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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2021 16:18:38 GMT
This puzzle had me wondering just how many Hostess products I’ve tried. According to a list challenge, 16 put me in the top 30%. How many have you tried? Take the challenge and post your results: www.listchallenges.com/hostess-products
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maryannscraps
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Post by maryannscraps on Oct 2, 2021 16:24:41 GMT
I've only had 4 -- and not since I was a little kid, so the really old fashioned ones, lol. I used to love their chocolate cupcakes frozen. I don't really buy stuff like that because I love to bake so much. I have a lemon bundt cake in the oven now.
ETA I love that puzzle!
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casii
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Post by casii on Oct 2, 2021 16:25:04 GMT
I've had 12 and I had no idea they'd had so many seasonal flavors!
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mamapeaah
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Post by mamapeaah on Oct 2, 2021 16:29:42 GMT
I remember them from when I was little. I for sure had twinkies, as an adult I craved them when I was pregnant with DS. The cupcakes and donuts for sure too, I am not positive about the others. I used to like Swiss Rolls from little Debbie which is similar to the pic.
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Post by katlady on Oct 2, 2021 16:37:45 GMT
I've had 18. It says I did better than 74% of the users. The average is 16. I don't know if that is good thing or not. I used to eat their donuts and muffins quite a bit. It was easy to grab for breakfast. And then as I kid I loved their chocolate cupcakes, Ho-Hos and Suzy-Qs. Only chocolate, no other flavor for me. There were a lot of items on the list I never heard of before.
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rgibson
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Post by rgibson on Oct 2, 2021 16:41:40 GMT
I've had a twinkie but nothing else - we don't get all those choices up here!
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paget
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Post by paget on Oct 2, 2021 16:41:51 GMT
I’ve had 9 which was 6%.
There were a lot of really disgusting ones in there! Blue raspberry creme Twinkies?? 🤢
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Post by Zee on Oct 2, 2021 16:42:17 GMT
29 There used to be a bakery locally and as kids we were taken on field trips there. They were an after-school staple if I had the money to stop by 7-11.
I'm not very fond of them since Hostess was closed down and restarted.
My favorites were always cupcakes and cherry pies.
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FurryP
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Post by FurryP on Oct 2, 2021 16:43:48 GMT
In my life time:
6 of 157 · 4% You did better than 53% of users on this list Your rank: #261 of 552 users on this list You didn't beat the avg. score of 16
In the last decade only 3
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milocat
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Post by milocat on Oct 2, 2021 16:49:12 GMT
None. Our small store doesn't even carry any Hostess products and I know the selection isn't here because I've never really noticed any in the city exceptaune Twinkies.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Oct 2, 2021 17:00:45 GMT
19, top 24% Only the original products for the most part. I've not had any of the more recent and seasonal flavors. My grandmother owned a small grocery store when I was growing up. My sisters and I pretty much had free rein there - especially when my parents weren't around! As a grown up, the only ones I eat now on rare occasion are the Donettes. DH loves a HoneyBun to this day.
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Post by bc2ca on Oct 2, 2021 17:02:01 GMT
I've had 3 - classic/original Twinkies, Ding Dongs and (I think) the chocolate cupcake - putting me at 2%. Twinkies and Ding Dongs were a regular part of my 60s/70s childhood.
I had no idea there were so many Hostess products, especially the seasonal ones.
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QueenoftheSloths
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Oct 2, 2021 17:12:08 GMT
When I was a kid, we would buy close dated packs at a hostess outlet store so I have had the "classics". But as an adult, either my palate has changed, or the products have changed, because I don't care for them now. I see all the limited time releases in the stores, but I know better than to try them because I know they will disappoint!
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quiltz
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Post by quiltz on Oct 2, 2021 17:14:13 GMT
In Canada, www.vachon.com/en/treat-selector/ Vachon bakery treats are king! Auu Caramel, passion flakie, Jos Louis and more are so good. I may have had a Hostess product when I have visited the USA.
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leeny
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Post by leeny on Oct 2, 2021 17:14:54 GMT
I've had 17 from the list. Many I've never heard of, so must be regional. There used to be a Hostess outlet store in our town when I was young and my Mom used to purchase a lot from there. I just noticed the fruit pies in a local mini-mart and they are much smaller than I remember.
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peabay
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Post by peabay on Oct 2, 2021 17:46:10 GMT
I've had many of those, but we were a "Drake's Cakes" house - so we were all about Devil Dogs and Ring Dings etc...
