That was my thought also. The heck with Hostess. What happened to Drakes? Drakes had a much better taste than Hostess. Drakes was Ring Dings, Yodels, Funnybones, Yankee Doodles, those great little coffee cakes and those neat little pies (better than most other brands) and of course Devil Dogs.
We used to have a thrift shop down the block, used to buy ring dings and freeze them. And nothing else tastes like them.
Right on regarding ring dings. That cream in the center had a most wonderful hint of saltiness, absolutely nothing else like it. And those little pies were great too, all others are way too sweet.
At some point, Drake's had the misfortune to be purchased by Borden's Foods. And, as many of the company's acquisitions, they were run into the ground -- chiefly out of incompetence, not corporate piracy.
But they have now been resurrected by another company...