When I was a little girl, I spent a lot of time at my grandma’s house. My parents divorced when I was three and my dad lived with my grandma for many years. When I visited him two days a week and almost every weekend, I was visiting my grandma, too. She was an amazing woman: kind, tolerant, funny and strong. She spent much of her time cooking delicious meals for our large, extended family, who always seemed to congregate at her house. When she wasn’t in the kitchen, she was caring for my cousin who suffered from Muscular Dystrophy.
She was, and still is, the first person who comes to my mind when I think of generosity. Unless you were trying to eat her HoHos®. In her breadbox, my grandma kept a small stash of cookies, Twinkies®, HoHos®, and King Don’s® (that’s what Ding Dongs® were called in my part of the country…many, many years ago) (yes, I’m old). My cousins and I had to be really good if we wanted to get something out of the breadbox. Either that, or really sneaky.
Fast forward 30 years (see that? I really am old), and now I’m the one buying Hostess® products. The latest favorite, in our house, are the New Frosted Devil’s Food Donettes®. When we need a quick and easy breakfast, the moist, devil’s food cake and chocolaty coating go perfectly with some fresh fruit and yogurt, and we always take Donettes® with us when our family goes camping. The last thing I want to do after crawling out of a tent is to make breakfast on a campstove. Have you ever tried to wash cooked-on eggs out of a pan at a campsite? Yeah.
Hostess® has been around since 1930, since before my parents were born. They grew up with Hostess® products; I grew up with them, and now my kids are enjoying them, too. I think my grandma, in particular, would have loved the New Chocolate Crème Twinkies®! Though I have no doubt my 10 year old self would have tried extra-hard to sneak one. I know this because my daughter loves them. She takes after her mother like that.
Now BlogHer wants to know your favorite Hostess® memory and by sharing you can be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card!
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Ashley H.
I used to love eating a hostess cupcake when I got home from school. We were only allowed 3 a week though :).
Zak
ZINGERS! My sisters and I loved Zingers and my grandma always kept them in her pantry for us. We would eat one box in one sitting (GROSS, I know).
And now I want a Zinger.
Jenny
When I was young, and in swimming lessons, my mom would always buy us something from the vending machines when we were done, because we were famished. My all time favorite treat was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pudding Pie. Kind of like the apple or cherry or lemon ones, but it had green vanilla pudding in it. I wish they made something similar to that now. They were so good!
Jenny
I tweeted it!
https://twitter.com/#!/ricks_jenny
Mami2jcn
I remember my brother always getting Twinkies in his lunchbox but I never did (he was skinny, me not so much). It’s the memory of wanting those Twinkies so badly that tortured me as a child. LOL.
Mami2jcn
tweet–https://twitter.com/#!/mami2jcn/status/175295163562856450
Elena
I always had a Hostess treat in my lunchbox.
Elena
https://twitter.com/#!/ElenaIstomina/status/175298179770757120
MFA Mama
I…was the child of the local hippie herbalist midwife. I was not allowed to eat Hostess products. There was shame in even asking. Didn’t I know what horrible things were in that stuff? Did I want to die young of heart disease? HAVE SOME CAROB CHIPS AND BE QUIET. When I was about four, though, I went on a playdate to a friend’s house, and lunch? Consisted of THE NECTAR OF THE GODS. Spaghetti-os! Capri Sun! And for dessert, we each got one of those ubiquitous Hostess filled cupcakes, with the curlicue of white icing across the top. Oh, man. I reverently lifted a little of that icing up with my fingernail and placed it on my tongue. SUGARRRRRR!!! I remember that cupcake as one of the single most delicious things I have ever eaten, even if I haven’t had one since. Now I’m that jerkhole crunchy granola mom who doesn’t let her kids eat Hostess products, but I do bake similar versions at home with healthier ingredients, and my kids don’t seem to mind. Still, that cupcake was the BOMB.
Anita
Hostess Cupcakes were always my favorite. I loved to break them in half and eat the cream filling out of the middle and then the icing off the top. Yum!
