# I just had a Little Debbie Swiss Roll for the first time in my life **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630 "2012-12-31T03:04:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![shiftless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@shiftless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shiftless)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/21 "2012-12-31T19:09:40Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > I can buy a package of Little Debbie’s Swiss Rolls, eat 'em and be happy. However, I cannot buy a BOX of Little Debbie’s Swiss Rolls because I immediately consider the box to be a single serving. As long as they are in the house I cannot stand it. They sit there in the refrigerator taunting me. They are chocolatey, creamy evil. Wait, what? Little Debbie puts more than one serving in a box? I did wonder why they went to the trouble of wrapping each cake but I’ve never gone so far as to look at the serving size. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/22 "2012-12-31T19:18:34Z")
Omg Little Debbie snacks are the bane of my existence (and diet). They’re SO good and SO cheap it’s like God meant for you to buy them and eat the entire box in one setting. I too am in love with the Swiss Rolls but it is the Donut Stix and the Nutty Bars that my heart holds the most passion for. And for those of you who love the oatmeal cookies…have you had the double layer ones they sell in individual packs? If you haven’t, go get one. Now. Damn you all. I’m going to the store later and I’m going to HAVE to buy a box of some Little Debbie treat. I hope you’re happy! But…as we speak of Hostess as well…I won’t be terribly saddened if they never come back except for one thing. The orange cupcakes. I’ve never tasted something so wonderous in my life and the thought of never having another one again makes my soul sad. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/23 "2012-12-31T19:48:20Z")
These are in fact the bane of my existence. The BIG BOX is even worse - twice the size! ---
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Potato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Stealth\_Potato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Potato)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/24 "2012-12-31T22:41:07Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > As I read this far I was thinking the Little Debbie marketing department would be printing your review on the side of every box. > Then I read this. 😛 But it’s true! And I still think they should put that on every box: “Like giving a blowjob to the chocolate fairy!” I suppose if that sounds too crass they could use the word “chocofellatio” instead. > [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](#): > > Mmmm… stick a box of those Little Debbie Swiss Rolls in the freezer. Heavenly. I can total a box in a day once frozen. No wonder I need to lose weight. There was but one tiny packaged pair remaining, but as soon as I read this I tossed it in the freezer. Awaiting results now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/25 "2012-12-31T22:52:38Z")
I’ve never been addicted to anything Little Debbie. But my childhood was filled with many a [Banana Flip](http://wac.450f.edgecastcdn.net/80450F/my1073fm.com/files/2011/05/BananaFlip-300x200.jpg). Yes. I was a chubby teenager. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/26 "2012-12-31T22:55:56Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Wait, what? Little Debbie puts more than one serving in a box? I did wonder why they went to the trouble of wrapping each cake but I’ve never gone so far as to look at the serving size. I like you! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/27 "2013-01-01T00:29:11Z")
> [@shiftless](#): > > Wait, what? Little Debbie puts more than one serving in a box? I did wonder why they went to the trouble of wrapping each cake but I’ve never gone so far as to look at the serving size. I feel a cold breeze on the back of my neck. ---
**Author:** ![dada2fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dada2fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dada2fish)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/28 "2013-01-01T00:58:37Z")
Just sent my roommate out to the store for a couple boxes. Gotta inhale a few before the New Year’s “dieting” starts. Made room in the freezer for some too. Damn you all. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/29 "2013-01-01T01:02:27Z")
I was able to avoid temptation today at the store. Despite it all, I didn’t buy any Little Debbie treats…however I did buy a quart of Cookie Dough ice cream and chocolate shell topping… ---
**Author:** ![pabstist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@pabstist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pabstist)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/30 "2013-01-01T02:58:39Z")
Little Debbie swiss rolls with CHOCOLATE filling are sooo good, but sadly sooo hard to find. Better than sex, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/31 "2013-01-01T04:02:23Z")
I wrote on the front of the Swiss Rolls box- “Yes, you can. But should you?” (eat the entire box in one day) 12 cake box= 1620 calories, 72 grams of fat, 12 grams of protein, 468 grams of carbohydrates. I calculated these values in an attempt to convince myself that eating the entire box in one day is not a good idea. Has not worked very well. Same weakness with Twinkies. (generic “Twinkies” not the same) Best defense-don’t go down that aisle in the store. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/32 "2013-01-01T20:17:46Z")
Be glad you don’t live in the land of the\* TastyKake\*. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2013, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/33 "2013-01-02T02:07:49Z")
Little Debbie’s Pumpkin Delights… ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/34 "2013-01-02T15:29:48Z")
I tried them once. Little Debbie is just plain awful in all its incarnations and its popularity is a clear sign of the decadence of American society. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/35 "2013-01-02T15:51:06Z")
I remember when Ho-Hos were wrapped in foil instead of a little bag. I love those and swiss cake rolls. I’m just glad that the grocery store I go to only sells them in a big box because I can resist that better than a two-pack. ---
**Author:** ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/36 "2013-01-02T16:03:12Z")
I don’t think I’ve ever eaten one of those Swiss Cake Rolls, but I understand they’re hazardous: “[Ow! Those things are BAD for you!](http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail41.html)” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/37 "2013-01-02T18:50:58Z")
For fuck’s sake, man, avoid the Zebra cakes. The Betty Ford clinic is already full. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/38 "2013-01-02T20:24:35Z")
The prison I work at has lots of Little Debbie products available in the canteen, including swiss rolls, honey buns, oatmeal cream pies, german chocolate rings, donut sticks, cosmic brownies, fudge rounds, star crunch, chocolate chip cream pies, and nutty bars. I’ve had patients gain 100 lbs in their first 8 months of incarceration. Comfort food can be dangerous if you need a lot of comforting… [sub]I loves me some swiss rolls too but not in months and months[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/39 "2013-01-02T20:32:44Z")
The local store has them on sale at 2/$3 plus they count for the fuel saver card. Might have to pick some up. I noticed they also have the Cherry Cordials, but not the chocolate filled Swiss Rolls. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-had-a-little-debbie-swiss-roll-for-the-first-time-in-my-life/645630/40 "2013-01-02T20:53:26Z")
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