Thots on snak kakes

By Todd Stadler · Friday, January 5, 2001 5:59pm

Hostess Sno Balls are kind of disturbing. Sure, this may be obvious to most people just from observation, but I am a scientist and had to truly experience their disturbitude.

It's not that the cakes sound so bad in theory - "coconut and marshmallow covered chocolate cake with creamy filling" - but their execution is, hm... ...See, I'm not sure why the marshmallow has to be outside of the moist, delicious cake. Clearly, the coconut is placed on the outermost layer to keep my fingers from becoming a sticky mess. But when you pick up a Sno Ball off of its cardboard tray, it "gives" in a most disturbing way, all because of the marshmallow. It's not unlike picking up a piece of silicone, really. And, given the hemispherical nature of these cakes, that's not something I really want to think about. I also question the efficacy of the creamy filling in the middle. After biting down through coconut, a quarter-inch of marshmallow and one inch of chocolate cake, am I really going to notice a half-inch of this so-called cream? In fact, I didn't. But then, I don't suppose "why" is a question that the people at Hostess ask themselves very often. For example, Sno Balls, according to the ingredients list, come in the following colors (although all I can ever find is white): blue, green, orange, pink, purple and yellow.