Lisa @ Oh Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy
When I was little my mom bought me the cinnamon rolls and perfected the time required to warm one up in the microwave…without MELTING the icing. Everytime I pass the rack of them in the store I think of her. For my own kids I LOVE donettes for a tasty weekend treat. They are perfect for us on a Sunday morning (in the car on the way to church) to save time!
Aubrey
I always loved them as an after school snack as a child.
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courtney b
used to always love hostess twinkies. would take them to school everyday!
courtney b
tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/MeandBells/status/175305917196283904
marci h
I remember sharing ho-ho’s with my best friend Mary at lunchtime–i would always bring extra for her and now my kids share them with their school buddies. 🙂
Judy S
loved twinkies as a kid but we rarely got them since we didn not have much extra money.
Judy S
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https://twitter.com/#!/pookiecat123/status/175325266363691008
Ashley K
My mother used to take us the hostess store on saturdays and every so often she’d let us pick a box of our favorites. As a kid, nothing was better than that 🙂
Julia @ 1001tealcranes
I don’t get my afinity for snowballs. Really. It’s probably the coconut and definitely not the bring pink color. But I love them. Oh. and twinkies. It’s the cream filling.
meleah rebeccah
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/meleahrebeccah/status/175339232347439105
Stephanie J
I ate Twinkies everyday in high school at lucnh
Stephanie J
https://twitter.com/#!/akronugurl/status/175348545577156609
laura
i can thank Hostess for my freshman 20. Love em !!!
slbowling
Growing up, Twinkies were always my favorite. Then when I was in college and met my husband he introduced me to Ding Dongs. Put them in the fridge and eat them cold. They are delicious this way.
Ashley S.
My mom used to let us have hostess snacks after school if we were really good
Ashley S.
Tweeted about it https://twitter.com/#!/smash906/status/175391538929606656
Stacey B
A great memory I have of Hostess is the fact that growing up we almost always had some type of hostess snacks. Usually twinkies, chocolate cupcakes or zingers
Solducky
My dad would always pick up a box of hostess snacks at the store each week so we could have one with our lunch. It was his special thing for us!
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Ally
I’m torn between the Suzy Q’s I used to buy at the school vending machine, licking the frosting out of the middle. Or the Ho-Ho’s I would meticulously eat all the chocolate coating off of, before carefully unrolling it and licking out the frosting. Apparently, I had a thing for licking out the frosting!
Headless Mom
Twinkies were the only thing that my grandfather liked to eat when he was very sick at the end of his life. I’ll never look at one without thinking of him, ever.
Melissa T
I remember getting Hostess Cupcakes as a treat on Friday nights to celebrate the weekend.
Melissa T
https://twitter.com/#!/MidnightOrchid/status/175467947727388672
tracey
Oh my God,Ho Ho’s. I haven’t had them in years and now I’m craving them. THANKS A LOT!
Kelly D
I remember sharing Twinkies with my best friend when we were little.
Kelly D
tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/kellydsaver/status/175598768996102144
Kristina Schafer
I have hypoglycemia, and it was much worse when I was younger. I passed out 3 times in middle school and ended up in an ambulance directly from school to the ER two of those times. Mostly it was because I forgot to eat. As a result my Mom was desperate to get me to eat breakfast. She (and I) figured out the best solution for each morning was some fruit and several Donettes®. She was happy I ate something, I was thrilled that it was powdery, sugary goodness, and we were both pleased when I stopped requiring emergency transportation from school.
Joni
My story is similar, if not the same. Although, instead of being good and rewarded with the Hostess cake, I was the sneaky one and just grabbed the stash (I am old too, but I was stealthy in my younger days!!). Hostess has been a part of my life since I can remember, and don’t think I will ever give them up!!!
jennifer horn
Loved eating Twinkies with my brother and sister.
jennifer horn
https://twitter.com/#!/jen_r_horn/status/175634965009141760
Leslie W
Acck! I didn’t even know they were coming out with chocolate creme twinkies. Guess I’ve been living under a rock haha. I love the tiger tails and used to get them when I was a kid 🙂 I haven’t had a twinkie in years but this post has inspired me to go out and get some and make a twinkie dessert, hmmm now to just decide which recipe to make 🙂
Leslie W
https://twitter.com/#!/mosquints/status/175644414188851200
Susan Stahley
One of my favorite memories was walking to the store with one of my brothers or sisters and buying a whole box of Twinkies with my mom’s money. We would then walk home and share them with everyone.
