@therealjrn Bacon!!! Yes!!! A local smokehouse/restaurant near us smokes their own slabs of bacon, then sautes thick cuts of it in bourbon- so it ends up very sweet, smoky, and savory- it’s Grreat!
@Targaryen Yes, I have had it-.
We don’t go there to eat very often because we would like to have an old[er] age, so on the infrequent visits we make, I usually order it and invariably LOVE it!
/giphy bacon love
/image little Debbie Swiss cake rolls
/image zebra cakes
/image little Debbie chocolate chip cake
These were a highlight in my middle School lunch. I’ve gotten a little pickier about my sweets as I’ve gotten older, but I’ll still occasionally indulge on a cheap cake.
@RiotDemon Swiss Rolls by pretty much any manufacturer are one of my all time favorites. I always try to bite them apart carefully so I can lick the cream off.
@RiotDemon Hostess Hoho’s and Cupcakes are good, but Lil Debbie Walnut Brownies are my favorite shitty-for-you snack [besides Oreos- preferably Double-Stuff].
@craigthom@ruouttaurmind
I hate having to drive with one hand so that I can wave a melted nutty buddy in front of the A/C vent until it hardens enough to peel off the plastic wrapper.
@craigthom Tragedy alert: While putting away (pick up) groceries yesterday evening, I found a box of these had been accidently added to my order. They went straight to the trash.
I spent one entire summer in Boulder CO surviving off the pizza I got while at work and Hostess Raspberry Zingers that I bought at the Hostess closeout store. I had rented a basement room from a lady and had access to the kitchen and rest of the house (and eventually the landlady… but that’s a different story…) but didn’t really feel like cooking anything so lived off Zingers and milk when not at work. Oh, yeah… and the righteous pot that she provided. She was a cougar before that was a thing (mid-1970’s).
Amazingly I was about 150 lbs back then and never did gain any appreciable weight until I got a few more years under my belt. Well, that and getting married did it I think.
@yakkoTDI ymmm… butterscotch! never had those, but these were definitely Dolly Madison/pre Hostess (so technically not eligible for mention in this thread…)
I used to buy bakery goods at the ‘day old’ store all the time in my younger days. Never see any of those stores around here any more. In fact, when the kids were younger I used to tell them we were going to the ‘used bread’ store.
I once heard a comedian attempt a shtick about his parents buying Little Debbie instead of Hostess. That’s roughly the equivalent of complaining that your parents bought you a Mercedes instead of that 1972 Ford Pinto you wanted.
@2many2no Back in around '96 or '97 I took a box of Oatmeal Creme Pies to a SCOTS show and handed them out during “Camel Walk”.
And then those assholes started throwing them on stage, so I didn’t do it again.
I think the audience is old enough now that I could do it again. Last show some woman bought banana pudding in little cups and handed it out in front of the stage, and Mary was handing down bottles of water to people who looked like they needed them.
Same band, and, apparently, same people in the crowd, over twenty years later.
@pitamuffin@Targaryen My Dad loved Ding Dongs and Ho-Hos; he used to have us kids all save our foil wrappers; Mom would wrap them into a ball and we’d see how big a ball of ding dong foil wrappers we could give Dad for Christmas.
Since they were good parents and didn’t get us tons of sweets and treats, it wasn’t very big but it was always fun!
How about Bimbo cakes. Saw them originally in Mexico and had to bring some back for a few girl friends lol. They did NOT think it was as funny as I did!!
@tinamarie1974 yeah, we have seen them around the central/south america area as well. First time I saw the name was on a sign on the side of a building, which, of course, made me smile. Gotta love a Bimbo!
@tinamarie1974 Just looked up the Bimbo line on Wikipedia… turns out they have been buying up businesses in the USA and are now the biggest bakery company in the US!
Little Debbie all the way! It’s hard to pick a favorite, but three of my top pics would be Star Crunch, Fudge Rounds, and Nutty Bars. (NOT Nutty Buddy! I grew up before they renamed them!)
I’ll eat Hostess and Tastykake, but I don’t go out of my way to indulge in any of their treats like I will with Little Debbie.
Hostess. Only ever Hostess. I just bought a box of globalls. They went fast.
/image hostess globalls
@sammydog01 Only these? What about the regular type or other holiday editions?
@Targaryen Suzie-Qs are my favorite. Also Ho-hos and Twinkies. And pretty much every other thing they make.
@sammydog01 Yeah I know what you mean. There isn’t much I don’t like there are just some I like A LOT more than others kind of thing.
