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Kelly L.
April 13, 2020
My filling is oozing out of the icing? Not sure what I did wrong. Also the swishes on top are now filling in after they were loops?
Dee T.
February 2, 2016
I prefer the lemon Hostess pies, but sometimes I would eat apple. If there were no other varieties available and I felt like a Hostess pie, I would have apple. But if there were many varieties available, I'd definitely go for lemon over anything else!
Dee T.
February 2, 2016
Suzie-Qs!!! I miss those the most! Back in 1985/86 they also had mint-flavored Suzie-Qs and they were AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!
Di
July 1, 2015
Of course Hostess cupcakes! Of course now I am into eating better but saw and happened to buy 100 calorie Hostess cupcakes. They were good & even my grandsons loved them! Hooray (although I haven't found them in quite a while). Definitely going to make, especially when my grandsons visit! Thanks.
Ellen A.
July 1, 2015
I was always partial to Drakes over Hostess. The Yodels, the Devil Dogs, the Ring Dings, and of course, the Coffee Cakes -- how I miss them all
lynne C.
July 1, 2015
We weren't allowed to eat Hostess stuff. My Mom was into vegetables and olive oil way before it was considered healthy. She read health books and healthy cooking books all the time. Now Dad? He was the one who brought home the first Twinkie. One bite and I had gone to the dark side of cream and refined flour...my tastebuds reveled in doses of more sugary goodness than I thought possible! Those treats were rare...and usually done when Mom was nowhere in sight. I am now 58. Every year...just once a year... I must treat myself to a Twinkie or some similar product. That's all I need...just that one treat to carry me back to the happy conspiratorial indulgence of those Twinkies with Dad.
Jennifer S.
July 1, 2015
For me, it's ding dongs and fruit pies. We always take several boxes of ding dongs on our camping trips. Everyone anticipates unwrapping the silver foil and butting into the chocolatey cake and Creme filling. It's very satisfying. Cherry fruit pies are my personal favorite. The sweet cherry filling balances perfectly with the lightly glazed crust. I love that the crust comes apart in pieces all coated with yummy cherry filling goodness.
Linda
July 1, 2015
Well, back in the day when I was a kid, Hostess stuff was really good. I loved the pink Snowballs. I stopped eating them because they don't taste the same. Then I got diabetes and so now I make low carb versions.
dobeesquared
July 1, 2015
Tough one! Crumb cakes (as mentioned, not Hostess but Hostess-like) and ditto Yodels. Hostess? Used to love the lemon cupcake.
Molly A.
July 2, 2014
Hostess Cupcakes! When we were kids, my brother and I would have a contest to see who could successfully eat the bottom cake part of the cupcake, and leave the middle cream filling and the entire top frosting layer by itself without it breaking. Then we would eat the top and the filling all at once at the very end.
ashley's B.
June 8, 2014
The Ding-Dongs. More chocolatey covering that you could pick off and enjoy, and then - when you had only enough bits left for where your fingers were placed -- you could eat the moist creme-filled cake. Yum.
amysarah
June 5, 2014
I think they were made by Drake's, but same idea - Yodels. I loved the ritual of unrolling them as you ate. They were a very interactive snack.
CarlaCooks
June 4, 2014
Were DingDongs a Hostess treat? If so, they were my favorite. I'd stick them in the freezer for a nice cold treat after a hot day at school.
LLStone
June 3, 2014
Ding Dong's from the fridge! My brothers used to polish off a box sometimes after practices, save the one I put in the fridge.
batampte
June 3, 2014
My post doesn't seem to have materialized, which is just as well because after much consideration—ring dings, yodels—I said coffee cakes. But I realized all of my choices were Drakes! (This is the confusion that occurs when your mother never really let this stuff in the house!). A book about Drakes cakes for your follow-up? Best of luck with Treat Yourself.
Jestei
June 3, 2014
Actually the book has recipes from across a spectrum of food companies and DRAKES CAKES ARE IN THERE JUST FOR YOU! Also funny bones, Oreos etc
NYNCtg
June 3, 2014
Fruit pies. Apple or Cherry but not lemon. As a kid getting the lemon pie was like getting socks for Christmas.
Jestei
June 3, 2014
Hilarious. We used to count the number of cherries in the McDonalds apple fry pie. A record high was seven. One there was just one. I confess I like lemon but like you did not as a kid.
AntoniaJames
June 3, 2014
Yes, the lemon ones were vile. I found the cherry filling to have a nasty bite to it, so i always asked for apple, which actually tasted pretty good. ;o)
cheese1227
June 2, 2014
I was a Suzie Q lover, but I am not sure they were Hostess!
Jestei
June 3, 2014
yes i mention those in the book, not with a recipe, but with the fact that my father used to hide my medicine in them!
Ruchika S.
June 2, 2014
what else could it be for a chocolate and cake lover like me then the chocolate cupcake...
