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SheilaT

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53. Cupcakes!!!

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 11:33 PM

Nov 2012

I have never understood the salivating over Twinkies. In my humble opinion, they have always been awful. Although to be honest, I probably haven't tasted one since about 1957. I think I tried one or two, concluded they were the devil's attempt to overcome mankind, and have never had one since.

But the cupcakes have always been pretty good, in my opinion. And they're a food that hasn't changed much in appearance or taste in the last fifty years or so.

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One Pick Only: What Hostess brand or product would you save from extinction? [View all] radhika Nov 2012 OP

Twinkies Chipper Chat Nov 2012 #1

oh yes.. AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #15

I haven't eaten any of them for decades. Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #2

ditto. eom ellenfl Nov 2012 #3

+ struggle4progress Nov 2012 #95

Zingers and snowballs Gin Nov 2012 #4

Zingers lbrtbell Nov 2012 #19

+1 (nt) question everything Nov 2012 #72

Raspberry Zingers and Snowballs. Nt DevonRex Nov 2012 #88

None BigDemVoter Nov 2012 #5

BLASPHEMER! MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #50

Wonder Bread. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #6

+1 limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #59

+2 Xyzse Nov 2012 #63

All chemical garbage nobodyspecial Nov 2012 #7

The Ho Ho meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #8

Yeah the cupcakes used to be amazing . . . n/t CrazyOrangeCat Nov 2012 #9

Used to be. enlightenment Nov 2012 #35

Agree. They're just different somehow. gateley Nov 2012 #78

I vote for HoHos n/t dflprincess Nov 2012 #54

Pontiac! nt Skip Intro Nov 2012 #10

Zingers. MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #11

I forgot about Zingers! meadowlark5 Nov 2012 #60

I don't think I've ever tried those MynameisBlarney Nov 2012 #76

Fruit Pies Lokey Nov 2012 #12

None Joe Bacon Nov 2012 #13

i like pie. bluedigger Nov 2012 #14

Strawberry Cupcakes TlalocW Nov 2012 #16

I don't like sweets with preservatives. If I HAD to, then donettes. Tikki Nov 2012 #17

Me too! gvstn Nov 2012 #55

I liked wonder bread for two sandwiches - peanut butter and sliced tomato AnnaLee Nov 2012 #18

I don't give a damn about the products, but about american workers and the working HiPointDem Nov 2012 #20

None. Crappy tasting over sugared cardboard. N/T boomer55 Nov 2012 #21

I don't want any of them larocks4552s Nov 2012 #22

White wonder bread. Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #23

Ho Hos without a doubt. Mayberry Machiavelli Nov 2012 #24

zingers geek_sabre Nov 2012 #25

Yo, Ding-Dongs.. Shade7M Nov 2012 #26

You ain't fat!!! sadbear Nov 2012 #42

Twinkies by a landslide Whisp Nov 2012 #27

Orange cupcakes. Orange cake is funky. Everything else is easily replaceable (pies, chocolate cake) TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #28

Um, orange flavored cupcakes are the best! radhika Nov 2012 #37

apparently Drake's cakes are owned/manufactured by Hostess now, so eShirl Nov 2012 #29

When I was a kid 2naSalit Nov 2012 #80

I haven't eaten any of these "treats" in more than two decades. salin Nov 2012 #30

ding dongs, cold, right out of the fridge...ahhhhh la la Nov 2012 #31

That's my save and cold too! n/t JimDandy Nov 2012 #61

Wow -- that sounds GOOD! gateley Nov 2012 #79

Colombo Bread XemaSab Nov 2012 #32

Susie Q's tjwash Nov 2012 #33

Mmm. Love Susie Qs ronnie624 Nov 2012 #85

Snowballs erinlough Nov 2012 #34

Why "Awful"? If you love them, you love them. n/t architect359 Nov 2012 #47

A Twinkie and a big ol' cup of coffee...Mississippi Continental Breakfast. nolabear Nov 2012 #36

The Fruit Pies PD Turk Nov 2012 #38

The cupcakes. gkhouston Nov 2012 #39

Orange Cupcakes Eugene Nov 2012 #40

Sno Balls subterranean Nov 2012 #41

Twinkies are the most famous, I guess. So Twinkies (tho I didn't care for 'em). I loved SNOWBALLS!nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #43

The one called "Jobs," and I don't mean Steve. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #44

Fruit Pies Matariki Nov 2012 #45

Funny Bones. hay rick Nov 2012 #46

Sno-Balls!!!! longship Nov 2012 #48

Ding Dongs! slackmaster Nov 2012 #49

Wonder Whole Wheat White Bread A Brand New World Nov 2012 #51

Apple fruit pies. architect359 Nov 2012 #52

Cupcakes!!! SheilaT Nov 2012 #53

Ding Dongs Politicalboi Nov 2012 #56

It's CHOCOLATE cake with chocolate icing slackmaster Nov 2012 #58

70's FULL FAT crumb cakes. pansypoo53219 Nov 2012 #57

Ugh. I thought you were talking about things that were edible... truebluegreen Nov 2012 #62

Snowballs BeyondGeography Nov 2012 #64

Chocolate cupcakes. kestrel91316 Nov 2012 #65

I eat bad food Cartoonist Nov 2012 #66

Ho Hos. mykpart Nov 2012 #67

Chocodiles NoodleyAppendage Nov 2012 #68

Let them all sink into the lowest pit of Hell. n/t RomneyLies Nov 2012 #69

twinkies Etraker Nov 2012 #70

None. They always look like they should taste better than they actually do. catbyte Nov 2012 #71

The chocolate cupcakes. CBHagman Nov 2012 #73

Suzy Q's BillyJack Nov 2012 #74

Never ate them growing up CaliforniaHiker Nov 2012 #75

Nature's Pride bread. Graybeard Nov 2012 #77

They've all been shit for decades. Sorry for the people that lost their jobs, but it's a big fucking Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #81

Home Pride whole wheat bread.... jdadd Nov 2012 #82

Ding Dongs. Or, King Dons if you're older than dirt (as I am). n/t susanna Nov 2012 #83

Raspberry Zingers (with the extra one, for free). ronnie624 Nov 2012 #84

If we are talking Zombie War...all of them. MissMarple Nov 2012 #86

Twinkies have 150 calories, 4.5 g fat. Really not that bad for you! Romulox Nov 2012 #87

Mrs Cubbinsons cheese breadsticks. nt Raine Nov 2012 #89

Do they still smell like Play-Doh? Tom Ripley Nov 2012 #90

Mrs. Cubbison's (fat-free) croutons - n/t coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #91

The Japanese Hostess bars. Kablooie Nov 2012 #92

There is a bread line called Nature something. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #93

DING DONGS MFM008 Nov 2012 #94