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Pepperidge Farm
Discontinued: 2022
Margaret Rudkin, the founder of Pepperidge Farm, crafted one of the most iconic coconut cookies of all time.
The Tahiti Coconut Cookies featured a rich layer of chocolate nestled between two golden coconut cookies. Every bite took you to an island paradise.
These little gems outlasted almost everything else in the Pepperidge Farm lineup. For six decades, they sat proudly in their distinctive packaging (first pink, then white), becoming older than even the beloved Goldfish crackers!
The discontinuation of these cookies came quietly via a Twitter confirmation in 2022.
Discontinued: 1991
Talk about ambitious.
Pepperidge Farm decided to take consumers on a culinary tour of America with 11 single-serve frozen treats, each named after iconic cities.
From Amherst Apple Crumb Coffee Cake to San Francisco Chocolate Mousse, these desserts were like having a first-class ticket to America’s sweetest destinations. The line even won an Edison Best New Product Award.
After just four years, this sweet collection across America came to an end.
Discontinued: 1989
The 1980s were wild, and Pepperidge Farm decided to make things even crazier by releasing the Croissant Pastry Pizza. Who else would think to marry the elegance of French pastry with the comfort of pizza?
Food innovation at its peak. Available in five varieties (including hamburger!), the Croissant Pastry Pizza won over taste testers and even made it onto prestigious “best products” lists. The TV ads declared it “totally awesome,” and honestly? They weren’t wrong.
But like many ahead-of-their-time products, the world wasn’t quite ready for this French-Italian fusion. By 1989, this culinary experiment had come to a dead end.
Discontinued: 2015
When pure genius met fun, someone at Pepperidge Farm looked at their iconic Goldfish crackers and thought, “What if kids could make sandwiches with these crackers?”
Each slice was completely crust-free (because kids know what they want) and featured that familiar Goldfish smile design. You might just say they added a new definition to the fish sandwich.
Discontinued: ~1967
Margaret Rudkin described these frozen layered cakes as “new and unusual, with a unique flavor all their own,” and the name “Parfait” wasn’t chosen lightly. It meant “perfect,” which seemed to capture exactly what these cakes represented. Convenience.
Available in five decadent varieties (Chocolate, Chocolate Fudge, Devil’s Food, Pineapple, and Strawberry). Each cake was topped with delicate “kisses” and could feed 6-8 people.
These beautiful creations graced frozen aisles for just a few short years in the mid-1960s.
Discontinued: 2022
This blueberry bread brought “swirls and swirls of yummy morning magic” to breakfast tables everywhere, joining the popular swirl bread family that had been delighting customers since 1983.
Despite finding loving homes in toasters across America, Pepperidge Farm stayed true to its limited-edition promise. The 2022 confirmation of its discontinuation was particularly heartbreaking for blueberry lovers who had already mourned the loss of Blueberry Turnovers.
Discontinued: Mid-2000s
The name says it all, pure bliss in cookie form
These bite-sized treats were marketed as “unlike anything else in the cookie aisle,” and they delivered on that promise with three indulgent fillings: Chocolate Almond, Cookies and Creme, and Pralines and Creme.
Launched alongside other ambitious products like Giant Goldfish and Texas Toast garlic bread, Dessert Bliss was designed for those moments when you just wanted to lounge around the house all day.
Discontinued: Early 1980s
The early 1980s were challenging for working parents. One of the bigger questions was how to feed the family when time was tight?
Pepperidge Farm stepped up with Deli’s Frozen Entrees to solve this problem. It was the org’s “first entry into the rapidly growing frozen food, main dish entree market.”
They promised that the new product would have “heat and eat” convenience. Flavors included turkey, ham, and cheese; chicken salad; a Reuben in rye pastry; scrambled eggs with Canadian bacon and cheese; sliced beef with brown sauce; and a Western-style omelet.
Food critics compared them to “an Egg McMuffin without the egg,” which was meant as a compliment.
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