
Hostess Brands
Hostess Brands Overview
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Hostess Brands has 1.9 star rating based on 520 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
60% of users would likely recommend Hostess Brands to a friend or colleague.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: What the name hostess used to mean, Used to be considered a quality product, Way the brand used to taste.
Cons: Poor quality, New recipes taste bad go back to original recipes, Cant stand the new hostess.
The aggregated data is based on reviews and questionnaires provided by PissedConsumer.com users.
Hostess Brands has 1.9 star rating based on 520 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
60% of users would likely recommend Hostess Brands to a friend or colleague.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: What the name hostess used to mean, Used to be considered a quality product, Way the brand used to taste.
Cons: Poor quality, New recipes taste bad go back to original recipes, Cant stand the new hostess.Recent recommendations regarding this business are as follows: "Don't buy anything from this greedy business", "Do not buy,might get sick", "Don't waste your money", "Don’t buy", "DON'T BUY the "donettes" - Old fashioned mini donuts".
Most users want Hostess Brands to offer a solution to their issues.
Review authors value the most Website. Consumers are not pleased with Exchange, Refund and Cancellation Policy and Discounts and Special Offers. The price level of this organization is medium according to consumer reviews.
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Verified ReviewerCherry pie rip off
Go out of business. You have cheated me out of my money with the mini cherry pies.
This is worse than price gouging.
Your greedy ways are not only going to put you out of business. God will take care of you for doing it any more to His people.
- Love the cherry pie
- Hate the size for the same price
Preferred solution: Price reduction
User's recommendation: Don't buy anything from this greedy business
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Verified Buyer |The zingers were awful much dancer and smaller did no tastes like old recipe I've been eating them since I was a kid I'm now 75
What is going on with quality control and you tasters they are awful i was brought up with this. Brand in now 75
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Verified ReviewerWhat did you guys do to raspberry zingers they are total *** anymore a waste of 5 bucks
No filling, dry, and hard bar code 88109 1****. My dog won't even eat it.
You need to send me my money back, plus compensate for my time. I'll never buy your products again.
Preferred solution: Apology
User's recommendation: Don't buy it
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Verified Buyer |Musty,damp odor. 0 rating
Bought a pack of Hostess Ding *** and as soon as cardboard outer package was opened a dusty,musty smell permeated my kitchen.I will not eat these.
User's recommendation: Do not buy,might get sick
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Verified Reviewer |Dissatisfaction
It's been many years since I've had chocolate zingers. They are AWFUL.
They looked better in the package. I will never buy them again.
User's recommendation: Don't waste your money
Terrible!
Bought a box of 16 Ho Hos. First two were hard and tasted stale.
Threw the whole box away. Its been a couple of years since I bought them. There are half the size as they used to be. I remember they had a pretty thick coating of chocolate on the outside.
Nope! Looks like they watered down the chocolate coating before spraying it on. I also bought a box of birthday cupcakes. Wow!
They are small.
Bite size! I didnt see where it says snack size on the box!
User's recommendation: Don’t buy
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Im looking for donations for the community for the homeless and I need if you have any donations, only thing I could happen to be greatly appreciated
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Verified Reviewer |Find a product in my area
Lady was very helpful, told me many places that carry the item I was looking for. Was very nice! Very personable.

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Verified ReviewerMissing Zinger
I purchased a single pack of Hostess Chocolate Zingers this morning and once I got home to enjoy my favorite snack I realized there is only 2 in a pack that would normally have three. I tried to go back to the gas station to get them exchanged but the Cashier wouldn't let me because I had already left the store and they didn't give me my receipt.
Hostess snack cakes are hands down my favorite snacks despite the how pricy they are, so you can imagine how upset this made me. I'm waiting for customer service to open so I can call and let them know what happened.
- Are super yummy
- Are a little pricey for someone in a low income house hold
Preferred solution: Deliver product or service ordered
User's recommendation: Just make sure you get a good look at what you are buying before you leave the store, and make sure you get a receipt.

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Verified ReviewerDonettes - Old Fashioned Mini Donuts - worse than bad.
I have always been a fan of Hostess products, but I recently purchased Hostess 'Donettes' old-fashioned mini donuts, and they were putrid. I could not even eat one whole donut.
It left a disgusting, 'waxy' kind of feel/after-taste in my mouth. My wife tried one and she thought she was going to vomit...
it was horrible. The remaining 13 donuts went into the garbage can.
- Generally good products
- Very bad old fashinoed mini donuts - donettes
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: DON'T BUY the "donettes" - Old fashioned mini donuts
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Verified ReviewerComplaint against product
I love Hostess and my favorite snack is the ding *** but I purchased a family box of ding *** on 2/1/24 and the following day when we went to open the box and take a ding-dong out to eat and bit into it, it was extremely hard. So when I turned the ding-dong to the back the plastic was slightly open, so I checked the rest of them in the box and found two others like this as well so I disposed of the box because that's too many in one box to be slightly opened like that, and we were afraid to eat any out of that box.
They should have not been packaged in the box if they were already open. The family box contains 16 cakes, so that was a waste of money to purchase the family box and have 3 out of the box to be open in the back.
Preferred solution: Full refund

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Verified ReviewerPurchased out of date, stale Ding ***
On Dec 20, 2023 I hired someone to take me shopping at Dollar General Store in Baker, FL. I purchased a box of Ding *** After dinner I opened the box and took one out to enjoy with a glass of milk.
With the first bite I could tell by the hardness that it wasn't fresh. The next day I checked the expiration date and it was Oct ??, 2023. I can not make out the day of the month.
I have the box, contents and receipt. And pictures.
- Are the best
- Not at the store you are shopping at
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Sometimes you are subject to purchasing out of date products. Check the expiration date before you buy it.
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Verified ReviewerComplaint
This is the second time i bought a bag of powdered donuts and they tadte like they have fertilizer on them. They are bitter and nasty.
- You never know if what your getting is fresh or taste like fertilizer
Preferred solution: Full refund
The raspberry creme cakes have little or no creme filling, very disappointed.
There was very little cream filling in the cakes. The raspberry coconut frosting was not as good as it used to be. Why can't you make the product as it was intended?
- Every time i try a product it is not as good as it used to be
Preferred solution: Full refund
User's recommendation: Dont buy this product

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Verified ReviewerTaste Horrible
I used to love the Hostess Cherry Pies. Now they have no cherries, thick terrible pie crust little if any glaze on it.
The new company making them or any Hostess product should stop!
I will never ever buy any Hostess products again!!
Ding *** taste like wax and no chocolate flavor! The cream taste synthetic
- Packaging is pretty
- Horrible tasting products
Preferred solution: None
User's recommendation: Never buy any Hostess products
About
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Hostess Brands, LLC is a large bakery company. It was established in 1919. Its headquarters is based in Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America. The company is owned by HB Holdings, LLC. Hostess Brands produces fresh-baked bread and sweet goods including crème-filled snack cakes, CupCakes, Honey Bun, and Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake. The company operates 36 bakeries and 570 bakery retail outlets. The Hostess Brands portfolio includes Wonder Bread, Home Pride, Ding Dongs, Drake’s Cakes, Fruit Pies, and many more. Hostess Brands has over 15000 employees. Hostess Brands regular hours are as follows: Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. CST.

Hostess Brands is ranked 361 out of 2000 in Food Manufacturers category
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