Food of the Seventies, Keebler's German Chocolate Cookies

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These were my absolute favorite cookie. Base of the cookie was german chocolate flavored about the size of a Chip Ahoy, a crunchy cookie not soft with a frosting (glaze) of German chocolate/coconut. Not sure when Keebler discontinued these, but I would love to be able to buy them again.
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JD - November 21, 2007 - Report this comment
My favorite cookie growing up too. In the late 70s I wrote Keebler asking if they would please make them again. Received a polite "no".
Cyn - December 21, 2007 - Report this comment
Finally! I have been searching for information about these cookies to see if anyone else remembered them. They really were good, and different. It was easy for me as a kid to eat a whole bag if I had been allowed...
B.G.W. - December 26, 2007 - Report this comment
WOW!!! I'm happy that other folks other than me remember the Keebler German Choclate Iced Cookies. I recall them being in a red colored package. Imagine the weight gain if they would bring them back on the market.
SWH - January 20, 2008 - Report this comment
I thought I was the only one who remembered those cookies too. They were the best ever!!! I do wish Keebler would reconsider making those again. They remind me so much of my Grandmother who is now passed away. They were her favorite too!!
kkm - March 30, 2008 - Report this comment
They were awesome cookies. Keebler should be so smart to again market them.
AK - April 17, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved these too, and amazingly I don't like German Chocolate cake. Hmmm...maybe if Keebler knew at least six of us would buy them they'd start making them again!
LA - July 08, 2008 - Report this comment
Does anyone have the recipe? Can we get it? Yum!
DT - July 08, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved these cookies wished they would market it again.
shell - November 24, 2008 - Report this comment
I have craved these cookies since my early childhood - no one remembers them, such a great combination of chocolate cookie and icing!
Denise Cooper - November 24, 2008 - Report this comment
I have been longing and searching for the german chocolate cookies for a long time could you please bring them back there are alot of people who would like to have them back,you could still make money on this product,would you please consider a remake. Abbeville SC
shell - November 25, 2008 - Report this comment
How Bizarre that someone from Abbeville, SC posted about these cookies on the same day I did - I lived in the small town next door ( Calhoun Falls, SC) during my childhood, when these cookies were sold! They always remind me of my aunt who still lives there. Small world.
Chris Cobb - December 09, 2008 - Report this comment
Does this ever bring back memories. I too could have eaten a whole bag if allowed! Wish they would bring them back, asked my siblings if they remember. They remember some cookie called Orbit. I think I remember those also.
Jill - December 31, 2008 - Report this comment
I was just telling a co-worker about how much I loved these cookies as a kid. We're of the same age, but she didn't remeber this cookie. I was beginning to think these cookies were a false memory.
Eileen - January 28, 2009 - Report this comment
Oh My Gosh...I can't believe other ppl. also remember this cookie. Yes it had a red packaging. They were delicious. I can still close my eyes and imaqine the taste of them. I've also looked all over for them. I too actually thought I was imagining this cookie:) Thank Goodness I'm 'sane':)
Laura - January 29, 2009 - Report this comment
This is the oddest thing. I thought that I was the only one craving those cookies. I too wish that they would bring them back. Maybe we need to all email the Keebler customer service and express our true sincerity.
Janice - February 24, 2009 - Report this comment
I loved these!! I wish they would bring them back. My husband does not remember them.
B-chan - March 04, 2009 - Report this comment
They were my favorite as well. Red package, the works. What I wouldn't give for a chance to eat them again!
Amy - March 21, 2009 - Report this comment
The only problem if they made them now is they would not have any trans fats in them and that is probably what made them taste so good!!!
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Tanna in Washington - March 31, 2009 - Report this comment
I absolutly loved these!!! I am so glad I'm not going crazy. I thought I was the only one on earth who rememberd the little choc. bits in the choc cookie with german choc icing. I too was thinking I had dreamed the memory. SO WISH THEY WOULD MARKET THESE AGAIN JUST THE WAY THEY WERE!!!
Janet in Minnesota - April 10, 2009 - Report this comment
My sister and I LOVED these. We were just talking about them. I think they would do very well on the market today. I plan on emailing Keebler and telling them people from many places would love to see them make a comeback, or at least see if they would give out the recipe (yes I will post it if they do give it to me!)
