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Hostess Brands chocodile

My name is Teresa Fleger 812 McCormick street Cuba Missouri 65453 I bought a box of chocodile Twinkies at the Sullivan Missouri Walmart and there were only 7 in the package marked as 8 I am a long time lover of the chocodile twinkies I was so sad when they left the market please don't do that again. I figure it is not a fraud but likely a human error. Thank for your immediate attention to this matter. I don't know if any other packages are this way but don't want to upset the chocodile community. Love the Hostess company surely it shows.

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Hostess Brands hostess wintermint ding dongs

Hello, my name is nicole dobbins. I Bought a box of hostess winterment ding dongs at walmart in eastgate ohio yesterday january second two thousand twenty. Amd all but four of the cupcakes were completely opened, and hard like it was faulty packaging or something. I am very dissatisfied with this product! And would like for something to be done about it. I have my reciept from when I purchased this item. I don't know what else to do about it except for reach out to someone from here to see if so.ething will be done about this. I

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Hostess Brands hostess zingers

I purchased a package of Devil's Food Zingers in October 2019. I thought they
tasted odd, but I put them in the freezer and tasted one again, but again, they tasted odd. They have been in my freezer since then, but I thawed one out and had my daughter taste it without any bias on my part. She took one bite and said it tasted like chemicals and threw the rest of the zinger away. Afterwards, she had an aftertaste in her mouth for about an hour.

I was wondering if anyone else complained about this issue. The number on the box is G 0816 24000 228 20:46 and says best by October 30, 2019.

I realize it may be a little late to complain, but as I was cleaning out my freezer, I saw the box again and decided to write.

Thank you for your attention.

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Hostess Brands totally nutty peanut butter bars

I have found a snack of yours that i can't put a price on. My wife doesn't make a grocery list without adding a box of peanut butter totally nutty bars. The last 20 boxes ive bought have been hard as a rock. I bought 4 boxes at once and found MAYBE 5 pieces acceptable(out of 32). I have even went through every box on the shelf and buying the freshest box available. Still get them home and end up throwing them away. My situation is considered spilled milk but sure would like to see softer totally nuttys in the future

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Hostess Brands raspberry zingers

I am 44 years old and have been eating raspberry zingers since I was a toddler and for the first time ever I had a package that was disgusting. Tasted stale and dry. So I opened the other package and same thing . They don't expire till 01/08/20 so I'm not sure what the deal is except for I'm outta $5 and didn't get to enjoy my life long love of zingers.
Thank you

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Hostess Brands twinkies

I purchased a box of twinkies at my local Sam's club upon opening they were hard on the bottom because none them were sealed and we could not eat them threw them away.they were individually wrapped but not sealed upc code is [protected] Feb 08/2020 code G112521000 329 0737 L23 very disappointed in this purchase. Thank you Vickie Nodine 112 South Ijams St.Garrett IN 46738

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Hostess Brands birthday cupcakes

THERE WAS ONLY ONE CUPCAKE IN MY PACKAGE OF BIRTHDAY CUPCAKES

I bought this after a long day of work among other snacks I go to sit down and enjoy it because the birthday ones are my favorite next to Twinkies and there is only one in the package it is still sealed. I was disappointed. My email is nichole.[protected]@gmail.com. Thank you for your time and happy holidays to you and your family

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Hostess Brands donettes

I bought a 10oz bag of powdered mini donuts from Walmart in Idaho falls Idaho on December 9th. They were stale. Looking at the bag I noticed there was a rip in the bag. I don't know if the tear in the bag happened at the factory, during transportation, or in the store. I'm usually very pleased with this product, so you can imagine the disappointment when I opened the bag and found all of them hard as a rock.

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Hostess Brands twinkle

I brought a Twinkie from the 711 Saturday me and my children I bite a piece of it and bite down on something thinking it was a filling from my tooth I moved it around my mouth to spit it out when I felt a huge poke in the roof of my mouth I ran to my sink to spit it out and whatever it was was stuck in the roof of my mouth my grandmother looked in and said it's something up there I stuck my hand in my mouth and pulled it out it was a clear piece of plastic with a needles inside of it I got scared ran to the bathroom washed my mouth out and my grandma took me to the er they cleaned it gave me a few shots and and said what I swallowed would pass I went home and started to gag and cough and cough up 3 pieces of plastic this is crazy I never felt so scared in my life to eat I can't even sleep now the roof of my mouth is sore and swollen. My nerves are on edge and nobody will help me find out what's next.

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The name of this product should be HA HA because they are so small for the price you are asking. years ago i would take these in my lunch. they were not this small, your compitation Little debbie makes a compairable product for a fair price.hostess must be in thouble trying to increase profit by selling as small product for a high price.The upc on this pacakage is 8 [protected] 2

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Look my kid and I love hostess it's the bomb but to put it simply the last ones we bought were a little disappointing. I mean I understand trying to save a dime here and there but cmon those m&ms were white I couldn't let him eat that they're clearly expired. Store wouldn't do anything because the date on the package was within acceptable margins and it wa...

