I was interviewing for a job at McKee foods when Debbie stopped by to say hello to the man interviewing me. (They were old family friends.) And I got the job. I've been working there nearly 22 years.
Cool sir/mam ( sorry I’m not sure which one you are). I’m a young American girl that absolutely love history. I mostly have to learn this amazing world history of my own as my public school and others don’t teach us much history so if there’s anything else you could teach me I’d be ever so thankful and grateful. Bye Pepa H. Atlanta Georgia young American girl
I miss the chocolate chip creme filled chocolate cakes so much. I haven't been able to find them anywhere in my area anymore. not sure if LB doesn't make them or they just don't get sold around here anymore.
The Nutty Buddy is my favorite, but almost all their snacks are really good. And it's great that they have such a variety. Bonus points for their genuinely reasonable prices.
"Giant Deborah hear our call, you are big and we are small, we hunger for your oatmeal treat, cream pie is all we want to eat, we pledge our loyalty for all you do, Giant Deborah please come through!"
As a lifelong native Chattanoogan, Little Debbie has always been apart of our lives. Just like Double Cola and Moonpies, Little Debbie is found in almost every pantry, Store, and shop in the Tennessee Valley. Down the road from the Corporate Office of McKee foods, is the Little Debbie Store, where their boxes of cakes are discounted. It's worth a stop if you're ever in Collegedale, TN.
I’ve been to a Little Debbie store in Arkansas. I saw things I’d never seen on the grocery store shelves where I’m from. And the prices? The prices were outstanding! Whole boxes of goodness for just a bit more than grocery store prices. Of course I bought wayyyy to many…. 🤦🏽♀️
You guys forgot to mention that Little Debbie also does Christmas themed snack cakes, including a Christmas tree red velvet variant of their frosting-filled cakes and Christmas tree shaped brownies with chocolate chips.
My grandparents worked for McKee Foods from age 22 until they both retired. The company was always very thoughtful of their employees in their experience. But the first time I ever heard of Seventh Day A. As a child was when my grandmother had to explain it to me when I asked why I couldn’t go and watch the machines make the cakes on a Saturday. My little heart was broken.
My mom used to buy Little Debbie cakes for our sack lunches (in theory); she actually kept them hidden under stuff in the pantry and ate them herself, so your comment about hiding in the dark pantry was hella accurate :)
@@applegal3058 It really was--she once made an entire pan of peanut-butter-fudge rice krispie treats for my dad to take to work, but ate half the pan and didn't want him to know, so she just ate the whole pan and baked another. I grew up Mormon--they can't drink, smoke, have coffee/tea, so i guess overeating was the one vice she had unfettered access to.
@@ingridfong-daley5899 that's true enough. If you restrict anything, including food, that it makes you want it so much more! That's the worst thing about trying to be perfect...its just not possible.
I honestly didn't know LD made so many snacks. My grandfather's favorites were the Star Crunch. He'd give us one every time we stayed w/him & my grandmother. The Powdered Donuts are my favorites.
My wife and i were talking about how we couldnt find a quality little debbie history vid last week. Ask the universe and ye shall receive in this instance.
Little Debbie was a big part of my life as a child growing up in the Chattanooga area in the 1960s. I enjoyed going on school field trips to the factory in Collegedale where every child went away with a snack cake. Little Debbie was a local supporter of school and civic events. Several times my class or Cub Scout troup was on the Bob Brandy Show on ABC Channel 9. Little Debbie (McKee Bakery) was a sponsor and Little Debbie treats were regularly given as prizes. I won an entire box of Oatmeal Creme Pies by giving the closest guess to "How far is it from Chattanooga to ____________?" Decades later, I still enjoy the occasional Little Debbie snack, but can't consume them as frequently as I could as a child. This video brought back great memories. Thank you.
First, I wanna mention that "Nutty Buddy(s)" are my favorite of the Little Debbie snacks. Second, I've got to mention that although you can't purchase "Chick-fil-A" on Sundays, you can purchase "Little Debbie(s)" on Saturday. Just because the factory that makes 'em is closed doesn't mean the stores that sell 'em are. 😉😄
Yes Little Debbie snacks are both delicious and reasonably priced compared to Hostess and Tasty cake brands who are out for the money for the same products.
And they are usually kosher dairy, so vegetarians and jews and muslims can eat them. Idk about tasty cake, but hostess usually crams animal lard in their stuff so its a no-no for the 3 groups I mentioned.
I liked their golden cream “twinkies”. I had never had a real Twinkie, I only had the little Debbie version. When I had a real one I was sorely disappointed. The little Debbie products tasted so much better.
Every review I've ever watched said they weren't that good lol is why I didn't get them. Plus I'm not really a ice cream person so my review wouldn't be very accurate
I'm only 5 minutes in and I already want to go way over my daily calorie intake 😍 I love these videos, they bring me such a sense of internal peace and are so professionally made they look like they could have been on the Travel Channel, keep up the amazing work!
Grew up with this brand even though Entemanns, Koffee Kup (local bakery) and Hostess/Drakes were also available. Oatmeal cream pies are the bomb and felt "healthy" because of the oatmeal.
