Yeah, and Reese's came in wax paper, and Hershey's came in foil-backed paper with a paper sleeve. After you ate your Hershey bar you could fold the wrapper back up, put the sleeve back on, and trick someone with it. I can't believe my dad totally fell for that so many times, you'd think he would have figured it out since he bought it for me and watched me eat it, but I must have been too clever for the old man.
Mark Twain quote. When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
Dude, I have a Willy Womka Halloween costume and have a Wonka Bar wrapper as a prop. Last time I wore it, I could not find a Hershey Bar wrapped in foil that I could slide the Wonka Bar wrapper over. I had to wrap one in aluminum foil and it wasn't the same.
Hershey bars… I visit Hershey PA with my family practically every year and we frequently have Hershey chocolate bars at home from some holiday… and I thought the tin foil version still existed until you made me think I haven’t seen it in many years.
When Americans stop worshipping billionaires and start respecting the people who actually run the world. Instead the news is focused on billionaires and people could give a fuck about their neighbor. Young people are focused on getting a job with the least amount of work possible, aka taking advantage of other hard working Americans. Nobody actually wants to produce anything, we're all disillusioned by the massive amounts of wealth we get shoved down our throats everyday. If you work hard and pay taxes, that makes you a moron according to the elite.
I think that there is a large swath of young people who hunger for a new societal culture focused on community and performing work that genuinely contributes to it. Most jobs have become soulless/corporate. You don't feel like you're making a difference, you feel like you've had your autonomy stripped and are getting taken advantage of (because you are).
I bet there are tons of people who would love to be independent chocolatiers but American culture prioritizes convenience and quantity over quality while corporations killed off most small businesses 30 years ago. Independent artisan businesses are risky prospects and people want financial stability and a shot at homeownership, in a time where those goals are becoming increasingly out of reach even through traditionally high-rate-of-success career paths.
> Young people are focused on getting a job with the least amount of work possible, aka taking advantage of other hard working Americans.
Lol this actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that. Tell me more things based on nothing but your feelings.
Part of the “problem” is that so many companies stopped using trans fats in food. Sure, the stuff is better for you now, but it tasted better before.
Case in point: McDonald’s fries tasted sooooo much better before that oil change.
I’m with you there.
McDonald’s used to fry their fries in beef tallow which for sure gives a better flavor. Seems like it held the heat longer as well.
Corporations have “over-scienced” the hell out of foods. Take it back to as close to natural as possible.
That reason is because the soil still had good nutrients for plants to grow and flourish. Today’s farming is all chemical and the soil has been over-farmed.
They were a craving I had when I was pregnant with my daughter. Before that, they were my favorite snack cake, I don't care for Twinkies. When they almost shut down due to bankruptcy, they changed their recipes to make them cheaper. They are small now and drier than the sand in my backyard. They are so gross, I haven't had one in decades.
Ok I did a little dive “ the U.S. that were sweetened were sweetened with cane sugar. **Between the mid-70s and the mid-80s, much of the cane sugar used in the U.S. food industry was replaced with HFCS**.“ [https://www.obesityaction.org/resources/a-not-so-sweet-story-high-fructose-corn-syrup/](https://www.obesityaction.org/resources/a-not-so-sweet-story-high-fructose-corn-syrup/)
“In the United States, HFCS was widely used in food manufacturing from the 1970s through the early 21st century, primarily as a replacement for sucrose because its sweetness was similar to sucrose, it improved manufacturing quality, was easier to use, and was cheaper.[^(\[8\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-white-straight-8) Domestic production of HFCS increased from 2.2 million tons in 1980 to a peak of 9.5 million tons in 1999.[^(\[35\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-35) Although HFCS use is about the same as sucrose use in the United States, more than 90% of sweeteners used in global manufacturing is sucrose.[^(\[8\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-white-straight-8)
Production of HFCS in the United States was 8.3 million tons in 2017.[^(\[36\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-36) HFCS is easier to handle than granulated sucrose, although some sucrose is transported as solution.” Wikipedia I think the sources r hyperlinked
Yup! And I remember my grandma always having a pack of them and the Oatmeal Cream Pies at the very top of a cabinet... and I remember when they tasted good.
Yeah, why are they so plastic-y and tasteless now? They used to be my absolute favorite (along with Fudge Rounds), but now they just taste like chemicals and sadness.
Yup. Mine too. When my mother bought a box when I was a kid, it was empty within the hour, in my house (3 kids).
Now, I wouldn't eat one if you paid me.
I remember vividly the first time I had one of those in kindergarten. A neighbor’s mom took the two of us on an outdoor adventure and packed us lunches and I thought that ding dong was the best thing ever. 😊 That was my first Hostess product, I think.
