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McCain Foods Canada is rebranding its original Pizza Pockets line of baked pizza-filled pastry snacks with a new line and look, but that didn’t stop social media from having a meltdown.

Pizza Pockets, which have a particular nostalgia factor for those who grew up in the 1990s, were a hot topic on social media Wednesday when word started spreading that the product may have been discontinued.

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Like a game of telephone, however, misinformation began spreading as people worried about the demise of a childhood favourite.

To be discontinued by McCain in the Very near future. My kids will miss u! #pizzapockets pic.twitter.com/BPnwZU01fM — Gene Coleman (@Gene_Coleman) August 23, 2016

@mccainfoods How dare you discontinue Pizza pockets in Canada!!!! What is the meaning of this?!? — JKB (@JayHooft) August 24, 2016

In fact, McCain Foods Canada tells the Financial Post that Pizza Pockets are here to stay, only as “Marché Pizza Pockets,” a rebranded product said to have the “same great taste” with a bit more upscale look.

“Despite false social media reports to the contrary, McCain has no intention of discontinuing Canadians’ beloved Pizza Pockets,” McCain said to the Financial Post in a statement. “With a new look but the same recipe and great flavours Pizza Pockets are now part of an exciting new snacking line up that we’re calling McCain Marché.”