As a kid, what was your favorite Little Debbie or Hostess snack at the store. I liked the Snowballs-chocolate cake

[debm55]

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on the inside and marshmallow whatever on the outside covered with coconut. Mainly it was white, but they would change it pink, or green for the holidays. What was your favorite "bakery" good?

[SARose]

1. Cosmic brownies

Still love them - still can’t resist them!😂

[debm55]

3. Thank you very much.SARose. for sharing. And enjoy them.

[Emile]

2. Nutty Buddies and Brownies

[debm55]

4. Thank you , Emile, Do you still buy them?

[Emile]

6. No, not good for my weight.

[debm55]

9. Thank you Emile.

[HelpImSurrounded]

5. Star Crunch

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much, HelpImSurrounded. for sharing your treats with us.

[OldBaldy1701E]

7. Definitely Nutty Buddies!

With the white tree cakes a close second!

But, but... this!

https://www.foodie.com/1776972/discontinued-little-debbie-snacks-never-getting-back/

[debm55]

10. Thank you Old Baldy1701E, Yep, Nutty Buddies were a close second. What!!!! no zebra cakes!!!!

[malthaussen]

49. "Never getting back?" I have a box of Zebra Cakes in my room right now.

Maybe they changed their minds about discontinuing them.

-- Mal

[OldBaldy1701E]

82. From the article...

In a post on X in 2016, Little Debbie stated that the Chocolate Zebra Cakes were no more due to a lack of fan support. We can't imagine why these sweets sold poorly, but you can still find the OGs holding prime real estate in supermarkets nation-wide.

So, they are still around, but that is only because of the last batch they made. Those are going to run out soon enough.

(And, before anyone says something about the last batch being 'old'... well... welcome to 2025. The preservatives we have these days could make a mummy out of Andre the Giant in a year.)

[surfered]

11. Yes! Snowballs. They're the reason for my long, active (so far) life.

[debm55]

12. HAHAHAHAHHHAHAH. Thank you surfered.

[EYESORE 9001]

13. I always went for the oatmeal crme pies

Nowadays, I’d have to be nearing starvation before eating one.

[debm55]

14. HAHAHAHAHA, Thank you EYESORE 9001, Same here with the Snowballs.

[catbyte]

15. Little Debbie Nutty Buddy Chocolate Peanut Butter Wafer Bars

[debm55]

16. Thank you catbyte for sharing, They sort of reminded me of KitKat candy bars. Enjoy.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. twinkies . never heard of little debbie.

[debm55]

18. Thank you AllaN01Bear. Little Debbies and Hostess were the two biggest producers of "snack" cakes.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. was little debbies an eastern phenomina?

edit.
little debbies website
https://www.littledebbie.com/
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutty_Buddy

[debm55]

20. Come to think of it, it might be a regional thing--Eastern US. I will check your links.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

91. I grew up in Texas with Lil' Debbies

Swiss Rolls were my favorite. Unpeeling them while eating.



Later it was Hostess Raspberry Zingers.

[debm55]

93. Thank you very much for sharing with us, SomewhereInTheMiddle, I remember the Zingers, too.

[CrispyQ]

53. We have Little Debbie in Colorado.

I think they're way better than Hostess although they don't make a Twinkie. Or a snowball.

[justaprogressive]

21. Sorry, Drakes was better..

Drake's Yodels

[debm55]

22. Thank you justaprogressive. I don't remember Drake's yodels, but I remember, Hostess having a version of Yodels, but I

forget what they were called.

[justaprogressive]

23. Ho-Hos

Had one once...went back to Drake's

[debm55]

29. Thank you, justaprogressive. Yes, they were called Ho-Hos. I don't think we had Drake;s in western PA.

[justaprogressive]

39. No I think they were local..

[debm55]

41. Hahahahhahah. Thank you very much, justaprogressive.

[malthaussen]

51. I agree, I always though Drake's was superior to Hostess.

They're pretty much the same, now, albeit still different companies.

In my probably-faulty memory, except for Twinkies, Drake would introduce something and then Hostess would copy it.

-- Mal

[surrealAmerican]

24. probably Hostess cupcakes

They tasted funny, but there was always the challenge of peeling off that curly stripe.

[debm55]

30. HAHAHAHAHHAh. that is funny surrealAmerican. And it's true.

[some_of_us_are_sane]

85. My favorite too!!

Loved them!

[La Coliniere]

104. I especially loved the orange variety.

We lived close to a hostess factory and often visited their reduced price factory store when I was a kid. My dad would buy a whole box of orange cupcakes.

[SheltieLover]

25. Twinkies & chocolate cupcakes & Suzie Q's

[debm55]

31. Thank you very much, SheltieLover. You had a selection there,

[Jilly_in_VA]

26. Believe it or not

I was a kid BEFORE Little Debbie hove onto the scene!

