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Another return to greatness – Sno-Balls

It’s been almost 3 years since the last time I reviewed a Hostess snack cake product, and I was impressed. So it’s about time I reviewed another one, this time from last December – the return of Sno-Balls.

Wrapped

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Cheap plastic wrap showing off the coconut

This is a marshmallow-sponge covering a chocolate cake, with a cream-filled center all in a dome-shaped snack that I used to eat as a kid. It requires you like coconut, chocolate and cream filling. As a kid, these were pink in color, which stood out at the grocery store. I really did like them a lot, but rarely did get them due to my mom’s hatred for anything sugar. So it required that I had to sneak around to go get them at the store and eat them before I went home. Pretty sad, huh?

Coconut

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Coconut dome

The return of Hostess has been a mixed bag. Only the Ding Dong has been a hit, in my opinion. So I was a bit on the neutral side when I decided to buy a 6-pack of these Sno-Balls. If I didn’t like them, I’d have to pawn off the other 5 to willing individuals. As it turns out, I did like them. They were smaller than I remember, but that’s the case with so many products today skimping on us consumers.

Chocolate and Cream Filling

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Chocolate and creamy filled goodness

The cream filling was even good, mixed with the spongey-texture and the chocolate cake half-sphere. I ended up eating all 6 of these during the holidays last year. I don’t anticipate that I will make these a regular purchase, but if I get an urge, I will certainly pick up the 2 pack for $1.00. And these days, I can eat them without sneaking around.