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Pepperidge Farm
Note: Some dates are approximate or unknown due to limited historical records. Geneva cookies are discontinued from individual sale but are still available in variety packs.
Discontinued: 1957
The cookie that launched a thousand Milanos.
Pepperidge Farm’s founder, Margaret Rudkin, created an open-faced vanilla wafer topped with rich dark chocolate. Everything was perfect... until they tried shipping them south. The chocolate melted into a gooey mess.
Instead of giving up, they simply added a top cookie to create a sandwich. And boom. The Milano was born.
Discontinued: 1960s
When European elegance met the American appetite.
Named after the glamorous French resort town, Biarritz cookies were part of Margaret Rudkin’s ambitious plan to bring European flavors to American grocery aisles. These cookies were edible passport stamps from your tour of Southern Europe.
These cookies were launched as one of the original six “Distinctive” varieties. Premium baking at its best.
Discontinued: 1960s
A taste of Italian romance.
Every bite of these cookies was supposed to transport you to the canals of Venice. These cookies were crafted with deliberate precision to match the European originals that inspired Margaret Rudkin during her tasting trip to Belgium.
They were initially stocked in bakery aisles rather than with regular cookies. But all this branding could not save the cookie from being discontinued in the 1960s.
Discontinued: 1960s
When baroque beauty was transformed into a cookie.
Named after the German city famous for its architecture, Dresden cookies embodied the artistic spirit of their namesake. They were part of Pepperidge Farm’s original vision to make grocery shopping feel like a European cultural experience.
Only three cookies from that original 1955 lineup survive today. Milano, Bordeaux, and Brussels.
Discontinued: 1960s
The brownie that wasn’t quite a brownie.
A brownie crème sandwich cookie named after the Italian island paradise. Capri was another experiment by Pepperidge Farm to take classic American dessert flavors wrapped in a sophisticated European name.
Discontinued: 1983
The force was with these cookies.
1983 was a magical year for Star Wars fans and cookie lovers. These cookies featured edible action figures with 15 different characters across three galactic flavors. Vanilla (Rebel Alliance I), chocolate (Imperial Forces), and peanut butter (Rebel Alliance II).
Kids would play elaborate adventures with Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader cookies before finally eating them. The promotion included collectible plastic tumblers, and today, empty boxes sell for $35-45 to collectors.
Discontinued: Early 2000s
The couch potato’s dream treat.
“Unlike anything else in the cookie aisle,” that was the slogan. These bite-sized treats came in three flavors. Chocolate Almond, Cookies and Creme, and Pralines and Creme.
These were the perfect cookies for your lazy Saturday on the couch.
Discontinued: 2022
These guys were so popular that they lasted 62 years.
Margaret Rudkin refused to make just another coconut cookie. And oh boy, did she succeed. These golden coconut cookies were sandwiched with rich chocolate for a little tropical gateway in every bite.
Starting in a pink bag in the 1960s, they became beloved for six decades before Pepperidge Farm confirmed their discontinuation via Twitter in 2022. Fans are still heartbroken.
Discontinued: 2000s
Boston’s chocolate contribution.
Part of the successful American Collection line, these crunchy dark chocolate cookies with dark chocolate chips represented New England at its finest. Named after Boston’s historic neighborhood, they joined fellow American cities like Nantucket and Sausalito on grocery shelves.
The American Collection was so successful that Pepperidge Farm tried to replicate it with frozen desserts in 1987.
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Discontinued: Unknown
The cookie that tasted like cake.
A crispy chocolate cookie that was delivered that converted the brownie into a cookie. It gave brownie fans their fix without the mess of cutting squares or waiting for baking time.
Discontinued: 2010
An expensive cookie, but my favorite.
These chocolate chunk cookies with nuts were beloved. But they were so pricey that devoted fans created copycat recipes at home. The cookies inspired dedicated home bakers who called them their “husband’s favorite” but couldn’t justify the cost.
Ironically, when food bloggers visited the actual city of Sausalito, California, they found it sorely lacking in the cookie department.
Discontinued: Unknown
A citrus mystery.
Limited records remain of these lemon-flavored cookies with nuts, but they represented Pepperidge Farm’s willingness to experiment beyond chocolate-based treats.
Like many discontinued cookies, they fell victim to production costs.
Discontinued: Unknown
This wasn’t your ordinary graham cracker.
Cinnamon Graham Cookies distinguished themselves from regular graham crackers with Pepperidge Farm’s signature quality and unique cinnamon flavors. They had a similar taste profile to the current Goldfish Cinnamon Graham line.
Discontinued: Unknown
The sweet collision of flavors.
Combining two beloved candy flavors—toffee and fudge—these cookies went beyond their traditional European-inspired offerings.
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