I was the only kid in history whose mom never bought a single package of these...and my names Debbie!!! So to make up for it I make sure atleast four packages find their way into my cart! Mmm best part of being an adult. 👍
Thats sad, they taste so much better to young tastebuds smh. My step-sister is a sugar nazi with her daughter so everytime she stays with me I let her have all the koolaide, cookies etc that she wants. Dont believe in people depriving themselves either, eat what you want/like just dont over eat & do something to burn the calories off. Dont waste your life eating bs you dont like because its "good for you", if you dont like it its just wasted calorie intake
My mom never bought LD or Hostess. She made us delicious treats like carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, dense fudgy brownies with chunks of fresh pecans from our own trees, homemade peach cobbler (again, ripe peaches from our own trees). Her fresh apple cake was legendary. I was 50 yrs old the first time I tried a Little Debbie snack cake, and only because my husband raved about how good they were. Sorry, but it tasted like sadness and HFCS.
I total agree the Pumpkin Delights are the best thing Little Debbie ever made, 100% better than the Apple Delights & they were delicious. I usually buy at least 6 or so boxes when they come out yearly & refrigerate to keep fresh past the expire date.
When I was pregnant with my first child in 1997, a new Walmart opened near me. For the opening there were all sorts of gift packages from various companies. I won a Little Debbie Wicker Picnic Basket full of Little Debbie products! My husband didn't have a sweet tooth, so I ate about 12 boxes of different products by myself. In those 2 weeks I only gained 1 pound!
I'll never forgive them for discontinuing the Caramel Cookie Bars. It was like a big Twix, but made by Little Debbie and they were absolutely excellent. But sometime in the last 5 years or so they stopped making them with zero announcement. Nor have they ever acknowledged why they discontinued them and whether they'll ever come back.
Little Debbie was certainly part of my lunch box in school. It's been years since I've had one but the Oatmeal Cream Pies were my favorite. The Swiss Rolls were a close second. Thanks for a great story and trip down memory lane.
I had issues with them many years ago and as an apology they sent a whole box full of different snacks and a coupon for the apology ❤ that was very nice of them. To this day I still buy their products and my kids like them too.
The biggest snake cake in the Southern U.S. by far is Little Debbie. A box of Oatmeal Cream Pies is given to every child at birth. Every brand of snack cake gets called Little Debbie's down here, too. Regardless of the actual brand. Except Twinkies. A Twinkie is a Twinkie. The rest are called Little Debbie's. And honestly Little Debbie is way better than Hostess, Tasty Kake, Dolly Maddison, etc. For real.
Their manufacturing company is very strict. Late 3 times, you’re fired. They have terrific benefits, though, including a cool free recreation building. 👍🏻
I grew up five or six houses down the road from OD McKee. Although his bakery was in Collegedale, he lived on the other side of White Oak Mountain in Ooltewah. Once a year he would throw a big pool party at his impressive mansion for the neighbors.
I never got "desserts" with my bag lunches when I attended grade school in the 1960's. Mom had to economize and make sure we kids got no-nonsense nutrition. I made up for this later - I discovered Little Debbie snacks for the first time while putting myself through college. I bought the oatmeal cream pies and nutty bars for snacking on while I studied. Still buy them occasionally. They are good!
We go through about 10 boxes of LDs a week. I pick them up as snacks for the crew at the pizza shop I manage. The crew loves them, and the sugar rush they get puts a little extra pep in their step. Lol
I live in the chattanooga area. I used to work at a company called reliable heating and air. We have done work in Debbie's house she is definitely still alive to this day. She also works at the little Debbie company as one of the line managers. She is a simple ole country girl who lives in a simple house and loves horses. Her grandfather started the business when she was a little girl, and when it became real popular, he decided to use her picture as his advertisement, which is now little Debbie. Oh, and by the way, she stayed away from the Debbie cakes because she is in good shape. And when we were in her house she never once offered us one cake😂. This video is correct!
Another awesome video, Weird History Food! I enjoy Little Debbie foods. If you could, can you make a video about these topics? *Pop Tarts *Popular 80s/90s foods *McDonald's Happy Meals *McDonald's Mcflurry
1:18 wow :) that's great to know she is still alive, she basically shaped my childhood! I thought maybe she would be long gone by now, but it's beautiful and refreshing to see what she looks like today. 2:15 this is such an adorable turn!!!!
Little Debbie either licensed the rights to their product names or started their own ice cream line. Oatmeal Cream Pie, Zebra stripes, nutty buddy and more.
My last name is Daugherty. Because of this video, I went searching for JTG Daugherty in regards to NASCAR. By going down this rabbit hole, I learned about several new people, learned about a sport I had no prior interest in and am now doing a deep dive into the name Daugherty itself. The knowledge in these videos sparks a quest for more.
I live next to the Gentry Arkansas bakery, and the company direct sales store on the other side of me. I drove a truck for them a short time and visited a couple times with Debbie. They are a great company to work for and Debbie is a great lady to talk to.
