# Please ID this snack cake. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728 "2004-10-11T22:38:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/1 "2004-10-11T22:38:28Z")
Ardred was pining for childhood recently, and bought himself some pink snowballs. After his first bite, he was shocked to discover this was not the treat he was expecting. He remembers a coconut covered cake (possibly with cream filling and/or icing). No chocolate, no marshmallow. He remembers them being pink, but they most definitely are not snowballs. Any thoughts? I’d love to be able to get some and surprise him with them. ---
**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/2 "2004-10-11T22:56:26Z")
Might he have been thinking of a small yellow cake iced with a pink or red jelly, then rolled in coconut? If so, we always just called them Jelly Rolls[they may also be called Swiss Rolls or Cake Rolls] Try the bakery department of most any supermarket, as opposed to some nationally-known snack cake company. OR, make your own. Small yellow cupcakes+a jar of jelly+coconut= Melt-in-your-mouth goodness. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/3 "2004-10-11T23:19:19Z")
These were definitely a mass-produced type of thing. Those do sound good, though, minus the coconut of course. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/4 "2004-10-11T23:34:20Z")
Raspberry Zingers? These are shaped like twinkies, are pink, coated in coconut, and perhaps are filled with something rapberry jam-like. If not, twinkie-filling-like. I don’t actually ever eat these, but my husband and sons inhale the contents of any Raspberry Zinger boxes that happen to arrive. Find in the same part of the grocery store as Twinkies and Little Debbie stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2004, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/5 "2004-10-11T23:59:19Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > Raspberry Zingers? These are shaped like twinkies, are pink, coated in coconut, and perhaps are filled with something rapberry jam-like. If not, twinkie-filling-like. They’re more of a red than pink. The raspberry flavor is on the outside with the coconut and the filling is vanilla cream. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/6 "2004-10-12T00:28:39Z")
Oh god. Raspberry zingers. Is there a drooling smilie? I’m driving. Who’s shotgun? Slurpees and zingers for everyone! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/7 "2004-10-12T00:37:38Z")
I might be wrong but I believe there were Sno-balls(Hostess ones with Marshmellow and chocolate), and another type by a different brand, but I can’t remember what they were called. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2004, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/8 "2004-10-12T23:09:47Z")
zingers they are. They are nasty! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/9 "2004-10-13T00:18:02Z")
I should say, the coconut is nasty. I hate the stuff. Coconut flavor? Great. Toasted coconut? Fantastic. Regular 'ol white coconut? I’d rather eat paper. The raspberry and cake and filling is quite nice, if really really sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@Live\_Better\_Electrically](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Live_Better_Electrically)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2004, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-id-this-snack-cake/268728/10 "2004-10-13T03:09:53Z")
Last time I checked, Zingers were still made with lard. Impressive.