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They mailed the snacks in two regular boxes, inside a inverted box of the same thing. This was my childhood snack growing up, and I wanted to know if they still taste good.

Spoilers: meh. It was better when I was a kid.

Preemptive hail corporate - I wish I was getting paid to eat garbage.

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[–] angrystego 12 points 10 months ago

Upvote for the kitty.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Tasteykakes have progressively gotten shittier and shittier over the decades. At this point they're the same goddamn "hydrogenated oils" formed into shapes resembling cakes like every other snack cake. They all have that same fucking taste and consistency now. Same with Little Debbie.

[–] RedditWanderer 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I feel like most stuff doesn't taste as good.

So either that we were kids, and it tasted better then while as adults it's too much sugar, or every single snack has gone through enshitification that they are all bad. Honest I think it's the latter. That's what happened to housing, healthcare and just about every other aspect of our lives.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

My personal theory is that it's a combination of both of those, with changing recipes and all that, + the way our tastebuds and brains experience the taste of things change throughout our lives for the non-sugary tastes, too, + changing preferences, + time and nostalgia affecting our memories of it.

I've thought about this a lot, lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They're owned by a publicly traded holding company in Georgia (state) now and since 2011. Thst should be enough information to know why it's gotten worse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yup, sounds about right.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They all have that same weird mouthfeel after you're done where you swear part of it is still on the roof of your mouth or between your teeth but you can't seem to reach it or get rid of it, feels pretty gross.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

For a second I thought tastykakes was your cat's name.

[–] imaginaryfriend 4 points 10 months ago

I'm renaming my cat right now

[–] Pronell 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Spoiler probably offset the HailCorporate crowd.

Sorry they aren't as good. Probably changed the recipe a few dozen times.

[–] EdibleFriend 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

For a while on reddit their sidebar actually said even unintentional advertising should be called out because we have been brainwashed to post cooperate logos.

I get the vibe but...yeah those people were kinda crazy yo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

"Man this product sucks" "CODE FOR THEM BEING BRAINWASHED HAILCORPORATE!"

[–] Pronell 2 points 10 months ago

I was one of 'em to be honest. And it's not a "Stop that shit" thing but be more aware of who you are promoting and why.

I'll also admit that I actually bought a product AFTER seeing it posted to r/HailCorporate.

That's one way you can tell it's true: showing a product exists advertises it.

[–] Etterra 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Where are these even from? I've never hear of these in my entire life.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

*waves from Philadelphia* It's our thing.

[–] jeffw 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are tastykakes still not available nationally?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

No, I was recently out of state and they had tasty cakes powered sugar donuts. It was amazing. Just like I remembered as a kid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Tastyception

[–] ma11en 1 points 10 months ago

I imagine they incorrectly put the box blanks on the folding machine and reused them for delivery rather than throwing them away.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

shake those tastykakes!

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