Grocery brands love a nostalgia-fueled comeback, but somehow, some of the most-requested discontinued foods are still nowhere to be found. And we’re not just talking about a few people reminiscing on Reddit. Fans have launched petitions, created dedicated websites, flooded brands with requests, and in some cases gathered tens of thousands of signatures asking companies to reconsider.
Some of these products disappeared decades ago, while others were pulled much more recently. Either way, shoppers haven’t forgotten them. From a beloved cheesecake snack with more than 51,000 petition signatures to a Doritos flavor with an enormous online following, here are 15 discontinued grocery foods people are still begging brands to bring back.
Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars
For some fans, apparently no other cheesecake snack has filled the hole left by Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars. The individually portioned treats paired a graham-style crust with creamy cheesecake filling and toppings like strawberry. A Change.org petition calling on Kraft to revive them has collected more than 51,000 verified signatures. According to The Daily Meal, a former Philadelphia marketing representative said manufacturing-capability challenges were behind their disappearance — not necessarily a lack of love from shoppers.
Rice Krispies Treats Cereal
No, fans aren’t asking for regular Rice Krispies with a few marshmallows tossed in. The original Rice Krispies Treats Cereal was made up of crunchy, marshmallow-coated clusters that resembled tiny pieces of the actual snack. Kellogg’s eventually changed the formula, but devotees have spent years asking for the original version back. A petition launched in 2025 has already collected more than 10,000 verified signatures, and fans were still discussing ways to recreate the cereal in 2026.
Doritos Jacked Ranch Dipped Hot Wings
Doritos has released enough flavors over the years to fill an entire snack aisle, yet fans remain particularly hung up on Jacked Ranch Dipped Hot Wings. The chips combined spicy hot-wing seasoning with cooling ranch, but the flavor wasn’t the only draw. Doritos Jacked chips were also larger, thicker, and crunchier than ordinary Doritos. One Change.org campaign connected to the discontinued snack has attracted roughly 90,000 supporters, while additional petitions have continued popping up.
Planters P.B. Crisps
You know a discontinued snack has a devoted following when fans build an entire website dedicated to resurrecting it. P.B. Crisps were peanut-shaped crunchy shells stuffed with sweet peanut-butter creme, and they disappeared after a relatively brief run in the 1990s. Decades later, PBCrisps.com is still campaigning for their return, and multiple petitions have tried to convince Planters to revive them. Fans insist today’s peanut-butter snacks simply don’t reproduce that airy shell and creamy filling.
Jell-O Pudding Pops
For anyone who grew up eating Jell-O Pudding Pops, an ordinary Fudgsicle apparently isn’t going to cut it. The frozen treats had a dense, creamy pudding-like interior with a thin icy layer on the outside, giving them a texture fans still remember decades later. One older comeback petition attracted more than 7,000 supporters, and another campaign launched in 2024. Versions have briefly returned through licensing arrangements over the years, but the classic Jell-O-branded Pudding Pop hasn’t made a permanent return to supermarket freezers.
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Keebler Magic Middles
The magic was right there in the name. Keebler Magic Middles looked like relatively simple shortbread-style cookies from the outside, but biting into one revealed a hidden chocolate or peanut-butter center. Stuffed cookies certainly aren’t hard to find today, but fans argue that today’s oversized bakery cookies and sandwich cookies aren’t quite the same. A Change.org petition calling for Magic Middles to return was still attracting supporters in 2026.
Eggo Waf-Fulls
Eggo Waf-Fulls solved one of the biggest inconveniences of eating waffles on the go: What are you supposed to do with the syrup? Instead, these early-2000s toaster waffles came with fruit filling sealed right inside, with flavors including strawberry, blueberry, and apple cinnamon. They disappeared around 2008, but fans haven’t completely moved on. A Change.org campaign has collected hundreds of signatures, and the waffles continue to turn up in nostalgic discussions about discontinued grocery foods.
