The Tragedy of Lost Discontinued Food

[@KoopaFaniscool]

McRib need I say more

[@zeepsterd]

YOU’RE RIGHT.

[@kuribirdie]

micrib sucks

[@ViktorErikFade]

They still get brought back a lot though Because having them only once a year or longer is better for marketing

[@gerarvasq9778]

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[@NiceGuyErick]

I managed to try it (And I shit you not) 2 months ago.

[@roonkolos]

Cereal straws were no joke. When I was little, kids all thru my school loved those things, even older ones too. Whoever came up with that idea is an absolute genius in mind and child at heart, it's just the most perfect combo they coulda pulled

[@zeepsterd]

TRUE.

[@mrkicker11181]

You can blame Obama wife for ruining most of items on market

[@drejuego]

The OG crack stick

[@marthaf691]

I found the froot loops cereal straws at sheetz recently and they were just as delicious as I remembered

[@alexderuiter1505]

The cereal straws are back! I found some at a gas station

[@elitetrespasser3561]

Fun fact: the “lost” Mario bros add you showed during the Nintendo cereal is a fan made add by hobohobo. Just wanted to put this out there so no one gets confused.

[@zeepsterd]

thank you!

[@Spongyboi897]

Hobo Hobo is also the creator of a physiological horror webseries titled the "Hobo Hobo Funnie Show"

[@elitetrespasser3561]

@@Spongyboi897 yeah, that too. One of the best shows in yt in my opinion.

[@wags696]

Yeah, and its based on one of the new McDonald's commercials promoting the Super Mario Bros. Movie.

[@connorbeith3232]

Figured it was obvious as it's an almost shot-for-shot remake of the McDonald's Super Mario Bros. Movie commercial.

[@mikewebster1743]

When Monster first came out with the rehab line they had a flavor called Rojo Tea which I absolutely loved. I was crushed when they discontinued it.

[@reshster]

born in 2002 i miss everything the 2000s had to offer. truly the best years. i'd indulge in everything even today as a 20 year old

[@emberdreadful5604]

Same here! 2001 baby here. Seeing these makes me feel old 🤣

[@FTChomp9980]

I was born in 1999 but still a 2000s kid through and through.

[@reshster]

@@FTChomp9980 1999 will always make you one of us B)

[@Karmy.]

I'm Y2K

[@jr2904]

The 90s were better than the 00s, but not by a whole lot. 89 here, so you all will be here soon enough, trust me

[@justsomeguy898]

there's a store called 5 Below that recently started carrying cereal straws. They had froot loops and cocoa puffs last time I was there iirc words cannot describe how happy I got when I saw them. those things were so good

[@himiranda123]

how long ago did you see it in store? i’m gonna see if mine has it !

[@justsomeguy898]

@@himiranda123 it was December last time I went, and they were in stock ^^

[@droth1031]

I saw them, too! January 17, 2023 was the date (last Tuesday at the time of comment).

[@enzo1673]

It’s so sad that these foods were discontinued like can you imagine if like potatoes were discontinued that would be heartbreaking

[@alastryona]

Ireland did that for a while but people wanted them back so bad they just had to

[@frenchabortion]

Remember when they discontinued Potatoes in Ireland

[@helygg8892]

This is the most first world thing I've seen in months lol

[@trashcatlinol]

Bananas could go that way! I believe it was a fungus decimating trees because banana grafting for farming resulted in fewer variations making them vulnerable. I'm reminded of history shows talking about how Bananas tasted different as there were more available varieties. As a lover of banana bread, I just hope the banana extinction doesn't happen in my time.

[@pennyforyourthots]

@@trashcatlinol I mean, it wouldn't be bananas going extinct, just these specific variety that we eat right now. They're actually used to be a different variety of bananas that was popular back in the day (around the 1950s I believe) that DID go extinct, which is by artificial banana flavor doesn't taste like bananas, it tastes like the old extinct bananas. Realistically, we will probably just cultivate another variety of bananas to be similar enough to the current ones, it would just take a while and probably a lot of genetic engineering, but it would probably be far faster than back in the day where you literally had to wait for plants to grow and reproduce to select the genes you wanted. Bananas collectively probably won't go extinct, but even if the current variety does, you'll probably still be able to eat something very similar.