Susan Stahley
I tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/rsmstahley/status/175644574931369984
tara pittman
eating the cream filling out of Twinkies
Amanda Sakovitz
my favorite memory was eating Hostess cupcakes with my brother. we both would break them in half and eat the cream out of the middle first. Definitely the best part!
Amanda Sakovitz
https://twitter.com/#!/aes529/status/175666722781659136
shannon
Twinkies means Grandma to me, they’re inseparable. I miss her.
Amy Tong
I remember I always enjoyed a Hostess Ho Hos after school with brothers. We would enjoy this yummy snack together, share (or fight over) toys and always have fun after school. I’m so glad to have this same memory shared with my brothers. That is my favorite Hostess snack cake memory!
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Amy Tong
I tweeted about this giveaway:
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midlifenatalie
Is it wrong that my favorite Hostess memory is from when I was an adult??
When I first started teaching school way back in 1992, I was the only Kindergarten teacher in a K-12 country school. My husband taught all the high school science classes at the same school. On the way home we would stop at a little convenience store in the middle of nowhere for a snack. I always bought Chocolate Zingers or Powdered Sugar Donuts. Always. The sweet little man at the counter would ask me the same question every day. “Did you learn something today, or do you have to go back tomorrow?” Every time I eat Zingers or those yummy donuts I think about that little man and how much I’ve learned since then!
True Story!
cw
I remember the stash of frozen ding dongs in our basement freezer. I loved eating them frozen!!
Jennifer Marie
We only got Hostess treats on a special occassion-I was always so happy when we did!
Jennifer Marie
tweet!
https://twitter.com/#!/JenniferCNP/status/176043281338220545
Eloquence
I remember the first time I was ever allowed to eat them when I was 10. Delicious!
AlisonH
I grew up with an Adelle-Davis-health-food-loving mom (MFA Mom up there: carob brownies–yes!) and only ever saw Hostess cakes in my friends’ lunches.
Till one day at about 12 when I was at a grocery store with my Dad and right there in front of us, right below eye level on top of display, was a box of Twinkies. On sale. Mom wasn’t there. Dad winked at me and put them in the cart. I could NOT believe my eyes! I was SO excited!
I later ate quite a few of their fruit pies from the vending machines in my college dorm the days that I missed dinner in the cafeteria.
burghbaby
My favorite Hostess memory is a recent one. It’s the day I introduced my daughter to HoHos and promptly discovered she’s not the biggest fan. MORE FOR ME! HUZZAH!
Kelly Massman
I remember eating yummy regular twinkies when I was young–it was a rare treat back then… thanks for a chance to win!
And, have a GREAT day!
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Johannah B
My favorite memory would be finding a hostess cake in my lunch. Usually that would never be the case ~~ but when it was…. it was heaven.
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Johannah B
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Kimberly P.
My favorite memory is coming in from the snow after a long walk home from school in Michigan snow, and my mom serving up a hot mug of hot chocolate with a Twinkie. I would eat the top off, lick the cream out and then dip the bottom in my mug to soak up the last inch or so of chocolate! Just writing this is making me crave a brief trip back in time!
Rebecca Shockley
I remember always begging my parents for Hostess Cupcakes in the grocery store, what a treat they were! Field trip’s were a guaranteed hostess in the lunch brought from home!
Rebecca Shockley
Tweet
https://twitter.com/#!/mngirlinssp/status/176493327951216640
anash
when traveling i always enjoyed the hostess cupcakes sold in gas stations! Thanks for a super giveaway!
anash
Tweeted:
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Marcie
I love twinkies! Brings back wonderful brought from home lunch memories.