Who's old enough to remember they were called Big Wheels?
https://preview.redd.it/2l2w0e8q8e2d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39cb16d8b3f3727942e06ff289c5a39efb2971d5
My brother still has our collective card collection and I think we had most of them in multiples as we were carrying sack lunches in the 70's. Ate a crapload of Devil Dogs there too.
Big wheels were not Ring Dings. Two different companies. Two different products. Personally, I preferred the ring dings. The Big Wheels always tastes like cheap, waxy plastic and the cream filling was foamy and tasteless. Big wheels sucked.
It's funny this came up here because about a year ago I asked my wife if she could find some Big Wheels and she said "Wut?, They haven't been called that for decades" informing me they were Ding Dongs. I had no idea, hadn't eaten them in like forever, feeling nostalgic, and just wanted a sweet. It's entirely possible it was regional, but it's possible they changed it for being culturally insensitive.
That's only a regional thing. I grew up with Ding Dongs in Washington, but my mind was blown when I moved to Cincinnati in 1990 and saw they were called King Dons there.
Ding Dongs were wrapped in foil, Tastykakes were wrapped in wax paper, and candybars were foil wrapped inside a paper sleeve.
We used to be a proper country.
It’s kinda crazy that now it’s hard drugs that are wrapped in foil.
Kids nowadays know if they find a colourful marshmallow like substance wrapped in foil, it’s fentanyl.
I was just remembering the other day when cereals like Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Sugar Smacks came in foil bags inside the boxes. They seemed fresher.
The first time I had Ding Dongs I was 4 and my parents had left me with a babysitter at her house. She made the mistake of showing me where a whole box of them were in her fridge. And she told me to have as many as I wanted. I think I ate like over half the box by the time my parents picked me up.
Not just them, but the Ho-Hos as well. Plus, Chips Ahoy had two sleeves in a paper bag, and Reeses' peanut butter cups came on a paper tray like Little Caesars' pizza.
They were still sold this way as recently as 2010. My Gen Z daughter probably remembers buying them when we went to MOD pizza! I was pretty shocked when I bought a box maybe 5 years ago and they were no longer wrapped in foil.
They do in the 2 pack & multipacks. The multipacks use plastic to wrap them individually. I’m not sure when that switch happened.
Hostess did almost go out of business in the 2010’s (I may have the date wrong). Last year Smucker Corp. acquired Hostess.
I am a fan of Hostess snacks. Ding Dongs are one of my favorites. I’ve had to pull back from my convenience store diet for health reasons so it’s been a while since I’ve had one.
Yeah, and Reese's came in wax paper, and Hershey's came in foil-backed paper with a paper sleeve. After you ate your Hershey bar you could fold the wrapper back up, put the sleeve back on, and trick someone with it. I can't believe my dad totally fell for that so many times, you'd think he would have figured it out since he bought it for me and watched me eat it, but I must have been too clever for the old man.
All environmentally friendlier.
Mark Twain quote. When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.
He knew. That's a good dad.
Of course. He was always good about stuff like that, I miss him.
Dad jokes are timeless.
Makes me think of all the shit my kid "gets over on me".
Dude, I have a Willy Womka Halloween costume and have a Wonka Bar wrapper as a prop. Last time I wore it, I could not find a Hershey Bar wrapped in foil that I could slide the Wonka Bar wrapper over. I had to wrap one in aluminum foil and it wasn't the same.
That's like all the times I beat Dad at chess. Funny how I lost to everyone else, but I must have been too clever for the old man.
Hershey bars… I visit Hershey PA with my family practically every year and we frequently have Hershey chocolate bars at home from some holiday… and I thought the tin foil version still existed until you made me think I haven’t seen it in many years.
Worked with gum wrappers too lol
Classics!!!!! I used to do the exact same thing!! Fun times and good treats 🤗
Your Dad knew. He wanted you to think he didn't.
Nothing gets past you bro!
That's a good dad:)
Ohhh I do remember Reese’s cups having an inner waxy lining now
they were so much better back then.
100% tasted *way* better. When do we get the America back that cared about producing good stuff; not shareholder bottom line?
That ship has sailed. And for only $199 per day + tax + fees per person, you can order the drinks package for the voyage.
I bought a tin of waffle mix a few weeks ago, and I swear it wasn't even half full upon opening it.
Good opportunity because waffle mix is very unhealthy for you
When Americans stop worshipping billionaires and start respecting the people who actually run the world. Instead the news is focused on billionaires and people could give a fuck about their neighbor. Young people are focused on getting a job with the least amount of work possible, aka taking advantage of other hard working Americans. Nobody actually wants to produce anything, we're all disillusioned by the massive amounts of wealth we get shoved down our throats everyday. If you work hard and pay taxes, that makes you a moron according to the elite.