[@FTChomp9980]

So happy you talked about Cereal Straws! I remember my mom buying me some as a kid because I loved it was so delicious to my favorite flavor would be Apple Jack's and Rice Crispy Cereal Straws. Now as a Adult I would buy one again just for myself! Super nostalgic!

[@heeroyuy2574]

I have something to tell you they brought the straws back!!!

[@FTChomp9980]

@Heero Yuy I know I'm so happy they came back!

[@Foxy02016]

@@heeroyuy2574yup, mostly the chocolate ones right?

[@coolcomment8]

​@Foxy02016 My girlfriend and I saw Froot Loops cereal straws around Christmas time in Gabes. Came in a pack of 6 with a Froot Loops Cup too!

[@ElDanielZamarripa]

Yo there back 🎉

[@heyvitch]

I got so nostalgic when I saw the Pokemon spinning tops during the cereal segment. I had a Jigglypuff one when I was like 8 years old. Never would have thought of that again.

[@LittleBigBwner]

Something I never see people talk about in these, "nostalgic food", videos are the A Bugs Life popsicles with the gummies in them. I. Frickin'. LOVED those as a kid and still am baffled to this day they haven't brought back the gummies in a popsicle thing - or I atleast have never seen anything like it again

[@zeepsterd]

Next time.

[@midori6845]

I just saw in hottopic they had silly bandz and some cocoa puff cereal straws! I have a feeling other flavors are gonna pop up too

[@manuelvasconcelos8982]

You know there's something I want to admit, as much as i love phantomstrider's new content he can be very obnoxious when it comes to Coca-Cola and McDonald's (i don't know if it's just me thought) but when you talk those 2 topics you don't make the same "battery acid drink" joke over and over again or want to Demonize McDonald's or the already mentioned coke, you just want to talk about their lost products I found that sweet 👍👍👍👍

[@BBWahoo]

I would totally drink battery acid

[@feloniousbutterfly]

I was a big ketchup lover as a kid. I tried the purple ketchup. It was disgusting. It had a different texture and tasted off, likely from the mass amount of artificial coloring they had to use to fulfill the novelty. I couldn't even finish the bottle.

[@kyleellis1825]

Really? I far preffered it to red ketchup because it wasn't as runny and not as sweet.

[@Deerfoxo]

As a 2000s/2010s kid, I missed Cereal Sticks

[@nameless646]

We had 20 different flavors of milk for a while in the 90's.

[@Deerfoxo]

@@nameless646 Nostalgia can't be beat

[@FTChomp9980]

@Nameless another reason why the 90s ruled they experimented a lot.

[@Deerfoxo]

@Ignochomp99 2000s did too then stopped at mid 2010s for no reason. Sad

[@SpongeyBubby]

I actually recently bought a 3 pack off of Amazon and they were almost exactly how I remembered them being back in the day.

[@BugsyFoga]

It’s nice that stuff like Cereal straws, 3D Doritos, and Crystal Pepsi got a comeback so that the society of today got to know what the past generation use to enjoy.

[@TedisonTime]

It's unfortunate that cereal straws are only available online and are expensive as none of the stores in my town sale them. It's really dumb. However there was one time when I found the cocoa crispies straws at an Ollie's out of town but that was it.

[@jailcatjones3250]

I was lucky enough to buy a few bottles of Crystal Pepsi before they went away, it's a shame cause it was refreshing asf.

[@amalija11]

The 3D Doritos are not the same tho sadly lol

[@MaskingAutism88]

That wasn't the only reason those things came back: There was a time a few years ago where 90s Nostalgia was huge thus prompting a Nostalgia Fad (like the one the Boomers had back in the 80s). Nickelodeon in its heyday made a comeback, The Lion King made a comeback, Nirvana made a comeback, Steve Urkel made a comeback, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo made a comeback, and so did 90s Snacks and Beverages (although it took one internet guy to bring back Crystal Pepsi. Look up The LA Beast for reference). So it's primarily thanks to the Gen Y Nostalgia Fad that stuff like 3D Doritos and Dunkaroos even got to make a comeback.

