Hostess Brands
reviews and complaints

I bought a box of Strawberry Cheesecake Baby Bundts snackcakes and two were already open. They were hard and stale. Wasn't going to make a deal about the 1st one , just threw it away. But, then I found another one so I decided to take a picture of it and bring it to your attention. The other 6 were good and fresh, but for some reason 2 of them were open and stale kind of hard.

I eat a pack of these almost every morning since I don't have time to eat breakfast and for some reason this morning when I opened the pack and took a bite of the first donut there was a overwhelming taste of plastic and chemical like taste. I had to immediately spit it out. I smelt the remaining 5 and realized the smell is admitting from the package. I cannot get this horrific taste out of my mouth whatever I do. I'm so relieved I did not swallow the donut however I am disappointed and frustrated that I may have exposed myself to something harmful.

I've purchased this on February 6th 2024

and found a human finger nail in it. This is unacceptable and would like an apology as well as a refund regardless of the amount I've paid. The serial numbers is

[protected]:27 12

Date on package Best by March 12 2024

10 oz mini. Powdered donuts. Just purchased at Walmart N. Versailles, Pa with a sell by date of March 22 2024

L011724017 06:59 0K

UPC CODE [protected] 4

JUST PURCHASED THIS AFTERNOON, OPENED THEM AND THEY ARE HARD AS A ROCK... SUPER STALE AND DISGUSTING!

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF MONEY!

This is the 2nd bag now that I've purchased and has been stale, I thought the first bag was just a fluke.. but obviously not. You guys at Hostess need to get better quality control.

I'll never purchase another bag of your products again.. can't trust that it will not be stale

I grew up on hostess and Dolly Madison products. My uncle used to drive a Dolly Madison truck to deliver to stores. Every product made by hostess and Dolly Maddison then were fresh and tasted wonderful. It seems like pure fraud to put out such a gross inferior product under the Hostess name. There is nothing about the new Hostess that tastes anywhere like the original. After trying their donnettes and lemon pie, I have never spent a penny on them. Little Debbie and Entenmanns are far superior. It's insulting to think that these products are in the market when they taste like chemicals.

Several weeks ago, a box of 10 little Debbie cupcakes was purchased. When eating 2 round items that look like pills was found in 2 of them. It was maybe the 5th and 7th one eaten. I have a picture of them and will try to attach to this complaint.

If I can't, where should I send them?

You, FDA, the police?

I still have the 2 items found in cupcake.

I bought a box of individually wrapped HoHos and the first two I ate were great, but all the rest are dry and taste stale. I bought the box on Nov. 9, 2023. I really like HoHos and will buy more. This is the first time I have ever had trouble with A Hostess product. I bought the HoHos at Menards in Madison, WI. The best buy date is Dec. 6, 2023. K092723000 270 2036 H is the number beneath the best buy date.

On November 8th I pick up a bag of Hot cocoa & marshmallow flavor donette from the store. They were very deceiving. all i tasted was a chocolate donut with sweet icing on it. Definintly no marshmallow flavor at all, nor any hot cocoa flavor. I wont be bying any more of the flavor donettes you offer, unless i know someone who has purchased them and has a good review on them. Certificate code is [protected] 750311 code on top of receipt is [protected]

The package of donuts I bought only had 5 donuts and not 6 that normally come in.

These are chocolate donuts, and package was never opened.

I bought them November 9, 2023 at the BP gas station in montrose, Illinois.

I would like them replaced please.

I don’t know how you do this, but I would try whatever way you can to replace them. I have never had this problem before. It looks like a manufactured error.

Thank you,

Angela Powell

BP employee.

Thank you

Angela Powell

I purchased a box of Zingers at Meijer 36600 Van [censored] Ave, Sterling Heights, MI 48312 om 10/20/23 approximately. All the packages were open on one end. The cakes were stale and depending how old they are could have bacteria on them from being open for a period of time, that could make someone sick. The high cost of Hostess the Quality surveillance on the packaging line should be monitored more closely. I would like some kind of resolution.

