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Hostess Chocolate Cupcakes with exp date 8/26/17 are nothing like what I've purchased before, even recently. The cakes are tiny under the frosting, the size of the frosted top makes them appear larger than they are.

The cake and frosting are dry. Frosting is too thin. The cake is not moist like before and not that great tasting. The squiggle was off to one side on one and in two pieces on another.

It's clear that there is no quality control now. I will find another company to snack on when I crave chocolate cake. Something must have changed fairly recently.

The whole thing was so different I looked at the package to make sure it was Hostess brand! Sad that you would go this route.

Reason of review: Bad quality.

Preferred solution: Bring back the quality of your products!.

Hostess Brands Pros: What it used to be, Way the brand used to taste.

Hostess Brands Cons: Cant stand the new hostess, Change made taste awful, Product smaller than presented in package, Poor quality control, Looks like a knockoff.

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Guest

Yes they changed the recipe, the cup cakes are nasty now, def dont taste the same and not moist like they use to be. They def need to make them the same way that first company did

Guest

Agree

Guest

I'm in my 60s and remember Hostess Cupcakes having a nice frosting that was sweet moist. Now,it's more like dried toothpaste.

I think health activists have got to the cake just like McDonald's Apple turnovers becoming baked instead of fried.

Wish they would go back to their original formula. Better - make a classic version and modern version and let the consumer decide.

Guest
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It doesn't have anything to do with health concerns in this case. Even before being bought out, Hostess was reducing the size of their products for ten years.

They did this purely to squeeze more profit out while hoping that customers didn't notice. Because they raised prices while making the pastries smaller. After the buyout, the quality got even worse because the new owners took advantage of non-union labor to cut even more corners.

Generally, the trend in all products is to make them lower quality while raising prices, and using packaging, presentation, and marketing to fool customers into believing nothing has changed. Or that the inferior product is improved.

Guest

I purchased Hostess Golden Cup Cakes and the taste was not good. The cakes are small and the frosting taste awful.

I have never seen these cakes before they are nothing like the old cakes of days gone by. Sorry Hostess but you are making a mistake cutting the recipe to save money. You are ruining the brand.

The best thing you could do is go back to the old recipes and the larger size cakes. Otherwise I don't think you will be in businenss for long.

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