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Hostess Brands Hostess zingers

I have always been a fan of zingers when dolly madison had them and thought i would get a box for a treat for myself for lunch. when I opened the box I was so disappointed. they were half the size they used to be and absolutely ridiculously small. Barely more than one bite. I will never buy them again. you are grossly misleading your customers. if you have shrunk all of your cakes like these I will never buy hostess again. I will go back to little debbie stuff. Go up on the price but leave the size alone, but it looks like you did both went up on the price and shrunk the product, not cool. Hostess you have lost a customer for life and I will tell everybody I see how bad hostess stuff is now. the quality was not great either. Barely any creme inside. I am sorry to see a used to be quality product fall so far down. Hostess was always a product you could count on but i see that does not matter any longer, it is a shame.

Friday April 15, 2022

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Makayla Orth
US
Jan 31, 2023 5:32 pm EST

Chocolate zingers tasted like chemicals ..toxic like. The taste mande me sick to my stomach so i decided to open it up and what do i see. Lots of dead baby spiders and mold . Recall this please before someone dies.

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8:06 pm EDT

Hostess Brands Hostess donettes

I bought 5 packages of these and they are so gross like doughy and wet have a chemical taste. The date is good best by 5/12/2022 from dollar general. I buy these all the time for the kids snacks, I am not sure what is wrong with the snacks lately. Even the zingers are not good almost stale tasting. They won't take them back at the store so 12.00 wasted.

Desired outcome: Please refund

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4:49 am EDT

Hostess Brands vanilla zingers

On 4/9/2022 at around 12:50 a.m., I bought some vanilla zingers, 3 pack. When I got home and opened the package, I noticed that the zingers only had a thin strip of frosting on each one and the cake part was dry and looked overcooked. They were weird, not the usual zingers I grew up on.

Desired outcome: I would like any type of compensation for the disappointing zingers. I like raspberry coconut ones better

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Barfly
Kirksville, US
Aug 08, 2022 5:05 pm EDT
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I am frequent consumer of vanilla zingers. The last two boxes I purchased, all of them were dry and appeared to be overcooked (darker) I had one left from a previous (good) box and have included a picture showing both side by side.

T. Bahr

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11:46 am EDT
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Hostess Brands J03102100069 barcode [protected]

Bought cupcake pulled hair as I bit into cupcake. Bought at family dollar on main st Yonkers my 10701.Bought item 4/822.Not sanitary at all , nets should be used at all times. Got so nauseous made me throw up.Hair can be very dirty and carry germs . Not sure if I injected any of the hair while eating cupcake is upsetting to me.Will not buy product again.

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12:00 am EDT

Hostess Brands Hostess Donettes over 7months old

I went to Food Lion on Saturday April 2, [protected]@ 5:00 to get breakfast food for my Mother who is 90 years old. I don't understand how these even are still on the shelf they taste like pesticide. After tasting one of the donuts from the package I immediately spit it out and next checked the box.

I expect to that your reps will clear the shelves of all your products. These are over 7months old.

Desired outcome: Fir my mom to recieve monthly supply of pastry that are fresh

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8:51 am EDT

Hostess Brands Honey Bun Cereal

This complaint might honestly get me nowhere but I’m very concerned and upset about the fact that you have discontinued the honey bun cereal. It was the only one that I could stomach in the mornings. Such a favorite that I would eat it for any meal if my wife would let me. So all in all I will not be getting anything else that has the hostess name on it. Thank you for the short time you made the best cereal.

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3:33 pm EDT
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Hostess Brands Iced lemon & strawberry cupcakes

I purchased Hostess Strawberry & Lemon Iced Cupcakes at my local Jewel store in Dyer Indiana at the beginning of March. The Strawberry box had expiration date March 18, 2022. Code #

J010721000 007 19 44 L31 Iced Lemon had expiration date March 22, 2022 Code #

J [protected] 011 15 02 L31.

Both smell and taste like what play doh smells and possibly tastes like. Very unappealing.

Desired outcome: Reimbursement

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4:38 pm EDT

Hostess Brands Vanilla zingers

Recently bought 2 boxes of vanilla zingers and none have cream in them. Not very good without cream but the icing also looks stale and they have said to expire 3/30/2022. I purchased them at Walmart shepherdsville Kentucky on 03/21/2022.

Desired outcome: Both boxes replaced or refunded

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10:12 pm EDT
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Hostess Brands Twinkie

Our daughter was about to unwrap a Twinkie when we noticed a blue latex finger from a glove inside the wrapper. Luckily we saw it and didn’t let her unwrap and eat it. Makes you wonder what else is getting past inspection. Also looks like there are a lot of complaints on here not getting answers. This box came from our local Walmart and was purchased sometime last week. Since the box wasn’t opened, Walmart will not do anything, which I understand.

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8:01 pm EDT
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Hostess Brands Chocolate covered mini donuts

About march 11th 2022 I bought several bags of the chocolate covered mini donuts from a Walmart super store at 603 st. James Ave goose creek south Carolina. When I got them home and opened them the bottom several inches where nothing but crumbs the donuts where smashed to little pieces. I had to throw them away because you couldn't eat them and because they had been open Walmart would not take them back. I did take a picture which I will include.

