# Favorite Hostess Snack Cake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 11, 2009, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156 "2009-11-11T05:53:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/21 "2009-11-11T15:45:21Z")
Orange Cupcakes. I’ll go hungry rather than eat the rest, but I have a weakness for artificial orange sugar. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/22 "2009-11-11T17:51:37Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > I love me some Sno Balls. > > Also, Twinkies are the worst. I think you got that backwards. 😉 But, as much as I love Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes were, are and always will be the bomb! A couple of those and a big glass of cold milk simply defines snack perfection! Honorable mention to the jelly-filled Hostess Donuts. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/23 "2009-11-11T17:53:30Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Where are you people finding orange cupcakes? I don’t think I’ve seen one of those for decades. They’ve been around forever in any 7-11 in California, Oregon, or Washington. That’s my impression, but of course I can’t know if it’s literally correct. . ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/24 "2009-11-11T17:55:35Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > I think you got that backwards. 😉 My wife agrees with you. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/25 "2009-11-11T18:02:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Does a fruit pie count as a snack cake? If they do, then the blackberry pie. Strawberry pie for the win, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/26 "2009-11-11T18:02:02Z")
Actually, in the South we tend to prefer [Little Debbies](http://www.littledebbie.com/). \*Slightly \*more like real food than Hostess products, and a better variety I think. I’m not one for Christmas products showing up in stores in October, but I’m very excited that the Christmas Tree Cakes have started to hit the shelves. mmmm mmmm ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/27 "2009-11-11T18:11:09Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > My wife agrees with you. Funny, mine doesn’t. She thinks Twinkies are swill. Oh well, more for me! ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/28 "2009-11-11T19:46:03Z")
Golden Cupcakes. (Not orange.) They have that same thick waxy chocolate icing as the regular cupcakes, but yellow cake insead of chocolate. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/29 "2009-11-11T20:11:08Z")
Ho Ho’s and Suzy q’s Interesting (to me) note: in looking up the Hostess website I found that Hostess, Drake’s and Dolly Madison are all owned by the same parent company. Did not know that. The basically compete with…themselves. and Little Debbie. ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/30 "2009-11-11T20:17:28Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > Mmm, lemon pies, actually all the pies are good except the chocolate. The chocolate is just strange. > > I have to give a shout out, though, to the poor, oft overlooked Suzy-Q. It’s a giant, rectangular, cakey Oreo! What’s not to love? Suzy-Q for me too. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/31 "2009-11-11T20:54:51Z")
Cherry Pie, nuked, and Ding Dongs, then the chocolate cupcakes. ---
**Author:** ![maladroit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@maladroit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maladroit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/32 "2009-11-11T20:56:19Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > They’ve been around forever in any 7-11 in California, Oregon, or Washington. > > That’s my impression, but of course I can’t know if it’s literally correct. > > . We have em at my corner store too, in Flint MI ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/33 "2009-11-11T20:59:40Z")
always used to love the ho-hos, cupcakes and suzy-q’s. But really, does anyone think they taste different now? maybe my taste preferences have changed, but they don’t taste as wonderful as I remember. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/34 "2009-11-11T21:22:47Z")
> [@otternell](#): > > But really, does anyone think they taste different now? maybe my taste preferences have changed, but they don’t taste as wonderful as I remember. Agreed, I find they don’t taste nearly as nice as I remember. This is true of the fruit pies, at least, as I’ve eaten those in adulthood. I also claim that they had more actual fruit back when I was a kid, which may or may not be the case. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/35 "2009-11-11T21:25:39Z")
Amazingly, I don’t think I’ve ever had a Sno-Ball. I vote for cherry or lemon pie. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/36 "2009-11-11T22:00:27Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > Interesting (to me) note: in looking up the Hostess website I found that Hostess, Drake’s and Dolly Madison are all owned by the same parent company. Did not know that. The basically compete with…themselves. and Little Debbie. They didn’t use to be, before 1995. When I found out that they were owned by the same company now, it was a shock, like finding out that Coke had bought out Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/37 "2009-11-12T00:43:01Z")
I like HoHos the best, but a frozen Twinkie rocks. If you are tired of Twinkies freeze on. Then bite it and it’s so good the way the cake unfreezes ASAP but the cream part is still frozen. I found I like Little Debbies better at first but they are too sweet if you eat too much. Once I was working late and forgot to eat all day and there was a box of Little Debbie swiss rolls (there version of HoHos) and the first two were like heaven (especially if you’re hungry) but then they got sickeningly sweet after the first two. So I think people might perfer Little Debbie if you eat in small amounts ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/38 "2009-11-12T02:24:19Z")
Ding Dongs, when they came awesomely wrapped in foil. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/39 "2009-11-12T02:38:23Z")
Don’t care for Hostess stuff as that was all we had, day after day after day after day as dessert when we were little. Only so much mundane chocolate cake/greasy white filling you can take in a lifetime. The orange cupcakes, at least, are different, so I vote for them. The fruit pies aren’t bad and you can warm them up and serve with ice cream, if you want to use up all your calories for the day…I vastly prefer Little Debbie - pecan swirls, and Pumpkin Delights before Halloween are my very favorites. I like the Cosmic brownies, even if they are gummy and not-quite-chocolate slabs of I dunno what. And the crumb cakes! dang, now I’m getting hungry! ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/40 "2009-11-12T02:42:20Z")
This would have been good poll material. 1. Suzy-Qs 2. Ho Ho’s 3. Blueberry Fruit Pie [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156.md?page=3)