[@DylanRomanov]

The 3d chips are not the same 😭 they were much more airy and puffy back then now they are as hard as regular doritos

[@madisonsmith2720]

I was obsessed with the purple ketchup as a kid. I remember it being a bit gritty in texture but I didn’t care because I love that it was purple.

[@WakoDoodle]

I miss 2000's promo food. I remember 2 specific ones not featured here too; both monsters Inc movie related. The first one was a yoghurt that included a monster inc sticker to get you to buy them, but the cool thing was the pot itself was a giant plastic building block like lego. After monsters inc ended they still kept going for a while, it was really weird they didn't continue it though. The other was also a yoghurt but called Mike Mazowski's eyeballs. It was a round pot with green yoghurt that had a black circle in the center. The cool part was the green stuff turned your tongue green! I think it was vanilla flavour too.

[@tessfabled4115]

I don't think we had cereal straws over here in Australia but we did have Sippah straws during the same time period! I used to get in so much trouble for ripping the thing open with my teeth and just eating all of the flavour balls haha

[@STDynamite8008]

What you said about the cereal straws, remembering them on a Saturday morning watching cartoons hit so hard man take me back 😂 cartoons were fire back then as well TMNT, Yu-Gi-Oh, avatar, xiolin showdown

[@theangelandtheone]

Crystal Pepsi was also released in Canada for a limited time this past summer. It really just tastes like Pepsi.

[@misseselise3864]

yeah a couple years ago they brought it back. i can’t remember how long it stayed around but i have a pic with one in 2016

[@MagentaNimbat]

Dude, another one I remember Trix Yogurt so much. I used to love eating it, and it was only 3 years ago I learned that they were discontinued and ever since that day, I lost a part of my childhood :c

[@weebsquit347]

It's kind of wild to hear about these. I remember these, but then I moved to another country. Cereal Straws never really disappeared there. They just weren't advertised as Cereal Straws. Doritos 3D have always been a thing there. So hearing that they disappeared in the US was pretty wild, because they've always been around in other places.

[@PajamaPantsClan]

The colored ketchup 100% tasted different! I swear I’m not crazy

[@NamesPhimble]

I can still taste it in my head

[@KyOllie]

It did! 8 year old me could tell what colour I was tasting with my eyes closed and my family thought I was crazy. Purple was the best

[@zenvultra]

It definitely did taste different to me as well

[@GokuUzumaki03]

Some may remember, but I remember having a Doritos flavor chip that has two flavors in one bag. One of the collision bags that I used to eat are pizza cravers and ranch

[@sickSNIPE316]

There was a Winnie the Pooh cereal from like 03 or 04 that was legit the best cereal I ever had. Gods, I wish I could have some now.

[@sickSNIPE316]

@@shainahullihen1159 By the gods, yes! That's it! Thank you, I love you. Now there needs to be a campaign to bring them back.

[@Zykus.]

man, you just keep getting bigger and bigger, and I'm here for it!

[@zeepsterd]

Let’s see where we are by the end of 2023!

[@nellejones2288]

Bruh those fruit loops straws were so FIRE I literally just ate them without even drinking any milk they were like cookies

[@LezbeOswald]

a couple other later 90s/early 00s discontinued foods i remember: Swoops which were almost potato chip-shaped chocolates i only ever got the Hershey's milk chocolate version but they had other variants based on other chocolate brands; Vertigo lollipops which were a large piece of chocolate on a stick with a thin lollipop strip attached.

[@randomuserlol1110]

I remember the green ketchup being good, I also remembered colored hotdog and ham burger buns. I think what I miss most is the crunchie bar cereal, it was too good.

[@misterzygarde6431]

I think now would be a fine time to reintroduce Nintendo cereal. Maybe do some Kirby or Fire Emblem cereal to go along with it. Other than that I’d be interested in seeing McDonalds bring back the Beefsteak Sandwich sometime. Hell while they could still be sold, why not also have a vote on what international menu Item that American consumers would want to try. Also I would love to see them reintroduce Crystal Pepsi in a matter akin to how they have Mtn Dew Baha Blast available in retail temporarily

[@kathgon]

Seeing this, I remembered the old Irn Bru ice creams you could get (in England). My sister always loved them but one day they just stopped making it. The interesting thing is that once my sister found one of them at the bottom of a freezer in a corner shop... It went out of date in 2014. We found it in *2021*. (at least I think so, my memory isn't perfect)

[@NFSBeast2365]

OMG I love IRN BRU!!!

