{"id":21275,"date":"2017-02-21T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=21275"},"modified":"2025-09-13T10:44:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T20:44:33","slug":"review-hostess-cupcakes-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/21\/review-hostess-cupcakes-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Hostess CupCakes Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are few better values in the snack world than Hostess CupCakes. One buck gets you two spongy delights topped with a sheet of chocolate plastic and that oh so beautiful white curl of icing. Name a more recognizable cupcake in the world. I\u2019ll wait.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re stumped. I know you\u2019re stumped, because as far as store bought cupcakes go, Hostess has by far the most iconic. I\u2019ve been eating those bad boys since I was crawling.<\/p>\n

These days, I\u2019m a huge fan of the orange variety, but I\u2019ll never say a bad word about the classic chocolate version. Especially now that Hostess has decided to release them in ice cream form.<\/p>\n

The ice cream flavor is described as \u201cchocolate cake,\u201d but it\u2019s really just a fancier way of saying \u201cchocolate.\u201d This is chocolate ice cream through and through. You\u2019d never think \u201ccake\u201d if you just ate it by itself. That being said, it\u2019s creamy and stacks up fine to other chocolate ice creams I\u2019ve had.<\/p>\n

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The ice cream is lined with white frosting swirls and chunks of cupcake, and this is where the overall product shined. But also really let me down.<\/p>\n

The cake pieces were fine, when I actually found them. I\u2019d say I got a nice chunk of cake one out of every three spoonfuls, but that\u2019s just not enough.<\/p>\n

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They also tasted more like brownie bites than cake. I could imagine some people will be bummed about that, but I actually loved it. A hard chewy bite of frozen brownie is a texture all its own and they’re something I personally like to top my ice cream with. Still, I\u2019m sure a lot of people are gonna be disappointed they aren\u2019t more \u201ccakey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The frosting swirls were also way too sporadic \u2013 probably even more so than the cake pieces. Normally I\u2019d chalk this up to a small sample size, but I\u2019ve eaten half the carton so far and the problem has persisted with each bowl.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a shame because the three parts of this ice cream really did taste authentic to its namesake. When I actually got a chunk of cake and a ribbon of frosting on my spoon, I was essentially eating a frozen Hostess CupCake.<\/p>\n

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I know the cupcakes they\u2019re mimicking here are chocolate, but I almost wish they reversed it and made the base ice cream a frosting-like flavor with chocolate swirls and chunks of cake. They could have at least used a chocolate ice cream mixed with a frosting ice cream to really pound the flavors home. The Twinkies Ice Cream<\/a> uses a cream based ice cream, why couldn\u2019t this?<\/p>\n

So I guess what I\u2019m getting at is that Hostess CupCake Ice Cream is really good if you wanna work for it. You could poke around the container in order to get cake and frosting in each spoonful, but you shouldn\u2019t HAVE to do that. Call me lazy if you\u2019d like, but they skimped on the best stuff and that was a big mistake.<\/p>\n

If you like chocolate ice cream with a few brownie bites, that\u2019s pretty much what you\u2019re getting here. I guess the added bonus of tasting a Hostess CupCake every few scoops is nice, but not when the ice cream itself is named after said cupcakes.<\/p>\n

In the end, it\u2019s still not bad, but kind of a tease. I found myself thinking I\u2019d rather spend four bucks on eight CupCakes than the ice cream. Actually, if you pick this up, grab some of the CupCakes too and just have them a la mode.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts – 1\/2 cup (65g) \u2013 180 calories, 70 calories from fat, 8 grams of fat, 4 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 4 grams sat fat, 15 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 24 grams of carbohydrates, 1 gram of fiber, 20 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n

Purchased Price:<\/b> $4.09
\nSize:<\/b> 1.5 qts
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Target
\nRating:<\/b> 5 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> When all three flavors mix it tastes just like a Hostess CupCake. Hostess branching out into the ice cream world. Brownie Bites as a topping. Orange Hostess CupCakes. The iconic icing curl.
\nCons:<\/b> Needs more icing ribbons and cake pieces. Chocolate cake ice cream tastes like normal chocolate ice cream. Wish they used an icing-flavored ice cream. Having to work for your flavors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are few better values in the snack world than Hostess CupCakes. One buck gets you two spongy delights topped with a sheet of chocolate plastic and that oh so beautiful white curl of icing. Name a more recognizable cupcake in the world. I\u2019ll wait. You\u2019re stumped. I know you\u2019re stumped, because as far as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1504,1468],"class_list":["post-21275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-hostess","tag-ice-cream"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20988,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2016\/12\/16\/coming-soon-hostess-ice-cream\/","url_meta":{"origin":21275,"position":0},"title":"COMING SOON: Hostess Ice Cream","author":"Marvo","date":"December 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"This year, we saw Hostess expand out of the baked goods aisle with the introduction of Deep Fried Twinkies in the frozen food section. 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