Rachael
Oh my God, the snowballs… shoving a whole one in your mouth. What could be better?!
Jessie C.
I remember me and my sisters were allowed to have as many Hostess cupcakes for birthdays. Happiest days ever!
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Jessie C.
https://twitter.com/#!/tcarolinep/status/176898326137028608
Sunshyn V
I remember how carefully (and messily) I used to pull apart Hostess Cupcakes before eating them, component by yummy component.
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Sunshyn V
I tweeted this
https://twitter.com/#!/The_Sunshyn/status/177230378090774529
June L
My grandpa used to share Hostess snacks with me. My favorite was the Cherry Pies.
June L
My tweet :0) https://twitter.com/#!/Battle_Cry87/status/177254299271823360
beth
I fondly remember using my milk money at school to buy HoHos!
Leslee
My favorite involves my grandparents, too. When I would visit them in the summer, Grandpa and I went to the Hostess Thrift Store and it was treat cake heaven.
Leslee
Tweeted, TY
https://twitter.com/#!/Justice_SD/status/177447719760166912
Susan Smith
My Mom would always pack a Twinkie into my school box for lunch and some of my classmates wanted to trade but I always kept my Twinkie.
Susan Smith
https://twitter.com/#!/susan1215/status/177566993153658880
NeverSayDi
My all time fav is the “old school” cupcake- you know the chocolate one with the white squiggle on top… Oh how sweet they look and taste! Adore ’em!
Dee
My favorite Hostess memory was winning an important soccer game and all the parents had brought snacks afterward to celebrate — fruit, lemonade and hostess cupcakes! Yum! 🙂
Dee
tweeted! http://twitter.com/#!/DeeGee13/status/177645785737998337
Jill H
I remember my Mom froze Hostess Cupcakes to keep them fresh longer and I ate it straight out of the freezer and I’ve been eating them that way ever since! Love it!
Judy.B.
My friends and I would always pick up a box of twinkies to get us started when driving down to the Keys.
Judy.B.
Tweet:
https://twitter.com/#!/BBirdie2/status/177682807739518976
sandra
twinkies in my lunch bag were a real treat
Jessica
When I was a kid my mom used to buy ding-dongs from the outlet store. And she thought she was sneaky and she would “hide” the big box of ding-dongs in the freezer. But my brothers and I of course knew about the hidden treats and can I tell you how delicious a frozen ding-dong is? Ding-dong. What a great name. And what great memories! As a mom what I love about Hostess products is that the serving size is not enormous and so when my kids have a treat it isn’t some enormous, terrifyingly full of calories sort of thing.
Julie Smetzer
My first cupcake was a dream come true. Chocolate of course. First: stripped the frosting off the top, with each bite savored its generous thickness (no cheap topping from Hostess!!). Then dug out the vanilla cream filling with the tip of my tongue. Oh. Yeah. And the cake part? Left in a crumbed heap on my plate. Heck, I’d eaten all the good parts already.
Jessica
I remember the awesome feeling in elementary school when I could eat a Twinkie as a dessert!
Jessica F
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/jfong123/status/178031689275154432
Amanda
In college, my best stoner friend and I used to pack hohos in our back packs and go for hikes in the woods.
Devona Fryer
https://twitter.com/#!/praisetruth/status/178250659789930497
Devona Fryer
I remember eating Twinkies when I was a kid. It was the most coveted snack in our house. When my brothers and sisters and I would get a Twinkie as a kid, we just beamed from ear to ear. They tasted so good when I was a kid. They just melted in your mouth. It was heavenly goodness!
Chrissy R.
When I was little we would visit my grandparents in Floriday and we were allowed to eat HoHos for breakfast. I still smile every time I think of those memories…and then I buy HoHos!
Chrissy R.
Tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/krisgan07/status/178282713533526016
Natalie J Vandenberghe
My favorite Hostess memory is seeing my kids delight when their grandfather would bring them Donettes (which he did every time he came to visit). My husband is a big fan of Twinkies 😉
Thanks for the giveaway.
Natalie J Vandenberghe
Tweet! https://twitter.com/#!/lexiquin/status/178326455728619522
Jamie
My mom used to pack the old school chocolate cupcakes in my lunch waaaaay back in the 1970s. 😉
Debra F
I remember if my brother and I got good report cards as kids, my mom would let us pick out a special treat at the supermarket, and I would always pick a box of Twinkies.
Janice Cooper
One of my favorite memories is my mom putting hostess Suzy Q’s or twinkies in my lunch box every day. Another favorite memory was going to the Hostess bakery and getting whatever we wanted every so often.
Janice Cooper
Tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/disneyfan40/status/178894000504315904
anna pry
i remember getting hostess snacks in my lunchbox as a kid
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Stephanie - DIY&Craft Giveaway Blog
i remember getting surprise twinkies in my lunchbox frmo my mom!
Stephanie - DIY&Craft Giveaway Blog
https://twitter.com/#!/DesMoinesDealin/status/178946168661872641
Kathryn C.
When I saw this giveaway and the fact that it was Hostess, I knew I have the perfect memory. My mother had been out shopping and our favorite snacks were twinkies and zingers. Well, my brother took the package of twinkies behind my mom’s back and took them to his room. He sat in his room and ate the whole box. He was so sick that night. My parents wondered why he was so sick. The next day my mom found the empty box with wrappers in his room. Needless to say he didn’t receive any punishment for it. Guess they decided that him being sick was punishment enough. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Kathryn C.
Tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/katbirdfl/status/179033590598877184
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Michelle
I remember always having the chocolate cupcakes for lunch during field trips.
Rondah
My grandma and I used to eat the snowball cakes together.
Rondah
https://twitter.com/#!/rjs682/status/179448376385998849
TWEET
Tina M
I remember eating twinkies with my brother after school
Tina M
https://twitter.com/#!/HappyTina0115/status/179623870381293568
meredith
i loooove ding dongs! I dont buy them usually b/c i dont want to ruin my diet – so they are only for special exceptions – like traveling.
meredith
https://twitter.com/#!/mermont84/status/179714093467443200
Erika
I remember biting open the cupcakes to get to the filling inside!
Debbie Bellows
i remember my mom putting hostess cupcakes in my school lunch.
Debbie Bellows
here is my tweet entry: https://twitter.com/#!/bellows22/status/180075318894272512
Mindy S
When I was pregnant with my first child, I craved Ding Dongs. I would stash half the box in my dresser drawer to hide just for me.
Ryana
I used to take my lunch money and buy Ho ho’s for lunch at shcool
Ryana
https://twitter.com/#!/ryanac32/status/180459247610499072
Tanya
My favorite memory is eating twinkies at the park
Tanya
I have tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/tmc480/status/180728965072289793
Erica Best
when i was little and my mom use to pack a hostess cupcake on friday as treat.
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Erica Best
https://twitter.com/#!/purplelover04/status/180889459582189569
Leann Lindeman
My favorite as a child was the chocolate cupcake.. I didn’t get them often, so it was a real treat!
Lynne
My absolute favorites are the Suzy Qs. My mom would buy some about once a month, and pack them in my lunch. To this day, about once a year, I purchase a Suzy Q and eat it with great glee. They taste so rich to me now that I can’t eat them very often….but I still get that hankering every once in awhile. And it has been so fun to read all the other comments of other people’s memories!
Cindy Merrill
I can’t wait to try the chocolate creme twinkies- Yummy! I’ll look for them next time i go shopping.
Cindy Merrill
I tweeted:
https://twitter.com/#!/foodhistorian/status/182029171940270080/embed
Lisa
I remember my first “bestie” and I knew that her Mom kept Hostess Ding Dongs in their downstairs freezer!
I can still envision us opening the coffin like freezer to the glowing silver wrapped Ding Dongs!
