Fig Newtons Are Not Fig Newtons Anymore

Friday was Fig Newtons Day.

It's one of those made up days that product producers create to publicize their products. Except one problem, Fig Newtons don't exist anymore.

What? They don't? Nope. They are just Newtons now. Don't believe me?

That's because Fig Newtons as you know them, as you grew up eating them out of the classic yellow box, no longer exist. They're just Newtons now.

In 2012, Nabisco, which is now a subsidiary of Mondelēz International, decided to drop the Fig in Fig Newton. (In addition, Mondelēz International is now a subsidiary of Hershey Foods.)

This isn't the first time Newtons have undergone an identity crisis.

According to The New York Times, the square cookies were called "cakes" up until the 1980s, when Nabisco started labeling them "chewy cookies." Dropping the Fig in 2012 was big news when it happened, but sometimes people choose to see what they want.

As The New York Times reported:

The cookie has been around since 1891, after all, which means we weren't the only ones who grew up with the brand name ingrained in our minds -- our grandparents did too."

See. Why would I lie? I do have to say I like the Apple Newtons. Excuse me; Newtons made with Apple.