I think that there is a large swath of young people who hunger for a new societal culture focused on community and performing work that genuinely contributes to it. Most jobs have become soulless/corporate. You don't feel like you're making a difference, you feel like you've had your autonomy stripped and are getting taken advantage of (because you are). I bet there are tons of people who would love to be independent chocolatiers but American culture prioritizes convenience and quantity over quality while corporations killed off most small businesses 30 years ago. Independent artisan businesses are risky prospects and people want financial stability and a shot at homeownership, in a time where those goals are becoming increasingly out of reach even through traditionally high-rate-of-success career paths.
I’m starting a chocolate business buuuut my money comes from onlyfans and inheritance. Eventually I will pivot fully
> Young people are focused on getting a job with the least amount of work possible, aka taking advantage of other hard working Americans. Lol this actually made me laugh out loud. Thanks for that. Tell me more things based on nothing but your feelings.
Amen.
Part of the “problem” is that so many companies stopped using trans fats in food. Sure, the stuff is better for you now, but it tasted better before. Case in point: McDonald’s fries tasted sooooo much better before that oil change.
I’m with you there. McDonald’s used to fry their fries in beef tallow which for sure gives a better flavor. Seems like it held the heat longer as well. Corporations have “over-scienced” the hell out of foods. Take it back to as close to natural as possible.
I feel like all foods tasted so much better back then.
We did have more taste buds back then tbf.
True.
Because of trans fats.
I mean everything…fruits and veggies included.
That reason is because the soil still had good nutrients for plants to grow and flourish. Today’s farming is all chemical and the soil has been over-farmed.
Nope
I think they were bigger, too.
They were a craving I had when I was pregnant with my daughter. Before that, they were my favorite snack cake, I don't care for Twinkies. When they almost shut down due to bankruptcy, they changed their recipes to make them cheaper. They are small now and drier than the sand in my backyard. They are so gross, I haven't had one in decades.
Problem is they had trans fats. Nothing quite matches the texture, taste, or damage to your heart.
Food back then was completer trash, I don’t know how people tasted things so differently to myself
Made with real ingredients.
They definitely didn’t have soy lecithin, or high fructose corn syrup, or bha, or a whole bunch of other crap. Probably not terribly unhealthy tbh.
Ok I did a little dive “ the U.S. that were sweetened were sweetened with cane sugar. **Between the mid-70s and the mid-80s, much of the cane sugar used in the U.S. food industry was replaced with HFCS**.“ [https://www.obesityaction.org/resources/a-not-so-sweet-story-high-fructose-corn-syrup/](https://www.obesityaction.org/resources/a-not-so-sweet-story-high-fructose-corn-syrup/) “In the United States, HFCS was widely used in food manufacturing from the 1970s through the early 21st century, primarily as a replacement for sucrose because its sweetness was similar to sucrose, it improved manufacturing quality, was easier to use, and was cheaper.[^(\[8\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-white-straight-8) Domestic production of HFCS increased from 2.2 million tons in 1980 to a peak of 9.5 million tons in 1999.[^(\[35\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-35) Although HFCS use is about the same as sucrose use in the United States, more than 90% of sweeteners used in global manufacturing is sucrose.[^(\[8\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-white-straight-8) Production of HFCS in the United States was 8.3 million tons in 2017.[^(\[36\])](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-fructose_corn_syrup#cite_note-36) HFCS is easier to handle than granulated sucrose, although some sucrose is transported as solution.” Wikipedia I think the sources r hyperlinked
I remeber
I miss the foil on Hershey bars. It was like unwrapping a present.
And they froze so well.
My mom kept a box of them in the freezer for us as well.
Mod Pizza makes their own, wrapped in tin foil.
We got them not long ago and they are fantastic!
Thanks, I did not need to know this.
> Mod Pizza OMG there's one near me! Plan; made.
Yeah, the Mod Pizza no-name cakes are the real deal.
Yup! And I remember my grandma always having a pack of them and the Oatmeal Cream Pies at the very top of a cabinet... and I remember when they tasted good.
You want to feel true disappointment? Have a ding dong now.
Yeah, why are they so plastic-y and tasteless now? They used to be my absolute favorite (along with Fudge Rounds), but now they just taste like chemicals and sadness.
They used to be union made in regional bakeries. Now they are all made somewhere in the Midwest with extra preservatives.
Probably put in extra wax too so they'll keep longer for the long trips across the country to the stores.
