# Favorite Little Debbie snack cake **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [July 20, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318 "2023-07-20T18:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/1 "2023-07-20T18:09:34Z")
I’ve loved the Little Debbie selection of snack cakes since I was a wee lad. My love of these snack cakes runs deep. How deep? Well, my favorite episode of [Good Mythical Morning is, hands-down, the one where they taste and rate every variety of Little Debbie Snack Cakes (LDSC)](https://youtu.be/VG3BCcVor5Y). My favorite [Will Ferrell character is, naturally, Little Debbie](https://youtu.be/s8rev7S3lC8). Whenever I have a cheat meal, my first choice for dessert is a LDSC. If I were to sully my supple middle-aged body with a tattoo, it would definitely be of Little Debbie herself with her smiling face and pretty little hat (no, probably not). But to which LDSC do my loyalties lie? Well, good Midwestern boy that I am, [Oatmeal Creme Pies](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/46/oatmeal-creme-pies) have always been amongst my favorites since I was a knee-high to a scarecrow. The fancy boy in me has a sweet spot for the [Fancy Cakes](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/33/fancy-cakes), of course. And traditionalist that I am, I do enjoy a good [Zebra Cake](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/39/zebra-cakes) from time to time. I still love those three with all my heart and soul, but in the past couple years, my new favorite has switched over to the [Peanut Butter Creme Pies.](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/58/peanut-butter-creme-pies) Holy redheaded baker, Batman! These are like two pillowy peanut butter cookies with a schmear of the creamiest peanut butter known to man holding them together. They’re so good, they just _have_ to be healthy! So my top choice for LDSC has to be the Peanut Butter Creme, followed closely by the Oatmeal Creme, Fancy and Zebra Cakes. Oh, the [Pecan Spinwheels](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/50/pecan-spinwheels) with a dab of butter melted on top aren’t bad either. Where do your LDSC tastes fall? (And if you have 20 minutes, I highly recommend the Good Mythical Morning episode linked to above. It may just entertainingly introduce you to a whole world of new LD treats to enjoy.) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/2 "2023-07-20T18:24:47Z")
My only exposure to Little Debbie is the Nutty Buddy Wafer bars, which are excellent BTW. > **[Nutty Buddy® Wafer Bars | Little Debbie](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/53/nutty-buddy)** > > Crunchy wafer bars layered with peanut butter and a chocolatey coating ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/3 "2023-07-20T18:25:12Z")
When I was in elementary school, I would skip the last leg of my bus ride so that I could run into the little snack-bar thing that was in the high school and buy Little Debbie Donut Sticks. I would then RUN across town to South Park Elementary to try not to be late. Didn’t always make it, but it was always worth it. Nowadays, I’d probably stick with the oatmeal creme pie, but after reading your post, I suddenly have an inexplicable desire for a Star Crunch, which I probably haven’t actually eaten since high school… ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/4 "2023-07-20T18:25:18Z")
Maybe swiss rolls. > **[Swiss Rolls | Little Debbie](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/38/swiss-rolls)** > > Chocolate cake rolled around a layer of creme filling and coated with fudge. As a kid I had a methodology where I would peel off and eat the chocolate coating first, then unroll it, then eat it. Okay, I still do that on the rare occasion that I eat one. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/5 "2023-07-20T18:33:57Z")
Well. I used to, USED to get an oatmeal cream pie. But oh no, lil’Debbie, the bitch, added more sugar. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/6 "2023-07-20T18:56:19Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Maybe swiss rolls. > > [https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/38/swiss-rolls](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/38/swiss-rolls) > > As a kid I had a methodology where I would peel off and eat the chocolate coating first, then unroll it, then eat it. > > Okay, I still do that on the rare occasion that I eat one. I did the same but with the vastly superior HoHo’s ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/7 "2023-07-20T18:56:39Z")
Oatmeal creme pie, and it isn’t close. The others aren’t worth the caloric intake for me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/8 "2023-07-20T19:00:16Z")