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6:03 pm EDT

Hostess Brands Powdered mini donuts

I was eating my donuts until I got to the bottom and it was something black in my bag I just ended up throwing the rest away

Purchase march 10,2022

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7:32 pm EDT

Hostess Brands Hostess Lemon flavored cupcakes

I purchased a few boxes of the Lemon Cupcakes at Meijer grocery in Michigan, and at least 2 of the cupcakes did not have the curlique lace like frosting on top. They looked very dull and sad without it. I was a bit disappointed but still ate them. Not sure if it was from both boxes or just one since they were opened and combined together in fridge drawer.

Desired outcome: Really just wanted to let you know so your quality control can improve. And maybe a coupon for a free box or two would be nice. Thank you.Sincerely,Shelley Boring

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11:11 pm EDT
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Hostess Brands Hostess Coffee Cake cinnamon streusel

On Monday March 14, 2022 at 5:20 pm my daughter was eating her favorite Hostess Coffee Cake Cinamon streusel. Her second bite she bit into 3 round, slivers of plastic. She immediately spit the contents out. We bagged the plastic and saved the remaining cakes from the box. I'm really glad she didn't accidentally swallow the plastic that could have turned into a tragic situation.

Desired outcome: Someone to get back to me about this issue. I would also like a refund for some cakes that I know are safe for my children to eat.

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6:41 am EDT

Hostess Brands Zingers

I bought a box of zingers at dollar general in Elizabeth and they were hard as rocks/stale.

Sell by date is March 16th 2022 which I purchased February 28th.

Code on back of box is [protected]

Desired outcome: Refund

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1:20 am EST

Hostess Brands Family Pack Ding Dongs chocolate cake

The box of 16 Family Pack of chocolate cake Ding Dongs were (for the first time happening after many purchases) hard, stale, not fresh and after looking for 10 min. had no expiration date on the box. Finally I found the expiration date, May 4, 2022, on the wrapper inside the box witch does not do any good when you are at the store buying your normally (like your Zingers, we also love) cakes.

Desired outcome: Replacement Family Pack of Chpcolate16 Ding Dongs or Zingers or both : ) Thank you

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8:54 am EST

Hostess Brands Pound cake with icing

I purchased three boxes of the pound cakes with icing and I was very disappointed. I am a 50 year buyer of hostess products and I have been very disappointed with this product. It had a spongy taste and the icing on top was not good at all. I was very disappointed with this product and end up throwing away all three boxes. I have purchased other products but this particular one was horrible and I will not recommend it or purchase it ever again. DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER.

Desired outcome: I would like to get vouchers to retry another hostess products. I had (3) boxes Please replace with vouchers

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10:19 pm EST
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Hostess Brands iced vanilla zingers

I purchased a box of the iced vanilla zingers on 3/5 time 15:25:23 receipt # [protected] at the family dollar store #08835 the best by date is 3/12 and they are not edible they taste as if they expired a month ago. Bar code # [protected] # under best buy date I [protected]:58 Didn't know if i could return to the store or not sense the box is opened and one missing. This isn't the first time i have had this problem when the best buy date is close. Usually you can tell the expiration is close but this was by far the worse.

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9:48 pm EST

Hostess Brands Hostess Ding Dongs

I bought a package of hostess ding dongs and there was no cream filling. I was very disappointed.

I bought this package at the Loop market/shell gas station on Highway 111 in La Quinta, CA

Desired outcome: Would like a replacement or refund for this package. I do not have a receipt, but I bought this package on Friday March 4 at approximately 8pm

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6:19 pm EST

Hostess Brands Hostess dingdong’s

Bought a box of Hostess dingdong’s and six of them in the box did not have filling…. And the ones that did not have the filling were dry😡😡😡😡😡 they were purchased from Kroger February 25th…. Hopefully I get something done about this complaint

Desired outcome: Send me a new box!!!

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2:09 pm EST

Hostess Brands Ding dongs

On February 26, 2022, I bought a box of Hostess Ding Dongs, from the Walmart in Gatesville

Texas, and a few of them did not have any filling in the middle. I was very disappointed because that's my favorite part of the ding dong. Please can you right this wrong.

Thank you

Kellye Jackson

Desired outcome: Free ding dongs

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About Hostess Brands

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Hostess Brands is a food company known for its range of snack cakes and baked goods. Their product lineup includes iconic treats like Twinkies, CupCakes, Ding Dongs, and Ho Hos. They cater to snack enthusiasts with a variety of flavors and seasonal offerings available in grocery stores and retailers across the United States.
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Overview of Hostess Brands complaint handling

Hostess Brands reviews first appeared on Complaints Board on Oct 22, 2009. The latest review Strawberry two pack cupcake was posted on Aug 31, 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 807 reviews. Hostess Brands has resolved 6 complaints.
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