My favorite Hostess treat, just waiting to be picked apart and eaten
One type of treat my siblings and I all really loved growing up were the different types of Hostess® snacks. Even just seeing things like Hostess® Cherry Pies®, Suzy-Q’s®, and Hostess® CupCakes® make me smile and think of sitting around our octagonal kitchen table, working on our treats in a very particular way.
Yes, I have to admit that’s the thing I actually think of most when I see Hostess® snacks. In fact, the first time I saw someone just take a bite out of a Hostess® CupCake®, it was kind of disconcerting. I couldn’t help but think, “Oh no; you’re eating that wrong. Don’t you know that you need to completely pull it apart before you eat it?” I guess we were into the “deconstructed” food thing before it was all fancy, pulling off the icing on the cupcake and eating it first, then breaking it open to eat the cream, and finally eating the cake.
It now makes me realize my Mom was surely a saint to not stop us from pulling all those snacks apart, as my kids do it now and it can sometimes be a bit on the messy side. But I try not to fuss too much about it because I know that’s just the right way to eat them.
Hostess® recently launched two new products to their offerings- New Chocolate Crème Twinkies® (a moist sponge cake outside with an indulgent chocolaty crème filling on the inside) and New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes® (a moist devil’s food cake dipped in a delicious chocolate-flavored coating).
Since Donettes® are a special breakfast treat for my kids that we have once every few months, we were really excited to get to try out the New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes®. It was actually the first time any of my kids had tried the frosted variety of the Donettes®, since we usually get the powdered sugar ones. My kids and my husband all enjoyed the New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes®, and at least one of the four of them (probably the only one who didn’t need to ask permission) finished them off within a couple of days. While the kids all agreed they still love the Powered Sugar Donettes® the best (those things are insanely good), the New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes® got a thumbs up from everyone.
A few weeks after we tried the New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes®, we were able to try the New Chocolate Crème Twinkies®. (As a matter of fact, we even received a box of them shipped right to the house. Incidentally, receiving a box of Twinkies® in our mailbox made us all laugh.)
One of the things we all noticed as we opened the box was the strong, chocolaty smell. It was easy to get volunteers to try out the Chocolate Crème Twinkies®, given that initial aroma. We found that the Chocolate Crème Twinkies® had a lot of cream inside (which we were excited about). While we still prefer traditional Twinkies®, the Chocolate Crème Twinkies® would likely be a big hit for those who seek out a strong chocolaty flavor.
You can learn more about the new products on the Hostess® Facebook page.
Now that I shared one of my favorite Hostess® memories, I would love to hear about one of your favorite Hostess® memories! Sharing your memory in the comments enters you for a chance to win a giveaway for a $100 Visa gift card, courtesy of Hostess® and BlogHer! (As if this post weren’t already sweet enough!)
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I remember my brother always getting Twinkies in his lunchbox but I never did (he was skinny, me not so much). It’s the memory of wanting those Twinkies so badly that tortured me as a child. LOL.
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The cupcakes are yummy, but my favorite as a kid was the ho-hos. My mom would pack them in our lunches every day! I can remember going with my mom to the hostess outlet to pick out our favorite snacks. I too pulled my food apart. The ho-hos were always fun because they came in that spiral like form. I ate one layer at a time. Do they even still make the ho-hos? I may have just dated myself ;)
I remember looking in my lunchbox everyday, hoping that my mom packed me either a hostess cupcake or ding-dong. It would totally make my day when she did!
I always had a Hostess treat in my lunch box. Thank you for the giveaway!
My favorite hostess memory would be hosting a jewelry party, the turnout was great and the bonuses were awesome both in quality and in value
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i remember sharing ho-ho’s with my best friend Mary in grade school–now my kids share them with their school buddies :)
I remember my mom sending me a package of hostess cakes my first year of college for my birthday cake. I invited a few friends to have them with me on my birthday. It made the day extra special when I found out that one of my friends had been having a rotten day and my inviting them to my “birthday party” helped improve the day.
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I don’t have specific Hostess memories, but I did really love Twinkies as a kid!
