[Blurb2350]

As a kid, I loved those Hostess "fruit" pies; the chocolate was my favorite. Just for fun I bought one recently. It was nasty . . . mostly a sickly-sweet high-fructose corn syrup goo.

[Fiji Hill]

As a kid, I loved those Hostess "fruit" pies; the chocolate was my favorite. Just for fun I bought one recently. It was nasty . . . mostly a sickly-sweet high-fructose corn syrup goo.

The same is true with me. I also liked Synthetic Processed Artificial Meat (Spam), but I wouldn't eat either today.

[gundog]

Truly disgusting. There are off-brands that still taste like fruit, though.

[Dr. Sivana]

I loved those Hostess "fruit" pies; the chocolate was my favorite.

I loved those and the 29 cent mini Table Talk pies. I usually went for Blueberry. When Hostess went bankrupt its new incarnation cheaped out on product and compromised taste for shelf life. Also made the formerly 4 1/2 ounce pies smaller.

Oddly, the 50 cent Walmart mini pies are better, but not in the same class as the old Hostess (with its sugar shellaced crust) or even the old Drake's fruit pies.

New versions of Ding Dongs are also not up to snuff. The Suzi Q's were a disaster until they tried again, and now they are passable.

I cannot get Drake's Funny Bones here in Arizona, unfortunately.

[mfish13]

I preferred the apple ones.