[Purple Haize]

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/h ... oKYq5AxbOM

With their shelf life however, the full effect on American society won't be felt for years

[HenryGale]

I just bought a bunch of twinkies to pass on to my Great-great grandchildren...they will still be good

[LUconn]

According to Zombieland they have a shelf life. According to snopes, that shelf life is 25 days. But seriously, who cares? Little Debbie makes an exact replica of everything Hostess makes for cheaper. I'd love to know where those "bakers" plan to find jobs now. I'd say they're more suited to work in a factory than a bakery.

[lynchburgwildcats]

I have never seen Little Debbie zingers, strawberry cupcakes, or chocolate filled twinkies!

[LUconn]

zingers are just cupcakes in a different shape. They also have some kind of strawberry cake but I think it might be seasonal. I don't know about chocolate filled twinkies.

[lynchburgwildcats]

zingers are just cupcakes in a different shape. They also have some kind of strawberry cake but I think it might be seasonal. I don't know about chocolate filled twinkies.

But they have raspberry zingers, does little debbie make raspberry cupcakes? I've never seen them.

[LUconn]

I'll get to researching that right away

[Sly Fox]

Hostess may have just as well disappeared two decades ago. I haven't seen their products around here much at all over that period of time. But Ho Hos will always be a part of my childhood memories.

[RubberMallet]

According to Zombieland they have a shelf life. According to snopes, that shelf life is 25 days. But seriously, who cares? Little Debbie makes an exact replica of everything Hostess makes for cheaper. I'd love to know where those "bakers" plan to find jobs now. I'd say they're more suited to work in a factory than a bakery.

WHAAAAAAAA???? cloud cakes can't even touch the twinkie.

and little debbie has no answer for the orange cupcake...perhaps the greatest mass manufacturered snack cake of all time.

[lynchburgwildcats]

According to Zombieland they have a shelf life. According to snopes, that shelf life is 25 days. But seriously, who cares? Little Debbie makes an exact replica of everything Hostess makes for cheaper. I'd love to know where those "bakers" plan to find jobs now. I'd say they're more suited to work in a factory than a bakery.

WHAAAAAAAA???? cloud cakes can't even touch the twinkie.

and little debbie has no answer for the orange cupcake...perhaps the greatest mass manufacturered snack cake of all time.

I've had little debbie orange cupcakes or something like that. May not have been in cupcake form, but it was of the same consistency as a cupcake.

[LUconn]

they have an orange snack cake!

[RubberMallet]

THEY SUCK YOU ARE MAKING ME ANGRY

[lynchburgwildcats]

THEY SUCK YOU ARE MAKING ME ANGRY

said in my best ron burgundy impression: THEY ARE DELICIOUS

[lynchburgwildcats]

But unions FTW. They were protesting over having their pay cut, now they'll all lose their job unless someone buys the assets and keeps the company running...

[phoenix]

According to Zombieland they have a shelf life. According to snopes, that shelf life is 25 days. But seriously, who cares? Little Debbie makes an exact replica of everything Hostess makes for cheaper. I'd love to know where those "bakers" plan to find jobs now. I'd say they're more suited to work in a factory than a bakery.

WHAAAAAAAA???? cloud cakes can't even touch the twinkie.

and little debbie has no answer for the orange cupcake...perhaps the greatest mass manufacturered snack cake of all time.

This is the absolute truth. /thread

My wife also mentions that the Little Debbie orange "cupcake" that you mention is more like an orange Ho Ho than a cupcake. SO not the same thing at all.

[adam42381]

Hostess may have just as well disappeared two decades ago. I haven't seen their products around here much at all over that period of time. But Ho Hos will always be a part of my childhood memories.

You must not have been looking. According to their website, Hostess was making 500 million Twinkies per year. Somebody was buying them. It's not like their products are going away regardless. Some company will likely move in and buy up the licensing to their popular products like Twinkies, Wonderbread, etc.

[RubberMallet]

But unions FTW. They were protesting over having their pay cut, now they'll all lose their job unless someone buys the assets and keeps the company running...

yes the unions are total morons here but to be honest, hostess was on its way out waaaaaay before the unions went on strike. the illinois plants have all but shut down over the last few years and the company has been losing isle space to other companies for years.

[rogers3]

Hostess may have just as well disappeared two decades ago. I haven't seen their products around here much at all over that period of time. But Ho Hos will always be a part of my childhood memories.

You must not have been looking. According to their website, Hostess was making 500 million Twinkies per year. Somebody was buying them. It's not like their products are going away regardless. Some company will likely move in and buy up the licensing to their popular products like Twinkies, Wonderbread, etc.

Got to agree... a company with 19,000 employees has to have a large segment of the snack cake industry. I wouldn't be surprised to see Little Debbie try to snatch up some of the parts of Hostess. Huge job loss for America, but not as huge as the growth of the American waist that Hostess has contributed to! I don't feel sorry for the workers in the least- and I hope that this sends a message to the unions that it is time to step out into reality.

[SuperJon]

Little Debbie > Hostess

[adam42381]

Little Debbie > Hostess

+1000

The wife and I were discussing this and decided to compare brands. Little Debbie won easily. I grew up on Raisin Cream Pies, Oatmeal Cream Pies, Fudge Rounds, Nutty Bars, Swiss Rolls, Star Crunch and Vanilla Christmas Tree Cakes.

[Sly Fox]

It all depends on where you grew up. Little Debbie's strongest offering has always been Nutty Bars. Hostess has a killer lineup.

[PAmedic]

that is all.

SCAR will testify. as will anyone else from the tri-state area

[adam42381]

Nutty Bars would be 5th on my list.

[flamesfan30]

^this.

[lynchburgwildcats]

It all depends on where you grew up. Little Debbie's strongest offering has always been Nutty Bars. Hostess has a killer lineup.

I've always been partial the peanut butter bars (the ones with the hard choclate covered, hard cookie shell), fudge rounds, oatmeal cream pies, and the fudge brownies - all varieties of the brownies.