Talk:Hostess CupCake

Contested deletion
This article should not be speedy deleted as being recently created, having no relevant page history and duplicating an existing English Wikipedia topic, because it is an iconic American brand, per reliable sources that are being added. --Rlendog (talk) 01:43, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Seven squiggles?
I would be remiss in my editorial responsibilities if I failed to point out that the cupcake so lovingly photographed (really ... I have avoided them for years because they're so non-nutritious, but that doesn't mean I don't miss my favorite college-era snack) has eight squiggles of white regardless of what the cutline says. Daniel Case (talk) 18:57, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I also count eight sqiggles. What sort of anti-squiggle-couting conspiracy is going on here? --66.87.7.249 (talk) 20:35, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I was just about to complain about the same thing! There are eight. EIGHT! Plus, the on cut in half has eight squiggles too! GGGGRRRRRRRRRRR. Pawsrent (talk) 21:28, 26 February 2012 (UTC)


 * My guess is that they only count the complete squiggles. Rlendog (talk) 15:18, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

When did "Cupcake" become "CupCake"?
The Camel case "CupCake" is quite recent. When did it start?--Wetman (talk) 23:46, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

"Branding"
Do we really need an extended paragraph describing a fifteen year old ad campaign in such great detail?--RJBowman (talk) 23:51, 10 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Further to that, their name ("Pinguinos") and marketing in Latin America is mentioned twice, in almost identical terms. I'm gonna take one out, just to make it look a bit neater, less messy. 188.29.164.83 (talk) 01:25, 29 February 2016 (UTC)

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Ingredient content over the years?
Hostess Cupcakes were the best in 2012 when they last made them I remember they were always moist and had a great flavor. These impostors being made to day are akin to the other purveyor of cakes. They are dry have a funky plastic taste and are like the desert dry dry dry. Has the flavor and texture been changed due to size and or ingredients. They can say they use the same ingredients, however the proportions must be the issue. The new process/ingredients area failure and do a disservice to the reason to revive the Union killed company. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.18.111.244 (talk) 04:08, 12 December 2019 (UTC)

Sources don't provide proper backup
"The Hostess CupCake was first sold on May 11, 1919.[1][2][3][4]" None of the sources provided actually provide any backup for 11th May 1919 being the date of first sale. My suspicion is that date here has been recorded as such simply to match with "National Hostess Cupcake Day", which otherwise inexplicably falls on the 11th instead of the 10th of March, which is the cupcake's birthday, according to the company.Randal Oulton (talk) 18:03, 20 April 2021 (UTC)