Yoplait Skittles (2021-2023): A line of yogurt from Yoplait, made to evoke the taste of Skittles fruit candy. Available in three flavors, based on different Skittles varieties--"Original", "Wild Berry", and "Smoothies"

Frosted Mini Chex (2002-2006): Frosted, miniature rice Chex pieces that promised "maximum frosted taste"

Jones Poutine Soda (2013-2013): This sickly-brown soda from Seattle-based Jones Soda Co. attempted to provide the poutine experience in carbonated liquid form, with notes of French fry, cheese curds, and gravy. It's like something Willy Wonka would have created had he been Canadian

Fritos Racerz (1999-1999) Fritos corn chips, in the shape of little racecars. Available in "original" and "nacho cheese" varieties. Since they were released in 1999, they received the requisite Jeff Gordon tie-in, and a "z" on the end, as were both the style at the time.

McDonald's Double Zestaburger (1992-1992): With the exploding popularity of salsa in the early 90's, McDonald's released this limited edition sandwich, featuring 2 beef patties, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, & salsa mayo. Seen here in a rare image from the archives of @consumertc.bsky.social

Taco Bell Kit-Kat Chocoladilla (2017-2017): Crushed up Kit Kat bars, folded into a flour tortilla and grilled, sold for only $1, and tested primarily in and around Wisconsin. As it turned out, the name loosely translated to "chocolate crab louse"/"chocolate nuisance"

Cinnamon Grahams (1997-1998): A cinnamon-graham cracker flavored cereal from General Mills. This product featured a unique cross-promotion, "Breakfast and Blue Jeans," where each box featured coupons for Old Navy, and Old Navy sold boxes of the cereal in their stores

Lay's Greek Tzatziki Chips (2014, 2015, 2016): Wavy potato chips flavored with onion, garlic, herbs, dill, cucumber, and "natural yogurt flavoring" to evoke Greek tzatziki sauce. First available only in Canada ('14), then as a Costco exclusive ('15), before a brief nation-wide run ('16)

Lifesavers Sorbets (2007-circa 2011): A line of sugar-free Lifesavers hard candies, made to "cool your mouth with a refreshing fruit flavor", like eating sorbet.

Two-T-Fruits (1987-1990): A log-shaped fruit snack, filled with a second, different-flavored fruit snack core, for double the fruit snack goodness. Fruit snacks! Available in orange/lemon, strawberry/cherry, strawberry/grape, and cherry/grape.

Sloppy Joe Pringles (2018-2018): Potato crisps seasoned to taste like tangy, saucy, Sloppy Joe sandwiches, with notes of beef, tomato, and onion. Sold exclusively at Walgreen's during the summer of 2018.

Hershey’s Raspberries 'n Creme Bar (2006-2006): A sectioned, raspberry-flavored white chocolate bar, loaded with flecks of real dried raspberries

Nabisco Cookie Barz (2000-circa 2005): A line of snack treats from Nabisco. Each variety consisted of a chocolate-covered cookie bar with cream filling, based on Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Rainbow Chips Ahoy, and more

Just a friendly reminder that in the mid-80s, Knorr (the powdered soup and gravy company) had a weird scarecrow mascot made of vegetables.

Chocolate Cookiesaurus (1988-1999): Crunchy cookies from Sunshine Biscuits, made with real chocolate, shaped like 6 different dinosaurs

Tropical Frog Marshmallow Blasted Froot Loops (1998-1998): A variant in the Marshmallow Blasted Froot Loops lineup, this version featured yellow and green marshmallows shaped like frogs, along with the blue and white toucan-shaped marshmallows

Ben & Jerry's Ron Burgundy's Scotchy Scotch Scotch (2013-2014): Creamy butterscotch ice cream loaded with ribbons of butterscotch swirl. Released as a promotional tie-in for the film "Anchorman 2",

Tony's Cinnamon Krunchers (2003-2006): Hexagonal cereal pieces with a texture that could best be described as "flat Crispix", covered in a cinnamon-sugar dusting that Tony the Tiger himself boasted would not wash off in milk

Cadbury Ritz Dairy Milk (2014-2018): A UK-only release, this bar featured buttery Ritz crackers, embedded in squares of Cadbury milk chocolate

RC Edge (1999-2000): An extra-caffeinated variant on RC Cola, marketed as a "maximum power cola". It was axed when the Royal Crown Cola company was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes. In its brief run, it served as a main sponsor of "WWF Superstars of Wrestling".

Soft Swirl (1985-circa 1989): A line of soft-serve "frozen dairy desserts" that came in an ice cream cone-shaped container, with a star/cross-shaped hole in the top. You'd eat the soft serve by squeezing it out of the hole. Available in chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry

Mtn Dew Game Fuel: Courageous Sherbet (2021-2021): A pink, rainbow sherbet-flavored soda, released in the Game Fuel line, as part of a special summertime promotion with internet personality Jack Dunlop aka "CouRageJD"

Chocolate Dalmatian Sensation Ice Cream (2000-2001): A blend of chocolate and vanilla ice creams, with a fudge swirl and Dalmatian-shaped candy pieces. Released by Edy's/Dreyer's to promote the film "102 Dalmatians"

TMNT Arrowroot Cookies (1990-1990): A short-lived line of bright green butter cookies shaped like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were made with arrowroot powder, which provides a light, airy crispy texture. They were exclusively produced and sold in Canada

