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NFT: Drake’s vs. Hostess

bwitz : 7/21/2021 11:38 pm
Who’s got the better sweets?

Drake’s all day, everyday for me. Devil Dogs are the shit.
Neither are that good  
xman : 7/21/2021 11:47 pm : link
they'll do but I'd rather something just as sweet but with better ingredients.
Drakes is by far the best but Hostess is at least still good  
steve in ky : 7/21/2021 11:48 pm : link
When I moved to Kentucky all the stores carried Little Debbie’s and it’s garbage.
RE: Neither are that good  
bwitz : 7/21/2021 11:59 pm : link
In comment 15309963 xman said:
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they'll do but I'd rather something just as sweet but with better ingredients.


So, a fresh whoopie pie is more your cup of sweetened lard?
RE: Neither are that good  
steve in ky : 7/22/2021 12:05 am : link
In comment 15309963 xman said:
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they'll do but I'd rather something just as sweet but with better ingredients.


I don’t eat that kind of junk anymore and agree homemade is better overall, but if you are going to compare them then Drakes wins.
Hostess was the bomb  
uconngiant : 7/22/2021 12:30 am : link
they changed and are not the same as they once were.

They are both ok, but local brands are better
If you're 14, they're both great  
Bill in UT : 7/22/2021 12:39 am : link
If you're an adult, they suck
Whichever made Funny Bones, my 15yo stoned-self votes for you!  
sb from NYT Forum : 7/22/2021 1:34 am : link

No love for Entenmann's?  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/22/2021 6:51 am : link
Their crumb cake is amazing!

:thumbsup:
I miss Entenmann's Blackout cake  
KevinBBWC : 7/22/2021 7:03 am : link
Also the Cheesecake.

Hostess is just not the same anymore.
RE: If you're 14, they're both great  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/22/2021 7:20 am : link
In comment 15309970 Bill in UT said:
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If you're an adult, they suck


That made me laugh. It's so true! I had a Hostess filled pie a couple of months ago and I actually said "How did I like this shit years ago?"
Drake's coffee cake still works.  
NYGgolfer : 7/22/2021 9:16 am : link
The rest of the items would probably turn my stomach.
If I didn't blow-up like a balloon...  
BamaBlue : 7/22/2021 9:26 am : link
I could do some damage to Yodels, Ring Dings, Ding Dongs and Hostess Apple Pies. But, I live in the real world and eat Kale and Broccoli.
RE: RE: If you're 14, they're both great  
steve in ky : 7/22/2021 9:40 am : link
In comment 15309984 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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In comment 15309970 Bill in UT said:


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If you're an adult, they suck



That made me laugh. It's so true! I had a Hostess filled pie a couple of months ago and I actually said "How did I like this shit years ago?"


Ha ha, I can only imagine! I can’t even remember the last time I had one.

I don’t eat much of anything like that anymore. I had a bite of one of my kids a peanut butter cups awhile back and it was unbearably sweet. Either they changed it or I changed
Yodels and Ring Dings over  
Section331 : 7/22/2021 9:41 am : link
Ho Ho's and whatever other shit Hostess throws out there. No contest.
Hostess  
Big Al : 7/22/2021 9:44 am : link
Pink snoballs
RE: Yodels and Ring Dings over  
Mike in NY : 7/22/2021 9:44 am : link
In comment 15310044 Section331 said:
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Ho Ho's and whatever other shit Hostess throws out there. No contest.


Definitely. Loved Yodels and Ring Dings when I was younger. That being said, the Hostess fruit pies were a great sugar high.
Didn’t hostess go out of business  
bhill410 : 7/22/2021 9:57 am : link
A couple years ago? I thought I remember a story where the Union and corporate had a new CBA deal that was nixed by the “chefs” Union so it went bankrupt. I probably only recall that because the thought of hostess having chefs made me laugh pretty hard.
If you grew up in central nj  
oghwga : 7/22/2021 10:19 am : link
In the 70's the high point of your school trip life was a trip to continental bakers in East Brunswick.
It was the factory where they made wonder bread, Twinkies, chocodiles and the like. In fourth grade it was like being taken to Wonkaland.

Endless conveyers zipping by with thousands of Twinkies ready to be wrapped, conveyers overhead with loaf after loaf of freshly baked wonder bread, chugging along the cooling track like a little train set of fresh yeasty deliciousness. The aroma was to die for, the sad sight of Twinkies that had fallen from their high speed journey, slumped on the floor, wasted! To pick them up and eat them was forbidden! We were standing right next to them and couldn't touch them! It was a treat for all the senses.
A goody bag at the end was the bonus we all waited for, a bag filled with fresh bread and sweet cakes, consumed on the bus ride home.

Better than any trip to the Statue of Liberty or the Museum of Natural History, that place rocked.

Devil dogs are still the best though.

Little Debbie is terrifying. The ingredients list make hostess look like french pastry.
RE: Drakes is by far the best but Hostess is at least still good  
Big Al : 7/22/2021 10:23 am : link
In comment 15309964 steve in ky said:
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When I moved to Kentucky all the stores carried Little Debbie’s and it’s garbage.
How can anyone eat that crap!
The first..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/22/2021 10:28 am : link
real job I had was as an analyst for marketing/advertising spend and return. We'd work with companies on their campaigns and provide the metrics on how they were doing by a variety of breakdowns (region, age, sex, etc)

One of my accounts was Little Debbie(McKee Foods) and I visited their facility in Tennessee frequently and they would always give me a bag filled with treats and coupons when I'd leave. The first time, I tore into a few of the treats. Every other visit, I'd put the contents of the bag in the common area of our office to let everyone else have their fill. I didn't like any of their items. Even their swiss cake rolls sucked.
LOL..  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/22/2021 10:31 am : link
I just googled Drake's and saw that they are now part of McKee Foods!