Susan - May 05, 2009 - Report this comment
Glad to see that others remember these cookies as fondly as I do. I've never run across a recipe, but I would think it possible to recreate a recipe using cocoa powder (very little, as chocolate is very mild in the cookies), but I'm stumped as to how to achieve the coconut glaze (maybe a confectioners sugar and milk glaze with a little cocoa power and coconut extract?).
rob from burtonsville - July 01, 2009 - Report this comment
I so cant believe there is anyone who remebered thses cookies!!! These were my absolute favorite as well and I honestly still find myself hopefully casting an eye down the cookie aisle at every grocery store I go to...esp. when not at home area far away! If only we could have some of those cookies again...I would soooo pay for them!!! (in money and lbs!!!!)
rob from burtonsville...again! - July 01, 2009 - Report this comment
I found a hopeful recipe to duplicate these wonderful cookes...give it a try! 2 eggs, lightly mixed 1/3 cup vegetable oil 1 box 18 oz. German Chocolate cake mix 1/4 cup flour 1/2-3/4 can 12 oz. to 15 oz. frosting Heat oven to 37oF. In a large bowl combine eggs, oil and cake mix; stir until thoroughly moistened. Shape dough into 1” balls; place 2” apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Flatten balls to about 1/4” with the bottom of a drinking glass dipped in flour. Bake at 375oF. for 6 to 8 minutes or until edges are just beginning to brown. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets. Frost cookies and let frosting set. Store in tightly covered container. Makes 30 to 36 cookies.
Nancy - July 05, 2009 - Report this comment
These were the most heavenly cookies I've ever had. I still salivate for them, 40 years after Keebler stopped making them. And why they did that is a mystery to me. No cookie can come close to the incredibly delicious flavor and texture of this masterpiece of a cookie. C'mon Keebler! People want them back! Don't make us beg!
EJK - August 01, 2009 - Report this comment
I loved them too! Ironic that they were around in the days when there was no obesity problems. I used to walk to the corner store to buy them for my mum and dad. Maybe the walking was helpful. I'd love to have some again to. I must try the recipe.
sharyn - August 04, 2009 - Report this comment
I too thought I was the only one who remembered these!!! They were some of my favorites. I wish they would come back too, but they probably wouldn't taste the same. :(
JFP - October 19, 2009 - Report this comment
I can not believe this, finally people who also wish they would bring these cookies back! They were my favorite cookie. Anyone have a similiar recipe?
MGM - October 19, 2009 - Report this comment
Yea!! Other people who remember the cookie of my childhood dreams! I learned to climb onto the counter to get to these things. I'd climb NOW if it would lead to these cookies. I've noticed recently that Nabisco has reintroduced some "classic" cookies (like the ones you used to find in their "assortment" boxes). I think it's time for Keebler to do this same, with German Chocolate Cookies (sigh) first in line for re-release.
JC - January 28, 2010 - Report this comment
My mom would buy them every Friday and they would be gone by Saturday morning!!!
Janie - March 09, 2010 - Report this comment
I am so excited to see how many remember these cookies. I thought I was the only one. My husband did not remember them and for the last years I have looked every where for them every where. I remember the tast the smell and the crunchy goodness. I too wish they would bring them back. I used to hide them has a teen,I was not going to share, and they went everywhere I went. They were my favorite snack. Everyone should write to Keebler.
jek - April 02, 2010 - Report this comment
WOW!!! isnt that something?? i have been thinkin of these cookies off and on for yrs. since i was a kid back in the 70s i too wondered if i was imaging these they were the best or was it that we only got ONE!! back in the day when we had LIMITS no super size or would you like frys with?? i think it is just a new generation and days of our times and yes ,, we didnt have obesity problems but look @ how many fast food rests. and rests. we have today!! we were truly better off in those days!!!
t4racy - July 16, 2010 - Report this comment
Yes, our entire family loved them! Couldn't believe it when they were discontinued.
Lindaw - August 06, 2010 - Report this comment
I was just thinking about those cookies. I could not remember if Keebler or Nabisco made them. Glad to know the formal name of them now. Like so many of you, my friends do not remember them. Those cookies were wonderful!