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We always had hostess in my house growing up!
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i remember looking forward to fridays when mom would go shopping and bring home a fresh box of hostess treats
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When you typed that line… oh, no you’re eating it wrong, I KNEW just what you meant. Of course you separate the icing! But if you were doing it perfectly right, you would eat the chocolate around the white swirl and save that part for last. Mmmmm. Love me some hostess cupcakes!
Hostess treats were not something we had very often, so they were a real treat whenever we had them. Ho Hos are one of my favorites. We would unroll them before eating them. Delicious!
I remember sharing Hostess snacks with my best friend when we were little.
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I remember having Hostess cupcakes with the white swirly icing while watching Gilligan’s Island. Good times!
Loved eating the filling out of twinkies with my brother and sister.
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I remember always having a hostess after school snack!
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eating the cream filling out of Twinkies
i remember my brother and i opening up Hostess cupcakes when we were little to eat the cream inside first.
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I remember I used to love to eat the twinkie filling 1st. I still catch myself doing it after all these years.
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One of my favorite memories was watching my kids eat Twinkies for the first time and with my parents, who have recently passed away. About one month before my mom died, we had learned that the cancer was terminal and still, on her hospital bed, she was able to enjoy Twinkies with everyone around her. She loved the simple things. Thanks for the giveaway!
I remember I always enjoyed a Hostess Ho Hos after school with brothers. We would enjoy this yummy snack together, share (or fight over) toys and always have fun after school. I’m so glad to have this same memory shared with my brothers. That is my favorite Hostess snack cake memory!
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I had to eat twinkies (which I despise) on stage at Blue Man Group in Chicago. I had no choice. Yuk, I prefer the chocolate kind.
I remember the stash of frozen ding dongs in our basement freezer. I loved eating them frozen!!
My favorite memory is that we only got Hostess treats on special occassions. I always looked forward to those days!
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My memory . . . . once I start eating a Hostess cupcake it all gets rather blurry, but good!!
My great-aunt Louise always kept a stash of Twinkies in a big bowl on her kitchen counter for my uncle. Every time I would vist them as a child I would run to the kitchen and plead for just one package (which she always obliged)
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I remember me and my sisters were allowed to have as many Hostess cupcakes for birthdays.
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You’re absolutely right, you CAN’T eat a Cupcake without taking it apart. lol Cream licked out, then cake, then chocolate frosting, THEN the white braid. My favorite Hostess memory is hiding the box in the freezer. My brother thought the *box* was the serving size and if I didn’t hide it, I wouldn’t get any. He never looked behind the frozen vegetables. I finally told him about it after I moved out. He never knew!
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i remember when we traveled we always got cupcakes at the gas stations..Thanks for a super giveaway!
My favorite memories of Hostess involved seeing the joy my kids express when indulging in their favorite Hostess treats ;)
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One of my favorite memories is getting cupcakes with my friends as a treat after school
I remember eating the white frosting on top of the cupcake first before taking a bite of the chocolate cupcake.
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I think for me, my favorite Hostess memory is going to the Hostess Thrift Store with my grandfather when I would visit my grandparents in Sacramento. All those great Hostess treats and breads, and time with my Grandpa1
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I remember my Mom putting a Twinkie into my lunchbox for school lunches and the kids would always want to trade what they had for my Twinkie.
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My favorite memory was after weekend soccer games that were home games we’d get to drink lemonade and enjoy hostess cupcakes before heading home! :)
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I remember my Mom froze Hostess Cupcakes to keep them fresh longer and I ate it straight out of the freezer and I’ve been eating them that way ever since! Love it!
My friends and I would always stop and buy a box of twinkies on our way to the Keys to get started with.
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twinkies in my lunch bag were a real treat
My favorite memory is also messily disassembling Hostess Cupcakes, but I always saved the icing with the white squiggly for last. :)
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I remember the awesome feeling in elementary school when I could eat a Twinkie as a dessert!
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I remember eating Twinkies when I was a kid. It was the most coveted snack in our house. When my brothers and sisters and I would get a Twinkie as a kid, we just beamed from ear to ear. They tasted so good when I was a kid. They just melted in your mouth. It was heavenly goodness!