[@vonteneal2325]

great video, amazing commentary! But Damn rip Cameron Boyce I just realized that was him in the cereal straws commercial as a kid

[@knuckles6k]

Randomly watching this while eating and I just had such a nostalgia rush from almost everything I saw in this video. Really makes me miss growing up in the 90s and 2000s

[@collinbeal]

That Shrek ketchup commercial unlocked a hidden dungeon in my brain

[@Ese1Pac]

Cereal straws SMACKED I was a teen and I used to buy them when I could 😂 Drinking strawberry milk through fruit loops straw was too sweet but so damn good at the same time

[@TheTrueSpyroManRemixes]

I seriously haven’t thought about the original Pokémon cereal in probably 20 years. Somehow or another I had one of those toys and never knew where it came from until just now.

[@stacyiguodala9857]

14:31 that used to be my favorite toy in the world and seeing this again made me damn near cry 😭 I’m 27 it’s been at least 21 years since I’ve seen one of those Pokémon battle tops.

[@bobbyonkazoo3512]

My great uncle loved crystal pepsi so much that when he found an old bottle by pure chance and drank it all with no regrets

[@realbrooklyn2093]

Apparently as a kid I loved the purple ketchup, once it was discontinued I refused to eat normal ketchup. I wonder if that has something to do with how I still dont like ketchup to this day. Also, my mum loves crsytal Pepsi, when they had a special re-release a handful of years ago, she bought so much of it.

[@Mikuzan]

Theres something specifically about pokemon on products like cereal or lunchboxes that give me even more nostalgia than the cards and show themself, it somehow perfectly captures the time period to me :')

[@floatingeyeofdeath]

0:38 bro didnt give me a warning for that song bro a wave of nostalgia just hit me like a truck

[@Sailor-Khione]

I loved the cereal straws. Also anyone remember yogos? The jelly candy with a yogurt shell? I miss them

[@thedman-zx1ip]

Dude, you gotta talk about the WWF Ice Cream Bars. Those things were classics!

[@swissflxw2091]

I love that L.A Beast showed up as soon as u talked about Crystal Pepsi

[@rayminishi689]

LMAO, in the summer of 2007, we stayed over a family friend's house. We DEMOLISHED every single straw within a few hours. Tummy aches from too much milk, but was worth it.

[@Shadowluigi-pj9nq]

OMG cereal straws. I loved those things so much, I'm so sad I can't get them anymore 😭

[@moonbunny24]

I SPECIFICALLY remember the Grinch promotion version of the green ketchup that came out for the live action movie. Honestly, I'm sort of sad that they didn't bring it back for the animated movie that came out a few years ago lol.

[@Marchingvenusaur]

When cereal straws starting coming back recently my sister loved them and she has them with cereal all the time. She's in her 20's.

[@alastryona]

OH MY GOD CHEETOS ASTEROIDS I THOUGHT I DREAMED THOSE OR SOMETHING I COULDN'T FIND THEM JUST BY SEARCHING THE DESCRIPTION IN MY HEAD

[@mr_selfdestruct]

Fun fact: in the Netherlands (where I'm from) there's no other version of Cheetos except the puffy ones, that's all the Cheetos I've ever known ever since I was a kid, until they started selling imported hard Cheetos in candy shops, usually at a 3x inflated price.

[@Dingus.8895]

Congrats on the 100K certified Zeepsterd W

[@zeepsterd]

Appreciate it!