Butterfinger BB’s
Before bite-size candy seemed to come in endless varieties, there were Butterfinger BB’s. The little chocolate-covered balls packed Butterfinger’s crispy peanut-butter center into a marble-like shape and became particularly memorable thanks to ’90s ads featuring Bart Simpson. Butterfinger has released other small-format candies since, but fans say they don’t have quite the same shape, texture, or chocolate-to-filling ratio. Multiple petitions have called for the BB’s to return, including a current campaign directed at Ferrero.
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Kudos Bars
Were Kudos granola bars or candy bars? That’s part of what made them so good. The lunchbox staples combined granola with plenty of dessert-worthy additions, including chocolate coatings and M&M’s. They eventually vanished from shelves, but nostalgia for them is alive and well. In January 2026, fans launched a new Change.org petition asking Mars to bring Kudos back — proof that even after years of protein bars and elaborate snack bars taking over grocery aisles, some shoppers still want the original.
Keebler Pizzarias Pizza Chips
The ’90s gave us plenty of foods that probably wouldn’t make it past a modern marketing meeting, and Pizzarias Pizza Chips deserve a comeback based on their name alone. Introduced by Keebler in 1991, the chips came in varieties including Cheese Pizza, Zesty Pepperoni, and Pizza Supreme. Rather than tasting like generic “pizza seasoning,” they attempted to capture the whole package of crust, sauce, cheese, and toppings. Multiple petitions — including campaigns launched in 2025 and 2026 — show that plenty of fans haven’t forgotten them.
Fruit Stripe Gum
Fruit Stripe Gum disappeared much more recently than most products on this list. Ferrara confirmed its discontinuation in January 2024 after more than 50 years. The gum was instantly recognizable thanks to its colorful striped sticks, Yipes the Zebra mascot, and wrappers that doubled as temporary tattoos. Its famously intense flavor also lasted approximately no time at all, but somehow that became part of its charm. Fans quickly launched petitions after the announcement, and at least one was still receiving signatures in 2026.
Planters Cheez Balls
Planters Cheez Balls are proof that begging a company to resurrect a discontinued snack can actually work — although apparently you might have to do it twice. Planters discontinued Cheez Balls and Cheez Curls in 2006, then brought them back for a limited run in 2018 after years of petitions, social-media campaigns, and customer letters. Kraft Heinz explicitly credited popular demand for the revival. Unfortunately, Planters currently says the snacks are no longer available, putting Cheez Balls right back on the comeback wish list.
Altoids Sours
Long before sour candy took over TikTok, Altoids Sours were making people’s mouths hurt in the best possible way. The hard candies came packed in the brand’s familiar metal tins and were sold in flavors including tangerine, raspberry, apple, citrus, and mango. They disappeared in 2010, and fans have been trying to convince Mars and Wrigley to revive them ever since. There are imitation candies inspired by the old Sours on the market, but devotees continue asking for the genuine Altoids version.
Orbitz
Few drinks scream “1990s” quite like Orbitz. The clear beverage contained colorful gelatin-like spheres suspended throughout the bottle, giving it the appearance of a drinkable lava lamp. It didn’t last long on shelves, but its bizarre appearance helped turn it into a cult favorite. A Change.org campaign calling for its return was still gaining supporters in 2026. Considering how popular boba and wildly photogenic drinks have become, maybe Orbitz was simply a few decades ahead of its time.
Which One Would You Bring Back?
Some discontinued foods inspire a few nostalgic comments. Others inspire actual campaigns. Philadelphia Cheesecake Snack Bars have tens of thousands of petition signatures, P.B. Crisps have an entire website devoted to their revival, and Planters Cheez Balls already proved that enough customer pressure can convince a company to reconsider.
With new petitions for discontinued favorites continuing to appear in 2025 and 2026, shoppers clearly aren’t ready to let these foods disappear quietly. So, if you could bring just one back tomorrow, which one would immediately land in your cart?
