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Rating Distribution

Hostess Snacks has a 2.2 star rating from 7 reviews with about 50% would likely recommend, overall consumer sentiment leans negative due to safety and quality concerns.

Key Takeaways for Future Customers

  • Consult Hostess Snacks reviews for recurring issues before purchase.
  • Keep receipts and photos when filing complaints to customer service.
  • Prefer boxed or bagged formats over plastic-wrapped items when possible.

Negative Feedback / Risk Areas

  • Reports of chemical or plastic tastes and metal found in products raise safety concerns described in Hostess Snacks customer complaints.
  • Frequent quality issues: stale, burnt, dry, missing filling, and hard-to-open packaging for seniors.
  • Coupons offered after complaints may be unusable at some retailers.

Positive Feedback

Some customers praise pleasant customer service interactions and note products can be delicious when fresh and properly packaged.

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Cassiel Ybv
map-marker Statesville, North Carolina

Disappointed with quality of product

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I was very pleased with the customer service. She was very pleasant and knew exactly what to ask for for information. I will be receiving coupons

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Joy S Eic

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| map-marker Johnson City, Tennessee

Scary Chemical Flavor in Hostess Donettes

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AI Highlights
  • - Ate two Hostess powdered sugar donuts.
  • - Detected a chemical taste and smell in the product.
  • - Felt nervous about illness and won’t buy again.
Updated by user Dec 18, 2025

I called the company, described the problem and was told that they apply strict standards to the quality of their product and that if the product tasted as though it was full of bad tasting petroleum-based chemicals it was someone else's fault, e.g. poor transportation.

I said I would never buy it again.

But they responded by saying they would send me coupons for some free product. I never received the coupons but that is OK because I would not have used them.

Original review Dec 03, 2025

Last night I bought a package of Hostess powdered sugar donuts, which I have done before. I ate 2 donuts and noticed a terrible chemical taste and smell, which at first I thought was due to the fact that I had just used some hand sanitizer.

But it was in the product. The taste reminded me of superglue or some type of petroleum product I would use in my tool room.

I didn't know if I should throw up or go to the emergency room, and I spent a very nervous evening waiting to see if I would get sick. Never again.

Loss:
$2
Pros:
  • May taste good
Cons:
  • Maybe unsafe to eat
  • Undependable quality
  • Risk to your health

Preferred solution: Apology

User's recommendation: avoid this product, it is undependable

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WillieRuth W

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Hostess Twinkies compliant

AI Highlights
  • - Purchased Hostess Twinkies at Walmart in Fordyce, AR on May 26.
  • - Found a bitten-looking Twinkie in the package; please forward to the proper dept.
Hostess Snacks - Hostess Twinkies compliant

I purchased a box of Hostess Twinkies on May 26 at my local Walmart here in Fordyce, AR. When I opened the package to get a Twinkie, I found a Twinkie that looked as if it had been bitten off and put in the package.

I have pictures of my receipt, a picture of the box, and a picture of the Twinkie that looks like it was bitten off. If this is not the correct place to send a complaint, please forward it to the right department.

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Margaret M Lao

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Metal in the cupcake

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Hostess Snacks - Metal in the cupcake

Metal was in a golden cupcake. I started to eat the cupcake, and a small brass fitting was in the cupcake.

Had I chewed harder, I would’ve either broken a tooth or, the very worst, swallowed it! It

Pros:
  • Like em
Cons:
  • Is there more metal in this run

Preferred solution: Compensation

User's recommendation: Buy little Debbie’s

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Margarette Jei

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Made a complaint and received coupons I cannot use

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Nice person has sent me coupons when I discussed the fact that the last few Hostess cream cheese pastries had Very little filling

The problem is that I have no place that will except the coupon

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Nerissa M Ekm

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Product review Hostess mini blueberry muffins.

AI Highlights
  • - I enjoyed these muffins, but quality has declined.
  • - They are sometimes hard, burnt, dry, with no blueberry taste.
  • - Some bags are missing muffins.
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I've been purchasing and enjoying your mini blueberry muffins, but lately, they have not been good. Sometimes they're hard, burnt, dry, with no blueberry taste, and missing muffins in the bag.

Just terrible. What are you doing?

Loss:
$20

Preferred solution: Full refund

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Anonymous

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| map-marker Stamford, Connecticut

Hostess cupcake Baby Bundts

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Purchase a Baby Bundt cupcake snack not happy with it. Was hard and tasted stale.

Was purchase at a gas station store cannot see an expiration date on the package. Paid 2.59 for the single package

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Leslie D Vvy

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Resolved: Product not satisfied

AI Highlights
  • - Bought two bags of Hostess powder mini donuts.
  • - They were dried out and the bottoms of both bags looked oily.
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Bought Hostess powder mini donuts(2) bags yesterday May 29 2024 and they were dried out so bad I tried to warm them up and still to dried to eat and the next morning the bottom of both bags look like someone put oil or something on it was not like that when bought this is the first time I have been let down by your product very unhappy im sending photos of both bags and receipt if able or you can contact me for them

Loss:
$6

Preferred solution: Full refund

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Trina H Beh

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Bread is sour.

AI Highlights
  • - Hostess white bread was spoiled despite an expiration date of May 29, 2024.
  • - It made me sick.
  • - I'm very disappointed with its freshness.

I bought a loaf of Hostess white bread and it was spoiled.It has an expiration date for May 29,2024. Since when did bread stay fresh for that long. It made me sick.Ive always been picky about my bread and its freshness.Im very disappointed.

Loss:
$4
Pros:
  • Usually fresh
Cons:
  • Staile

Preferred solution: New loaf

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Rodney Iva

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Burnt muffins (blueberries)

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AI Highlights
  • - Found blueberry muffins that were black and badly burnt.
  • - Store refused to exchange the product.
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Got a bag of blueberries muffins open them up as a snack before work and found that they where black and burnt badly I cant believe that the inspection department miss these and how many more bags where like this??that was my breakfast for the day had to go to work hungry and dissatisfied, the store wouldnt even exchange themed.. truly not satisfied

User's recommendation: Keep your receipts

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Blanche A Eti

Packing wrap

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The cellophane wraps are too hard to open for senior citizens and handicap people that only has the ability to use one hand

Pros:
  • Product are delicious once you get them opened
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Lisa Hall

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Chemical taste

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The donuts taste like plastic. Very strong taste, cant eat them.

If you want hostess pastries try to get the boxed or bagged ones. The plastic wrap ruins the taste.

User's recommendation: Don’t buy hostess donuts wrapped in plastic. Go for the boxed donuts.

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