[@bunnithebunbun]

The only one of these products I've ever had was the Froot Loops cereal straws when I was in middle school. I didn't like milk but the few times I got that edible tube made of vividly colored wafer in my lunchbox I'd gulp that shit down. I didn't know they returned! I've got to pick some up to fill that nostalgia-shaped hole in my heart. (Edit: I've also had the Apple Jacks flavor but it didn't leave a mark on me)

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

There was once this specific type of chips that, you had to make your own dipping sauce for and it was good, can't remember if Lays or some other brand, but i think it was Lays-

[@InvidiousIgnoramus]

Cereal straws so so freaking awesome, man. Crystal Pepsi on the other hand, somehow was even worse than regular Pepsi.

[@Devious_Reviews]

Crystal Pepsi had to only be in select big city areas because I did not see it anywhere or realized it was 'back'. At least Coca-Cola had the decency to put a word out Surge was available for a limited time. Bought maybe five cases of it myself. A month or two before that it had to be located via website through some vendor (e.g, Fantasy Games tabletop and card shop) because... reasons. I still have one of those chip canisters from back then. A couple were saved and used to keep my Lego figurines in one place.

[@izr3531]

Yo that's crazy you used that vaporwave song for the crystal pepsi. Dream Scape

[@Scringus]

Cereal straws were so awesome

[@jezoth2892]

doritos 3d were never pulled out here in mexico, i was surprised to hear they were discontiued

[@grumpyfroggy8247]

Seeing Crystal Pepsi just reminded me that I found a Creepypasta a while back for Crystal Pepsi that tried to do like a Soylent Green type of spook with it by insisting that it was made from liquefied people remains or whatever with a really stupid retelling of a "lost making of Crystal Pepsi" tape the author found or something. I don't remember it all too well, but I know it's probably the stupidest one I've ever read, and that's really saying something for Creepypasta I think.

[@Meggolor]

So that's where that Pikachu top I had when I was a little kid came from! Also yeah I really wish the newer Pokemon cereal had more than just Pikachu, but I guess that's just marketing lol

[@joeg1021]

Cereal straws have been back for about a year now, just hard to come across. If you don't have a sheetz gas station, the only place you can find them are other gas stations or if you're lucky, a grocery store. It's extremely hard to find the froot loop ones.

[@jimmywoo7875]

My local Hood store had a purple bottle of the ketchup on the shelf from the time I was a child (around 12) until 2 years ago I'm 30 now. It was very dusty by the time they threw it away.

[@bunny_galaxy]

Anyone else remember the blues clues applesauce and the blues clues ice cream with the blue paw print cookies? They slapped so much

[@CalTheHogNosedBat]

There was a limited run of Crystal Pepsi last year in Canada. It was....fine. It was just cola without colouring.

[@amoureux6502]

Part of me wants to see it come back just to taste it but the other part of me knows it's literally identical to Pepsi minus the caramel color

[@KairaSuperSayan93]

I distinctly remember Parkay releasing two squeeze butters. Nothing wrong with that. The twist? They were baby pink and baby blue. Made corn on the cob look interesting.

[@ColdFuse96]

Jeez, Crystal Pepsi really is the genesis of Vaporwave 😂

[@guhrizzlybaire]

Thank you for reminding me of how I cut that pikachu with a spoon out of the cereal box and taped him inside my binder and had the other kids jealous 😂😂 (I must have been in the 3rd grade?). Totally forgot about that.

[@guhrizzlybaire]

Also I would love to have the blue cherry berry Blues Clue's applesauce as my last meal, with some yogos. Bring those back!!

[@SebastianKnight]

My favorite one growing up was the Philadelphia strawberry cheesecake bars. I pity anyone who hasn’t tried them

[@EmbalmerEmi]

Cereal straws were pretty good,3D doritos were just another shape,around 2018-2019 they were making green shrek ketchup and it's once again just ketchup. I did try Crystal Pepsi when they re-released it the aftertaste was a little off but other than that normal.

[@TPLS2]

Cereal straw is my childhood. And when I tried Crystal Pepsi when I came back it was so much better than normal Pepsi cause carmel color gives me an upset stomach.

[@LexVanguard2004]

They discontinued Tooty Frooties in the UK in 2019 and I'm still not over it four years later

[@ClarkieReidri]

Peepin the glass animals album in the back that ones my favorite

[@AndrewColomy]

Pepsi brought back Crystal Pepsi a couple years ago and I had one. It tastes mostly like regular Pepsi but less syruppy.