Lindaw - August 06, 2010 - Report this comment
I think the German Chocolate cookies came out about the time as Pecan Sandies. Why did Pecan Sandies make it and not German Chocolate?
cookie - August 15, 2010 - Report this comment
wow i really thought i was the only person on the planet who remembered these i dont think they were around long the first time either. but they woulnd taste the same nothing does anymore thanks for the memories
frog - October 22, 2010 - Report this comment
Please make this cookie, its time......
Sam - January 25, 2011 - Report this comment
These cookies were great! What was even better was to put them in the refrigerator before eating them. This gave the German Chocolate a change to get firm. Great with a glass of milk. What would it take to get Keebler to start making them again?
David - January 29, 2011 - Report this comment
Just talked about these with my sister. She loved them as did you all. I tried to find a pic of the packaging and no luck. Anyone know of one?
TS - March 01, 2011 - Report this comment
I love them too and also wondered too if I had just had imagined them.
Angela - April 03, 2011 - Report this comment
My sister and I talk about these cookies and how much we loved them all the time. I do wish Keebler would bring them back.
Cindy - April 07, 2011 - Report this comment
I remember these cookies fondly. They were an absolute family favorite when I was growing up. My mom and I have talked about these cookies on many occasions through the years. Mom had to buy them every time she went to the grocery store. The BEST cookies ever! Keebler should bring them back. With all of the troubles in the world today, nostalgic items like these bring back a lot of happy memories for many.
Joy Sexton - July 18, 2011 - Report this comment
I to remember these cookies, do not evan like German Chocolate cake, but I really loved these cookies. do not know why they quit making them!
Laurie Jackson - January 15, 2012 - Report this comment
Oh, how I miss these yummy cookies. I stumbled on this thread, tonight, and figured I should add my name to the petition to begin remaking them. LOL Pretty please!
Kim - March 13, 2012 - Report this comment
OMG!!!! I have been searching for these cookies for years, but I could not remember who made them. I am 45 years old. These cookies were my favorite growing up. I remember when I was in kindergarten, in the early 1970's I used to bring them for my class when it was my turn for cookie day. I will definitely get on the band wagon for Keebler to make them again even if only for a "limited time, special edition"
Diana - March 29, 2012 - Report this comment
I cannot believe I found this website and so many others who loved these cookies!!They were my absolute favorite I wish Keebler would bring them back they were the best!!!
terry - April 14, 2012 - Report this comment
noone remembers- but they were fabulous---cant get a store boughgt cookie like that any more
Lea - June 28, 2012 - Report this comment
I loved them so much I was searching for info on the internet and found this. I SO wish they would make them again!!
Sharon - July 03, 2012 - Report this comment
Like everyone else on this page...These were my favorite cookies also. I have never found a cookie to replace them KEEBLER PLEASE BRING THEM BACK!!! I remember when I bought my last bag...I was visiting my Granny in Tenn., and went with her to the grocery store and they still had them. Okay this was a very long time ago. LOL But I still can remember how good those cookies were!
Patty, (Ohio) - July 19, 2012 - Report this comment
My husband turned me on to these wonderful cookies in 1976 when we started dating... I was hooked after the 1st one I ate! Keebler should bring them back! They would be a hit again with people and even gain new fans of that wonderful cookie!
Wes - September 29, 2012 - Report this comment
Best store bought cookies ever!!!!
Maria - November 13, 2012 - Report this comment
I also miss these cookies. If Kebbler will not bring back the should release the recipe..I miss them so much. Such a part of my childhood. Please!!!!
Sue - January 11, 2013 - Report this comment
Keebler's German Chocolate Cookies were the dreamiest cookie ever! Nothing out there has ever come close.
Lori - February 03, 2013 - Report this comment
I loved these cookies too! I wonder if you can get the same cookie from a german chocolate cake mix thinned out. Has anyone tried this yet?
Mindy - February 16, 2013 - Report this comment
I absolutely loved these cookies. I grew up in Chicago and that was where I first tried them. They were in a red bag. Don't know why they stopped making them but they should bring them back. If anyone finds them let me know. Mindy227@hotmail. Thanks!!!
Bob - May 06, 2013 - Report this comment
My mom would buy these cookies for me at the A&P in Louisville, and when they left I have never seen them again. Bring them back! Best cookie ever!!
Stacy - July 24, 2013 - Report this comment
I never was much a fan of store bought cookies, but I loved these cookies! I had them in Michigan in the early '70s, and by 1980 I couldn't find them anymore. Keebler, bring them back!
