Five generations of Philadelphians have snacked on Tastykake pies, cupcakes, donuts and other sweets. My mother would mail me care packages with Tastykakes when I was banging around the
I have a better idea. Tastykake ought to just give up. Here's why.
THE TASTE TEST
In junior high school, I would buy a Tastykake lemon pie and a Coke at a mom and pop grocery at the end of my paper route. (The pies cost 11 cents and the Cokes a nickel.) I packed Tastykake chocolate cupcakes or Butterscotch Krimpets in my school lunch. When I worked in
Like a lot of my friends, I’ve become more health conscious in recent years and Tastykakes have not been a part of my diet.
But when I read of the Tasty Baking Co.’s plight, I thought I’d help the home team and eat a Tastykake from time to time.
So I pedaled over to the neighborhood Seven-11 and eyeballed the Tastykake rack. Should I buy a lemon pie? Chocolate cupcakes? Butterscotch Krimpets? Tandy Takes? I settled on a four pack of chocolate mini donuts that, according to the stamp on the wrapper, had been baked only a couple days earlier.
Back home, I poured myself a tall glass of (organic whole) milk and tore open the pack. I was a little disappointed when I broke the first donut in half. I would have needed a micrometer to measure the thickness of the chocolate icing, which was an unappealing dull brown. And there were big air pockets in the yellow cake filling.
Then I took what was my last bite of a Tastykake. Looks were not deceiving. The taste can only be described as chocolate-flavored cardboard.
Tastykake indeed.
10 comments:
Hey Clueless - please take your organic milk and choke on it. Tastykakes are far and away the best in their class. They taste fantastic. Is it junk food? Yes, thank God. Please stick to bean curd cakes and carob or whatever floats your boat.
Well, I can only assume from your comment that your taste in snack food is about as original as your name -- Anonymous.
sure, that classic tastykake flavor was somewhat lost when they abandoned the old wax-paper wrapper years ago, but they're still better than most, as far as junk food goes. i'd rather have a tastykake chocolate cupcake than those horrible hostess ones anyday. seriously, those are nasty.
I'm far a away from Philly, in LOs Angeles, Ca. but I got a box of assorted goodies from the bakery last week. They are still far superior to the Hostess and Little Debbie crap that you get here in California. If you a looking for junk foods, TastyKake is still the best around, even though the quality may have changed a little from the time when I was a kid in Philly and buying them everyday.
the new Tastykake factory is gorgeous! And Green! And Tastykakes are better than ever. No other packaged "baked good" comes close.
Well I grew up in Philly and they are still the best anywhere. As far as the one comment about the Kandy Kakes, you must not be that old. They were actually called Tandy Takes first before changing the name to Kandy Kakes. My favorite.
I totally agree the person who wrote this sounds like he is in the industry, hostess and little debbie are complete garbage and a sugary mess
I just visited the Delaware Valley and brought back 6 pies to NC. I had a cherry pie tonight and the biggest problem I had was the amount of filling. I know there was more in the older style but, it tasted fine. And I like the tin... kinda funner!
SJJ
I go back to Philly a couple times a year , and always come home with a bag of TastyKakes. I have been in the Midwest for many years there is nothing to compare there. I am a little disappointed in some new stuff , smaller , less filling but little Debbie and hostess can't compare!!! Butterscotch and jelly krimpets ,!
I noticed the filling in the fruit pies is mostly flavored syrup with very little fruit. It wasn't that way in the past.
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