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On 12/3/19, I purchased a box of 8 jumbo chocolate donuts from Luckys. Each one is individually wrapped in clear cello wrapping, and when I opened one, took a bite and the harsh chemical smell burned my nose, the taste almost made me throw up. The taste and smell were almost indescribable but were strong and chemical in nature. My nose and mouth were...

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Hostess Brands hostess twinkies and the like

Hostess Twinkies are disappointing to say the least. No cream, Low quality, smaller portions at an increased price. With false advertising to boot.

Honestly, have you no shame? Pride? Have you even tried on of these overpriced so called cakes?

In all seriousness, I will never buy, or recommend any one to consume this substandard product!

You should of let it go back when you had the chance, its a shame how you have gone down hill and expect us to continue to support this product.

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Hostess Brands hostess triple chocolate brownies

There is a very long, black/dark brown human hair partially heat-sealed into the wrapper of a brownie, as well as being inside the wrapper and in contact with the brownie. Completely and thoroughly disgusting! I have been purchasing Hostess products for more than 25 years and have noticed a sharp decline in quality since Bimbo relaunched the brand. I will also be forwarding on a complaint to the appropriate regulatory board/commission. What kind of quality controls are in place to stop something like this from making it off the production line? Obviously your employees aren't following food safety standards, which makes me question the safety and quality standards of your entire operation. I have lost confidence in your brand, your products and will never purchase another Hostess or Bimbo product again.

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Hostess Brands hostess ding dongs - winter

I love hostess and dong songs are my fav so I couldn't resist trying these. I open it up and the one I pull out is a half of hostess wrapped so I get a little set back and throw the entire box away cause of all the recent incidents of tampering with food. What is going on here? Is this just a mishap in the factory or did somehow, someone tamper with it?

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Hostess Brands everything

Your product line has gone to [censored]. Everything is smaller and tastes like crap. Used to like products even after the bankruptcy revival but you have SCREWED EVERYTHING UP. Anybody that buys your nasty chemical tasting, chewy, crap will never buy it again. You are relying on an old loved product name to sell your cost cutting current ctappy products. Used to buy them frequently, now I buy none of your smaller [censored]ty product.

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Hostess Brands hostess powdered donuts

I buy these donuts weekly
My grandson will eat 2 bags of them a week...the last bag I bought will surely be the last bag for him!
There was a white powered OBJECT in his bag in which he was thinking look a huge donut...he picked it out of bag and took a bite...it made him gag...not a powered donut
Hard as a brick...big as the palm of my hand and BROWN inside...he had a horrible experience with your product..he wants to go to opposing companies and show them...

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Hostess Brands hostess twinkies and other cakes

As a strict vegetarian I would like to enjoy Hostess food products, particularly Twinkies, but cannot due to there being Beef Fat in the ingredients. There are millions of vegan and vegetarian people in the world now so products like this need to get with the times. People like me will avoid buying Hostess cakes for this reason and that is bad for business.

Is it really necessary to put Beef Fat in the cakes? Can't Hostess make cakes suitable for vegetarians?

Firstly I feel it is a terrible shame that Beef Fat is used in the ingredients. That means the torturing of animals went into this product. Secondly, the longer Hostess doesn't acknowledge vegans and vegetarians the more they are losing out on selling even more cakes to a wider audience so that everyone can enjoy their products while they benefit from a larger income by promoting vegetarianism.

This is the 21st century and many companies like Hostess are still producing foods without a care for the lactose intolerance people, vegetarians and vegans, etc., and at the end of the day this will only result in bad business.

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Hostess Brands hostess jumbo donettes

I purchased the box of 8 donuts and they taste like...I don't know what but they are horrible!... the expiration date is good 11/27/2019. I am very disappointed. I can't and won't even let my children eat them...they taste like chemicals and I am upset that I wasted my money like that! $4my not be a lot but it was mine and had I known that I couldn't trust the fact that the package says freshly wrapped... I would have kept my money 🙁🙁

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Dec 06, 2019 6:58 pm EST

I had the same issue with these same items.

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Hostess Brands food

I visited Walgreens last night in Biscayne Blvd and much needed bread for my 2 y/o coz he loves eating 🍞 and egg.
My son refused to eat the second bite of his bread and egg, I thought he was just being fuzzy, however, when my wife tried the bread, she said OMG this is stale, I immediately checked the expiration date to make sure, " I bought it on 11/17/2019, bread expiration 12/26/2019! I thought to myself WTF, why did I buy bread from Walgreens, " just cos it was too late and Walgreens was the nearest. Hate the bread, I need by $3 back.

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Hostess Brands reviews first appeared on Complaints Board on Oct 22, 2009. The latest review Hostess strawberry cheesecake baby bundts was posted on Feb 27, 2024. The latest complaint hostess donettes powdered sugar was resolved on Oct 04, 2019. Hostess Brands has an average consumer rating of 1 stars from 804 reviews. Hostess Brands has resolved 6 complaints.
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