Hostess Brands
reviews and complaints

Bought a box of hohos today, and so far the few we've eaten, were dry and gritty. Haven't had one in a while, but i know in the past, the cakes were more fresh and soft. Maybe a bad batch? Just thought id let ya know, in case there have been other complaints recently. Batch or recipe problem maybe? But, ya, i was really looking forward to enjoying one.
Thanks for hearing my complaint.
Corin tucker

I went into Wal-Mart and I purchased a Hostess Fruit Pie this morning. I haven't had a Hostess Apple Pie in a long time so I decide to purchase one. Big mistake! This pie was disgusting! I had one bit and the color of the pie was discolored. I showed this pie to my co-worker and he said it's old. The package states best by Aug 04, 2017. Now I know why I haven't had one for a long time.

I bought two of the hostess brand lemon pies at the pilot off western ave in Knoxville tn and they where old and I guess been out so long that there was absolutely no filling in then and they where chewy they where so old I usually love them so it was a big disappointment to get ones like this we also bought a bag of the chocolate mini donuts and they where the same way I don't know if it's the store maybe doesn't take them off the shelf when they should but it was just a very aggravating experience to pay money for something that you usually love to get it home and have to throw it right in the trash.

Thanks for your time
Morgan Finley

On June 29, 2017 I bought a box of Suzy Q's for the first time in years. What has happened to them?! I opened the box and my first bite tasted like dry cardboard. They were no longer rounded on the ends but square? Smaller than before and did not taste like a real Suzy Q...more like a really bad knock off version. Sorry to say I won't be purchasing any more.

I purchased a bag of mini-doughnuts on Friday, June 30th, 2017. Today is Sunday, July 2nd, 2017. In the bag I have found about 3 doughnuts with blackish dots on them. I threw away the first two and then took a pic of the most recent one I found. The expiration date on the package is August 4th, 2017. I believe this is mold and I wanted to make you aware of it. Many thanks for the years of great products.
Lisa Dube

I recently purchased a package of your Hostess Donettes crunch Mini six pack. When I opened the package, the donuts were very dry and crumbly. When I took a bite, it was stale. I looked at the expiration date and it was stamped JUNE 17. 2017. I made the purchase on JULY 1. 2017. These donuts are 2 weeks old and should have been pulled from the shelf. I was aware of the date until I had already left, so it was too far to go back and return them to the store.

I went to Am pm on June 29 in the morning and got a 10.5 oz bag of white powdered mini Donuts and I came Home and had one And It taste like Paint and Taste really Nasty I would Like my money back or A coupon if u have any questions please call me at [protected] I normally like those kind of donuts but they taste really nasty so please call me so we can talk about it thank you it made my stomach hurt and I throw it up.

I absolutely LOVE your Powered mini doughnuts. We buy at least 4 packages every month. BUT, this bag didn't have even ONE whole doughnuts, but smashed pieces of them in this purchase. I have never ever had a complaint about your products. But this was beyond crazy. Thank you for your time in reading my email.
Rebecca Biliti
25304 Samantha Dr, Chesterfield, MI
48051
Email: [protected]@me.com
I have a few photos of the contents of my bag of powered doughnuts. But I cannot include them in this email because I don't know how.

On 6/20/2017, I purchased an Individual two green colored packaged snowballs. One snowball did have creme filling. The other one did not have creme filling. I was looking into getting a refund or a courtesy package of a snowball cause those are one of my favorite snacks as I always purchase Hostess snacks. This was purchased at HEB and I purchased 4 snacks of Hostess from there.

The mini muffins chocolate chip were given to my 6 year old child. When I opened the pack for them and gave them the first muffin there was green fuz and white mold all over the muffin. 5 days before the sell by date. So gross and so disappointed as these were brought for travel and ease of breakfast. My child went without leaving me to go spend more money to feed them at a nearby fast food restaurant.

