# Favorite Hostess Snack Cake?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/41 "2009-11-12T02:59:24Z")

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Little Debbie’s advantage, AFAIC, is that they’re _cheap_. If you have a house full of people snarfing up the junk food, Little Debbies rock, because you can get a whole box of them for ~$1.00.

When it comes to Hostess, though, Sno-Balls are the winner in my book, but only if you eat them correctly:  
First, you peel off the marshmallow and coconut “overcoat”; set that aside; now, bite into the chocolate cake and eat all the filling out. Next, finish the cake. Now, finally, eat the overcoat of coconut-covered marshmallow. Only way to eat a Sno-Ball! My second choice would be the Orange cupcakes; I agree, no one-_no one_ matches their surreal artificial over-the-top orange flavor! Around here, you’re not likely to find the orange cupcakes in boxes in the supermarket, but rather in those special plastic packages that are molded _specifically_ to hold two cupcakes, and are found on the shelves of gas station convenience stores!

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**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/42 "2009-11-12T03:28:49Z")

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Ho-Hos, aka Little Debbie Swiss Cake Rolls

I always like Little Debbie’s Zebra Cakes the best.

But the best, are Dolly Madison Zingers. Bar NONE. When I was little, they had Snoopy on the packages. (Chocolate or Vanilla, not those crappy coconut ones)

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**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/43 "2009-11-12T03:56:36Z")

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Zingers. The red ones with the coconut.

ETA: oops… those are Dolly Madison, not Hostess. In that case, I love Dolly Madison. They have better fruit pies, too.

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**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-hostess-snack-cake/517156/44 "2009-11-12T04:05:13Z")

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> [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](#):
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> Ding Dongs, when they came awesomely wrapped in foil.

I haven’t had one in probably 20 years, they don’t come in foil anymore?

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