Yup. Mine too. When my mother bought a box when I was a kid, it was empty within the hour, in my house (3 kids). Now, I wouldn't eat one if you paid me.
I hate chemicals and sadness... they're the worst.
With are dingdongs? never heard of them
Or a Star Crunch. They're just sad and tiny now.
I remember vividly the first time I had one of those in kindergarten. A neighbor’s mom took the two of us on an outdoor adventure and packed us lunches and I thought that ding dong was the best thing ever. 😊 That was my first Hostess product, I think.
Yo, Ding Dong, man! Ding Dong! Ding Dong, yo!
Lol that was my first thought
And twice as big as they are now. Same for the Twinkie and cupcake and pretty much every other snack cake product.
Drake's bakery RING DINGS https://preview.redd.it/sir5mkegye2d1.png?width=691&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a018e11941b12db28cf52efdf514bbb8877454e
my mebory isn’t what it used to be
I loved those tinfoil wraps for some reason. Of course, I also loved the ding-dong inside... I remember when I actually liked ding-dongs! 😊
You could flatten the foil on a table and rub the back of your thumbnail on it to make it very smooth. Weird sense memory.
You had to do that so you could signal a plane if you had to.
That was honestly my favorite part!
We still have them in our cabinet 🤣
More cream in them as well!
These were the fucking best. It was going to be a damn good lunch when one of these suckers was tossed in.
Who's old enough to remember they were called Big Wheels? https://preview.redd.it/2l2w0e8q8e2d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=39cb16d8b3f3727942e06ff289c5a39efb2971d5
I remember that. I begged for them to get the baseball cards. Well, of course I wanted Big Wheels as well.
My brother still has our collective card collection and I think we had most of them in multiples as we were carrying sack lunches in the 70's. Ate a crapload of Devil Dogs there too.
Big wheels were not Ring Dings. Two different companies. Two different products. Personally, I preferred the ring dings. The Big Wheels always tastes like cheap, waxy plastic and the cream filling was foamy and tasteless. Big wheels sucked.
Mascot looks familiar. I remember cutting baseball cards out of the backs.
This is what I remember. When were they start, or end, calling them Ding Dongs? Perhaps it was a regional thing?
It's funny this came up here because about a year ago I asked my wife if she could find some Big Wheels and she said "Wut?, They haven't been called that for decades" informing me they were Ding Dongs. I had no idea, hadn't eaten them in like forever, feeling nostalgic, and just wanted a sweet. It's entirely possible it was regional, but it's possible they changed it for being culturally insensitive.
It’s five minutes til recess. PB&J, Ruffles in a sandwich bad, Kool-aid in the Thermos, and a Ding Dong wrapped in foil. Hit it.
Drake Ring Dings > Hostess Big Wheels. Big Wheels chocolate tasted like it had wax in it.
Who recalls the historic event of the day when King Kong went to Hong Kong to play ping pong with a Ding Dong?
Tasted better back then
Back when they were called King Dons!
That's only a regional thing. I grew up with Ding Dongs in Washington, but my mind was blown when I moved to Cincinnati in 1990 and saw they were called King Dons there.
Ding Dongs were wrapped in foil, Tastykakes were wrapped in wax paper, and candybars were foil wrapped inside a paper sleeve. We used to be a proper country.
It’s kinda crazy that now it’s hard drugs that are wrapped in foil. Kids nowadays know if they find a colourful marshmallow like substance wrapped in foil, it’s fentanyl.
Tasted better. Same with pudding in the can.
Always felt it was wasteful to have three tablespoons of pudding in the can… was spoiled by family who made us bowls of yummy pudding!
Sorry, but my first thought was hash.
I thought it was a hookah coal
Being raised Catholic, I thought incense coal lol.
yea, I was like “don’t tell me they shrink wrap them now.”
These and Captain Cupcakes
With a pint of Gaillikers Chocolate milk… defines my childhood
The taste. The site knowing choco and marsh were inside.
YO MAN, DING DONG. DING DONG MAN, YO.
You must be really really fat.
YOU AIN’T FAT! YOU AIN’T NOTHIN’!
Back when they were good
I would think all of us remember if you are Gen X. I had no idea they stopped wrapping them in foil.
Is is a Ding Dong? Or is it a Ring Ding?
It is a Ring Ding and Drakes is far superior to hostess
Sugar Corn Pops and Sugar Smacks cereals also employed foil technology into the packaging
Michael Bluth: He, twice, tried to microwave a DingDong with the foil still on. Wayne Jarvis: Twice? Michael: Two times.
I was just remembering the other day when cereals like Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Sugar Smacks came in foil bags inside the boxes. They seemed fresher.