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RedSquirrelUK
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Oct 2, 2021 18:06:44 GMT
None. This is another one of the many 'joys' ahead of me if I ever visit the US.
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Post by MichyM on Oct 2, 2021 18:33:16 GMT
13 of 157 · 8% According to the site, there are a whole bunch of Hostess products I've never seen or heard of before. ETA: The only thing I buy from them these days is now made by Franz, it's their Berry Pie. I rarely see it, and maybe have one or two a year. It is definitely a guilty pleasure
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Post by voltagain on Oct 2, 2021 18:41:15 GMT
Oh dear..........
Your Results
67 of 157 · 43%
You did better than 97% of users on this list
Your rank: #18 of 570 users on this list
You beat the avg. score of 16
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Post by elaine on Oct 2, 2021 18:54:55 GMT
23 over my lifetime. Only vanilla Zingers, plain Twinkies and Ding Dongs in the past 25+ years.
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Post by mollycoddle on Oct 2, 2021 19:15:53 GMT
The chocolate cupcakes and the Twinkies.
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Post by Neisey on Oct 2, 2021 19:35:13 GMT
In Canada, www.vachon.com/en/treat-selector/ Vachon bakery treats are king! Auu Caramel, passion flakie, Jos Louis and more are so good. I may have had a Hostess product when I have visited the USA. Canadian here too! I love Vachon caramel cakes and Jos Louis (here we pronounce it “joe loo-ee” - is that correct? Lol” I’m not sure if I’ve ever had a Twinkie or not.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Oct 2, 2021 19:38:44 GMT
Two. I've had the powdered sugar donuts and I'm pretty sure I've had the cinnamon sweet rolls with all that gooey super sweet icing. My mother never would buy anything like that when I was a child (I never had spaghettios until I was on my own in graduate school). And as an adult, nothing in that list challenge sounds appealing to me.
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cycworker
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Post by cycworker on Oct 2, 2021 19:41:46 GMT
Only 7. I am pretty sure that's because being in Canada I've not seen a bunch of these different kinds. Because I know myself - had I seen them, there were a bunch more I'd try at least once.
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Post by crazy4scraps on Oct 2, 2021 19:43:19 GMT
34 of 157, so 87% better than other people. I’m surprised I didn’t have more of them! A bunch of the ones on the puzzle picture were the same products in different packaging.
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Post by scrapmaven on Oct 2, 2021 19:50:24 GMT
ALL! Ho-ho's are my favorite food thing. I haven't had any Hostess products in decades, but if I had to go to a desert island I'd bring Ho-Ho's. I might bring raspberry Zingers, too. I have also done that puzzle. Healthy eating is absolutely the right idea, but it's ok to sometimes!
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Post by Crack-a-lackin on Oct 2, 2021 19:59:29 GMT
From the thread title I would have said all, having grown up in America in the 70s/80s in a family that didn’t limit sugar, although we didn’t have a lot of money so we shopped the Hostess outlet. But after going through the list I realize I haven’t even heard of most of those flavors. I gave up and didn’t complete the list.
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Post by Monica* on Oct 2, 2021 19:59:52 GMT
Four, the old timey ones like Twinkies, etc. My Hostess story: I went to a Catholic grade school in Pacific Palisades, CA. We had recess out on the church parking lot which was right next to a grocery store. There was a wall that separated our parking lot from the delivery truck parking. The trucks would often park along their side of the wall. Sometimes they left the back sliding door up while they made their deliveries. Well, you can probably figure out the rest. Joey D. used to watch for the Hostess truck to pull up. He would wait for his moment, scale the wall, straddle it, and just reach in through the open truck door. He would grab boxes of goodies, rip them open, and Twinkies and Ho Ho's would rain down on us! Nice little Catholic school kids, huh?!
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Post by quinlove on Oct 2, 2021 21:56:33 GMT
In my life 9 - 6%. Those cherry sweet rolls sure look like something I would enjoy. I really try to limit that kind of food now, try is the key word there.
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Post by epeanymous on Oct 2, 2021 22:03:52 GMT
I’ve had 30 on that list, it appears, but I think the only one I have had in my adult life was the pumpkin-spice Twinkie, which I know I tried as a joke.
My mother used to pop a hostess package into my lunch most days. If I did that now, I bet I’d get a note home.
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