Micro-Review: Limited Time Only Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Zingers
Today’s junk food: Limited Time Only Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Zingers!!
Limited Time Only Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Zingers: The Money Shot
Remember a couple days ago when I absolutely LOVED the Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Cupcakes? I had the exact opposite feeling about these Limited Time Only Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Zingers. I’m sorry, Hostess – win some, lose some. I didn’t like these. Opening the package, I did get some caramel smell, but not as much as the cupcakes. Biting into it, the surface cracked, and yes you could see the caramel underneath…but there wasn’t ENOUGH of it. Instead, I got a lot of the just-so-so outer chocolate shell flavor, which the salt crystals SORT of went with. Direct salt to caramel contact would’ve punched this whole thing up, but the chocolate there, acting as a barrier, definitely affected the overall flavor. The cake itself was standard, but the creme inside wasn’t caramel flavored. Why would you put caramel creme in one and not the other, Hostess? I don’t get it. Overall, this basically tasted like a Chocodile (which I don’t love) that had a little caramel in it. Not a fan; will definitely be giving these away at work. Again – loved the new Sea Salt Caramel Hostess Cupcakes. Buy them all day long. These? Put ’em back on the shelf, people.
PURCHASED AT: Walmart, Germantown, MD
COST: $2.96
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Discuss - 8 Comments
Some people bring fresh-baked delicacies to their co-workers. JFG says, “Here, treasured colleagues, have this box of leftover things I didn’t like.”
I hope you buy these people good doughnuts now and then. lol
@Jeni: Trust me, the vultures at my job love when I bring them anything
I travel 3 floors to get JFG castoffs.
C’mon, the only real Zingers were from Dolly Madison, as advertised by Snoopy.
Great review, you’re a big help.
also, i like this new review style. I imagine it saves you time, too.
@Peter: Thanks! And I like both styles.
Really? That big looking chunkers of salt looked good on these.
@MarcP: It’s not that the salt is bad, its that it never really has a chance to harmonize with the caramel