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Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:33:36 GMT

Where I'm from we call them lunch cakes lol. I always know Spring is here when I see these Little Debbie Cakes at the store.

Just wondering if you have ever had a favorite?😃

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

ciao_bella — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:45:37 GMT

@cheriere I was never a liker of these snack cakes, but my son growing up liked the Little Debbie Christmas Tree shaped snack cakes and also the individually wrapped Gingerbread Cookie Men made by Little Debbie. I remember him asking me to pack them in his lunch for school. Not sure if he was more in love with the shapes and that they represented Christmas, which he loved, or the actual taste. lol

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:48:43 GMT

@ciao_bella

Aw, that's so sweet about your son.💝

Im not an eater of lunch cakes either, but boy are my parents. If I opened one large cabinet I'd be ashamed to take a pic lol. It's filled with Oatmeal cream, nutty buddies, fudge rounds, fudge brownies, you name it!

My mom is the one who enjoys the Easter cakes and just like your son, the Christmas trees and Gingerbread men lol.💝

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

Carmie — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:48:57 GMT

I have never liked store bought snack cakes and wouldn't eat them as a child and still don't.

My husband on the other hand likes Tastykakes. His favorite are jelly filled krimpets. Tastykakes used to only be available in PA, but the company was bought out and I have seen them sold as far south as Florida.

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Mz iMac — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:49:55 GMT

Back in da day, we went home for lunch. No such thing as cafateria lunch at Catholic schools.

Since my parents worked, we were latch key children. My father usually left baloney, sardine or tuna sandwiches for us to eat. Also, a tall glass of chocolate milk for each of us for desert.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:50:27 GMT

@Carmie My dad buys those cakes too lol.💝

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spumoni99 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:52:46 GMT

I remember buying nutty buddies for my daughters.

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Carmie — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:57:17 GMT

@cheriere TastyKake makes better flavors,IMO. Jelly in a cake would gag me....yuck.

My MIL would make homemade jelly rolls, always with grape jelly. When I delivered my second child, she made a huge whole jelly roll for me and brought it to me in the hospital. C- Section...I was there for a week back then.

I didn't want to hurt her feelings, but couldn't eat it. My husband and the nurses finished it in no time.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:02:37 GMT

@Carmie wrote:
@cheriere TastyKake makes better flavors,IMO. Jelly in a cake would gag me....yuck.

My MIL would make homemade jelly rolls, always with grape jelly. When I delivered my second child, she made a huge whole jelly roll for me and brought it to me in the hospital. C- Section...I was there for a week back then.

I didn't want to hurt her feelings, but couldn't eat it. My husband and the nurses finished it in no time.

I don't like jelly in a lunch cake either. My dad just finished a box of red jelly filled chocolate on the outside cakes last night. Yuck!

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

Tinkrbl44 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:06:41 GMT

When I was a kid my mom was a bit fanatical about nutrition. I thought she was too strict, but I thank her now.

She avoided anything that could be considered "empty calories" or anything that had no nutritional value whatsoever. Cakes fell into that category.

When we got home from school our choices were celery sticks stuffed with cream cheese, egg salad or peanut butter. Or we'd have an apple or an orange. That was it.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

JeanLouiseFinch — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:14:23 GMT

I used to be a big Hostess fan - Twinkies, Zingers, Cupcakes, Ho-ho's, Pies, but I wouldn't turn down a Little Debbie anything either. That's all in the past, I won't eat any of them anymore, haven't for years.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cindyNC — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:24:35 GMT

We rarely had lunch cakes at home. My mother was always making things from scratch...pies, cookies or occasionally cakes/cupcakes,

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:36:09 GMT

I found these in the cabinet as well. There's many more, but I just took pics of the Little Debbie's lol.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

shoptilyadropagain — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:47:04 GMT

I never developed a taste for these types of snack cake treats so I never buy/eat them. I know I'm in the minority though....LOL!

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:52:43 GMT

@shoptilyadropagain wrote:
I never developed a taste for these types of snack cake treats so I never buy/eat them. I know I'm in the minority though....LOL!

No, I don't like them either. My parents seem to love ❤️ them though.

I have to watch my dad at dinner because he always eats an oatmeal cream pie afterwards and tries to sneak Ruby bites every chance he gets!

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

SaveTheTurtles — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:02:47 GMT

@cheriere Yes! I remember these and we bought them. Nutty bars were a favorite and the chocolate snack cakes. I always thought hostess was better though. Ding Dongs, snow balls, twinkies, the fruit pies, OH MY! I don't think any of them probably taste like they did when we were kids.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:04:35 GMT

@SaveTheTurtles wrote:
@cheriere Yes! I remember these and we bought them. Nutty bars were a favorite and the chocolate snack cakes. I always thought hostess was better though. Ding Dongs, snow balls, twinkies, the fruit pies, OH MY! I don't think any of them probably taste like they did when we were kids.

lol, I do like Twinkies!💝. I totally forgot about the fruit pies. There's a big stack of those in there too lol.😃

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

haddon9 — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:08:20 GMT

When I was a kid my grandmother would bring us Ring Dings and Yodells. I haven't had them in years but they were a fabvorite back then....I also loved black & white cookies that mom would get at the bakery.

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PA Mom-mom — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:09:05 GMT

@cheriere Little Debbie's cakes are delicious. I grew up a Tastycake lover, and I also bought them for my children. But, my kids also LOVED Little Debbie! Their favorite was (and still is) Cosmic Brownies. But they always liked the seasonally shaped cakes as well. Now my grandchildren love all of them too.

Additionally, I used to be responsible for buying the snacks at our office. I would buy the Oatmeal Cream Pies when the large box was on sale. They would be gone in an hour.

Re: Favorite Lunch / Snack Cake

cheriere — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:14:11 GMT

@PA Mom-mom wrote:
@cheriere Little Debbie's cakes are delicious. I grew up a Tastycake lover, and I also bought them for my children. But, my kids also LOVED Little Debbie! Their favorite was (and still is) Cosmic Brownies. But they always liked the seasonally shaped cakes as well. Now my grandchildren love all of them too.

Additionally, I used to be responsible for buying the snacks at our office. I would buy the Oatmeal Cream Pies when the large box was on sale. They would be gone in an hour.

I know those big boxes you're talking about. Seems like Oatmeal Cream pies are hard to resist lol.❤️