38 Discontinued Candies People Desperately Want to Return

There’s something about candy that can take you right back to your childhood. Bite into a chocolate bar you loved as a kid, and you’re age eight again. 

Unfortunately, some of those much-loved candies you associate with the good old days are no longer available to buy. Whether it’s due to lack of sales, ill-advised recipe tweaks or, um, choking hazards, these sweet treats are mere memories. 

Prepare yourself for a nostalgia trip as we revisit 38 of the most missed discontinued candies.

Mars rolled out PB Max in 1990 to compete with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Despite $50 million in sales, the whole grain cookie/milk chocolate/peanut butter combo was discontinued by 1994, apparently because the Mars family didn’t like peanut butter. Yep, you’d think they’d have thought of that during the planning stages.

It’s well-known that Elvis’s favorite sandwich filling was peanut butter and banana, so how better to pay tribute to him than to recreate it in chocolate form? That’s what Reese’s did with its Peanut Butter & Banana Creme Cups, and they were such a hit that their initial limited run was extended. They disappeared in 2008, but there’s an active petition to bring them back.