Hostess Brands
Reviews and Complaints

I purchased 2 packages of the powdered sugar donettes this morning on my way to work. When I opened the package they smelled. It smells like the grease was bad that they had been fried in. So now I am out the money I spent for my breakfast and now I have no breakfast! The numbers on the end of the package says L 0801 [protected] X 09:49 8. Money spent $4.06

I’m writing to let you know I bought 2 packs of the donettes on the go boxes. There always fresh I get them for my kids but I bought these 2 at the Dollar General store yesterday November 15 2024. And both boxes are stale and hard. I took them back to the store but they can’t exchange them cuz the boxes were open, well because I want to check the second dox also . And yes they were bad also. I’m a very big fan of Hostess since I was a little girl that’s all my parents would buy for us. But I don’t know any more if to spend money to just throw them away.
Sincerely Anna L Hernandez
123 N MORENO
PEARSALL, Texas 78061

Bought your strawberry cupcakes couldn't even eat them they were disgusting. The cream you put in middle of cupcake was awful what is it anyway? Go back to original recipe this is not eat will buy again. Could not eat the cupcakes as far as I am concerned I threw them in garbage . The filling use to be ample and creamy this was not. Be a long time before I waste my money again they were not worth the money I spent

A couple of weeks ago the wife bought a box of Twinkie’s. She thre hers in the trash with one bite. I ate a complete Twinkie then threw the rest into the trash.
They taste something near rancid . They are sticky and gummy and glue like. They stuck the the roof of the mouth. They are not the same as they were some years ago. We used to buy them regularly from the Hostess day old store and were still very fresh and good. Haven’t seen them in years. Discovered them in WalMart. Never again.
Tried to complain to Hostess in their website but it never let me submit the complaint..
They want to know your name, address and phone number and want to load you up with cookies.
I am deciding I’ll never get s refund.

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.