Kathryn - November 12, 2013 - Report this comment
Best part of my sack lunch, by far!
Greg Peller - November 30, 2013 - Report this comment
my grandmother but them all the time for us and can and one of the very few cookies I could have without milk! Keebler is foolish not to bring this cookie back...I remember the package didn't even have sleeves to hold the cookies they were just in the bag just so cool and so different gosh I miss them! Are you listening keebler??
Kim - December 05, 2013 - Report this comment
I to ate these cookies as a young girl. We didn't have a microwave to warm them but I remember putting them in a toaster oven to warm them. They were the best. Please bring them back.
Penny - December 08, 2013 - Report this comment
I also thought I was the only one who remembered these cookies. We would put them in the freezer.Now I also put the white covered oreos in the freezer and when I eat them they remind me of the others and I imagine that I am having the Keebler cookie!
Debbie - June 17, 2014 - Report this comment
I loved the german chocolate cookie. They were the best. I really wish Keebler would reconsider and market them again. I can just see and taste them right now. An absolute wonderful cookie.
Deb - July 20, 2014 - Report this comment
These cookies were my favorite. Even now, there has not been a store bought cookie I like more. I googled this cookie because friends were beginning to make me believe I imagined these cookies. If this cookie were still around, I would actually buy cookies again.
Shari - October 25, 2014 - Report this comment
I was in charge of buying oookies for our senior prom in 1977. I bought all Keebler cookies, including the German Chocolate ones! To this day, they are still my favorite cookie of all time.
Sean - October 27, 2014 - Report this comment
A big fan!
Kathy - January 27, 2015 - Report this comment
I re live my childhood days thinking about the delicious Keebler German Chocolate cookies. It was a treat that my father would buy for my sister and I on Sundays grocery shopping. These were the best cookies ever made.Maybe Keebler should give it some thought and release these on special holidays and see where this might go. This would be a wonderful return go the 70's for we can't bring everyone or everything back.
Lambikins - March 26, 2015 - Report this comment
I thought these cookies were some childhood delusion. I absolutely loved these. These were the best store bought cookies EVER. I can remember eating them with my mom. I wish they would make them again...
Lisa - June 11, 2015 - Report this comment
I couldn't agree more. These were the best cookies ever. My brother turned me on to these when we were kids. Did anyone try the recipe in the previous post? I crave them!!!!
Beverly - September 14, 2015 - Report this comment
Best cookie ever invented!!! I craved them when I was pregnant with my daughter in 1974. To this day I still think of them. Daydream about them!
Cynthia - December 21, 2015 - Report this comment
I had a friend that use to work for Keebler here in Denver off of 48th and Pecos. He would bring them to me all the time freshly made. I have always wished I could have some more, they were my favorite. Still looking for a good recipe just like those.
jodi - March 06, 2016 - Report this comment
Here it is 2016 and after all of the gracious comments and pleading requests for the return of the German choc. cookie-- Keebler does not respond. I would just like to know why they just cant tell us,why they wont bring back this cookie. Maybe I will just quit buying their cookies all together. I have tried for an answer from them before without response.
Jenna - March 30, 2016 - Report this comment
I remember these cookies. How wonderful they were. I have been searching for them for a while now and tonight I found this. The same cookie lovers as me. I feel really sad as I see the dates on these post and no answer from Keebler. I am wondering if that Vermont Country Store Catalog Store could get them to make them again. They always have all the old stuff in there from the past. Maybe I should email them and see. I think I will since Keebler hasn't answered any of you good folks.
Daven - July 26, 2016 - Report this comment
I loved these from my childhood too. Happy to see others miss them too. Agree with above if Keebler has no plans to make them again they should share the recipe. Best cookie ever!
Crystal - September 29, 2016 - Report this comment
These were my favorite too. I am glad to see others remember them. Can't believe Keebler hasn't paid attention.
Linda - October 05, 2016 - Report this comment
My husband and I remember these and remember asking for them at the grocery store and having looking at us like we were trippin.'
Connie - November 30, 2016 - Report this comment
I was addicted to those cookies & couldn't believe it when they quit making them. Can't believe I will never get to eat them again. they were the best!