[debm55]

33. Thank you very much, Jilly_in_VA

[no_hypocrisy]

27. NOTA

Drakes Cakes
1. Yodels
2. Ring Dings

[debm55]

35. Thank you very much, no_hypocrisy. I don't recall Drakes Cakes around here. It could be a regional thing or a store

supply thing. This was when they were packed in twos or in singles like the banana creme turnovers.

[malthaussen]

50. That's weird, Debbie. We both come from the same area...

... I grew up in Brentwood, and the local store stocked Drakes. It was not a chain store, though.

-- Mal

[debm55]

70. Yes , that is odd. I don't ever remember Drake's. These were little corner groceries. Maybe it is what they wanted to

stock. I do remember the Tastycake pies. I spent my youth in Duquesne. Thank you malthaussen.

[OC375]

28. I forgot about Snowballs!

Those were awesome! I always went back and forth between Cupcakes and Ding-Dongs and HoHos. It had to be chocolate, though. There was a lot of Hostess goodness back in the 80's. I'm going to have to Google and see what else I forgot.

[debm55]

37. Thank you OC375, you have a large selection. I just liked the snowballs.

[MIButterfly]

32. In junior high, my best friend and I would buy Hostess Suzy-Qs and hide them from each other

and at the right opportune moment, would sneak up on the other and smash it in her face!

I don’t know if that makes Suzy-Q my favorite or not, but it does bring back the memories!

As they say, simple pleasures for simple minds.

And guess what?! She's my best friend to this day.

[debm55]

42. HAHAHAHAHAH. That is funny, MIButterfly.

[JPK]

34. Little Debbies then Hostess

Nutty Buddys and Twinkies

[debm55]

44. Thank you JPK for sharing your favorites with us.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Ho-Hos

Was nuts about those when I was a kid.
Twinkies were high on my list, too.

[debm55]

38. Thank you very much ProfessorGAC for sharing with us , your favorites.

[BigMin28]

40. I loved all

Little Debbie's. But my favorite was Apple Delights. Sadly, they no longer make them.

[debm55]

43. Bummer. Thank you BigMin28 for sharing with us.

[rsdsharp]

45. Suzy Qs! That chemically created white stuff in the middle sure is tasty!

[debm55]

71. HAHAHAHHAHAHAH. Now we know but as kids it was great.

[rsdsharp]

81. Kid, hell! I'd stuff one (or two -- waste [or waist] not want not) in my face right now

[debm55]

83. That is funny. Thank you rsdsharp

[LogDog75]

46. Cupcakes

Hostess chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing, white frosting swirls, and cream inside.

[debm55]

73. Thank you very much, LogDog75 for sharing your favorite Hostess snack.

[LudwigPastorius]

47. Hostess Ding Dongs back when they were wrapped in foil.

Before that, I always wanted some Dolly Madison Zingers after watching the Charlie Brown Christmas or Halloween special.

[debm55]

74. OH , the memories are flashing through my mind. Thank you LudwigPastorius for sharing with us.

[malthaussen]

48. I never even heard of Little Debbie until I was like 50...

... the only confectioners I remember from my childhood are Drakes, Hostess, and Tastykake. Maybe because Little Debbie wasn't founded until 1960.

My favorite probably was (and still is) Tastykake's Coffee Cake cupcakes. But before I moved to Philly and learned about Tastykake, it would have been those folded-over devil's food sandwiches filled with "kreme" that Drake made. Don't remember what they were called, and as far as I know, they don't make them anymore. There was also one of angel food filled with banana-flavored "kreme," but I didn't like those as much.

-- Mal

[debm55]

75. Thank you Mal , I remember the banana kreme filled one. It was like a turnover. Thank you for sharing.

[piddyprints]

52. We never had them.

Or any of the other snack cakes/cookies. If we wanted cookies or cakes, we had to bake them ourselves… which we quickly learned we could do better than Mom. 🤣

My kids grew up on home baked goodies, but I’m sure they’ve tried all the rest by now. They seem particularly fond of moon pies, which I definitely don’t see the appeal of.

I’m sure it’s all tasty, but I still prefer to bake my own. I’ll admit that mine are less fancy.

[debm55]

76. And more healthy. Thank you for sharing piddyprints.

[Laffy Kat]

54. Hostess orange cupcakes.

I will still buy one from time to time. They're not as good as they used to be, but still hit.

[debm55]

77. Thank you very much Laffy Kat for sharing with us.

[MiHale]

55. I'm with you...snowballs...

Used to take one bite, pull off the marshmallow coating and call it an igloo. Used that idea one time for a grade school project.

[debm55]

65. That's great and funny. I never thought of doing that.MiHale , you are very creative. Thank you for sharing with us.

[YorkRd]

56. Tastycake pies

[debm55]

62. Thank you YorkRd.for sharing with us. It just hit me.---Tastycake cherry pie. I remember them and enjoyed them as a kid.