@sammydog01 what’s the difference between that and the snoball?
/image snoball cake
Side note. I wish the cake inside a snoball was better because I kind of like them, but not that much.
@RiotDemon Just the color.
Neither.
/image granola
@narfcake I do enjoy a good granola. Whole Foods makes a pretty good granola.
I’m on low carb, so
/image bacon
@therealjrn Have you tried chocolate covered bacon?
@Targaryen Stop it. No.
@Targaryen @therealjrn Little Debbie is missing an opportunity for excellence.
@therealjrn Bacon!!! Yes!!! A local smokehouse/restaurant near us smokes their own slabs of bacon, then sautes thick cuts of it in bourbon- so it ends up very sweet, smoky, and savory- it’s Grreat!
@PhysAssist @therealjrn dammit. I want that now…
@therealjrn Have you at least tried it? OK, ok what about candied bacon?
@Targaryen I’m sweet enough without the added sugar…
@Targaryen @therealjrn aaawwww nice
@Targaryen Yes, I have had it-.
We don’t go there to eat very often because we would like to have an old[er] age, so on the infrequent visits we make, I usually order it and invariably LOVE it!
/giphy bacon love
/image little Debbie Swiss cake rolls
/image zebra cakes
/image little Debbie chocolate chip cake
These were a highlight in my middle School lunch. I’ve gotten a little pickier about my sweets as I’ve gotten older, but I’ll still occasionally indulge on a cheap cake.
@RiotDemon How many zebras in each cake I wonder?
@RiotDemon @therealjrn No zebras were harmed in the making of this product.
@RiotDemon Swiss Rolls by pretty much any manufacturer are one of my all time favorites. I always try to bite them apart carefully so I can lick the cream off.
@cinoclav I think dissecting them is half of the appeal right there.
@RiotDemon Hostess Hoho’s and Cupcakes are good, but Lil Debbie Walnut Brownies are my favorite shitty-for-you snack [besides Oreos- preferably Double-Stuff].
/image Little Debbie Nutty Buddy
Stored in the freezer.
@craigthom Love the Nutty Buddy bars.
@craigthom @ruouttaurmind
I hate having to drive with one hand so that I can wave a melted nutty buddy in front of the A/C vent until it hardens enough to peel off the plastic wrapper.
Thankfully, the Summer heat is over.
@craigthom Tragedy alert: While putting away (pick up) groceries yesterday evening, I found a box of these had been accidently added to my order. They went straight to the trash.
@craigthom these are my fave, my beloveds, yummmmm
@craigthom It broke my sense of reality when they renamed Nutty Bars to Nutty Buddy. I’m still not over it.
@craigthom @lordbowen OMG that’s tragic!
@chienfou @craigthom @lordbowen I’ve been in some nutty bars too! Worse though, is being behind bars at the end of the night.
@craigthom @Limewater Same!! They will always be Nutty Bars to me…
@craigthom @PooltoyWolf The weirdest part was how many people didn’t even notice!
“They changed the name? Haven’t they always been Nutty Buddy?”
@craigthom @Limewater @PooltoyWolf
Nutty Buddies will always be an ice cream treat for me. Little Debbie makes Nutty Bars. Full stop.
@craigthom @Limewater That surprises me! I picked up on it almost immediately and was like wtf.
@craigthom @Limewater @mike808 Yeah same.
@Limewater @mike808 @PooltoyWolf
I had actually typed “nutty bar” for the image, but it came up “Nutty Buddy”, so I assumed I was wrong and edited my post. Now I regret that.
I spent one entire summer in Boulder CO surviving off the pizza I got while at work and Hostess Raspberry Zingers that I bought at the Hostess closeout store. I had rented a basement room from a lady and had access to the kitchen and rest of the house (and eventually the landlady… but that’s a different story…) but didn’t really feel like cooking anything so lived off Zingers and milk when not at work. Oh, yeah… and the righteous pot that she provided. She was a cougar before that was a thing (mid-1970’s).
Amazingly I was about 150 lbs back then and never did gain any appreciable weight until I got a few more years under my belt. Well, that and getting married did it I think.
@chienfou that’s a lovely story. Start a new thread about the cougar that caught you…
@chienfou Zingers were better before Hostess especially if you could fine the butterscotch flavour.
@yakkoTDI ymmm… butterscotch! never had those, but these were definitely Dolly Madison/pre Hostess (so technically not eligible for mention in this thread…)
I used to buy bakery goods at the ‘day old’ store all the time in my younger days. Never see any of those stores around here any more. In fact, when the kids were younger I used to tell them we were going to the ‘used bread’ store.
