5 Discontinued Coke Flavors We Wish Would Come Back

While Coke has been the number one soft drink for decades, they’ve stayed competitive by regularly bringing out new flavors and formulas. But to make room for those new flavors, they’ve also discontinued others, keeping Coke fans guessing about which will stay on the shelves and which will disappear forever. 

The good news is that some of those flavors have since returned thanks to Coke’s freestyle machines, which offer some long-lost flavors among the hundred or so flavors they offer. And you can sometimes find discontinued flavors in the tasting flights offered at the World of Coca-Cola museums in Atlanta and Las Vegas, as well as the Coca-Cola store in Orlando’s Disney Springs. (For example, those flights are just about the only place you can find Italy’s long-discontinued and legendarily bitter “Beverly” drink.) 

Here’s a list of some of those cancelled Cokes, along with some tips on where you can still find some of them. Enjoy! 

Coca-Cola Blāk

Combining the flavors of two of the world’s favorite caffeine-delivery systems, this coffee-flavored Coke first appeared on shelves in 2006. Reactions were mixed, though, with some consumers criticizing the taste of the Aspartame sweetener and others saying that the mix wasn’t quite right. And while it only lasted two years, leaving shelves in 2008, Coke didn’t abandon the coffee market, launching Coca-Cola with Coffee in Japan in 2017, and eventually rolling it out worldwide by 2021. So, while it’s not the original Coca-Cola Blāk formula, you can get a hint of what the original hybrid drink tasted like. 

(Or you can just pour some coffee in your Coke. Whichever’s easier, really.)

Coca-Cola Spiced

One of the more recently discontinued Coked flavors on this list, Coca-Cola Spiced was introduced in 2024, offering drinkers a mix of cola, raspberry, and spice flavors. Reportedly the flavor was based on information from the company’s Coke Freestyle machines, which reported that 5 million users selected Coke Raspberry flavors in 2022. However, it was discontinued only six months after its launch, despite marketing it as a “permanent flavor.” And while spiced raspberry may not have worked, I’d personally love to see more spiced flavors in the Coke line up. And wouldn’t a limited-edition “mulled Coke” flavor be perfect for the holidays?

Coca-Cola Black Cherry Vanilla

Launched in 2006, this flavor was the follow-up to the also discontinued Vanilla Coke. And while it garnered some fans (like myself), it was discontinued in 2007, when the company coincidentally decided to also bring back Vanilla Coke. Coca-Cola Cherry Vanilla, a similar flavor, was released as a canned product in 2020, again based on the popularity of the mix on Coke Freestyle machines. However, it too was discontinued in 2024, leaving the Coke Freestyle version as the only mix of the flavors you can still buy.

Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla

Another Freestyle blend, Coca-Cola Orange Vanilla was released in stores in 2019, alongside the diet Coca-Cola Zero Sugar Orange Vanilla. With a flavor reminiscent of a creamsicle treat (yum!), the soda survived in stores for a couple years, before being discontinued in 2022. However, it survived as a Coke Freestyle flavor, until that version was also discontinued in 2024. 

Coke hasn’t entirely given up their dreams of selling melted creamsicles, as they introduced a Coca-Cola Orange Cream in 2025, which had a slightly smoother, creamier taste than its predecessor. However, it’s only a temporary addition to the Coke lineup, with the company announcing that it will only be available until the first quarter 2026. So, enjoy that orange and vanilla blend while you can! 

Coke II

The most well-known discontinued Coke flavor, Coke II (aka New Coke) caused controversy when, in 1985,  the company announced they were changing the classic Coke flavor that had been largely unchanged since the company removed cocaine from the mix in 1929. (Wait, is it too late to add Coke with Cocaine to this list?) Why’d they change it? Well, the company was losing share to Pepsi, so they created a blend that was closer to Pepsi’s sweeter taste. But consumer backlash eventually forced the company to return to the original formula, although they kept the new version around as “Coke II.” It stayed on shelves, in limited amounts, through 2002. 

And while Coke fans were furious about the change in the ‘80s, many have come to appreciate Coke II’s sweeter taste. We saw that in 2019, when the company rereleased the formula (labelled as “New Coke”) as a tie-in with Stranger Things season 3. The 500,000 cans of New Coke disappeared overnight and online sales even crashed the coke website. Reviewers were much more kind to the drink, too, with one Buzzfeed reviewer writing, “I think Coca-Cola has a lighter, smoother taste compared to other soft drinks and it felt like New Coke was even LIGHTER than the classic Coke.” 

Unfortunately, that was the last time the formula was released to the public. But here’s hoping we get another chance to try it someday. (I’ll be checking every Coke freestyle machine I walk past, just in case.)