[@Foxy02016]

Bro, Cruncy Expresso M&Ms we’re amazing and my life is worse ever since they’ve been gone

[@literally_leery]

biggest zeepsterd moment

[@zeepsterd]

Big if true.

[@literally_leery]

@@zeepsterd so real

[@BoyOHBoy123]

13:59 bro really thought this was real, the grunting was from family guy.

[@Jonah-idk]

14:00 this animation was a 64 remake of an ad for the super Mario bros movie from a month ago

[@dragontales1999]

I like the 2020s Pokemon cereal but I wish there were more Pokemon besides Pikachu and Gen 1 mons.

[@WilfredCthulu]

There were sooooo many cereals in the late 90s I want to try but will probably never have, I was too young then. That and certain flavors of pop tarts and character fruit snacks. N64 and yugioh fruit by the foot. Skippy and kudos bars. Fruitopia (which I heard was in a McDonald's but). And so many more. You shouldn't be eating this stuff really granted but it is a special thing I even got fridge magnets of the gen 1 and 2 pokemon stuff (but not eggos boohoo). Gone but not forgotten. Also am I remembering wrong or were cocoa pebbles shaped like Flintstones heads at one point? I only ever remember seeing it once. Also nice desolate pokemon music over the soda scandals lol.

[@thenightbutterfly1]

Lets gooooo new zeepsterd

[@Tony36271]

The Simpsons cereal “No Problemos” was amazing.

[@delilahmaner4222]

8:22 kid at the left end. IS THAT BABY CAMERON BOYCE???

[@IuseanXboxController]

I will confirm that the purple Ketchup tastes different. I had it multiple times as a kid and every single time I thought this taste wrong. Also I wish PB Crisps would come back.

[@bendavis2638]

Cameron Boyce was one of the kids on the original cereal straws commercial, RIP legend

[@lightskinnedlarry728]

Man they brought back crystal pepsi when I was in college and I loved it

[@KaoticReach1999]

TF I didn't know Crystal Pepsi came back in 2016!

[@gummybear417]

i remember some years back my burger king had green heinz ketchup packets for a st patrick’s day promo

[@StelmachsWorld]

One of my earliest memories is eating a purple ketchup hot dog after my first day of kindergarden lol

[@ShadyRK9]

Pokémon also had pop tarts and waffles btw. Also I've had the new Pokémon cereal. It's basically Trix mixed with Lucky Charms with Marshmallows! The OG was so much better!

[@beansfebreeze]

Holy moly can we talk about the fact you have igor, itaots, and blue on your wall. Truly based taste

[@Gundamseeddabest]

Okay so Ezee squirt brought back weird memories. Of course I as a dumb kid back in the day LOVED colorful shit (hell I still kinda do) but I guess the color gimmick initially got to me so much at first that I use too much of it whenever I do, leading to me having a slight distaste for Ketchup for a while

[@taliats]

Turbo Tango, a British soft drink that was the first in the world to be contained within an aerosol canister, you sprayed it into your mouth, it was fantastic.

[@YuffieOW2]

there was a product similar to the EZ Squirt ketchup that was sold around 2018-2020 which was the Great Value brand Nickelodeon Slime Sauce, it was pretty much a acid green colored ketchup that actually tasted kinda different, i miss it tho i thought it made food look more tempting

[@bravewater5737]

I'm just glad the cereal straws came back.

[@canontheory]

Holy shit I remember that Pokémon Cereal, I had all the spinny top Pokémon it came with lol I completely forget it existed, real nostalgia.

[@jaimereynolds258]

I remember when Chrystal Pepsi came out. It was worse than regular Pepsi LMAO

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

14:29 I still have the Gengar and Togepi spinners

[@guaranteedtopwn]

yess dude the plastic thermos full of flamin hot cheeto balls 11:53

[@dw9932]

They actually brought back the fruit loop straws were still great as I remembered

[@Wapako]

14:00 OMG you actually got baited by the "Lost cereal Mario" . It's a video by Hobo Hobo, it's not actually real lmao

[@zeepsterd]

I got owned.

[@Wapako]

@@zeepsterd Rest in peace !