The oatmeal cream pies are probably the only things there that I still have some appreciation for, but even then I gotta scoop out like half the filling. Nutty buddies used to be a favorite of mine, but then I discovered good peanut butter.

Yeah, in retrospect, I really do think a lotta these have cheaped out and reduced quality.

Yeah, they taste like sadness. You think they are going to be rich and flavorful but they are mostly bland and overly sugary.

Idk if my memory is fucked up or if they were better as a kid.

That's some fancy looking American Cuisine.

I look at these like chips ahoy cookies. They were once pure unadulterated treats not unlike what you would make at home but without the hassle. Over time they altered the recipe slightly. Many many times. And now chips ahoy cookies raste like sweetened cardboard with little tiny bits of what would be the minimum standard of what could be called chocolate. Ill still eat em if theyre in the house. But i know there are far better cookies to be had.

It's just sugary carbs filled with more sugar

The most disgusting change in that picture over time is the prices.

On the whole, no I don't agree, though some items do seem to have suffered a decline in quality

so many euphemisms for sex all in one place

Who's Chyna Jenkins?

Oh, yeah, it's disgusting, but that's not gonna keep me from eating almost everything there.

My father likes to eat this stuff. He knows it's gonna kill him. He knows it's probably why he can't lose weight. I stopped trying to influence him and I just tell him how I eat because I like to share. My little brother is going into medicine and can't seem to grasp that 'dad doesn't want your medical opinion, he wants his little debbie treats'

He'll figure it out.

Maybe dad will too.

Yeah, I agree entirely. I could of mowed down a box of those at any given time as an adolescent. They all taste disgusting now and I probably haven't had even 1 of any of those in 5+ years now.

Little Debbie Nutty Bars 4 life!

I mostly agree but there is always at least one guilty pleasure that I've got my eye on.

I dunno, man. I'm okay with metal shelves.

Yeah once you pass 40, that is completely a no-go-zone.

Honeybuns still hit

unfortunately I think I will never be immune to a cosmic brownie

Oatmeal creme pies, and maybe zebra cakes on occasion.

I never really liked hostess style stuff anyways, so I guess no because I started as a disliker! I could still probably find something I'd eat though.

I used to sneak those after breakfast in elementary school. Now I'd probably puke just smelling them.

I don't see them in this picture, but the Hostess orange cupcakes still slap.

I've started using them as a cheap alternative to sport gels. They got a ton of calories and are super cheap. If you're just doing a long run you don't need the 2:1 glucose/fructose ratio.

I still love zebra cakes but I rarely get them, also love the Christmas tree cakes when they have them, but I limit myself to buying them after thanksgiving

I will say, they don't taste the same as they did when I was a kid, but they did change the recipe over the years

I don’t think honey buns can get bad. It’s basically a glazed donut.

no.

The one thing I have to admit I enjoyed when I visited the US a long time ago, was the glazed donuts from Costco. Way over the top sweet, but I did like them. I wonder if they still hold up.

I liked Nutty Buddies for a one-week period fifteen years ago in which me and a bunch of (metaphorically nutty) buddies went to an unused farm and lit fireworks, shot skeet, and horsed around at all hours eating way too many Nutty Buddies. Not once since, and every time I see one I think of that time.

I won't touch the stuff anymore, but it's a fond memory.

Cosmic brownies are pretty good emergency stock. They're calorie dense and have a pretty decent shelf life.

I once bit into what you USians call a "cookie" - it was an Oreo.

It's not a mistake I will ever make again.

I agree but I know people who are quite old and still eat this shit

Can’t agree, I did a cross country road trip recently, those swiss rolls were just as good as I remember them as a kid lol

Except nutty buddies

I think I've had absolutely none of those.

I feel sorry for you folks who can’t enjoy. Bunch of nerds doing their best impression of uppity food critics.

None of it is bad. Some of it is quite good, in fact. It's just a value proposition. As you get older, the flavor payoff on superfluous calories needs to be way higher.

Sugar is something humans crave. So unless you get less-human by aging, I suggest you try a couple of them instead of seeking attention.