Pining for discontinued foods! (lighthearted) rant!

[summerchild82]

About 20 years ago when I was at Uni, I lived opposite a LIDL (back when you had to find a carboard box to carry your stuff around!). They used to do a Ristorante Frutti Di Mare frozen pizza (I think it was 2 in a box) and it still pisses me off that it was discontinued. It wasn't just prawns, it had mussels and other stuff (possibly olives) on it. I still think about the bastard things today and I just thought there must be others who have their long lost foods.

Others for me are Brannigans crisps and more recently, Fries To Go! Oh how I could demolish some Fries To Go right now!

What are yours? Join in my rant :)

@Greenandyellowday

You'll have to buy 6, but here you go:

https://www.hancocks.co.uk/kp-cheese-footballs-christmas-caddy-142g

Plopp bars in Sweden very similar - even if the name doesn’t quite translate!! Always have one when we go

That Sarah Lee pecan danish

Do you mean Walkers Bitza Pizza?

I'd kill for a Cadbury's Country Style. I'm not sure when they were discontinued, but they were still around in the late 70s.

Smiths ready salted Chipsticks will forever be missed too 😂

A fairly recent one but Waitrose did raspberry flavour ice lollies before COVID, they were really nice.

And all the sweets and chocolate that have changed and are now rubbish like fruit pastilles.

This. A million times this. M&S also did a version of this which was first rate. Neither now available and don’t give me maple pecan Danish suggestions. You just don’t get it.

That’s amazing! I can’t imagine why they stopped it in the first place. Thanks for this ❤️ My son loves them too!

You used to be able to get Spicy Snaps in Wilko. 😪

Got to also love Pickled Onion Ringos.

That is a definite win! I just thought my supermarket was doing its usual crap stock management as I hadn’t seen any for ages. Heading straight to Iceland now!

There were chicken ringos? Oh now it's my turn to grieve something I've never had!!

Sara Lee Pecan Danish 😭

@Xanadu78 I’m glad you remember them as no one else ever does. Aged 12 ish I had a terrible obsession with those hot lemon puddings. I couldn’t stop thinking about them until I ate one, then as soon as I’d finished it, I’d be thinking about the next one. I still think about them now sometimes then tell myself they probably weren’t as nice as I remembered.

I miss Nutty Bars. To give you an idea of how long ago they were (wrongly) discontinued, they were sold for 16p!

Marks & Sparks used to sell a small bar of chocolate that was milk, dark and white chocolate in layers.

Trio biscuits. I don’t miss the adverts though.

Red Bounties & Caramac, obviously.

cheese and bacon frozen savoury pancakes

When I was a kid there were these pudding type things called Puddis - pink ones which I think were strawberry, and caramel ones. They were bloody delicious and I can’t find them for love nor money, and NO ONE has heard of them.

Puddis as a brand still exists doing chocolate and vanilla puddings, but I WANT THE PINK ONE.

I genuinely didn't realise they had been discontinued as I often eat the salt n vinegar ones!

Aww I'm so happy someone has won - I think Tesco do them too! Please update to let me know when you've had success haha x

Toffee Logs from the penny counter
Chipsticks, ready salted. Forever missed
Galaxy Counters from the 1970s
Terry's Waifer
Toffee Crisps (the 1980s versions not todays hard, poor excuse for a toffee crisp!)
Tropical Fruit Flakes
Not that I'm at all food obsessed.... 😂

Pacers mint chewy sweets

Cheesey moments. Also smiths chipsticks in red packet. I think they still do the blue packet salt and vinegar flavour.

I’d love an Echo bar or a golden cup.

M&S did a beetroot couscous in a pouch that you could chuck in the microwave that was really good, I’ve tried to make my own but it’s never lived up to what I remember 🙁

Doesn't cherry garcia ice cream exist any more?
I LOVED Boasters biscuits. With whole hazelnuts and huge chunks of chocolate.😋

I have no idea! Were they herby and tomatoey and cheesy? haha clueless, apologies!

If possible could you confirm they’re there. I’ll go to my nearest Iceland if they’re back but it’s a bit of a journey.