I grew up on Hostess®. In elementary school, I usually had something in my lunch box from Hostess®. My mom used to stock up on them when she went to the local Hostess® discount store and then keep the freezer filled with them. I loved having my own individually wrapped special treat in my lunch. My favorite items to get were CupCakes® or Crumb Donettes®. I also loved Chocodiles® and Twinkies®. All around I don’t think I have met a thing from Hostess® I didn’t like.
My kids have also grown up with Hostess® as a special treat or reward. My daughter is very partial to the Powdered Sugar Donettes®. My boys love all of the Donettes®, too. Donettes® happen to be one of the most popular Hostess® products.
We recently had the opportunity to try Hostess’® New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes®.
My kids arrived home from school to a bag of these new, moist, devil’s food cake mini-doughnuts dipped in a chocolate-flavored coating waiting for them as an after school snack. They were all smiles to get this special treat and excited to try out the new flavor. The unique combination of devil’s food cake and rich chocolaty coating creates an indulgent new flavor. My kiddos gobbled them up and enjoyed every last one. My husband was home and took his fair share to sample, too.
I wasn’t really digging the new flavor. I prefer to stick with the Crumb variety.
However, the rest of my family loved them. My husband said they were “chocolaty goodness”. My daughter was the lucky one who grabbed the very last Donette® from the bag. My boys both came back looking for more only to be filled with disappointment when they discovered the bag was empty. They were a little grouchy when they realized their little sis was the one who finished off the bag.
One of America’s best known and most loved snack cakes, Twinkies® have been tantalizing taste buds and filling lunch boxes since 1930, and they are rolling out a new flavor. The NEW Chocolate Crème Twinkies® have that well-known, moist, sponge cake on the outside but with a new chocolaty crème filling on the inside. I was excited to give those a try since I do love chocolate. They would be yummy to try with my simple Valentine’s Heart Cake for Two or Twinkie® Cake.
We also sampled the New Chocolate Crème Twinkies®.
My husband liked them better than original Twinkies®. The rest of the family preferred the taste of original to the new, chocolate version. The chocolate version also seems to be a little messier to eat than the original.
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Just had a twinkie the other day for the first time in years. Sadly, not as good as I remembered. Suzy Qs will be next!
I always looked forward to my packed, school lunches when I was younger because of the Hostess Fruit Pies my mother placed in them as dessert.
My favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake that of my mother and I having a late night snack of chocolate cupcakes.
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I remember finding Hostess cupcakes in my lunch on my 1st day of school after a big move from PA to FL. LOVE!!!!!!!!!
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I remember eating the fried pies when I was a little girl
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I remember it was a huge treat but I loved the chocolate cupcakes!
I remember when I was little, my grandmother used to try & keep my grandfather on a healthy diet for him to watch his weight & diabetes – so there were rarely any sweets in the house – but once in awhile he’d buy a box of Hostess cakes as a “treat”. He & I would have one together. I loved the chocolate cupcakes! I had a method to eating them… I’d peel off the icing & save it to eat last, Lol.
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My earliest fave memory is getting home and dunking chocolate Hostess Donettes in milk.
I remember getting these treats in my lunch box and now give them to my kids:)
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My grandfather would take me to work with him and we’d always stop and buy a package of Donettes for me on the drive.
Since they come two in a pack, my Mom always gave one to me and had one for herself. We especially liked any chocolate ones, like the Ding Dongs. She and I would share them and my brothers would get none.
I liked visiting my grandparents and having a hostess snack as a treat.
i loved eating them plain!
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!
My dad always had Hostess cupcakes to take to work and it was a real treat when he shared with me. They are still my favorite.
twinkie for lunch growing up for many years
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 daddy would get us a twinkie at the gas station on special occasions.
I had a Ding Dong in my lunchbox everyday for years.
the twinkie and strawberry dessert looks so delicious!!
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When I was a kid, my dad would take me to the 7-11 and we would get bottles of Dr. Pepper and Hostess Cupcakes. We would get the 3 pack of cupcakes and I would get one, and he would get one and my brother would get the last one.