Whoa, thought these were a distant memory

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Schultztrio@reddit

On a related note, I saw elsewhere on reddit this morning that McDonalds is bringing back their fried apple pies this summer.

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UnicornFarts1111@reddit

I have only ever seen apple and cherry at McDonalds. I guess I don't eat there often, lol.

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Foreign_Waltz129@reddit

Ya, to be honest the last time I saw blueberry was about 25 years ago ha, but I don’t eat McDonald’s anymore

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EastAd7676@reddit

The recipe is different now as compared to when I was a kid and Hostess brands were owned by Interstate Bakeries.

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Rhusty_Dodes@reddit

The tasty cake and entenmanns pies aren't too bad. These are worse than gas station brand pies.

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Saint_Body@reddit

One very disappointing thing I've found is that Nostalgia always tastes better in my mind. Such a mad bummer too.

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flaginorout@reddit

Yep. I remember enjoying those on occasion when I was a kid. Then tried one when I was like 30.......and it was fucking gross. I didn't make it past the third bite before tossing it in the trash. Same experience with most hostess pastries. I was beyond disappointed when I realized how bad Twinkies really are. That said, I'm still on good terms with several Little Debbie products. Oatmeal cream pies, nutty bars, and the brownies are still an occasional buy.

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Saint_Body@reddit

Okay I will concede that Little Debbie has kept faith with her adult children. Diabetes, Obesity and it all! You gotta love some Lil Deb! 🤣

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Tomatillo-5276@reddit

Literally never went away?

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TheJokersChild@reddit

Although Hostess did go chapter 11 a few years ago.

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dtoddh@reddit

The ones from our youth definitely are a memory, the current ones are nowhere near as good. Of course, I may be romanticizing the old ones, but I feel like I remember more fruit and better crust in a bigger pie. https://preview.redd.it/79c0xznktx2h1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=461e829dd061b99c1254c4948cb3ebc59e65d08a

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WhereverUGoThereUR@reddit (OP)

Those two were my faves - on the wax paper pkg

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CommunicationNew3745@reddit

You're not romanticizing - the 'new' re-introduced Hostess products are nothing but sad, sorry, smaller imitations of the Classics we grew up with.

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cliffm@reddit

Someone bought the brand name. They are definitely not the same formulation/recipe. They are crap. I mean, the original ones weren’t good for you, but damn, they were tasty.

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Number174631503@reddit

There was definitely a quality to the sugar overload. But now it tastes like plastic.

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Illcmys3lf0ut@reddit

You're not wrong. The new ones are crap. Smaller, worse ingredients, and just a nostalgic wrapper to make money. Like everything these days, quality isn't as important as quantity or money.

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Impressive-Health670@reddit

Are you sure they aren’t the same ones from our childhood? I think those things have enough junk in them to never go bad!

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FunScore3387@reddit

I loved these as a kid in the 80’s. My fav was Blueberry! Sooo good. Sadly they taste like stale cardboard now. Haven’t had one in ten years maybe…

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Lost_Ad_9890@reddit

blueberry and cherry are my faves!!

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BornTry5923@reddit

They used to be so good. Back when they were in that wax paper wrap.

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gatoenvestido@reddit

Franz still packages them that way and they are way better than the hostess ones. I rediscovered them a few months ago and was buying 3 or 4 at a time. Then I started getting fat. Then I looked at the label. I don’t buy them anymore.

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Diasies_inMyHair@reddit

They don't make the lemon anymore.

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I-use-to-be-cool@reddit

I did as well and I bought one just to see if the memories came rushing back. The answer to that was a resounding NO. That thing was a brick made of sugar drizzled in liquid sugar and the only thing that came rushing back was the heart burn I got later that night, yikes!!

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general-illness@reddit

Does the back of the box have baseball cards you can cut out ?

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Scoobysnax1976@reddit

I stopped eating them when I read the nutrition label. Not sure about the new ones but the used to have insanely high saturated fat and cholesterol

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RandomObserver13@reddit

This is the sort of thing where you are NOT supposed to read the label. Good lord man, enjoy a brief moment of joy and spontaneity while saying “fuck you, doc!”. As long as you take your cholesterol pills daily, lol. I don’t know what brand they were…they came in a wax-paper-like wrapper back in the day…but if I found one now…nom nom nom, baby.

