Did you like Twinkies when you were younger?

[Myra]

I haven't had one in a really long time. What changed?

They just don't taste the same and they are smaller. Same with the Ding Dongs. The Twinkies are still good but not quite as good as the old days.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I did, but I liked other Hostess cakes better. My favorites were the orange cupcakes; I also liked the chocolate cupcakes, with the filling inside, of course. When I was in grammar school, the Hostess factory was across from the school. It used to small so good. They had a discount store that my father would get our bread and pastries from.



Later in life, I worked with a nurse, may she R.I.P., who absolutely loved Twinkies and she often brought them for snack time.

 

[Myra]

Sadly all of those Hostess products have become smaller and don't taste as good. And they cost so much.

 

[caramel]

I liked other Hostess cakes better. My favorites were the orange cupcakes

Those orange ones look so good! I can't remember trying one of those. Definitely not when I was young. They do look like I might have seen them before. I just looked them up at Walmart; they still carry them. Very tempting. For nostalgia value.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

Those orange ones look so good! I can't remember trying one of those. Definitely not when I was young. They do look like I might have seen them before. I just looked them up at Walmart; they still carry them. Very tempting. For nostalgia value.

If I saw them in a double pack I'd definitely get them, but I don't need a whole box of them.

 

[Murrmurr]

When I was young, I did. But they don't taste like they used to. The cake part is oily and tastes chemical-ly, and the cream is real stodgy..kind of slimy, actually.

 

[CallMeKate]

I can't remember ever having more than 2 or 3 Twinkies in my lifetime... I wasn't impressed. I have always been a Little Debbie girl for some of those products, though... mainly Star Crunch and Oatmeal Pies. For cupcakes I like the TastyKake chocolate with the buttercreme frosting and chocolate stripe.

 

[Feelslikefar]

Can't remember eating Twinkies grewing up, being a 'Southern Boy', lived on 'Moonpies'.
My back up was a bag of Lance peanuts dumped into a bottle of RC Cola.

With that diet, wonder how I made it to adulthood...

 

[CallMeKate]

Can't remember eating Twinkies grewing up, being a 'Southern Boy', lived on 'Moonpies'.

Speaking of MoonPies, @Feelslikefar , do you know they have banana flavored ones now? They're mini and the calorie count isn't as terrible as the full size.. pretty durn good.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

We never had funny bones or devil dogs but did get chocolate twinkles which I preferred.

 

[birdy]

I never liked Twinkies but I loved these.

 

[Mr. Ed]

Did you like Twinkies when you were younger? Didn’t have any when I grew up I didn’t have any, on my bucket list​

 

[jujube]

Can't remember eating Twinkies grewing up, being a 'Southern Boy', lived on 'Moonpies'.
My back up was a bag of Lance peanuts dumped into a bottle of RC Cola.

With that diet, wonder how I made it to adulthood...

The famous "Ten-cent Lunch" of the Depression was a Moonpie and a RC Cola.

I guess throw in some peanuts and you'd have a three-course meal.

 

[TheOtherRick]

Snowballs for me all the goodness of a creme-filled chocolate cupcake with a marshmallow covering studded with coconut.

 

[MountainRa]

My back up was a bag of Lance peanuts dumped into a bottle of RC Cola.

I loved peanuts in a bottle of Coca Cola!

 

[Bella]

I can't remember ever having more than 2 or 3 Twinkies in my lifetime... I wasn't impressed. I have always been a Little Debbie girl for some of those products, though... mainly Star Crunch and Oatmeal Pies. For cupcakes I like the TastyKake chocolate with the buttercreme frosting and chocolate stripe.

If you lived in the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast region of the USA you know TastyKake. They still make all kinds of snack cakes. These days I don't eat any of them, but I loved them when I was a kid.

 

[Colleen]

Don't like any of them. They're loaded with all kinds of nasty things for your body. I was curious about Tastykake's (never had one in my life) and I saw the butterscotch Krimpets somewhere and decided to try them because I love butterscotch. They were terrible!! I threw them away and was disappointed but glad I didn't like them because I wouldn't want to start another bad food habit....haha.

 

[MarkD]

When I was young, Twinkies were one of my snacks of choice. Oily, sweet, sticky, soft and full of chemicals. Yum!

I haven't eaten one in a long time, but I've been thinking of them lately.

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Anyone else enjoy Twinkies in their youth?

In my defense I was a kid at the time but yes along with everything of the kind.

 

[JBR]

Hostess Cupcakes for me. How could you not love such a rare, exotic treat as a child? As an adult, it makes my stomach turn just thinking about them.

It was just the same for me, until I was maybe 13, 14. In the same period, I also bought small packages of very salty pretzels and loved those.

 

[RadishRose]

As a child, I liked Twinkies and all snack cakes.

 

[Reenie]

Don't know what that is, so I looked it up. Is it this? This one is filled with peanut butter creme.

https://www.drakescake.com/funny-bones

Yes that’s them!

 

[StarSong]

I cannot tell a lie - when I visit the east coast I bring home several boxes of Ring Dings and stash them on top of the kegs in our kegerator. If it's been a long time between visits and a friend or relative is coming west, I request that they stash a couple of boxes in their suitcase for me.

As an occasional sweet afternoon snack, I'll break one out - half for me, half for DH. Love Ring Dings!

 

[chic]

I was never a fan of Twinkies but did like devil dogs and funny bones. The chocolate stuff. Mom was a good cook and we always had freshly made desserts around to eat. In high school my interest began to wane. By college I was buying homemade oatmeal cookies from the health food store and just flipped to foods that were healthier choices. It was the beginning of something.

 

[Happyflowerlady]

My folks had a small neighborhood grocery store, so Twinkies and Hostess Cupcakes, and all of that kind of treats were there all of the time, along with the whole candy counter that had everything from penny candy to 5-10 cent candy bars.
I seldom ate any of it, it just did not interest me, maybe because it was food that was always available, and maybe because i just didn’t eat many sweets.
If I did eat any, it was a chocolate Hostess cupcake, but that was not often. Sunflower seeds was my snack of choice.