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Your home for all those culinary delights, anomalies, and misfires that live on only in our memories...Still slowly but surely migrating over the nearly 1,000 foods I covered on Twitter, so if you don't see a favorite here yet, stay tuned!

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 5m

Snickers X-Treme (2006-2007, 2014-2016): This Snickers bar variant removed the nougat, kept the caramel, and then doubled the peanuts, which apparently made the bars more radical. Saw a 2010 release in the UK, and a special 2015 Halloween fun size release as Snickers "XScream"

A snickers bar wrapper, with the word "XTREME" written in wild font. A Snickers bar is cut open next to it, to reveal a filling of only peanuts and caramel

A red fun-size Snickers wrapper with an image of a grimacing ghost and the word "XScream". A fun size chocolate bar is cut in half to reveal peanuts and a pull of caramel

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Yes, but there's also and earthy warmth to the flavor name and food image that hasn't been common in the world of increasingly sterile, minimalist packaging that we've seen over the last 20 years, which is unfortunate

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Skittles Dips (2020-2023): Classic Skittles fruit candy, but covered in a thick, "creamy yogurt"-flavored coating.

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Spooky Spectacular Count Chocula (2000-2000): A limited-edition Count Chocula variant that featured marshmallows shaped like bats, "books of magic", moons, and bubbling cauldrons. The real kicker was the "spooky" lenticular cut-out mask on each box. Frankenberry and Boo-Berry versions were also made

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heh heh, he's so world-weary!

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Fish Police (TV series) - Wikipedia

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Day #139: Fish Police (1992)

A teal lunchbox with a white handle, with an undersea tableau of a city skyline and taxi, with sea creatures dressed in 1940's/50's film noir outfits, including a fish in a trench coat, and devious-looking squid. Next to it is a white thermos with a teal lid, and image of a smirking fish in a fedora and trenchcoat next to the words "Fish Police"

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · 5h

They come to me in my bay!

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Oh absolutely, especially early to-mid 80's

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I have covered a bunch already on here...probably a good half-dozen others at least on Twitter as well that will migrate over here eventually in time :-)

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Quaker Instant Oatmeal with Apples, Raisins & Walnuts (1986-circa 1989): Part of a wave of new instant oatmeal offerings, this variety featured pieces of real dried apple, along with raisins and chopped walnuts

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I'll be covering those!

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Denny's Lonely Mountain Treasure (2012-2012): Part of the promotional menu for "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey", this item consisted of seed cake French toast cut into 9 squares, and served in a bowl with a side of cream cheese icing for dipping.

Against a green background, a white bowl is filled with golden-brown cubes of french toast, speckled with seeds. The bowl sits on a pile of rocks, next to a clear bowl filled with white icing. The caption reads "NEW! Lonely Mountain Treasure"

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Apr 16

Arby's E.T. Slider (2019-2019): To celebrate the infamous "Storm the Basecamp" event at Area 51, Arby's set up shop in the Nevada desert with a special alien-themed menu, including this sandwich, consisting of a chicken tender drenched in Bronco Berry sauce, served on a fluffy slider bun

A fried chicken tender in a reddish-orange sauce, on a fluffy, kaiser-style slide roll

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It genuinely does! I didn't live even remotely close to one so I never got to experience it

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Discontinued FOoOoOoOods! 🎃🍫👻🍬 @discontinuedfoods.bsky.social · Apr 7

Ben & Jerry's Volun-Tiramisu (2011-2014): Coffee-mascarpone ice cream with cocoa-dusted, coffee-rum lady finger pieces. A Target exclusive, each pint had a code for a link to a site where you could register for a community volunteer opportunity, and as a reward, you'd get a coupon for a free pint

A lid for a Ben & Jerry's pint. a cow stands on top of a portion of tiramisu in front of a blue sky with clouds

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Yup, they sold their license in 2005 after declaring bankruptcy, and those baked goods and snacks are still going strong in grocery stores 20 years later!

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Wiggity wiggity dudemeisters!!

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In 2005, the Bill Knapp's name and branding was sold to Awrey Bakery, which had provided baked goods to the chain in their later years. Awrey went on to produce a line of baked goods and snacks under the "Bill Knapp's" name, which can still be found in grocery stores today

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In a move of desperation, Bill Knapp's launched a new campaign in 2001, called "The Tradition is Back!", in which they brought back the original menu and traditional decor. It was too little too late, and they filed for bankruptcy in March 2002.

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More and more shortcuts were used heading into the 2000's, including bulk frozen meat, and egg powder in place of cracked eggs. At the same time, Bill Knapp's continued raising prices. Older patrons felt alienated by the changes, and young people never bought into any of it

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Another part of the rebrand was the food quality. Until the late 90's, everything was proudly made from scratch in a local commissary and brought to restaurants daily. To cut costs, local wholesale providers were used for pre-packaged foods. They also began using Lipton soup and Kraft mac n cheese

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Bill Knapp's rebrand consisted of replacing the old-timey decor with wacky, colorful shower curtains between booths along with arcade cabinets, wall-mounted TVs and wild, colorful paint designs on the walls. They began playing loud rock music over the sound systems

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However, by the 90's, their primary clientele were elderly folks, and the chain began to panic. In 1998 the original ownership team sold the chain to a new owner based out of California, who gave the chain a very late-90's rebrand, with the "That was then, this is WOW" campaign

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Couples celebrating a wedding anniversary at Bill Knapp's were given a whole chocolate cake to take home, and the restaurant's sound system would play Bing Crosby's version of "The Anniversary Song" while the cake was being brought out

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