Greatfallsdeb
June 2, 2014
Ok, I get to post this twice as my original, heartfelt response is not there. Oh my. This is the only Hostess product I ate through my early childhood until now. Whenever I traveled over the years, at nearly every truckstop or gas station I would but these cupcakes. When I was skid, I would pull the frosting off for myself and give the cake to someone else. Only later did I learn to appreciate the whole thing! I will give this recipe a try this weekend as I do one new thing every weekend...that's about all my cooking time. Would love a copy of this cookbook! I feel 5 pounds heavier just thinking about it....
AntoniaJames
June 2, 2014
Hostess hand pies! Apple, please. My parents thought anything Hostess was disgusting and never bought processed foods like that, for a variety of reasons. I agreed with them and felt really sorry for the kids who brought store-bought desserts in their lunches. (My mother was an amazing baker of every treat imaginable; she (and then from the time we were each about 7, my four sisters and I baked 5 or 6 days a week.) That said, once a year, on the day before my grade's annual field trip, I'd ask my father to bring me home a Hostess pie when he stopped for our daily gallon of milk. (Six growing kids who play hard outside all the time drink a lot of milk.) Loved that sugar glaze on the pies, as we never glazed our pies like that. ;o)
AntoniaJames
June 3, 2014
Actually most of the treats I took to school were ones made by my sisters or me. I don't really care much now for the treats we made back then, as they are all just much too sweet -- even my mother's iconic sour cream cake seems overly sweet. I once traded some homemade chocolate chip cookies for a Hostess cupcake, took one bite of it and asked the other kid if he'd trade back. I got a lot of pleasure from telling the other kids that I had made the cookies, or brownies, or cake, or pie, etc., the day before, from scratch. (It made up for always grounding out to third when we played softball.) ;o)
cfelten
June 2, 2014
I always loved the cupcakes (frosting peeler here) but there is something to be said for nibbling off all the crackly chocolate from a HoHo or sucking all the cherry filling out of a Hostess pie (I wasn't a fan of the pastry). I can't even count how many years it's been since I had a Hostess snack.
drbabs
June 2, 2014
Gosh, Jenny, how did you have time for this? I can't wait to get your book-- I know exactly who I'll be baking these for-- but, sadly, I wasn't really a Hostess girl. Cream fillings never did it for me (except for Oreos, or actually Hydrox cookies).
Midge
June 2, 2014
What, no Ho Ho freaks? My mom refused to buy store bought treats, but I never had a problem trading her pound cake/coffee cake with my classmates for hostess anything (sorry mom, I take your version any day as an adult), preferably my beloved Ho-Hos, which had some weird addictive zingy flavor in them.
Cee
June 2, 2014
my favorite hostess treat is hostess cupcakes and I'll be trying this recipe soon. I would love to get a copy of "Treat Yourself". I'm teaching my granddaughter how to cook this summer. We like to make desserts.
Lily
June 2, 2014
I didn't get to eat Hostess Snacks as a kid. It wasn't until after the company went bankrupt and they were taken off the market last year that my curiosity about the cakes began to grow.
I enjoy BOTH TWINKIES and CUPCAKES. (I understand that my answer is a little much, but I hope you'll enjoy it regardless.)
Here is why (photos included):
-I bought a twinkies bake set on ebay. Exactly like this one. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41o8ew91B-L._SS400_.jpg
-The Twinkies Cookbook
-I also dressed as a "Hostess" for my cousin's Halloween Engagement party. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114225043966536666152/albums/5933580839029185297/5966335553390185458?pid=5966335553390185458&oid=114225043966536666152 (Bad photo. I may have a better one with a full length of the costume. (If you wish to use my photos, please talk to me first.) Each piece of the costume was purchased separately, except for the bow in my hair, which was handmade. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114225043966536666152/albums/5933580839029185297/5933581187537220402?pid=5933581187537220402&oid=114225043966536666152
I enjoy BOTH TWINKIES and CUPCAKES. (I understand that my answer is a little much, but I hope you'll enjoy it regardless.)
Here is why (photos included):
-I bought a twinkies bake set on ebay. Exactly like this one. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41o8ew91B-L._SS400_.jpg
-The Twinkies Cookbook
-I also dressed as a "Hostess" for my cousin's Halloween Engagement party. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114225043966536666152/albums/5933580839029185297/5966335553390185458?pid=5966335553390185458&oid=114225043966536666152 (Bad photo. I may have a better one with a full length of the costume. (If you wish to use my photos, please talk to me first.) Each piece of the costume was purchased separately, except for the bow in my hair, which was handmade. https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/114225043966536666152/albums/5933580839029185297/5933581187537220402?pid=5933581187537220402&oid=114225043966536666152
hardlikearmour
June 2, 2014
Congratulations, Jenny! My favorite hostess snack was Sno Balls. I'm afraid to try them as an adult, though, since I think they'll be too sweet.
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