Kim McCormick - December 30, 2016 - Report this comment
Keebler German chocolate cookies remind me of my childhood best friend. We would buy and bag on Sunday's ride around and eat the whole bag! They were the best! Come on Keebler please make them again!
Cathy - January 26, 2017 - Report this comment
My Gram and I would eat these all the time! I remember the days when Keebler cookies had a recloseable bag with a wire tab in it. I also called Keebler, repeatedly, to ask them to rerelease them but they didn't even answer me.
KP - September 26, 2017 - Report this comment
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who remembers this cookie. I would eat a stack of them with a glass of milk every morning after I completed my paper route.such great memories of my childhood.
S. Hurt - October 06, 2017 - Report this comment
My sister and I LOVED these cookies growing up in the 70's. They were in a red package. So delicious! Keebler needs to bring them back.
CM - October 15, 2017 - Report this comment
I loved these, too! My friend's mom bought them, and I thought they were the Best Cookie Ever. (My mom wouldn't buy them--maybe they were too expensive, or she didn't care for them.) They loom large in my childhood memories.
Baby - February 21, 2018 - Report this comment
I am from Claypool AZ. I bought these German Chocolate Cookies from Safeway. One day I went to buy them and they were GONE. I am surprised other people remember them. They were the best. I wish these companies would bring these back. They keep making the worst cookies. 02.21.2018
Ted Moon - May 05, 2018 - Report this comment
The last cookie I got was from my Mom, I was stationed in Camp Page, South Korea in 1978. By the time I got them most were broken. That mint , less chewing on my part! LoL
Faith Hixson - July 18, 2019 - Report this comment
I, too, loved the deliciousness of the Keebler German Chocolate cookies sold in the red package!MMMMMM...they sure were good.
Terry - August 27, 2019 - Report this comment
They were very good. Still remember them and would purchase them again if introduced again to the market.
Jane B - September 20, 2019 - Report this comment
I remember these cookies and look every time I’m in the store!! It’s past time that they come back with them!!! Please please bring them back!!
Jackie P - September 26, 2019 - Report this comment
I have thought about those cookies so often! Please Keebler, bring them back!
Wendy - January 12, 2020 - Report this comment
Oh my gosh! My sister and I have been looking for a photo of these cookies for years. We finally found this page and were relieved we weren’t crazy that these cookies existed! We loved them. We always got to take them on vacation. I wish they would bring them back.
Mary - February 28, 2020 - Report this comment
If only I could taste these wonderful cookies one more time! Please bring them back 🙏🙏
Cindy - April 24, 2020 - Report this comment
When I had mono in 1971, these cookies were the only things that tasted good. They were discontinued soon after and my Dad actually called to find out why?! Bring them back!!!!
john - April 25, 2020 - Report this comment
I remember a vanilla creme frosting. Yes these were so wonderful!
Dave - May 24, 2020 - Report this comment
Has anyone tried the recipe listed above in this thread? How’d they turn out? I loved those cookies and they were my go to snack for many years.
Greg - June 17, 2020 - Report this comment
" I left a comment in 2013 here. I decided to try to recreate this company is to its true fashion and when I do I will leave the recipe here.... it may take a few months, or perhaps a few weeks. Regardless, I will definitely leave the recipe here, because it's the greatest cookie there ever was and needs to be devoured once again! This will be from scratch and not a boxed version!"
Barbara - August 21, 2020 - Report this comment
Wow I have talked for years about this cookie nobody remembered them and then I saw all you lol finally last time I had them I know was 1972 and they wouldn't taste the same know just like everything else we eat that used to be good back then but thanks for the memories
Paula - November 20, 2020 - Report this comment
They were so delicious! I sure wish Keebler would consider making them again!
Charlie - March 10, 2022 - Report this comment
That's a great observation boon cookie o
Donna - May 03, 2022 - Report this comment
I would eat them! I think these cookies could be a big hit for Keebler again. Wish they would consider it!
Jana - May 18, 2022 - Report this comment
Best cookie ever!! They definitely need to start making these again. I would buy them all the time.
Elizabeth - June 27, 2023 - Report this comment
I had these in my school lunch most every day. I loved them.
John - September 25, 2023 - Report this comment
These were the absolute best cookie I ever ate in all of my 59 years of life! Better than oatmeal raisin! Don’t know why they quit making them, but I wish they would bring them back!!!

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