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Why did Hostess stop calling them King Dons...
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:11 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:11 pm
and start calling them Ding Dongs? and why did they stop using the foil wrapper?
My OCD, gets all wacked out with changes like that...
My OCD, gets all wacked out with changes like that...
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Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:13 pm to Hangover Haven
Didn't want to appear to support Trump.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:13 pm to Hangover Haven
I remember turning over every box in the store to see which cards were on the back as a kid
Those were the days
I needed the Pete Rose and Ron Guidry cards
Those were the days
I needed the Pete Rose and Ron Guidry cards
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:13 pm to Hangover Haven
til ding dongs were once called king dons
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:14 pm to Hangover Haven
Sued them for infringement-
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:15 pm to Hangover Haven
I’m sure it’s always been Ding Dongs. I’m guessing it was called King Dons in a very limited area of the country. They then combined them all under the Ding Dong name at some point.
As far as the foil, I’m sure it’s a cost issue.
Edit: King Dons were Canadian, ding Dongs were US, Big Wheels were east coast (because of a different product and potential confusion)
As far as the foil, I’m sure it’s a cost issue.
Edit: King Dons were Canadian, ding Dongs were US, Big Wheels were east coast (because of a different product and potential confusion)
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A Ding Dong is a chocolate cake produced and distributed in the United States by Hostess Brands and in Canada from Vachon Inc. under the name King Dons; in some U.S. markets, it was previously known as Big Wheels.
This post was edited on 11/8/23 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:15 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:
My OCD, gets all wacked out with changes like that...
It has been bothering you for 30 years?
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:16 pm to Tyga Woods
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It has been bothering you for 30 years?
Yes
Can't wrap my head around it...
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:19 pm to Hangover Haven
Wikipedia
quote:
The company marketed the snacks on the East Coast as Big Wheels, to avoid confusion with Ring Dings, a similar and pre-existing treat by Drake's Cakes. The names were consolidated in 1987, when a short-lived merger of Drake's with Hostess's parent company (then Continental Baking Company) briefly resolved the Ring Ding – Ding Dong conflict. When the merged company broke up, however, Hostess was once again forced to cease using the Ding Dongs name in areas where Ring Dings were available. The compromise sound-alike name King Dons lasted until Interstate Bakeries Corporation, which had recently merged with Hostess' parent company, bought Drake's in 1998. The Hostess product was then sold under the name Ding Dongs throughout the United States, although it was still sold as King Dons in Canada.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:19 pm to Hangover Haven
When were they "King Dons"? Since the mid 70's I have known them as Ding Dongs.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:20 pm to Hangover Haven
I’m glad you posted this.
I remember King Dons and people said I was crazy…..
Kinda like Children’s Hospital once being named “Crippled Childrens Hospital”…..
I remember King Dons and people said I was crazy…..
Kinda like Children’s Hospital once being named “Crippled Childrens Hospital”…..
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:24 pm to Brummy
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although it was still sold as King Dons in Canada.
Who knew?
Pesky Canadians...
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:25 pm to Klondikekajun
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Kinda like Children’s Hospital once being named “Crippled Childrens Hospital”…..
Fact...
I think it's technical name is still "Crippled Children's Hospital"
But they never go by that.
This post was edited on 11/8/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:26 pm to Hangover Haven
I'm not sure about that but I do know they haven't been near as good since they stopped wrapping them in aluminum foil.. 
This post was edited on 11/8/23 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:28 pm to Hangover Haven
King Dons + Ding Dongs = "King Dongs"
Let your "OCD" wrangle with that
Let your "OCD" wrangle with that
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:33 pm to minimal
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"King Dongs"
That was a buddy of mine's carnival group.. "King Dong and the Big 14s."
This post was edited on 11/8/23 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:37 pm to Hangover Haven
Maybe it was to avoid a lawsuit of geometric proportions.
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:40 pm to BunkieWrench
King Don would tell you all about his Ding Dong
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:45 pm to Boudreaux35
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When were they "King Dons"? Since the mid 70's I have known them as Ding Dongs.
they were Kling Dons into the mid 80s or so for sure because I remember eating them as a kid and I was born in '78
Posted on 11/8/23 at 12:59 pm to Hangover Haven
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