I can close my eyes and imagine the taste and smell of those frozen Ding Dong’s. think sneeking them made them taste better too!
Melanie
My favorite as a kid was the chocolate cupcake – I would split it with my best friend at lunch!
Kathy McCrae
tweeted – https://twitter.com/#!/KatM21/status/182344187314831361
Kathy McCrae
My favorite Hostess memory is seeing the Hostess display in the grocery store. I always remember having a hard time deciding between Hostess Apple Pie or Suzy Q’s. Now that I’m adult-like I grab them all, especially in love with Zingers and seasonal Hostess Cupcake colors/flavors.
Mindy S
I remember my brother and I sneaking into the snack cupboard and eating Twinkies when we weren’t supposed to. Now my children do the same thing!
We have tried both of the new Hostess chocolate products and they are great.
Mindy S
Tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/Mindyvol/status/182473669275156480
Emily @ Peck Life
Growing up, anytime I would go run errands with my dad, we would stop at the mini mart for snowballs’s and a country time lemonade. My favorite! 🙂
FELICIA M.
I remember my grade school days peeking in my lunchbox after I got on the bus on my way to school and eating my twinkie or chocolate hotess cupcake before I got tosay school…lol my little sweet secret mom:)
Amy @ A Little Nosh
We used to have a snack drawer full of Hostess products when I was growing up. Oh how I loved that drawer…
Karina Lee
i always remember my mom putting a hostess cupcake in my lunch
Karina Lee
tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/karinaroselee/status/183167555622539265
Sharyn
Although my mom was also one of the granola hippie crowd, my stepmonster not so much…so at dad’s house we had Twinkies and the powdered donettes…perfect for dunking in coffee btw…a treat I enjoyed throughout late night college classes! Wow, haven’t thought of that in decades…thanks for the memories!
Peggy T
Every Easter I make “bunny racers” using twinkies for the body of a race care. I gut a little seat out of near the front and put a Peeps bunny driver in the seat with a life savor (the big ones) steering wheel. I use colored vanilla wafers for the wheels and pipe a frosting number on the “hood” of the racer. I have pictures but I didn’t know how to get it on here. Go to My Chef Mom on face book I have one on there. I love Hostess except EWWWW I do NOT like those Snowballs.
Jammie
My father in law would always hid a box of hostesses in his truck so when I had a sweet tooth he had some snacks on hand. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
Jammie
tweeted https://twitter.com/#!/mommysdizzy/status/183631714499821568
sy
A coworker brought in 7 pounds of twinkies for his 7 year work anniversary, I snakced on so many of them and got a lot of work done that day. Thanks for the giveaway.
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sy
tweet: https://twitter.com/#!/syytta/status/183810290826215424
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jiliankm
It is the Ding Dong. I had a friend in grade school that had a Ding Dong in her lunch every day. I was so envious of the wonderful little silver disk. Every once in a while she would share her delicious little chocolate cake. She would cut it into four pieces and i would savor my portion. Now that I am an adult and can choose what goes in my lunch. So whenever I am in need of just a little comfort to take me back to those simple grade school days I throw in a Ding Dong.
Gina M Maddox
My mom used to pack them in my school lunches from time to time, and they always made me smile when I opened my lunch and spotted one. 🙂
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Gina M Maddox
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kathy hanson
I just remember being about 4 and going into the grocery store with my mom. She said I could pick out one treat, and for me it was a Suzy Q! Yum!
Dana Esker
My mom use to put twinkies in our school lunch box as a treat a couple times a week, they’re my all time favorite Hostess snack
Dana Esker
https://twitter.com/#!/esker3/status/184411352637521921
Amanda Jasinski
I remember being so unbelievably excited to discover a Hostess outlet when I was living in Delaware. Out on the East Coast, it’s another pastry brand that is really big, but I missed my fix!
Amanda Jasinski
tweet! https://twitter.com/#!/mssluna02/status/184647807318237185
Kerry
I always loved eating the Donettes as a study snack in college!
