# Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies: Do convenience stores near you carry them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 21, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152 "2023-02-21T18:11:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/1 "2023-02-21T18:11:33Z")
Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies are one of my guilty pleasures. I’ve loved them since I was a little kid, but back then I picked the raisins off and either ate them separately or threw them away. Now I happily eat the entire thing, raisins and all, when I can get it. Right around the time COVID-19 hit, though, I noticed the individual LDRCPs went missing from gas stations and convenience stores. The Little Debbie pop-ups in those stores still offered Zebra Cakes, and Nutty Bars, and Oatmeal Creme Pies, and other goodies, but the LDRCPs weren’t there any more. I can find them still at grocery stores, in 12-count and 24-count boxes, so it doesn’t feel like it’s a supply-chain issue. I miss being able to get them when I fill up at a gas station. Is this just a regional thing, or have LDRCPs disappeared from convenience stores across this great land of ours? ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/2 "2023-02-21T18:18:34Z")
Near Indianapolis, IN, and the last time I was in a Dollar General they had 'em. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/3 "2023-02-21T18:22:38Z")
I’m not sure I’ve ever seen them where i am (Michigan). Not sure I’ve even seen them sold in boxes before. 🤔 Incidentally, I’ve always had Oatmeal Cream Pies and Zebra Cakes as my favorite LD snack cakes, but recently discovered the glories of the [Peanut Butter Cream Pie.](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/58/peanut-butter-creme-pies) Dang, those things are tasty. Two big soft peanut butter cookies stuck together with creamy peanut butter. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/4 "2023-02-21T19:32:20Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I’ve always had Oatmeal Cream Pies and Zebra Cakes as my favorite LD snack cakes, Be on the lookout for Blue Bell ice cream with the OCP mixed in. It’s not available all the time and it might be regional. Be diligent, you won’t be disappointed. ---
**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:** [February 21, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/5 "2023-02-21T19:40:19Z")
I’m hungry Just ate Chinese. Still hungry. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/6 "2023-02-21T19:44:17Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just ate Chinese. > Still hungry. So, the meme is true? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2023, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/7 "2023-02-21T21:16:56Z")
I don’t remember Little Debbie’s at all from when I was a kid. I haven’t looked for them, so I don’t know if they’re around here (SoCal) now. Not something I usually go for. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/8 "2023-02-22T02:03:34Z")
Your area might have been inundated with Hostess snacks. Since my father was a career military officer, we shopped a lot at the base commissaries, which carry both LIttle Debbie’s and Hostess snacks. ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/9 "2023-02-22T02:14:39Z")
Blain’s Farm & Fleet has them near me. But I don’t know if Mills Fleet Farm near me has them. Mills Fleet Farm does carry Little Debbie Peanut Butter Creme Pies, which I did not know was a thing. But then again, until this thread I didn’t know Raisin Creme Pies were a thing either. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/10 "2023-02-22T03:41:28Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies are one of my guilty pleasures. I have not heard of these, but my guilty pleasure is [Little Debbie Nutter Buddys](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/53/nutty-buddy) although I swear they used to be called something else. but they are addicting! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/11 "2023-02-22T17:00:34Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > [Little Debbie Nutter Buddys](https://www.littledebbie.com/www/snackproducts/view/53/nutty-buddy) although I swear they used to be called something else _Nutty_ Buddy bars and I thought they went by another name, too. We were right! They were called Nutty Bars until about 2016. > **[The Untold Truth Of Nutty Bars - Mashed](https://www.mashed.com/462733/the-untold-truth-of-nutty-bars/)** > > Nutty Bars, a nostalgic chocolate and peanut butter treat for many, have been around for us to indulge in for decades. But what's the truth behind them? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/12 "2023-02-22T18:08:21Z")
Nutty Buddies used to be a kind of ice cream novelty. I think it was a cone filled with ice cream, topped with peanuts and caramel and sealed with a chocolate coating. I remember Nutty Bars in the 90’s because when I was working in a super market, an old stalked up to me and very belligerently demanded to know where the Nutty Bars were. I said there was one down on Lee Street but I wasn’t sure exactly where since I never went to nutty bars. The concept of humor confused and enraged him. ETA: I was mostly right: [Nutty Buddy Vanilla 4 Pk - Mayfield Dairy Farms®](https://www.mayfielddairy.com/products/frozen-treats/nutty-buddy-vanilla-4-pk/) ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/13 "2023-02-22T19:08:22Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > [The Untold Truth Of Nutty Bars](https://www.mashed.com/462733/the-untold-truth-of-nutty-bars/) thanks for that link, I was just thinking how bad for me could it be eating an entire box, um I mean one, every now and then? I can abstain, from your link: > TBHQ is added to the bars to protect the oils from going rancid and preserve color, but the substance has been sometimes linked to visual disturbances, liver enlargement, neurotoxic effects, convulsion, and paralysis. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/14 "2023-02-22T19:45:15Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Your area might have been inundated with Hostess snacks. Yeah, I certainly remember Hostess products. Why don’t Twinkies taste like they did when I was a kid? ---
**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:** [February 22, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/15 "2023-02-22T20:03:08Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Why don’t Twinkies taste like they did when I was a kid? They took out the lard, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/16 "2023-02-22T20:05:00Z")
Makes sense. Refried beans and enchiladas are best with lard. Mmmmmm, lard. ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/17 "2023-02-22T20:42:51Z")
So it sounds like Little Debbie Raisin Creme Pies ARE still being sold in convenience stores in some areas, just not in my neck of the woods (Birmingham, Alabama). Weird. I’m guessing there’s some sort of regional distribution / sales metric in play, and LDRCPs didn’t sell well enough here to warrant keeping them on the shelves. Because, you know, us Alabamians are famous for our healthy eating habits. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/18 "2023-02-23T00:52:51Z")
Twinkies were history until 15 July 2013, when they returned with a new recipe and new owner after Hostess went bankrupt in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/19 "2023-02-23T03:09:37Z")
I have no idea if convenience stores sell them because I visit them less than once a year, but grocery stores definitely do. I saw them in Shaws on Monday, in fact. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152/20 "2023-02-23T03:17:58Z")
I’m going into a diabetic coma. This thread is killing me. Is this food porn? 🤭 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-debbie-raisin-creme-pies-do-convenience-stores-near-you-carry-them/980152.md?page=2)