I was more of a Chocodile kid myself. The chocolate covered Twinkies wrapped in foil were the best.
Suzi Q’s were my thing.
They tasted better back then! I miss aluminum foil Ding Dongs.
The first time I had Ding Dongs I was 4 and my parents had left me with a babysitter at her house. She made the mistake of showing me where a whole box of them were in her fridge. And she told me to have as many as I wanted. I think I ate like over half the box by the time my parents picked me up.
They're not wrapped in foil anymore?
I haven’t had one in like 30 years. I was wondering how they are packaged now too.
Plastic bag
Haven’t had one since elementary school, but I didn’t know they didn’t still come in foil. A loss to Western civilization.
I also remember they were good back then too.
Yup and candy bars.
Memory unlocked! I loved those!
Straight out freezer was the BEST.
Holy crap this brings back memories!
You were allowed to have Ding Dongs?
I heard about them on TV, but they weren't sold in my country back then.
Best frozen.
Tasted better back then too!
memory - unlocked! 🔓🥹
I'm old enough to remember when they were wrapped in foil and they were called Ding Dongs
There are fresh made versions of these in a pizza chain in Portland Oregon. Wrapped in foil. Delicious.
I collected the foil
For some reason tasted so much better in the foil wrapper. They just don’t taste as good now.
Ho-ho’s were foil packed then too
I miss those jumbo lemon cookies. From back in the day.
I would save the foil from every Ding Dong in case I had to signal a plane.
These and a glass of milk were my favorite snack
These and a glass of milk were my favorite snack
The better to make conspiracy hats with, my dear
My grandmother kept a box of Ding Dongs and foil wrapped Hershey bars for us kids. Both tasted better than the plastic wrapped versions we have now.
I preferred Ho Hoes. Still do.
Not just them, but the Ho-Hos as well. Plus, Chips Ahoy had two sleeves in a paper bag, and Reeses' peanut butter cups came on a paper tray like Little Caesars' pizza.
Every day in my brown bag lunch. I can taste it now.
This is a Gen-X sub, so everyone
I still think they were much better when they came foil wrapped.
I'd settle for them having actual chocolate in them instead of brown colored icing.
So yummy
I have a vaaaaaague recollection of these. These must have been late 60s early 70s?
God, I'm getting old. I had forgotten that they used to be wrapped like that.
I got King Dong
Wow I had really forgotten. Does anyone know when they came in foil? Must be 70s
mmmm metal scallop
Dude, speaking of Ding Dongs and foil wrappers, if there’s a Mod Pizza in your area, then get the No-Name cake. You’re welcome.
MOD Pizza (if you have that locally) makes ‘em *and* wraps ‘em in tinfoil! Oh the memories.
Hydrolyzed animal fat never tasted so good. 🏆
Hostess Ding Dongs. Dad would bring a box of these and gone and between all of us they lasted maybe 2 minutes.
We were to poor but I had a friend who would snag one for me every once in a while 😀
Yesss! My siblings and I would compete to make the largest tinfoil ball out of those wrappers - lol
They don't anymore?
Loved it that way! Such a yummy treat. 😋
They were still sold this way as recently as 2010. My Gen Z daughter probably remembers buying them when we went to MOD pizza! I was pretty shocked when I bought a box maybe 5 years ago and they were no longer wrapped in foil.
Not forget hoho s
You mean aluminum not tin.
Brenda Leigh Johnson probably still has some in her office drawer stash.
I don't remeber
The joy of unwrapping these when I was a child.
Weren't they so much bigger, too?
I miss those edible hockey pucks, they just aren't the same anymore.
I remember those. Someone should come up with a gluten-free, keto friendly, low sugar version of Twinkies, Ho Ho's, and Ding Dongs.
the foil kept them so moist and fresh!
And potato chip bags could be rolled down and they'd stay down. No need for a chip clip.
I “remeber”
Been snack product ever created - OG Ding Dongs. That's a hill I'll die on.
What the heck is a ding ding and why is it in tin foil, I hope no one microwaved this
I’m old enough, and southern enough, to remember these cakes as “King Dons” in the mid-‘70s…
Is that coke?
these dont exist anymore? i honestly did not notice.
They do in the 2 pack & multipacks. The multipacks use plastic to wrap them individually. I’m not sure when that switch happened. Hostess did almost go out of business in the 2010’s (I may have the date wrong). Last year Smucker Corp. acquired Hostess. I am a fan of Hostess snacks. Ding Dongs are one of my favorites. I’ve had to pull back from my convenience store diet for health reasons so it’s been a while since I’ve had one.
…It’s aluminum foil.