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My mom always bought Hostess treats and I was a Twinkie fiend!! Love the cupcakes to, always wanted to peel the icing off first!
OMG! MY FAVORITE: TWINKIES WITH THE WHITE STUFF INSIDE, UMMMM YUMMMYYYYY.
I remember if my brother and I got good report cards as kids, my mom would let us pick out a special treat at the supermarket, and I would always pick a box of Twinkies.
My mom always packed Twinkies in my lunchbox in 1st grade (long time ago!) ;)
One of my favorite memories is my mom putting hostess Suzy Q’s or twinkies in my lunch box every day.
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my favorite memory was getting a surprise twinkie in my lunchbox!
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My mom had been out grocery shopping and of course brought the our usual’s, one of them being twinkies. My baby brother snatched the box behind my mom’s back, ran to this room and ate the whole box. He was so sick that night. She found the box in his room and realized why he was so sick. He still to this day, in his late 30′s love his twinkies. Thanks for the giveaway!
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I remember always having the chocolate cupcakes for lunch during field trips.
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I remember eating them with my brother after school
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i loooove ding dongs! I dont buy them usually b/c i dont want to ruin my diet – so they are only for special exceptions – like traveling.
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My parents were big Hostess fans, and I remember them actually getting in an argument over whether or not the Suzy Q’s were better than the Cupcakes. I kid you not. They made us kids even do a taste test to judge them. It was all in good fun and one of my fondest memories. My mom still keeps cupcakes on hand for me and my brother’s kids for when they visit.
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i remember my mom putting hostess cupcakes in my lunch for school! Yum
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I remember biting open the cupcakes to get to the filling inside!
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When I was in college I would walk a couple of miles to the Super Valu for a package of cupcakes and a quart of milk, which I would snarf on the walk home. Bliss!
My grandmother always had Zingers for us at her house, I liked the chocolate and my sister ate the vanilla!
I was never actually allowed Twinkies growing up. My dad thought they were inappropriate. BUT, I was allowed cupcakes and Ho Ho’s! My favorites are definitely the Ho Ho’s. If the deli had them, my dad would let me get one as a snack. It was amazing that there were more than one in a package. You could stretch them out forever. And by that, I mean you could wolf one down warm, one after the icing had been cooling to perfection in the fridge, and so forth.
I remember that Hostess Cupcakes always had the perfect amount of cream inside. Yummy squishy goodness!
I remember the first time I met a din dong I was about 6 or 7 My Dad’s best friend George introduced me Our familys were hanging out together George and I were in the kitchen and he opened the freezer and pulled out this thing warped in silver and asked me if I wanted one I did know what it was so I said no thank you then a little later his youngest daughter pulled one out of the freezer and started eating it in front of me I could smell the yummy chocolate and wished I had said yes when I had the chance I was a very shy girl
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when i was little and my mom use to pack a hostess cupcake on friday as treat.
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My favorite memory involving Hostess snack cakes is always having one , usually a twinkie, packed for lunch in my lunch box.
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Love the creammmmy middle!!!!
I was never allowed to have these kind of snacks at home. My favorite memory of them is when I discovered I could buy them with my lunch at middle school. I’d make sure I had 50 cents every day so I could have a package of Ho Hos with my lunch.
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My favorite as a child was the chocolate cupcake.. I didn’t get them often, so it was a real treat!
I have two favorite memories….the first is absolutely loving the Hostesss snowballs but I rarely ate them in front of anyone because apparently they are the Lima beans of the Hostess treat world! That was ok because I totally deconstructed them and the sight of the puffy weird pink goo by itself was less than ahhh worthy. Once I passed from that addiction I never went back for some reason and now I am part of the masses, deconstructing the original cupcake when Im feeling particularily nostalgic. Now for the second….
