We all have snack foods we love. And then one day - poof - they disappear. Maybe it was a cookie with just the right amount of frosting or a chocolatey treat with the perfect crunch.
And, sometimes - just sometimes - dreams do come true.
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We're talking about the sweet snacks that people missed so much they actually made a comeback.
Made by: Hershey Company
When it launched: 1986
When it was discontinued: 1997
When it was brought back: 2019
Bottom line: Chocolate creme, wafers, crushed peanuts and more chocolate. What's not to like? Hershey's introduced Bar None in 1987, and it developed a pretty solid following. However, they scratched the candy bar from their offerings in 1997.
Did people miss it? There was a Change.org page to bring it back, a dedicated Facebook page and heavy rumors that a candy company called The Iconic Candy Company was going to revive the bar a few years back.
Guess what? They did it. The BarNone hit the market again in July 2019.
Made by: Betty Crocker
When it launched: 1990
When it was discontinued: 2012
When it was brought back: 2020
Bottom line: Every kid from the 1990s loved their Dunkaroos. Come on. Cookies with a little tub of frosting for sweet dunking? Amazing.
You could scoop the frosting and put as much as you wanted on the cookie. Did you run out after the second cookie? Probably, but that was part of the fun.
However, kids dunked their last one in 2012, or so we thought. The snack was, in fact, so missed that it made a comeback in 2020.
Made by: Nabisco
When it launched: 2007
When it was discontinued: 2012
When it was brought back: 2022
Bottom line: Take the outstanding flavor of Oreos, but replace that crunchy cookie with a spongy, cake-like treat, and you have a soft piece of heaven.
But they just didn't dunk the way the original did. Maybe that's why they were discontinued in 2012.
However, this one also has a happy ending (at least for now). The company brought back Oreo Cakesters at the beginning of 2022 to the delight of just about everyone.