I’m quite partial to Little Debbie snacks. My dad and my grandpa both worked for bread/snack cake companies (Tasty Cake and Nickle’s Bakery), and both of them always had a proclivity to have snack cakes around the house. My favorite snack cake of all time is the Nickle’s Banana Flip but that is neither here nor there. I rotate between buying LD’s Nutty Buddies, Swiss Rolls and Oatmeal Creme Pies. Only the Big Box for me! I actually don’t buy the two I love the most, because I’ll just eat them the most. **Zebra Cakes** and **Strawberry Shortcake Rolls** for me! Don’t ask me to choose, I love them both. Never tried the PB Pies. I will be trying some now! I also am intrigued by the Jelly Creme Pies from the video, so I’m gonna try those too. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/9 "2023-07-20T19:07:31Z")
As a reporter I once covered a fatal stabbing in a large Midwestern city that shall remain nameless. The victim had stolen the perpetrator’s Little Debbie snack cake. I don’t recall what specific cake it was. But the homicide detective assigned to the case solemnly declared that indeed, Little Debbie snack cakes were worth killing for. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/10 "2023-07-20T19:11:14Z")
Danged if that isn’t the best commercial ever. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/11 "2023-07-20T19:14:08Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > But oh no, lil’Debbie, the bitch, added more sugar. How dare you talk like that about our dear Debbie?! It’s _ **Little** _ Debbie. Emphasis on the “-ittle.” ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/12 "2023-07-20T19:18:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Maybe swiss rolls. _Definitely_ Swiss rolls. > [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > As a kid I had a methodology where I would peel off and eat the chocolate coating first, then unroll it, then eat it. Same. Pro tip: It’s easier to eat the distinct parts if the rolls are refrigerated first. > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > good Midwestern boy that I am, [Oatmeal Creme Pies](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/46/oatmeal-creme-pies) have always been amongst my favorites since I was a knee-high to a scarecrow. When I was growing up, these weren’t snacks. No, they were for eating when you were waiting to go out to dinner, to “hold you over”. So said my dad. Almost like a health food. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/13 "2023-07-20T19:20:44Z")
Anyone live near Chattanooga? They’ve got a [newly-christened Little Debbie Park](https://www.wfla.com/news/national/photos-long-awaited-little-debbie-park-opens-in-tennessee-and-its-too-sweet/) in Collegedale, complete with giant Christmas Tree cakes, Cosmic Brownies and other climbable LDSCs. It’s almost like Disney World, but with Little Debbies. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/14 "2023-07-20T20:21:41Z")
> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#): > > My only exposure to Little Debbie is the Nutty Buddy Wafer bars, which are excellent BTW. My vote also. YUMMMM!!! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/15 "2023-07-20T20:33:39Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Maybe swiss rolls. > > [https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/38/swiss-rolls](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/38/swiss-rolls) > > As a kid I had a methodology where I would peel off and eat the chocolate coating first, then unroll it, then eat it. > > Okay, I still do that on the rare occasion that I eat one. I’m pretty sure you’re not me, but less sure after this post than I was before. When I was in school, my lunch every day (packed by Mom) was a sandwich, a piece of fruit, a packet of chips, a can of pop, and a Little Debbie. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/16 "2023-07-20T20:43:55Z")
Cosmic Brownies, followed by Swiss Rolls. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/17 "2023-07-20T21:02:15Z")
Banana flips, I love those, and out where I live, they were produced by Little Mickey cakes (I think that was the name). Perhaps it was Nickle’s though, I never paid much attention to the company name on products when I was 9. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/18 "2023-07-20T23:14:17Z")
FUDGE ROUNDS! Followed by the oatmeal dealies. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/19 "2023-07-21T00:06:51Z")
> [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](#): > > My only exposure to Little Debbie is the Nutty Buddy Wafer bars, which are excellent BTW. Most excellent choice. Also has the advantage that they can be eaten layer by layer. Unfortunately, the last time I had them, they weren’t as good as I remembered. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318/20 "2023-07-21T00:09:43Z")
And there is the BIG sized nutty buddy bars and Swiss rolls. I cannot buy at all as I will pig out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-little-debbie-snack-cake/987318.md?page=2)