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62. What did you expect from Bimbo Bakery?

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Ok, has anyone else noticed twinkies and Hostess products don't taste as good as they used to? [View all] quinnox Feb 2014 OP

Cheapened the ingredients and cheapened the work force. yourout Feb 2014 #1

Switch to Tastykakes... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #2

You can tell Tastykake uses better quality ingredients Freddie Feb 2014 #14

My grandparents lived in Gloucester NJ....my grandfather worked nights at the shipyard... VanillaRhapsody Feb 2014 #35

Hostess cakes always tasted to me like I was eating a bunch of chemicals, the texture RKP5637 Feb 2014 #37

I had one of their delicious chocolate turnovers this morning Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #50

Clueless libodem Feb 2014 #3

It's not the lack of nutrition but the abundance of preservatives jmowreader Feb 2014 #65

That must be it libodem Feb 2014 #80

But now you can really taste the scab! Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #4

. Iggo Feb 2014 #5

This. Brickbat Feb 2014 #8

+1 mike_c Feb 2014 #11

yea now with extra scabs leftyohiolib Feb 2014 #24

Indeed +1 eom Purveyor Feb 2014 #28

I had not eaten a Twinkie in years demwing Feb 2014 #6

I actually forgot they are back yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #27

at first I thought you said, "I forgot they are black" Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #30

I have been doing that today yeoman6987 Feb 2014 #63

Gack! No! librechik Feb 2014 #7

You eat that shit? Cali_Democrat Feb 2014 #9

What DOES taste as good as it used to??? elleng Feb 2014 #10

Not Folger's coffee dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #47

Nestles bought it mockmonkey Feb 2014 #71

mouth feel is the sensation of food in one's mouth dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #82

Tried one of the fruit pies... Lancero Feb 2014 #12

They had already gone downhill before the bankruptcy FiveGoodMen Feb 2014 #13

Scab twinkkies. rug Feb 2014 #15

never tried them so no idea. loli phabay Feb 2014 #16

never tried the new ones? Or, never had a twinkie? quinnox Feb 2014 #18

never had a Twinkie, kinda scarey looking. loli phabay Feb 2014 #20

Yup. Tastes "heavier". haele Feb 2014 #17

I've noticed that 'taste' with a lot of processed foods. laundry_queen Feb 2014 #26

corn syrup. ewwww. they're smaller, too. they suck more AND they're smaller. elehhhhna Feb 2014 #42

I like the occasional brownie TM99 Feb 2014 #81

The Devil Dogs taste better ProudToBeBlueInRhody Feb 2014 #19

Stop eating that shit! madinmaryland Feb 2014 #21

^^^^ Also this. Iggo Feb 2014 #34

K&R!!! n/t RKP5637 Feb 2014 #39

Jeez PasadenaTrudy Feb 2014 #46

Hell yeah! bravenak Feb 2014 #22

Entemann's is the devil.. frylock Feb 2014 #57

Raspberry Danish twist. bravenak Feb 2014 #58

yep, that's my weakness as well frylock Feb 2014 #59

Yummy. 840high Feb 2014 #61

Yes they are CFLDem Feb 2014 #78

it is no longer sweetened with unionized labor. TeamPooka Feb 2014 #23

Stopped eating them when they became non union. wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #25

Yeah, this is the reason. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #66

You want to spend your money on non-union products be my guest wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #74

What's with the strawmanning, woca? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #76

If people want to eat poison that is their right, I just want them to eat UNION made poison. wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #83

No, you're ignoring the children. JackRiddler Feb 2014 #87

So the parents have nothing to do with it? wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #88

Did I say that? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #89

Yes you did. This is America not Sweden as much as I agree with the Swedish on Government and wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #90

No,they busted a Union...Buh Bye... easychoice Feb 2014 #29

The Wonder Bread they are selling now sucks ALSO. Twinkies onecent Feb 2014 #31

I would say most of us had better get back to eating home made from the raw ingredients Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #32

I'm sure the cheap bastards snooper2 Feb 2014 #33

I tried a Ho Ho and didn't think it tasted Jenoch Feb 2014 #36

I ate a Ho Ho (well, most of one) They're really bad now. The filling is ghastly. Shrike47 Feb 2014 #38

Never ate them as a kid in the 50s or 60s HockeyMom Feb 2014 #40

i tried a pie and their. chocolate covered donuts Niceguy1 Feb 2014 #41

It's due to the bean counters. ... spin Feb 2014 #43

Speaking of Campbell's... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #49

When they rejected union contract, I stopped buying their products Gothmog Feb 2014 #44

Nothing ever does Blue Owl Feb 2014 #45

Have you gone into a bakery lately? There was one down the street. They used applegrove Feb 2014 #48

Bought them once GP6971 Feb 2014 #51

The shelf life is 45 days, it used to be 26, so there were changes Travis_0004 Feb 2014 #52

I don't believe I've had a twinkie since sometime during the Reagan administration... JHB Feb 2014 #53

I stopped eating Twinkies on May 21, 1979, when a jury DonViejo Feb 2014 #54

I stopped eating twikies after the 1st one pscot Feb 2014 #93

I never thought Twinkies ever tasted good (nt) bigwillq Feb 2014 #55

Coming soon to a grocery store near you-- stage left Feb 2014 #56

I think this is a suitable thread for the LOUNGE theHandpuppet Feb 2014 #60

What did you expect from Bimbo Bakery? Historic NY Feb 2014 #62

Never liked Twinkies. My favorite was Suzy Qs but I haven't seen any of those. We have a local doc03 Feb 2014 #64

This is a joke, right? JackRiddler Feb 2014 #67

Or maybe you've gotten older and your sense of taste has changed? mainer Feb 2014 #68

I think things sometimes taste different day to day, in fact... hlthe2b Feb 2014 #75

I love how many people have to point out they NEVER eat them. Inkfreak Feb 2014 #69

A while back I wrote about my disappointment with a Hostess fruit pie. MrScorpio Feb 2014 #70

Remove Trans fats... mockmonkey Feb 2014 #72

Good. I hope no one eats that crap for so many reasons. mucifer Feb 2014 #73

Actually they made them a bit more healthier..... Historic NY Feb 2014 #77

I thought it was me. HappyMe Feb 2014 #79

No, that would require eating them. nt bemildred Feb 2014 #84

I had some a month or so ago, didn't notice a difference. malthaussen Feb 2014 #85

No, the reason being that I have not bought them since they busted the union LadyHawkAZ Feb 2014 #86

I wouldn't know DefenseLawyer Feb 2014 #91

I noticed. :-(((((((((( aikoaiko Feb 2014 #92