesome chocolate covered cookie bars I can still taste them they were the best ever cookie ever made in my opinion my aunt that just past at the age of 95 still remembered those cookies. The Untold Truth Of Nilla Wafers - Mashed.com I would really like my daughter Keira, who is a chocolate fanatic, to enjoy the delectable Ideal bar. Discontinued Products :: Nabisco :: Discontinued Nabisco Products. I am willing to attempt another contact with nabisco whatever will work. I found this today searching for clues on Nabisco Tidbits (also sadly no longer made) and found ths link and also found Chocolate Snaps - another old Nabisco snack no longer produced. The best cookie of the 60s and 70s. I sent an email directly to the company and didn't even receive the courtesy of a reply. Funny thing, as it was, the woman I spoke with said that those were her favorite cookies also. Not exactly the same but pretty darn close. Just go and like the Facebook page "Bring Back the Nabisco Ideal Cookie Bars". I loved them and there is nothing even close to their goodness!!! Oreo Big Stuf was introduced in 1984 and was about 10 times the size of a traditional Oreo. I am going to keep trying and contacting them. I wrote Nabisco and sent the link to this site. Please bring them back Nabisco!!!! We only had them during the winter, I don't think they could hold up to the Louisiana summer heat, they melted so easily. To be blunt, they lie to the Trademark Office.. Best cookie ever! I wish they would bring them back too! They were and still are the best cookie I have ever had. I was so bummed when they discontinued them. Check out Little Debbie's substitute, Peanut Butter Crunch Bars: http://www.littledebbie.com/products/PBBars.asp I can't peel the chocolate off them like I did on the Ideals, but they're quite acceptable. My best friend in grade school used to get them every week, and she would share! I am so glad I found this link because it makes me feel connected with all the other IDEAL COOKIE LOVERS. There were air gaps between the various layers of the one cookie I ate so far. Why would they ever discontinue making such a fabulous cookie that became so loved by so many people? //-->, Loading images, if this message doesn't go away you may need to enable javascript in order to see pictures. I also LOVED the cookies as a child. I think maybe Nabisco, but not real sure. 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. Submit a story or info about Ideal Cookies,