It was never even a contest. Surge absolutely destroyed all contenders, thanks to the Surge Movement rallying strong support for each vote. Unlike Fast Food Bracket, Snack Madness and Candy Madness, when multiple products were rallying their Facebook fans to get out the vote, Surge seemed to be the only discontinued product with an organized [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Surge absolutely dominates with 92% of the vote to win the Discontinued Foods Bracket! Well it’s been a fun ride, but we’re down to the last vote of our tournament. Polls are open and will close on Friday when a winner will be declared. Our finalists? Surge, who [...]

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Voting on this match-up is closed. Surge (91%) crushes Ecto Cooler (9%) to advance to the finals. Surge was released nationally  in 1997, sales slid, and discontinued in 2002 & 2003. They have been murdering the competition so far, with vote totals over 90% in every match-up including against Sprite Remix (93%-7%), Crystal Pepsi (92%-8%), [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Planter’s Cheez Balls (50.2%) edge Butterfinger BB’s (49.8%) by ONE vote! Final Four voting begins! Voting will be open until Wednesday morning. Planter’s Cheez Balls have had a strong run in the tournament so far, knocking off French Toast Crunch by a solid 14% to advance to the [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Ecto-Cooler (57%) defeats Fruitopia (43%) to advance to the Final Four. Elite Eight voting in the Discontinued Foods Bracket continues! Vote early and often through the weekend. Winners will be announced Monday morning, when voting on the Final Four will begin. Fruitopia was created by Coca-Cola in 1994 and [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Surge (91%) crushes Mr. Pibb (9%) to advance to the Final Four. Elite Eight voting in the Discontinued Foods Bracket continues! Winners will be announced Monday morning, when voting on the Final Four will begin. Surge was Coca-Cola’s answer to Pepsi’s Mountain Dew. Despite a massive marketing campaign [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Butterfinger BB’s (50.2%) edges Twinkies (49.8%) by ONE vote to advance to the Final Four. With solid Sweet Sixteen wins, Butterfinger BB’s & Twinkies both advance to the Elite Eight of the Discontinued Foods Bracket. Winners will be announced Monday morning when Final Four voting will take place. [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Planter’s Cheez Balls (57%) defeat French Toast Crunch (43%) to advance to the Final Four. The Elite Eight of the Discontinued Foods Bracket begins! Voting for Elite Eight match-ups kick off today and Friday, with the Final Four being announced on Monday morning. Get to voting and spreading [...]

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Voting on this match-up is now closed. Ecto Cooler (83%) destroys Zima (17%). Hi-C’s Ecto Cooler was released in 1987 as a product tie-in with the cartoon series The Real Ghostbusters. It was discontinued in 2001  and renamed Shoutin’ Orange Tangergreen…then renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler in 2006 and finally killed off in 2007. Good luck finding it, [...]

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Voting on this match-up is closed. Fruitopia (65%) stuns Snapple Elements (35%). Snapple Elements were released in 1999 to seemingly great success. The SVP for Snapple was quoted in 2000 as saying, ”The success of the Elements line has topped even our highest projections, with sales for the first twelve months expected to exceed five million cases, [...]

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