The Choco Taco is a perfect example of a snack food that is far better as a memory than an actual product. In your mind, it was a delectable treat. In reality, it was a disaster to eat. The shell was guaranteed to break apart leaving you with ice cream all over your hands and/or clothing. Seriously, the legacy of the Choco Taco for most people was a stain on their pants from when the ice cream slipped out without them realizing it.
The backlash to the Choco Taco’s discontinuation is hardly a new one. Every time a company stops making something, its loyal fans get up in arms. The reality here is that most of these “fans” haven’t actually eaten the product they loved in years and are actually fighting for a memory more than anything else.
Just like the Choco Taco, there are countless snack foods that aren’t nearly as good as you remember. Here are five of the most notable ones.
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Discontinued snack foods that aren’t as good as you remember
1) PB Crisps
The concept of PB Crisps was excellent. You can’t go wrong with peanut butter. Unfortunately, the execution left a lot to be desired. Graham cookie outside that was shaped like a peanut with a peanut butter center. How could anyone mess this up? Let’s start with the outer shell.
The graham cookie was an exceptionally dusty snack and once inside the PB Crisps packaging, these would begin disintegrating immediately. By the time you opened the bag, 25 percent was cookie dust and another 25 percent was broken pieces. Also, like one and five bags of PB Crisps had this horrible, stale taste to them.
In the best conditions, PB Crisps were edible. Usually though, you were just left disappointed. Props to the defunct product’s fanbase, however. Not only do they have a snazzy website but almost 8,000 people follow their Facebook page. For their sake, let’s hope PB Crisps remain discontinued, so they don’t have to face the harsh reality that what they want isn’t very good.
2) Wild! Watermelon Pop-Tarts
Wild! Watermelon Pop-Tarts are something that looked a whole lot better than they tasted. These were just bad. If anything, people clamoring for these to return, and they did for a minute in 2015, remember the look and not the flavor which, was again, very awful.
3) Josta
I vividly remember taking my first sip of Josta and being horrified by the taste. To this day, it remains one of the worst things I have ever drank. Why would anyone want this monstrosity back? No, being in Loki is not a good reason to revive this dreadful beverage. It tasted like someone put three packets of Equal into a cup of NyQuil and then added some flat club soda.
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4) Butterfinger BB’s
Is there anything worse than the feeling of the core of a Butterfinger inevitably getting stuck in your teeth? Yes, Butterfinger BB’s not only made your teeth feel bad, but it ensured your fingers were covered in melted chocolate. These were a disaster and I’m not sure why anyone would recall these fondly.
5) Life Savers Holes
I loved Life Savers Holes. I don’t really know why. It was most likely a volume thing. Like, if you were with some friends and they all wanted a regular Life Savers, that’s basically half a pack gone. However, giving out five Life Savers Holes wasn’t a big deal.
As with all the other discontinued snack foods on this list, these would not be nearly as good as I remembered because they were simply mini Life Savers and I haven’t consumed one of those in decades. On the other hand, I’m all for some more Life Savers Holes commercials because these were awesome.
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