# I found Hostess Zingers!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 21, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529 "2016-08-21T18:20:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/1 "2016-08-21T18:20:38Z")
For the first time since their drama-fueled bankruptcy some years ago, I found a three-pack of vanilla Hostess Zingers. Yummy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/2 "2016-08-21T18:38:26Z")
Congratulations. What are they? ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/3 "2016-08-21T19:03:42Z")
[Mana from heaven.](http://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPJR3J/hostess-vanilla-zingers-BPJR3J.jpg) 🙂 They’re basically Twinkies with vanilla frosting, which makes all the difference in the world. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/4 "2016-08-21T19:09:35Z")
Dammit, Zingers are by Dolly Madison! Get your name and your Twinkie-sized fingers off of Dolly Madison’s baked confections, you Hostess jerks! :mad: ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/5 "2016-08-21T19:28:47Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Dammit, Zingers are by Dolly Madison! > > Get your name and your Twinkie-sized fingers off of Dolly Madison’s baked confections, you Hostess jerks! > > :mad: I’ll eat my Hostess Zingers with my McDonald’s Whopper and my Coca-Cola Diet Pepsi while driving my Ford Camaro. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/6 "2016-08-21T19:58:29Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > [Mana from heaven.](http://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPJR3J/hostess-vanilla-zingers-BPJR3J.jpg) 🙂 > > They’re basically Twinkies with vanilla frosting, which makes all the difference in the world. Except for the ones that were chocolate twinkies with chocolate icing, or red velvet twinkies with dyed coconut icing, etc. Zingers were better than Twinkies because they were more diverse. And yes, a proper Zinger is made by Dolly Madison, and has Peanuts branding on its advertising. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/7 "2016-08-21T20:00:13Z")
Oh, god, he’s RIGHT! Hostess bought Dolly Madison! Ew. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/8 "2016-08-21T20:10:30Z")
Were they any good? Recently, I found Regal Crown cherry sours and Reed’s cinnamon candies. The Reed’s were good, but the wrong shape. The Regal Crowns were really lacking. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/9 "2016-08-21T20:27:44Z")
There were people deprived of Yellow Zingers? I know they never disappeared around here because I am addicted to the damn things, and have been for years. They call to me every time I got to the grocery store. Or the CVS. Or The gas station. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/10 "2016-08-21T20:29:31Z")
They’ve brought back Suzy Qs also, [but the reviews are not good.](https://www.amazon.com/Hostess-Suzy-Q-Cakes/dp/B0027AO5MA) ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/11 "2016-08-21T20:46:52Z")
Better watch out for the [Zinger Zapper](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5u7moppmAs)! ---
**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:** [August 21, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/12 "2016-08-21T21:20:19Z")
I used to go back and forth between the vanilla Zingers and the red ones with coconut flecks. Now I’d probably just stick with the vanilla ones (if I were inclined to eat something like that, which I’m usually not). ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/13 "2016-08-21T23:01:26Z")
Dolly who? > [@wolfman](#): > > There were people deprived of Yellow Zingers? I know they never disappeared around here because I am addicted to the damn things, and have been for years. None of the supermarkets or even the corner stores have carried them since the bankruptcy. I’ve seen chocolate Zingers, and sometimes those raspberry abominations, but the vanilla kind have eluded me until now. Don’t know if it’s a city-wide thing or not (San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles) but the grocery stores around here can get really quirky about what they sell and what they don’t. Some of the stores don’t sell Aquafresh toothpaste, for instance. > [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Were they any good? As good as I remember them. It’s been a while. ---
**Author:** ![Flyer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyer/32/7298_2.png) [@Flyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flyer)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/14 "2016-08-21T23:17:55Z")
The Walmarts in Colorado Springs have had Hostess products for a couple years, now. But I know that local tastes play a part. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/15 "2016-08-21T23:56:07Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Dammit, Zingers are by Dolly Madison! Now - which ones were the Zingers and which ones were the Koo-Koos? (Razzies were the raspberry ones, obviously.) I think the vanilla ones were the Zingers… ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/16 "2016-08-22T02:08:00Z")
Not sure if this link [https://www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldtoys/4929374943/](https://www.flickr.com/photos/emeraldtoys/4929374943/) will work or not, but for me anyway, the only **true** Zingers are made by Dolly Madison and have Peanuts characters on the packaging! ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/17 "2016-08-22T02:19:06Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > And yes, a proper Zinger is made by Dolly Madison, and has Peanuts branding on its advertising. I grew up near Seattle and Dolly Madison must not have operated out west because I never, ever saw their products. But I did love Peanuts, and watched all the specials and they still had the Dolly Madison commercials. To this day I’ve never had a Zinger, but I’d kinda like to for nostalgia sake. Oddly, now that I live near Boston I never see Hostess blackberry fruit pies. I see the other flavors, but not blackberry. When I’m travelling back home I’ll usually try to get one while I’m there. I do think they changed the recipe at some point; they’re not as good as they once were. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/18 "2016-08-22T04:50:40Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > Now - which ones were the Zingers and which ones were the Koo-Koos? (Razzies were the raspberry ones, obviously.) I think the vanilla ones were the Zingers… Koo Koos were the hockey puckish ones, the Dolly Madison version of Ding Dongs. ---
**Author:** ![JXJohns](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jxjohns/32/469_2.png) [@JXJohns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JXJohns)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/19 "2016-08-23T02:44:09Z")
We’ve had Zingers for quite some time around here. Is my mind playing tricks or did they once put four cakes in the package instead of the three that are in there today? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2016, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529/20 "2016-08-23T21:55:50Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Oh, god, he’s RIGHT! Hostess bought Dolly Madison! Ew. I thought Hostess went tits-up, rather than continue paying their bakers union wages (or something like that), then sold the brand. Apparently whoever it was sold to also bought the Dolly Madison brand, which state of affairs is an abomination on a par with regular-season interleague play in Major League Baseball. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-found-hostess-zingers/763529.md?page=2)