Maybe it’s just nostalgia talking, but the frozen aisle used to feel more daring — more unhinged. It used to take more risks. We all know it’s not the healthiest option, so while you’re at it, make it fun. And for a while, it was. Some frozen treats left a mark, but didn’t last.
Here are some beloved frozen treats that we’ll never see again.
No one asked for an ice cream taco, and yet there it was. The Choco Taco was folded vanilla ice cream with fudge streaks, crammed into a waffle shell, dipped in chocolate, and dusted with peanuts. It launched in 1983, and by the 1990s, it was a cultural given, until 2022, when Klondike pulled the plug.
The internet went into a deep mourning period and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian tried to intervene, tweeting to Unilever: “I’d like to buy the rights to your Choco Taco and keep it from melting away from future generations’ childhoods.” Meanwhile, U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (only half-joking) said he’d invoke the Defense Production Act to bring it back.
They weren’t pretty. That’s the first thing. Always a little freezer-burned around the edges, Jell-O Pudding Pops were the kind of treat you didn’t brag about — but you never turned down. Chocolate, vanilla, swirl. Each one had that uncanny half-frozen, half-fudge texture that stuck to the roof of your mouth.
They hit peak popularity in the 1980s, backed by Bill Cosby ads before that all went sideways. When Popsicle picked them up in the early 2000s, they tried to zhuzh them into a smoother, shinier version — and missed the mark entirely. By 2011, the last real Pudding Pop was long gone.
This wasn’t the flashiest Good Humor bar, but for many, it was the best. Toasted Almond consisted of vanilla ice cream, an almondy center, and a sweet, crumbly coating that actually tasted like something. It first showed up during the golden age of ice cream trucks in the mid‑20th century. It was officially relaunched in 1992 alongside favorites like Chocolate Éclair and Strawberry Shortcake, as part of Good Humor’s “Classics” revival.
In 2022, Good Humor discontinued it due to production issues and lower demand. The internet didn’t take it very well.
This cult favorite mixed cinnamon ice cream with chunks of oatmeal cookies and fudge. It launched in the early 2000s and quietly disappeared by 2012. It still tops “most missed” Ben & Jerry’s lists, and Reddit threads regularly demand its return.
This actually happened. In the 1970s, Morton (frozen dinner brand, not the salt) teamed up with Hostess to create the most unhinged kids’ meal in freezer history: the Morton Twinkie Supper. It came with a meat item — usually fried chicken or Salisbury steak — plus corn, mashed potatoes, and a full-sized Hostess Twinkie sealed into the tray like a sugary time bomb.
The Twinkie was baked in the same tray as the meat and potatoes, which meant you either had to remove it before cooking or accept that it would come out vaguely chicken-scented. Either way, it made no sense — but kids loved it, or at least loved the idea of dessert being part of dinner by default.
It didn’t survive past the early 1980s.
Eggo Waf-Fulls were Kellogg’s attempt at turning breakfast into a one-handed operation. Launched in the early 2000s, they were waffles stuffed with syrup or fruit filling. Flavors included maple, strawberry, and apple cinnamon, and they were clearly designed for kids, commuters, and anyone too tired to function.
They disappeared sometime in the 2010s with little explanation.
Shaped like a watermelon wedge, the Wattamelon Roll was made of watermelon sherbet with a lemon sherbet rind and little chocolate chips as “seeds.” It showed up on tables at birthday parties, cookouts, and chaotic mid-July Tuesday nights when someone just wanted to feel something cold and festive.
It wasn’t discontinued entirely, but it might as well be. Friendly’s has pulled back its supermarket distribution hard in recent years due to store closures and financial trouble, and the Wattamelon Roll has become increasingly hard to find outside the Northeast.
Häagen-Dazs took a risk with this one — dark chocolate ice cream spiked with cinnamon and laced with a swirl of spicy fudge. Launched in 2006, it never went mainstream, but the people who loved it really loved it. It vanished sometime in the 2010s, probably because most folks still just wanted cookie dough.
These were pastel-colored waffles with Care Bear faces stamped on them. Pillsbury made them for a hot minute, and kids loved them, because, duh, Care Bears. They didn’t last long, but they left behind that “did I dream this?” energy.
Introduced in the early 2000s, Philadelphia Cheesecake Snacks were single-serve cups of smooth cheesecake topped with strawberry or chocolate. They were pulled not long after their debut due to low demand, without much fanfare.
“Philadelphia Snack Bars, where have you gone, my precious angel?” one user wrote — plenty of others echoed the heartbreak.
