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[West Texas CEO]

We all know by now that many food & drink items are always a favorite of our childhoods, including Pop-Tarts, Cheerios, Pepsi, Oreo, etc.

But there are many food & drink items we never got to try because they were discontinued years or decades earlier, or sales weren't that good to begin with. Many of these food & drink items were released in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s, and were discontinued that many of us had never heard about these food & drink items or even got to try them out.

Many of these discontinued food & drink items have a cult following online, and in many cases, these food & drink items are brought back to the market.

Which discontinued food & drink items do you wish were brought back for you to try? Feel free to comment on any food & drink item as you wish.

For me, it's Red Bull Cola. It was always controversial because one of the ingredients was coca leaf extract. It tasted better than any normal soda and mixed very well with bourbon. I've never been a big soda drinker but I liked it because it had a unique flavor and didn't have that distinct cola aftertaste of industrial waste.

 

[Artoris]

Tomato flavored ghostbusters crisps

 

[West Texas CEO]

 

[Fbh]

Quaker Apple Cinamon Oh's was the best cereal:

I'm sure there's similar stuff in the US but there's nothing like it where I live

 

[Kilau]

pls come back.

 

[West Texas CEO]

I wonder if any other Americans would remember this one;

I think these would carry bacteria and had to be discontinued.

 

[bitbydeath]

I know they’re discontinued but I still check the shelves occasionally for them.

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

 

[jshackles]

I have three answers, and they're all drinks. They've all had limited revivals in recent years but I sure wish I could buy these whenever I wanted.

Surge

My favorite soda of all time. It's finally come back - but it's always sold out everywhere. My local Burger King has this in their Coke freestyle machine, but it just doesn't taste right. Probably because, you know, Burger King. Also, I'm old now, and my body can't process this stuff like it did when I was in college.

Crystal Pepsi

I loved this stuff back in the early 90s, I never understood why they got rid of it. Also had a few short-run revivals, and I was lucky enough to snag a few bottles a couple of years back. Yep, still amazing.

Zima

Man, I guess if someone ever builds a time machine I'm going back to the 90s. Zima was my alcoholic beverage of choice back in the day - it had that perfect combination of cheap, tasty, fizzy, and boozy. Also had a short revival a few years back where I picked up a few cases and had a blast of flavor nostalgia while getting wasted.


I guess I'm just a fan of carbonated drinks from the 90s.

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

 

[Mossybrew]

Zima

Man, I guess if someone ever builds a time machine I'm going back to the 90s. Zima was my alcoholic beverage of choice back in the day - it had that perfect combination of cheap, tasty, fizzy, and boozy. Also had a short revival a few years back where I picked up a few cases and had a blast of flavor nostalgia while getting wasted.


I guess I'm just a fan of carbonated drinks from the 90s.

I had a brief Zima phase as well. Missed that revival though, too bad.

 

[drganon]

 

[Husky]

I really miss these

 

[Zarak]

This is the answer. TMNT pudding pies were a fleeting gift from the gods we didn't deserve.

 

[Azelover]

We don't have McFish here anymore. It's just chicken or beef.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I've drank that a few times before. It is nasty but if you want to get drunk really easily it's a good way to do it.

 

[Darkmakaimura]

We don't have McFish here anymore. It's just chicken or beef.

Really? I haven't had McDonald's in a while but their fish sandwiches are excellent.

 

[Artoris]

Really? I haven't had McDonald's in a while but their fish sandwiches are excellent.

I don't think I had one, but I think they still have it, have not been in McDonald's for a few years now though

 

[belmarduk]

For me, it's Red Bull Cola. It was always controversial because one of the ingredients was coca leaf extract. It tasted better than any normal soda and mixed very well with bourbon. I've never been a big soda drinker but I liked it because it had a unique flavor and didn't have that distinct cola aftertaste of industrial waste.

A thousand times this. Red Bull Cola was better than Coke, Pepsi and RC Cola combined. I would buy this by pallet if it were still available.