I purchased this box of blueberry muffins on 6/11/2017...from target and today is 6/14/2017...I opened a package and didn't look at the muffin and just put it in my mouth, and noticed it didn't taste right I swallowed some of the muffin and ran to bathroom and spit it out...noticed all the muffins in the bag are molded...I am sick to my stomach and disgusted ...I need to speak to someone ASAP this is not acceptable

RIDICULOUS! Everyone loves a little sweet now and then and this is the 3rd bag of mini chocolate donuts I bought that #1 are all melted together and it's a big mess and #2 broke in pieces! 2 different stores these were purchased at. Not a happy customer. I'm tired of wasting my money and your products are definitely not what they used to me. My poor kids...

The old Suzy Qs were delicious! I was so disappointed when they quit making them. Was sooooo excited to see them back on the shelf ONLY to be disappointed again ! They are dry and the filling is almost non existent! The old recipe was a moist delicious yummy cake filled with lots of sweet messy gooey cream filling! Bring back the original Suzy Qs!

06/06/2017

The only complaint I have is that the store where I do my shopping does not carry Zingers. They carry Hostess brand.
Each week I buy Hostess Twinkies, & Hostess Donettes. My favorites are Zingers. The store I shop at is Kroger & its located at 3970 Valley Gateway, Roanoke, VA 24012
Phone # [protected] Store # [protected].
I buy the Mini Crunch donuts but loved the ones u had for a limited time called Carrot Cake donuts. Will I be able to buy those again?
Can u send me any coupons for any of these items?
I hope someone reads this & can help me or direct me to the correct place. Hostess brand is my favorite.
Thank You
Brenda Wells
[protected]@gmail.com

I just purchased a bag the Powdered mini Donettes from Target 6/5/17. In never had a issue with the taste I always purchase the powdered mini donettes normally from a grocery store. This was a first time buy at target. The taste is bad I checked the expiration date and it's not till 7/5/17 on month from now. The taste of first biting it a gross bitter taste as if they had already gone bad. I only paid $2.00 for the bag but it still sucks that now I have to go back to the store and return them. I won't be buying them at target again and just sticking to grocery store buy only. I should have checked the expiration date at the store but it wasn't something I thought about at the time. I mean it's a month from not but they taste like they already went bad. Maybe wrong print on the date? I don't know

I bought a box of hostess brand mini muffins blueberry on 5/27/2017 and when i opened my little bag to have some for breakfas t the morning of 5/28/2017 i found that there is mold growing on them i have never had this problem before but this is gross and dont expect i will be buying them any more please keep a closer eye on what this company is packaging.

Thanks so much
Melissa beauregard

I bought a couple boxes of the mini muffins on May 21st. The are five individual packs of muffins in each box. The first two packs I had were fine. I opened the third pack this morning, May 25th, and found mold on each of the muffins. The best by date is June 16th. I am very saddened by this because these are one of my favorite go-to's for a quick breakfast. I would really only request a refund or replacement.

yesterday my husband purchased a box of snoballs from Walmart. He opened them when he go home and there were only 5 snoballs instead of 6. The box was unopened prior to this. They have a date of jul 03 2017. Code on the box is E042921000 119 14:51 L11. The food that was in the box was in good order and did not seem to be tampered with at all. I believe it was probably just a machine malfunction.

Just bought 2 bags of donuts, the powder and chocolate. After allowing my 3 children. To grab donuts out of the bag. My oldest who is 8 came running to me screaming that there was a bug on her plate. Sure enough there was a dead cockroach in her plate. So I look in the bag and there is a live cockroach Inside of the bag. I am so disgusted. When I buy product I want good quality not bug infested. I will no longer buy this and I'm pretty sure my children wont want donuts for a long time, due to being traumatized from this.

On Sunday April 23rd I bought a box of your cupcakes. The box said it had 8 individually wrapped cakes. I opened the box on April 27th and there were only 6 cakes in the box. Not too happy about that. I am a little disappointed that I was shorted cakes from Hostess. I really like Hostess food so I am hoping that this was just a mistake and the only mistake.