Hereford's 30 Proof Cow Spirits (1976-circa 1982): A line of thick, creamy, 15% alcohol milk beverages, aimed primarily at women, black consumers, and young drinkers. Available in flavors like mocha, banana, chocolate mint, strawberry, and more...a 🧵

Denny's It’s Bananas Salted Caramel Pancakes (2022-2022): Two buttermilk pancakes filled with shortbread cookie pieces, topped with vanilla cream, fresh bananas, more shortbread cookie crumbles and a salted caramel drizzle, served with a side of eggs, sausage, and hash browns

Mister E Pop-Tarts (2021-2021): A "mystery" (get it?) flavored toaster pastry, with white creme and white icing. Consumers could scan the box to visit a website where they could guess the flavor, for a chance to win prizes. What was the flavor? Everything Bagel and Cream Cheese.

Not food-related, but important information! The National Toy Hall of Fame at the Strong Museum (in beautiful Rochester, NY) has just announced the 2025 players' choice nominees for induction into the HoF! Thoughts? See link in replies to cast your vote!

Ben and Jerry's Liz Lemon Greek Frozen Yogurt (2013-2014): A tribute to Tina Fey's "30 Rock" character, and announced on the night of the sitcom's finale, this frozen Greek-style yogurt featured a lemon base and a blueberry-lavender swirl.

Apropos of nothing, there is something weirdly evocative about these early-mid 90's Jolly Ranchers ads (when they were square!) 🧵

Raging Cow (2003-circa 2005): A line of flavored "milk-based beverages" from the Dr. Pepper/7-Up company, featuring such "XTREME" flavors as Berry Mixed Up, Chocolate Caramel Craze, Chocolate Insanity, Jamocha Frenzy, and Piña Colada Chaos.

What are your all-time favorite Non-McDonald's fast food toys?

Taco Bell Quesarito (2014-2023): A sort of quesadilla/burrito hybrid, featuring a quesadilla rolled and filled with seasoned beef, creamy chipotle sauce, reduced-fat sour cream, nacho cheese sauce and seasoned rice.

Planters Microwavable Popcorn (circa 1987-circa 1992): In the late 80's, everyone wanted in on that sweet, sweet, microwavable popcorn market share, and Planters--of Mr. Peanut fame--were no exception, releasing both "buttered" and "plain" options

Also available? Plushies of the M&M characters...in SHREK FORM

Shrek M&Ms (2004, 2007): A line of extra large M&Ms candies, in "swampy" colors, promoted as being "Ogre-sized." Available in plain, peanut, and peanut butter. Released to promote both "Shrek 2" and "Shrek the Third"

Folks, I'm experiencing pretty significant technical issues on my computer, so it may be a little while before any new content...for the next (possibly) few days, I'll be the mayor of Re-Post City, population, Discontinued Foods. Sorry for that!

This absolutely rules...CTC is one of the best accounts going, so if you're not following him yet, what are you even doing??

Charlie's Restaurant Grapefruit Burger (1988-1988): An unpeeled grapefruit on a burger roll. Round and tasty on a bun, pickles, french fries, yum-yum-yum. In a hurry to be fed, beady eyes and big, blue head.

The Scottie Bar (1993-1994): At the start of the 1993 season, then-Bulls forward Scottie Pippen received his own candy bar, milk chocolate filled with caramel and pecans.

What are your top 3 bagged Pepperidge Farm cookies of all time?

Trader Joe’s Cocoa & Sea Salt Instant Oatmeal (2022-2023): Packets of instant oatmeal, made with sugar, rich cocoa powder and real sea salt, for a sweet-salty flavor profile

Ben & Jerry's Truffle Kerfuffle (2017-circa 2020): Vanilla ice cream loaded up with roasted pecans, fudge chips, and a salted chocolate ganache swirl

Burger King Rugrats Chicken Tenders (1998-1998): As part of a promotional tie-in for "The Rugrats Movie", BK released special chicken tenders shaped like characters such as Angelica, Tommy, and Reptar

WCW Cereal (2000-2000): World Championship Wrestling got in on the cereal game in their waning years, giving us three wrestler-based cereals: Goldberg cereal (frosted corn flakes), Sting cereal (cocoa frosted corn flakes) and Bret Hart cereal (honey almond corn flakes).

Elway's Comeback Crunch (2004-2004): To commemorate his induction into the football HOF, legendary Broncos' QB, John Elway, received his own cereal--frosted corn flakes.

Sprinkle Spangles (1993-1998): Sweetened, star-shaped corn puff cereal pieces, coated with colorful nonpareil sprinkles (as was the style at the time), to create what was essentially sugar cookie cereal

This Cap'n Crunch ad from 1994 feels like a fever dream

I hate it when someone will post a fun little conversation starter like "what's your favorite ice cream flavor?" And someone has to respond with like "oh this small batch toasted basil and amaretto date gelato with a bourbon infused balsamic swirl at Avvone Glace in LA" Just say "cookie dough"

Arby's Chocolate Turnover(2010-2016): A puff pastry with a thick chocolate filling, this dessert offering was a collaboration between Arby's, Pepperidge Farms (pastry) & Hershey's (filling). It developed a strong cult following before being axed to make room for a line of cookies