When I was 23 and in gradschool I was working as a waitress to make ends meet. Even fast food was a luxury so my galpals from the Sportsbar where I worked pooled their tips and made me an awesome Twinkie cake! ( and Twinkies are perfect for that because even it if takes 2 weeks to eat a whole pile of them, they NEVER get stale. ) I dont want to know why. I dont want to know.
I was a strange child apparently….I would always choose the Pink Snowballs. They seem to be the Lima Bean of the individual snack food world.
My favorite as a kid was the chocolate cupcake – I would split it with my best friend at lunch!
I fondly remember how excited my brother and I would get when we had Hostess treats in our school lunches. My kids get the same way today. Hostess is a timeless treat!
It was always a treat to find a twinkie packed in my school lunch
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my mom always put a hostess cupcake in my lunch as a kid
My hostess memory is with twinkies, my cousin was a nut over them, and always had some on hand. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
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A coworker brought in 7 pounds of twinkies to work for his 7 year anniversary, it was one of the best work days, I had a lot of twinkies and got a lot of work done.
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I was in high school when my best friend gave me my 1st Hostess cupcake. I loved it.
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My mom used to pack them in my school lunches from time to time, and they always made me smile when I opened my lunch and spotted one. :)
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My favorite is the Hostess Orange Cupcakes. My husband knows they are my “comfort” food and he often buys a package and hides them in the kitchen cabinet. Then when I open the cabinet, I find the great surprise waiting for me. All I need after that is a big glass of milk.
The donettes were always my go-to study snack in college!
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mmmmm I love love love their Banana Walnut Mini Muffins! When I used to work, I would have a baggy of them with a cold OJ for breakfast nearly every morning. I miss that tradition, but not the working. LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
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I like most Hostess snacks and I would get to choose a different one each week we’d go to the grocery store.
I can remember back in grade school trading my homemade desserts for a hostess snack from a classmate. What a treat!
I have many memories of Hostess cakes. They were so special when I was growing up-your very own, individual sweet treat. My favorite was the coconut covered snowball and I still get thrilled (as a grandma) when I see the coconut gets colored for special holidays!
Twinkies were always my favorite growing up. I can recall gambling & trading them in school as a child. Hogs were a phase. Twinkies lasted forever! =)
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Hostess Cupcakes makes me think of my husband (because he loves them)
My favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake is the velvety sponge cake Twinkie and biting into the cream filling. Ummm.
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Ding dongs are absolutely the best lunch box treat a kid could ask for. So when Mom sneeked one in for a surprise it made for a fantastic afternoon. :)
I remember always eating my Twinkie by first biting off each end and then eating the middle.
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i am a twinkie girl at heart with a huge glass of ice cold milk
Ok, I’m kind of on the fence here. On one hand I feel that they shouldn’t mess with a classic, but at the same time the new twinkies and donettes sound reeeeeally good. *grabs keys and heads to 7-11*
My childhood is filled with Hostess related memories. (probably why I was an obese child too). Now that I’m older and wiser I can appreciate the Hostess snacks I loved growing up, in moderation.
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Bittersweet memories. My dad delivered for Hostess. We handed out Twinkies and Ding Dongs for Halloween. My niece now lives in the house where I grew up and this past Halloween, someone actually came to the door with their kids and asked if the “Hostess man” still lived there. Unfortunately, we lost my dad June 23, 2010.
I remember when I gave my children the Twinkies® after school they were so happy and we enjoyed the super soft cakes that afternoon, this is my favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake and it is nothing better than you see your loved ones are so happy.
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A favorite memory I have was going grocery shopping with my mom as a child and we’d always buy a package of hostess treats to enjoy on the way home! Simple but so fun
My dad and I used to get up really early in the morning and sit out on the deck with our morning Hostess treats. Cupcakes were our favorite but donuts and twinkies were there too.
It started with hostess treats in my lunchbox for school and for the rest of my life, I’ve never been able to resist those little chocolate donuts. Thanks a lot, Mom!
I have fond memories or getting hostess snacks as treats when I’d visit my grandparents.
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My earliest fave memory is getting home and dunking chocolate Hostess Donettes in milk.
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I never was a big fan of twinkies but love the chocolate cupcakes!
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