 

[dave_d]

Got to go with Morton Donuts


They were frozen and you just put them in the oven for a few minutes to heat them up.(A nice hot donut) I think they had cinnamon-sugar, glazed, and chocolate frosted.

 

[eddie4]

Surge

Holy shit, I used to drink so much of this.

 

[JCK75]

 

[AJUMP23]

Quiznos. The chicken carbonara sub was top tier. Only know of one in the Denver airport now.

cinam toast crunch has changed their flavor. It isn’t as good as it use to be. They reduced the sugar content.

kraft Mac and cheese changed the recipe too. I can tell.

my moms potato salad. I don’t have the recipe.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

pls come back.

 

[Nobody_Important]

 

[BlackTron]

 

[MastAndo]

Double Decker Taco Supreme from Taco Bell

 

[kunonabi]

Bonkers candy
Red lobsters original BBQ sauce
Various classic cereals like dunkin donuts and ghostbusters
Popeyes original chicken nuggets

 

[West Texas CEO]

Dude, these were sooo good .

 

[Syphon Filter]

 

[DeafTourette]

I had one of those a few years ago at the pool with a couple women I'm friends with... That stuff is STRONG! Tasted good tho!

 

[DeafTourette]

That Crystal Pepsi was SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!

 

[Brian Fellows]

Snapple Spark. The fuckers have brought back every other Elements flavor except this one.

 

[SpiceRacz]

To this day, Rockstar Cola is the best drink they ever made.

 

[DaciaJC]

 

[Grildon Tundy]

Whoa, I hadn't thought of these in 20 years and then BOOM, I could taste it. So very good.

Guys, they used gravy as the pizza sauce. GRAVY!

 

[Inspector Q]

I have a bit of a sweet tooth so:

 

[West Texas CEO]

I have a bit of a sweet tooth so:

I agree with Edwards pies. The only thing that sucked is that I could eat an entire pie in just one sitting.

#fatkidproblems

 

[badblue]

 

[BossLackey]

Mountain Dew Pitch Black II
Taco Bell Lava Sauce (it was back for like five fucking seconds.)
A certain flavor of spicy Dorito. Can't remember what it was called.

 

[nightmare-slain]

these were my favourite crisps. I think they must’ve been discontinued about 20 years ago. I still think about them now and then

And these pot noodles (especially the Posh ones!) . I think these also changed in ~2003. The posh noodles were limited edition and of course Pot noodles still exist but they have very little taste to them.

My favourite is chicken and mushroom. I remember you used to get “chunks” of mushroom but now it’s microscopic pieces and the chicken just comes from the powder. The soy sauce packet might as well be a drop of water for all it offers. It’s not even enough to flavour the whole pot! I usually add my own soy sauce. And they have the fucking cheek to charge £1.40 per pot!! Can’t remember how much they were in the 00s but it wasn’t long ago you could get a pot for 70p!!

It’s been a long time since I had a posh noodle but if I remember right the difference was the type of noodle. I’m no noodle expert but compared to the normal pot noodle the posh had a longer and thicker noodle (heh). Also there was much larger pieces of whatever the fuck … mushroom, chilli, etc.

 

[Brian Fellows]

I also miss KFC's hotwings. When combined with BWW Honey BBQ sauce they were delicious.

 

[HoodWinked]

 

[M.W.]

 

[Badlucktroll]

This, but its coming back this fall

 

[Queso de Grande]

 

[KrakenIPA]

Crystal Pepsi. They brought it back a few years back but they didn't bring back the feeling of hide-and-seek outside and then Pizza Hut delivery for the Friday night D&D session/Street Fighter 2 competition.

 

[Liljagare]

We have alot of dipmixes, but my all time favourite was discontinued due to the spices getting too expensive. Was a perfect taco dip mix, never been able to recreate the recipy. You just mix them with sour cream.

There are ripoff brands, but nobody has nailed the flavour like they did!

 

[Trunx81]

What was better during a hot summer than to eat a sparkling Calippo Fizz?

 

[NickFire]

Bacon Cheeseburger barrito from Taco Bell