[Dorothy V]

57. Hostess Cupcakes! Snowballs, on the other hand, is how we found out I'm allergic to coconut. I was unable to finish

my first and only one. The weird taste was the first giveaway, like my taste buds were warning me. Then came the shortness of breath ... look at it this way, it leaves more coconut for you!

[debm55]

60. Oh Dorothy, I am so sorry. The last time I had a Snowball was when I graduated from high school in 1973.

[HappyH]

58. In high school

my girlfriend’s dad was the local distributor for Little Debbie. So she was my favorite Little Debbie treat.

[debm55]

59. Wow, That's great, Thank you for sharing with us and welcome to DU. I was beginning to think that I imagineed Little

Debbie's. Are they regional or all over the US?

[HappyH]

61. That was decades ago in North Carolina

and Little Debbie was in all the stores here.

[debm55]

63. Here too in western PA. Thank you HappyH.

[TommieMommy]

64. The wonderful Snowballs💙 love those delicious treats

[debm55]

67. Thank you very much , TommieMommy. And don't forget that on Christmas and St Patrick's Day, you could get them in green

and on Valentines Day they came in pink.

[customerserviceguy]

66. I still remember

when the Hostess fruit pies were introduced in the early 1960's. Dad liked the cherry ones that Mom put in his lunch box. I remember they were only fifteen cents apiece when they came out!

[debm55]

68. Thank you so much customerserviceguy for sharing your memory with us.

[customerserviceguy]

69. It was mostly

about Mom and Dad, it was a year ago this week that we buried their ashes together. I never could be the kind of man Dad was.

[debm55]

72. customerserviceguy. May all the memories of your mom and dad be a blessing to you.

[customerserviceguy]

78. Thank you

They are indeed a blessing.

[Native]

79. I hate to say this, but I thought they were all gross.

I was a devotee of honey buns and pinwheels

[debm55]

80. Thank you very much Native, for sharing with us. I liked honey buns, too

[JMCKUSICK]

84. Ho Ho's

[debm55]

86. Thank you very much for sharing with us, John.

[Figarosmom]

87. Raspberry Zingers by Hostess

Pretty much the same thing as the snowballs but with the cake from the Twinky and raspberry and coconut with the marshmallow covering.

HOSTESS Raspberry ZINGERS, 10 count - Pick ‘n Save https://share.google/qt6bmmQz4rHjNuTHp

Every year for my daughter's birthday o make her a Susy Q cake

[debm55]

94. Great and thank you for sharing with us , Figarosmom.

[electric_blue68]

88. It would have Hostess chocolate cupcake w the white squiggle on top. I prefered Drakes.

[debm55]

98. Thank you very much electric_blue68 for your selection.

[PufPuf23]

89. Hostess chocolate cupcakes.

Liked the Hostess applesauce cupcakes too but don't recall ever seeing them in stores after mid 60s.

Hershey's Black Magic cake is a recipe for the super chocolate cake like the Hostess cupcakes only better.

Has black coffee as an ingredient. Once (maybe still is) on Hershey's Cocoa containers plus JUST FOUND the Recipe for Black Magic cake on the internet!!!

https://www.hersheyland.com/recipes/black-magic-cake.html

I recall the Black Magic cake as a layer cake or cupcakes (not bundt) with white or chocolate cream cheese frosting.

Don't think my floundering and aged body could handle that much sugar at present.

[debm55]

97. Thank you very much, PufPuf23, that Hershey's Black Magic cake sounds very good.

[pansypoo53219]

90. i preferred hostess. little debbie sucked. CRUMB CAKES! I FORGOT CRUMB CAKES!!!!

but my grandparent's bakery better. strussel 'squares', rectangles.

[debm55]

96. Thank you, pansypoo53219, for sharing. Agree when you are a kid it doesn;t seem to matter. I like bakery too

[Eugene]

92. Orange Cupcakes both then and now

also liked Drake's Funny Bones and Hostess Big Wheels (now King Dons)

[debm55]

95. Thank you very much for your various selections, Eugene, Enjoy.

[Prairie_Seagull]

99. Little doubt.

Oatmeal cream pies which were not a diet food. haha

[debm55]

100. HAHAHHAHA. Thank you very much. Prairie_Seagull

[OLDMDDEM]

101. Hostess cupcakes.

[debm55]

102. Thank you very much for sharing with us, OLDMDDEM

[flying rabbit]

103. Have to go with the cherry and chocolate pies

[debm55]

106. Thank you very much, flying rabbit. I liked the cherry pie.

[Iris]

105. Swiss Cake Rolls!

[debm55]

107. Thank you very much, Iris, for your selection,

[Wuddles440]

108. Generally anything with chocolate -

Hostess or Tastykake cupcakes, Ring Dings, Ding Dongs, HoHos, Suzy Qs, Snowballs, and Zingers. The only exception to the chocolate only policy was for Hostess cherry or lemon fruit pies.

[debm55]

109. Wow, what a selection. Thank you very much for sharing with us Wuddles440 Yes, I liked the cherry pie, also