Ho Hos

by Hostess

1967 – 2012 GONE FOREVER

Ho Hos died twice: first in the 2012 Hostess bankruptcy (back by 2013), then again in late 2025, when they quietly vanished from shelves and the official Hostess lineup — no announcement, just an empty shelf.

A chocolate-frosted pinwheel of cake and cream that anchored lunchboxes for almost six decades, surviving even the 2012 Hostess apocalypse that briefly killed Twinkies. Then, in late 2025, it quietly vanished from shelves — no announcement, no goodbye.

🧾 One more thingBorn in a San Francisco bakery in 1967, Ho Hos once crowned Eddie Murphy the country's 'nuttiest celebrity laugh' in a fan vote to launch Nutty Ho Hos. The 2025 disappearance came as new owner J.M. Smucker cut a quarter of the Hostess lineup.

Filed under: Snacks & Chips · the ’70s & earlier

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