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TreaclePerfect4328@reddit

They taste like unwashed ass and cardboard now.

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JerseyTeacher78@reddit

Yup. All the "new" hostess cakes taste fake as hell .

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Godlove6@reddit

Nah,,,, but cuck hostess! Pension stealing MFer's!!!!

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terminal_nervoso@reddit

The Franz ones are SO MUCH better

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Linkage006@reddit

https://i.redd.it/8uyx0wnh9y2h1.gif

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D4nM4rL4r@reddit

I can still feel the residue coating my mouth.

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casewood123@reddit

I still eat those.

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tatertaunt@reddit

The Hostess mini donuts also taste differently than when we were growing up.

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Plastic_Bullfrog9029@reddit

Pineapple were the best!

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1questions@reddit

Sorry but you’re wrong. The correct answer is cherry.

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TreaclePerfect4328@reddit

You both have valid points. However Blueberry is the obvious winner

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TheRateBeerian@reddit

they taste like fruit and bleach

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ElJefe0218@reddit

https://preview.redd.it/ucoffgzyux2h1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=819820950fed4dd4f7f468d2cefb90c34ad7b1ac Hostess can't touch Mrs Baird's

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KitchenNazi@reddit

Serving suggestion: bring your own fucking cherries. Why would Mrs. Baird say that?

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SqueezeBoxJack@reddit

Because she ain't got time for that shit. Plus, pimpin' ain't easy for Mr. Baird - he has timelines to keep.

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KitchenNazi@reddit

That’s something I’d expect from a Homerun Pie, but NOT Mrs. Baird. I’m taking my family’s business to Little Debbie’s.

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mldyfox@reddit

They're still around, yeah, but they don't quite taste the same. I don't have much of a refined palate, but I get a more chemical taste, than fruit and sugar from these now.

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Mondschatten78@reddit

JJ's brand tastes better to me, though still not as good as homemade. I usually find them at gas stations or the smaller grocery store chains.

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sj68z@reddit

They are not the same. They are a filthy lie wrapped in the glorious clothes of a long dead fallen hero.

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GarmieTurtel@reddit

Absolute fact!

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Pristine_Main_1224@reddit

This!

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NegotiationNo7851@reddit

They taste weird. Like chemically weird to me.

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Jolly_Werewolf_7356@reddit

Probably not fried in lard.

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MonkeyboyK72@reddit

I think that's it. They switched from animal fat to vegetable oils.

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XanaxWarriorPrincess@reddit

I went on a quest for these a couple of months ago. Found them, but was a bit disappointed that they didn't taste as good as I remembered.

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BlownCamaro@reddit

If you eat the new ones, you'll ruin an irreplaceable memory!

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Formal_Plum_2285@reddit

I wondered for a sec why we don’t have these in Europe. But then I checked the ingredients lol.

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JungleBoyJeremy@reddit

Aren’t they some ridiculous amount of calories too?

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Mike9797@reddit

They are also sweet as fuck. I got these on a trip to Buffalo once and could barely get through half of it. It’s bigger than you’d think and just super sweet. And I don’t mind shit like this when I get stoned but it was way too sweet.

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KitchenNazi@reddit

If it isn’t teenage mutant green - I ain’t eating that shit.

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Cornelius-Q@reddit

Not the same without that sealed wax paper package they came in. Also, I think they're about the half the size they used to be.

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VegasRoy@reddit

Definitely half the filling

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rrrrrrez@reddit

Wax paper wrappers or nothing.

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Mattytomax@reddit

Bobby Hill approves this message

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Ok_Command_9808@reddit

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FREDICVSMAXIMVS@reddit

This makes me think of the fried pies McDonald's used to have. Oddly enough, I got some food at burger king the other day for the first time in forever, and they had an apple pie that looked and tasted just the way the old McDonald's ones did! Even the envelope it came in was the same!

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JungleBoyJeremy@reddit

If you’re ever in Hawaii they still fry the pies!

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HandsomeAcid@reddit

Oh how I long for the days of my lemon fake food pies. My Hostess outlet was a mile from my house. Two buck and I was swimming in all the good stuff.

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IMTrick@reddit

We had one of those outlets down the road when I was a kid (maybe the same one, if it was located near a Van's store)... Visits there were a highlight of my childhood, and probably why I'll die before my time, and not regret it.

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