Oct 19 th 11:30 pm . Went to Walmart grab my daily bag of donuts to eat on way home , been eating them for 57 years , First time I took a bite and spit it out the window. It was hard and gross . I thought ok I try 1 more just in case , but nope had to spit it out . I get home to look for date on bag WTF it says Jul 26 2023! Wow Really July your merchandiser if you have sucks .

I purchased hostess zingers about september 30, with an expiration date of oct 17, 2023. I was very disappointed, they were the driest I have ever ate. I was thinking maybe only one, but the whole package was dry. I have had these in the past and they were very moist. This batch was very dry. I purchased them ate the dollar general in hewitt, texas.

Ended up in the ER last night. Went to our monthly food bank & received a pack of Ding Dongs. Ate 1 was ok little stale, started to eat another & got this horrible chemical taste & immediately spit it out & forced vomiting. Within an hour, the bottom of my tongue on the left side started swelling & noticed a purple lesion on the right side of my tongue where I first tasted the chemical also another lesion on the back upper side of my tongue. Drs treated me with steroids & Benadryl sending me home on more

On 10/10/2023 i purchased a package of Chocolate creamy filled cupcakes, Best By Nov/10/2023, K0901 [protected] ; 34 L11. I was very disappointed when you changed a 10 pack for 8 pack, awhile back. This package, the cupcakes were smaller than usual and just a small dot of filling for the same price of $3.48 at Walmart, Camillus ny store. I will no longer be purchasing this product as you know times are tough for everyone. I'm a senior and living on a fixed income and do like a treat now and then, but my snap benefits have decreased and i don't like that products are decreasing in size. Just can't afford to waste my funds and get less at a higher price.

Thank You for your time with this matter.

I purchased a box of Twinkies and upon opening I found three Twinkies were not wrapped, dried out and solid as a rock. One had a partial wrapper on it but was also rock hard. I called the Hostess hotline and was told that this often happens if a wrapping machine malfunctions. I was mailed a coupon to cover my cost. With the coupon, I purchased a box of Ding Dongs. Upon opening the box, I discovered about half of the Ding Dongs were not sealed in their individual bags and were dried out. I will no longer purchase ANY Hostess products due to their extremely LOW or NONEXISTENT Quality Control.

I purchased a bag of chocolate donuts hostess brand this morning they were not due to expire until oct 12 2023 I ate a few of the donettes but noticed that there was hair growing under one of them. i still have the bag of them i am infuriated what if my daughter would of ate some of these and became sick! the numbers on the back are oct 12 2023 K [protected] 00:04 D3

the sku is [protected] 0

I bought a box of Hostess Iced Devil's Food Zingers tonight, Sept 20, 2023 at Walmart, store #01491 at 1500 N. Jefferson Way, Indianola, Iowa at 18:59 CDT for $3.48. There were only 9 cakes instead of 10. The box was not damaged or opened & the nine cakes were still individually sealed. The bar code is

[protected] 1. The code on the side of the box reads:

Best by Nov 16 2023

K [protected] 24516:30 S

I was eating one of your twinkies and bite into something that is black. Not sure what it is, but it is disgusting. Needless to say I was sick afterwards. All I can say is I would like to know what this was in my Twinkie. And as it stands now I will never purchase any hostess product again. I have added pictures of what I bite into, plus a picture of the box.

To whom it may concern:

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with a product hostess cupcake zinger

3 pack.

Unfortunately I purchased old food that may have made me sick to my stomach.

9/18//2023 around 12:03 pm I purchased a cupcake for myself felt my sugar dropping low and wanted to get some sweet carbs real quick, bad decision I did not pay attention and ate the cupcake last bite of the 1st one tasted kind of funny driving did not pay attention to the look of it (was taken right out the package) at the stop light I had a chance to glance down and saw that the whole entire package was full of mold. I started to look for the best sale by date and there was nothing on the package. 1st clue something is wrong all food has a sale date marked or stamped on the package

Purchased Hostess Kazbars from a local Walmart, 262 Cordele Rd Albany GA today 09/10/23 for a pickup order. The snack cakes were dated July 17, 2023 and hard as a cracker. The cake, itself, wasn't even put together correctly, the top and bottom were totally misaligned. This was a first time purchase, very disappointing, it looked nothing like the picture.

UPC code [protected]

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