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Old 11-30-2012, 07:02 PM
 
Location: Memphis
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Everything in moderation and a good amount of exercise, you don't have those problems. The notion that eating a Twinkie once in a while would be fatal is rather silly.

It is like the foodies who attack fast food as empty calories and then devour a pound and a half of BBQ at their favorite rib joint.
Your comment is funny but so very true. My mom has a friend who has always been Obese. A very heavy woman in Mississippi. She probably weighed around 450 lbs. She could barely walk and she was a fairly younger lady. However, she was always going on diets and my sister once remarked after living with her a week that she would buy diet soda and down it with half a cow the woman ate so much. So we would always note her hypocrisy.
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Old 11-30-2012, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Memphis
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I feel embarrassed. I am 34 and have never been into an actual bakery in my life. We didn't have those where I lived.
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Old 11-30-2012, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Old Mother Idaho
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My brother is going through withdrawal. He loves Hostess Sno-Balls. While I always thought they were nasty, our dad also loved them, and we got them all the time in sack lunches because mom loved to please dad.
I liked a cupcake once in a while, but I never indulged very much.
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Old 11-30-2012, 09:11 PM
 
Location: in my mind
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I would get a craving about 2-3 times per year for either a Hostess Cherry Pie or Ding-Dongs.

I usually realized after eating the Cherry Pie that it was gross, though.
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Old 12-01-2012, 09:07 AM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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Yep. Or the people in the other thread who talk about getting food out of dumpsters.
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Old 12-01-2012, 04:32 PM
 
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A lot fewer than used to. That's a big reason they went out of business. But enough so some company will buy their brand and recipe.
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Old 12-02-2012, 05:25 PM
 
Location: Auburn, AL
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I don't consume Hostess often and did not consider the Little Debbie/Hostess brands for the longest time. And (stupidly) back in September, I chose to try Cloud Cakes over Twinkies, so that is one indulgence I will never get back! Regrets, I've had a few...
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Old 12-02-2012, 07:35 PM
 
Location: St. Louis, MO
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I tried a Twinkie once and didn't like it... I've never tried any of Hostess's other products to my knowledge. I have never been a fan of prepackaged cakes/treats or white bread.
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Old 12-02-2012, 10:30 PM
 
Location: Mid-Atlantic
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^^ I had one once and I never liked them. I did used to like Drakes Yankee Doodles and Tastykake.
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Old 12-03-2012, 05:04 PM
 
Location: Westcoast
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They were definitely never a regular diet but every couple of months or so I would buy either the Hostess cupcakes or the snowball. Sometimes I'd pick up those boxes at Target.

Also liked the powder donuts though I had't eaten one in a long time.
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