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LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 10:54 PM Apr 2022

Please help me identify this junk food

I loved this crap when I was a kid, and I'm trying to find out if they still make them because I want some. Right now.

The name of this junk food is "Creamies".

When I Google Image Creamies, I get all sorts of different sweet treats, but I cannot find what I am looking for. If I knew the name of the company that made them, it would help a lot. All my brain can conjure up is "Hostess", but I'm pretty sure that is wrong.

The product is as follows:

Clear plastic package with blue and white writing on it (back in the 60's, anyway).

Inside this package were these two cake like junk food desserts.

Each one was maybe 5 inches long, maybe 1.5 inches wide. maybe an inch high each, but that consisted 2 two separate layers of a chocolate cake like material, with each layer being about 0.5 inches thick. Sandwiched inside each layer was a thin layer of a whipped cream. They were dark brown. Each long end was rounded off into a semi-circle.

So, picture that you have a hot dog roll laying on your counter and you standing over it, looking down at the top of it. The ends of this product are rounded off like a hot dog roll. Instead 2 layers of bread, imagine 2 layers of a dark brown chocolate cake type of thing. Instead of a hot dog between the two layers, there is a thin layer of whipped cream. Now, shrink down the size of the hot dog roll to the dimensions above, and that is what a Creamie is. Two to a package.

The same company also made these chocolate and peanut butter cup type of things. 3 to a package. 3 brown chocolate circles, maybe 2 inches in diameter and 0.5 inches high. Same color packaging as above. Almost the same size as a Reese's cup, but no little ridges at the top. Also unlike a Reese's cup, the inside was not entirely filled with peanut butter. Under the chocolate was only a thin layer of peanut butter, but the bulk of the inside had some kind of white fluffy stuff.

If anyone recognizes this product, please post the company name here.

If it helps me find where to get these things 50 some years later, I'll go get them. I need some right now.

If I find them, I'll give you a cookie.

Maybe.

If you finish your peas first.

On second thought, no cookie.

You ate almost an entire package of cookies yesterday, so you need a break from the sweets.

Thank you.

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Please help me identify this junk food (Original Post) LuckyCharms Apr 2022 OP
Sounds like Suzy Qs. Ocelot II Apr 2022 #1
Yes, or devil dogs. None of these stack up to a real whoopie pie, tho. GPV Apr 2022 #2
Getting closer, LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #7
Ooo! We call them Gobs here happybird Apr 2022 #9
I'll tell you what, that's a good start! LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #3
Check out devil dogs GPV Apr 2022 #4
Ooops...i thought my reply did not hit. LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #16
I love all those things, but I don't think I've ever had Creamies. Ocelot II Apr 2022 #17
I'm hoping they didn't change the recipe! LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #18
I loved those. when I was a kid, there was a Hostess store spooky3 Apr 2022 #19
Maybe Tastykake? Bristlecone Apr 2022 #5
YES! Winner! That was quick! LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #8
Just saw the second link! You've made my night, thanks again! LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #10
🧁 Bristlecone Apr 2022 #12
Ho-Hos? happybird Apr 2022 #6
Hmmmmm...... Pachamama Apr 2022 #11
SOLVED. Bristlecone found it above. Thanks everyone... LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #13
Aren't those called devil dogs wendyb-NC Apr 2022 #14
The cups you described sound a bit like Mallo Cups. OilemFirchen Apr 2022 #15
Am I the only one who searched this and got porn? Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #20
Yes LuckyCharms Apr 2022 #21
In New England, back then... 2naSalit Apr 2022 #22
They were Tastykake Chocolate Kreamies! woodsprite Apr 2022 #23
Reminds me of a song. "Get a Load of This" by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders yonder Apr 2022 #24
Mystery solved, I see. The second product you describe... malthaussen Apr 2022 #25

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
7. Getting closer,
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:07 PM
Apr 2022


The chocolate part of the Creamies were even smoother than devil dogs, and the whipped cream was a thinner layer.