Kerry
tweeted: https://twitter.com/#!/KerryBishop/status/184821721541509120
angie lilly
mmmmm I love love love their Banana Walnut Mini Muffins! When I used to work, I would have a baggy of them with a cold OJ for breakfast nearly every morning. I miss that tradition, but not the working. LOL! Thanks for the chance to win!!!
angie lilly
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/#!/MsTofuFairy/status/185020591793913856
Denise L
Seems like we always had Hostess apple pies around the house when I was a kid – my favorite after school snack 🙂
Denise L
Tweeted!
https://twitter.com/#!/dmarie824/status/185060889060319232
Maria Cantu
I like most Hostess snacks and I would get to choose a different one each week we’d go to the grocery store.
Deanna G.
I remember in the summer when my dad would take us to the beach, he’d get us the little cup cakes as a treat! They were so yummy.
Deanna G.
Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/#!/calidreamin87/status/185240068921892865
ANGEL JACKLYN
I remember stashing Twinkies growing up like they were gold. My clothes closet & locker were full of them. Some kids were into pogs… I was into twinkies!
ANGEL JACKLYN
2nd entry tweet https://twitter.com/#!/kytah00/status/185512991062622208
Carmen
My mother’s dad (my grandpa) lived with us for years. He take walks to the local mall, rest, do a little shopping buying wonderful things like HoHos and then walk home. Mom wasn’t too happy about the snacks, but we thought it was great!
LAMusing
We rarely had sweets at home when I was a kid, but once day in school a friend gave me half her Twinkie – wow I was in heaven!
LAMusing
https://twitter.com/#!/LAMusing/status/185607730034245632
Norma
I was an adult when I had my first Hostess treat. It was a HoHo!
Lee
My favorite first and continuing memory of a Hostess® snack cake is the velvety sponge cake Twinkie and biting into the cream filling. Ummm.
Lee
tweet
https://twitter.com/leedhowell/status/185752416673730560
Sarah L
I remember always eating my Twinkie by first biting off each end and then eating the middle.
Thanks for the contest.
Sarah L
Blogged:
http://slehan.blogspot.com/2012/03/win-100-visa-from-hostess-blogher.html
Anne K
Hostess cupcakes were always my favorites! My dad and I would get them every weekend!
Christina
I remember in my childhood when my mom gave me the Twinkies® after school I was so happy and I enjoyed the super soft cake that afternoon, this is my favorite memory of a Hostess® snack cake and I give my children the same Twinkies® after school, they are so happy to have them too. It is nothing better than you see your loved ones are so happy.
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Christina
I tweeted about this Giveaway: https://twitter.com/#!/ctong2/status/185977997000581120
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Frelle
My dad worked for interstate brands when I was a child, so he was a delivery man for bread and Hostess products!!!! A few days a week, he would bring home a treat for me, and he knew my favorite was Suzy Qs. Zingers were a close second 🙂 My children know the joy of Hostess, too!
ACMommy3
A favorite memory I have was going grocery shopping with my mom as a child and we’d always buy a package of hostess treats to enjoy on the way home! Usually the Cupcakes or Hoho’s. Yummmmm. Simple but so fun! 🙂
Betty C
My favorite memory is sharing Hostess cupcakes with my dad. We tried to make them last as long as possible but we didn’t have much resistance to all that yummy goodness.
ewhatley
It started with hostess treats in my lunchbox for school and for the rest of my life, I’ve never been able to resist those little chocolate donuts. Thanks a lot, Mom!
Mari
My fondest memory is receiving twinkles and donettes as treats when I visited my grandparents.
Betty C
Tweet – https://twitter.com/#!/willitara/status/186207990095937538
Eugenie
My earliest fave memory is getting home and dunking chocolate Hostess Donettes in milk.
Eugenie
tweeted
https://twitter.com/#!/wizardewu/status/186231869694676992
Ashley Tucker
I remember the dingdongs were rare but an awesome treat as a kid
Ashley Tucker
https://twitter.com/#!/ajoy1332/status/186246830865137665