Nostalgia Blitz: Hostess Turtles Pies

These things pretty much kept me alive for a year in middle school.



Note the “Artificially Flavored” disclaimer on the wrapper. Good thing that was there. Wouldn’t want kids to think they were flavored with actual mutant turtle.

These things had a lot going for them:

• They were a tie-in to a very hot commodity. TMNT was HUGE in 1990.
• They were filled with pudding. Not just pudding in fact, but Puddin’ Power!
• They came with trading cards. You can probably send your kids through college if you have a full set of them
• They were sold in our school’s cafeteria. Hmmm….wonder where my taste for junk food came from…

Sadly they don’t make these anymore. Haven’t for years. Another part of my childhood gone forever…