Thanks!

happybird

(4,608 posts)
9. Ooo! We call them Gobs here
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:11 PM
Apr 2022

My Mom makes homemade Gobs (Grandma’s recipe) and brings them in to my work for my coworkers’ birthdays. They are like biting into heaven.
My Mom is well loved by my coworkers, lol!

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
3. I'll tell you what, that's a good start!
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:02 PM
Apr 2022

The ends of a Creamie were rounded off more. Creamies have a thinner layer of whipped cream, and are longer, but narrower.

Also, the cake part is very smooth on a Creamie.

Pretty close though! Thank you, Ocelot II!

Ocelot II

(115,706 posts)
17. I love all those things, but I don't think I've ever had Creamies.
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:26 PM
Apr 2022

It does look like you can still get them, so that's excellent!

spooky3

(34,456 posts)
19. I loved those. when I was a kid, there was a Hostess store
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:53 PM
Apr 2022

Nearby that sold their stuff that was not fresh enough for the regular stores. Mom would take us there occasionally to get bread and treats. I think Snoballs were my favorite but Suzy Qs were great too.

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
8. YES! Winner! That was quick!
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:09 PM
Apr 2022

Now I just have to see if I can locate the Creamies on the site...

Thanks so much! Have a cookie!

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
10. Just saw the second link! You've made my night, thanks again!
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:12 PM
Apr 2022

They were an oblong shape back then, so they've changed the shape, but I bet they are the same product.

happybird

(4,608 posts)
6. Ho-Hos?
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:04 PM
Apr 2022

They’re made by Hostess. Would post a pic but my internet is very, very slow right now.

And now I want some Ho-ho’s.

LuckyCharms

(17,441 posts)
13. SOLVED. Bristlecone found it above. Thanks everyone...
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:18 PM
Apr 2022

I appreciate your help.

Looks like the reason I could not find it is that it begins with a K, not a C.

wendyb-NC

(3,327 posts)
14. Aren't those called devil dogs
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:19 PM
Apr 2022

The hot dog bun shaped chocolate cake filled with whipped cream, as you said. I think they had thin, dark chocolate frosting on the top and sides, with a squiggly line of vanilla frosting on top of the chocolate frosting, down the length of the confection.

OilemFirchen

(7,143 posts)
15. The cups you described sound a bit like Mallo Cups.
Fri Apr 8, 2022, 11:24 PM
Apr 2022

No peanut butter, though. Just marshmallow and coconut.

2naSalit

(86,634 posts)
22. In New England, back then...
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 12:50 AM
Apr 2022

Those were made by Drake's Cakes and were called Devil Dogs. I used to save my coins and ride my bike about a mile to the corner market for one. They cost a nickel.

woodsprite

(11,915 posts)
23. They were Tastykake Chocolate Kreamies!
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 12:54 AM
Apr 2022

I loved those! Now I want some!

Apparently they also had banana flavor as well.

I’m on my phone and couldn’t get a link to come up for the picture.

Not sure you can still get Kreamies, but you can definitely get the peanut butter Kandy Kakes. TastyKake is mainly an east coast brand out of Philadelphia. I do know that if you have a Capriottis sub shop near you, they have Tastykake’s shipped in.

https://www.tastykake.com/

yonder

(9,666 posts)
24. Reminds me of a song. "Get a Load of This" by R. Crumb & His Cheap Suit Serenaders
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 01:11 AM
Apr 2022

"but a pack of ding-dongs will bring me down to my knees"



The cover art got taken down though.

malthaussen

(17,199 posts)
25. Mystery solved, I see. The second product you describe...
Sat Apr 9, 2022, 11:12 AM
Apr 2022

... is now called "Kandy Kakes," but for years in the 70's they were called "Tandy Takes," which I've always wondered about... I have this image of them ordering a million or so packages from a printer, and finding that the name was misprinted and saying "Oh, well, what the hell... go with it!"

-- Mal

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