When it was the original Hostess, I loved me a good Suzy-Q. After the bankruptcy and re-emergence all their recipes changed. And not for the better.
@ruouttaurmind I haven’t had a Suzy-Q since the shutdown. This makes me a bit sad and a bit happy since they had something like 500 calories apiece.
Nutty buddy and star crunch hands down!!
@tinamarie1974
/giphy hands down
@tinamarie1974 … well that’s awkward…
@chienfou hehehehehehe
you guys are sick
Peanut Butter & Pickle Twinkies
@mike808 gotta say I was very skeptical about this when I saw it… but yeah, Hostess put this out there
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even if it was just a joke!
@mike808
@rtjhnstn Truly culinary masterpieces for the ages. Literally. Expiration dates are for losers.
@mike808 Probably a no on all these but I might try them at least once.
@mike808 @rtjhnstn what fresh hell are these?!?!
I once heard a comedian attempt a shtick about his parents buying Little Debbie instead of Hostess. That’s roughly the equivalent of complaining that your parents bought you a Mercedes instead of that 1972 Ford Pinto you wanted.
Yeah, you’re obviously not from the Philadelphia area…
@cinoclav Tastycakes suck rocks.
Take sheetrock and dip it in Burnt Sienna crayon wax and you get Tastycakes.
@mike808 Maybe you need to live where they’re made and fresh.
@mike808 From guys who have never even had Tastykakes.
@cinoclav @mike808
@cinoclav I came to say Tastycake and reign pity on those not from Philly area/never had.
There is no contest or alternative!
/image little debbie oatmeal pie
/youtube little debbie i’m coming home
@2many2no Back in the early days of Woot, I received this box in a Bag of Crap…it was empty.
Time to find and cue up my copy of Dirt Track Date.
@2many2no Back in around '96 or '97 I took a box of Oatmeal Creme Pies to a SCOTS show and handed them out during “Camel Walk”.
And then those assholes started throwing them on stage, so I didn’t do it again.
I think the audience is old enough now that I could do it again. Last show some woman bought banana pudding in little cups and handed it out in front of the stage, and Mary was handing down bottles of water to people who looked like they needed them.
Same band, and, apparently, same people in the crowd, over twenty years later.
@pitamuffin Thank Jeebus they’re vitamin fortified. I was worried, but not now.
@pitamuffin YES! I remember the foil wrapped ones!
@pitamuffin @Targaryen My Dad loved Ding Dongs and Ho-Hos; he used to have us kids all save our foil wrappers; Mom would wrap them into a ball and we’d see how big a ball of ding dong foil wrappers we could give Dad for Christmas.
Since they were good parents and didn’t get us tons of sweets and treats, it wasn’t very big but it was always fun!
@mediocrebot sucks
What no love for Drakes.? Who are you people?
How about Bimbo cakes. Saw them originally in Mexico and had to bring some back for a few girl friends lol. They did NOT think it was as funny as I did!!
/image bimbo cakes
@tinamarie1974 yeah, we have seen them around the central/south america area as well. First time I saw the name was on a sign on the side of a building, which, of course, made me smile. Gotta love a Bimbo!
@mediocrebot Damn this is getting to be a PITA.
@tinamarie1974 Just looked up the Bimbo line on Wikipedia… turns out they have been buying up businesses in the USA and are now the biggest bakery company in the US!
@chienfou @tinamarie1974 Wichita has been assimilated into the Bimbo Collective.
@Barney @tinamarie1974
@chienfou @tinamarie1974 I think the baked good division of Sara Lee was the big one. They got not only the products but the distribution system.
@tinamarie1974 Bimbo owns Hostess. Bimbo is the company that rescued Hostess from bankruptcy a few years ago.
@fogey2017 I had no idea!!
I love lemon Hostess pies. So good!
/image lemon hostess pie
The one and only true fried pie,
Hubig’s
If you recognize this, take heart - they’re coming back in 2020.
A banana and a chocolate. Divine.
Little Debbie all the way! It’s hard to pick a favorite, but three of my top pics would be Star Crunch, Fudge Rounds, and Nutty Bars. (NOT Nutty Buddy! I grew up before they renamed them!)
I’ll eat Hostess and Tastykake, but I don’t go out of my way to indulge in any of their treats like I will with Little Debbie.
It is pretty hard to beat a little debbie fancy cake when fresh…