Do you ever look back at specific moments in your life just to reflect on how much you’ve grown since then?
When I do this with Junk Banter, there really is no secret just how much I’ve grown: I don’t fit in any of my pants anymore, and my ass is touching the floor through this butt dent I’ve molded into my couch.
But sometimes it’s fun to see how much I’ve grown as a reviewer/writer, and to see if my taste buds have matured after years of subjecting them to the finest garbage.
Hostess Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes
It was the night of September the 3rd, 2015 when I first sunk my teeth into Hostess Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes. Junk Banter was not even 2 months old yet, and I was eating my first Hostess Cupcake since the 5th grade.
I thought I had achieved near pumpkin perfection.
A year later, I did this exact same reflective bullshit and gave the cupcakes a re-review. The ruling on the field stood: they were still awesome, and you couldn’t convince me otherwise.
Then they disappeared for three whole years, and I’ve struggled to find pumpkin spice products that reach the same bar that memory holds these cupcakes at.
I was still so young and dumb back then. But now? Now I am older and dumber than ever before.
So how do I feel about them today?
Better than ever.
I truly don’t understand how it’s possible, but the Hostess Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes exceed expectations for the brand on literally every front, and then some.
The cake itself uses real pumpkin puree and, remarkably, hits the right pumpkin pie spice notes without any clear indication that real spices are used. Instead we just have words like “natural and artificial flavor” and “cream cheese flavor” (for God knows what purpose). The only word is missing is “magic”, because these shouldn’t taste as good as they do.
And God how good they taste! The classic icing, squiggly, and creme filling have proven to be too much in some instances, but here they bring an incredible balance to the spice-flavored cake.
You probably think I’m bullshitting and that I’m just a homer for anything pumpkin, and that’s fine (more Iced Pumpkin Cupcakes for me). But as an endless onslaught of pumpkin products comes and go year after year, my appreciation for these has only grown deeper.
I was a little off the first time…
This truly is pumpkin perfection.
Burning Questions:
- Did you photograph these in a hotel lobby? I did.
- Did everyone look at you like you were crazy? They did.
- You’re not really gonna give a Hostess product a 10, are you? Watch me.
Place of Purchase: Safeway
Rating: 10 out of 10
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