It was well after my time of seeing them since that was back in the mid-90's, but Drake's was bought by them in 2012.
RE: Didn’t hostess go out of business  
FatMan in Charlotte : 7/22/2021 10:34 am : link
In comment 15310060 bhill410 said:
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A couple years ago? I thought I remember a story where the Union and corporate had a new CBA deal that was nixed by the “chefs” Union so it went bankrupt. I probably only recall that because the thought of hostess having chefs made me laugh pretty hard.


I just read where Hostess was liquidated in 2012. From 1998 to 2012, Hostess owned Drake. It's one big, incestuous junk food circle
I like the Drake coffee cake but I could crush an entire box of 8  
The_Boss : 7/22/2021 11:42 am : link
Hostess chocolate cupcakes in one sitting if the mood is right..
RE: No love for Entenmann's?  
bwitz : 7/22/2021 11:49 am : link
In comment 15309978 Grey Pilgrim said:
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Their crumb cake is amazing!

:thumbsup:


You’re 100% right! Bad form by me. Their coffee cheese cake is friggin amazing.
Drake’s for me  
Eman11 : 7/22/2021 11:49 am : link
Add me to the not eating that stuff anymore list but back in the day, yodels and devil dogs were tops for me.

No love here for Tastycakes?

I used to love their Chocolate Juniors and chocolate cupcakes in the three packs.
RE: RE: Didn’t hostess go out of business  
bwitz : 7/22/2021 11:58 am : link
In comment 15310103 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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In comment 15310060 bhill410 said:


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A couple years ago? I thought I remember a story where the Union and corporate had a new CBA deal that was nixed by the “chefs” Union so it went bankrupt. I probably only recall that because the thought of hostess having chefs made me laugh pretty hard.



I just read where Hostess was liquidated in 2012. From 1998 to 2012, Hostess owned Drake. It's one big, incestuous junk food circle


Haha! Wow. That is interesting. Strange that you can’t find Drake’s out west. I grew up on the east coast and you could find them everywhere. But, if you go to a Kroger or a Vons, they’re no where to be found.
RE: If you grew up in central nj  
TDMaker85 : 7/22/2021 2:05 pm : link
Great post!

In comment 15310079 oghwga said:
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In the 70's the high point of your school trip life was a trip to continental bakers in East Brunswick.
It was the factory where they made wonder bread, Twinkies, chocodiles and the like. In fourth grade it was like being taken to Wonkaland.

Endless conveyers zipping by with thousands of Twinkies ready to be wrapped, conveyers overhead with loaf after loaf of freshly baked wonder bread, chugging along the cooling track like a little train set of fresh yeasty deliciousness. The aroma was to die for, the sad sight of Twinkies that had fallen from their high speed journey, slumped on the floor, wasted! To pick them up and eat them was forbidden! We were standing right next to them and couldn't touch them! It was a treat for all the senses.
A goody bag at the end was the bonus we all waited for, a bag filled with fresh bread and sweet cakes, consumed on the bus ride home.

Better than any trip to the Statue of Liberty or the Museum of Natural History, that place rocked.

Devil dogs are still the best though.

Little Debbie is terrifying. The ingredients list make hostess look like french pastry.
Tastykakes used to be good as well, I put it just behind Drakes  
steve in ky : 7/22/2021 2:35 pm : link
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Drakes by a country mile.  
Russ in Queens, NYC : 7/22/2021 4:26 pm : link
While we're on the subject of baked goods, do any of you remember the Silver Cup industrial bakery on the Queens end of the Queensboro Bridge? The aroma when they were baking bread, oh my God...
Tastykake Krimpets  
US1 Giants : 7/22/2021 4:33 pm : link
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Drakes for me..  
rnargi : 7/22/2021 5:15 pm : link
But since I've been in the south I have to admit, Tastykakes are pretty good
RE: The first..  
Section331 : 7/22/2021 6:25 pm : link
In comment 15310093 FatMan in Charlotte said:
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real job I had was as an analyst for marketing/advertising spend and return. We'd work with companies on their campaigns and provide the metrics on how they were doing by a variety of breakdowns (region, age, sex, etc)

One of my accounts was Little Debbie(McKee Foods) and I visited their facility in Tennessee frequently and they would always give me a bag filled with treats and coupons when I'd leave. The first time, I tore into a few of the treats. Every other visit, I'd put the contents of the bag in the common area of our office to let everyone else have their fill. I didn't like any of their items. Even their swiss cake rolls sucked.


I used to do a lot of biz travel in the south, and about the only sweet snacks you could get were Little Debbie’s. Most were utter garbage, but I remember the peanut butter bars being somewhat edible.
This is one of those comparisons where the only good answer is  
Ira : 7/22/2021 6:35 pm : link
neither.
RE: Hostess  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/22/2021 6:59 pm : link
In comment 15310046 Big Al said:
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Pink snoballs


These are actually pretty good!
Yodels and Ring Dings  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/22/2021 7:10 pm : link
Yes, Please!

Also, not sure who makes them, but Whoopie pies and Moon pies are pretty greata!

do they still make  
cactus : 7/23/2021 10:36 am : link
the table talk chocolate eclair pie?
that thing blows all this stuff to smithereens
Spinoff Post...  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/23/2021 2:40 pm : link
When I was in Paris I ordered a Pistachio Eclair. It was so good that my head basically exploded after I eat it.

LOL
ate that is...  
Grey Pilgrim : 7/23/2021 2:41 pm : link
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