McKee was one of the best companies to drive a truck for, for a long time. They paid very well. The drivers were home every weekend. And if they didn't make it home before sundown Friday night, they had to shut the truck down, check into a motel, and could not get back into the truck until after sundown Saturday night. No smoking was allowed in the trucks, and smokers need not apply. And the factories are located close to Seventh-day Advestist schools and colleges to provide work for the students to pay their school costs.
Always looking foward to seeing another video from you guys, been subscribed since the beginning. You asked what food I want to see next, and being European I feel that this channel is very American centric. It's a lot of fun to learn about the history of your food, but looking into the other parts of the world would be a lot of fun too! Hopefully you'd take me up on the suggestion, and maybe i'll get to see a european food history? (Maybe even a danish one!) Keep up the great work!
Love the Oatmeal, Fudge Round and Star Crunch pies. Her donuts and brownies are great, too. The Strawberry Shortcake Rolls will give you the shakes if you go too long without them. That's how addicting they are! 😅
Anyone else catch the big boxes mega trees this year? I thought it was just gonna be more of the regular size trees in there, but oh no, it was 6 giant goddamn trees. I felt like Jeff Glodblum, standing there looking in the box and thinking, "you crazy son-of-a-bitch, you did it..."
i used to have Swiss rolls from my auntie's freezer as a kid back in my early days of grade school, thanks for sharing this classic memory and i'll cya next video! (i also enjoyed the zebra cakes, cosmic brownies and oatmeal pie snacks in high school whenever we went out to football games)
I like how this video mention the part about how at the time Little Debbie was a sponsor in NASCAR. That’s actually how I’ve heard about Little Debbie in the first place! Of course I’m also not from American, so yeah. 😅
Total nostalgia, but also total sugar (and I'm a sweets person). The iced cakes are way too much for me except on occasion. I like the strawberry rolls as well but scrape the icing off of the bottom, so overwhelmingly sweet.
Ir was Ruth’s father who had a bakery in Chattanooga. O D married into the business. As a graduate os Southern Adventist College in Collegedale Tennessee where Little Debbie is located I have personally talked to O D, Ruth, and ate dinner in the home of Little Debbie’s parents when Little Debbie was in elementary school.
HERE'S some history... Little Debbie's used to be TWICE the size before shrink-flation the past five years or so! The oatmeal cream pies were at least 4" across, for example. And they used to include ingredients we could pronounce.
They treat their employees well. I had an interview there in Collegedale when I was young I was told that no one quits McKee, they retire. That was years ago. Little Debbie’s were a staple in our house. They have always been my favorites. I am from Chattanooga.
My dad dated a woman who lives in little Debbie’s childhood home. I always thought it was crazy that it wasn’t turned into a museum. I might have thought little Debbie was the most important person in food
Contrary to popular belief, Little Debbie has been out of Nascar since 2011, Nowadays Wood Brothers is sponsored by Motorcraft & Dex Imaging and JTG Daughtry is sponsored by Kroger Also the Sprint Cup Series is now just the Nascar Cup Series (They have 4 title sponsors at this point)
O.D. asked my religion professor if it was wrong making such 3:18 sugary snacks (as Adventists have this thing about eating healthy). He replied, “there’s no such thing as junk food; there are only junk diets”. I thought that was a pretty good response.
Top three: 1: Oatmeal Creme Pies (the large sized ones, but not the double decker.) 2: Nutty Bars (I'll be dead before I'll call them Nutty Buddys.) 3: Swiss Cake Rolls. I will entertain no dissent. Thank you.
Both of my parents worked at Mckee Foods in the late 70’s/early 80’s. My mom was in college next door at Southern Adventist University (known as Southern Missionary College back then) while my dad was a college dropout. Mom was on the assembly line and dad drove a forklift in the warehouse. My dad got to meet Debbie herself and seems to have had a crush on her (by the way he talks about her) back then. Though people often mistook them for siblings due to both of them being about the same age with fiery red hair 😂. Apparently they and most employees were banned from the room that contained the machine that rolled the Swiss Cake Rolls because it was (and maybe still is) a trade secret. All competing products were rolled by hand at the time so the machine apparently saved Little Debbie a lot of money back in the day.
But yes it’s safe to say I grew up on Little Debbie snack cakes. I still have a habit (in my mid-30’s) of buying a box and then eating the whole thing in one shot and afterward feeling nauseous AF so I don’t do that often. 😆
Nutty buddy’s, Swiss rolls, strawberry shortcake rolls… my top 3. However there are quite a few in this video that I’ve never seen before, I might find a new favorite.
Little Debbie's is about as foreign to us Aussies as Vegemite is to the rest of the World... Maybe one day Weird History Food could do an episode on Vegemite? Vegemite is an acquired taste that not even all Australians like, but many of us love. It's usually served on toasted white bread or as a cheese and Vegemite sandwich, and I've heard of some people adding Vegemite to stews or casseroles. Thanks for sharing the Weird History of Little Debbie's, It was great.
no way it is 'as foreign' because you guys have other snack cakes. no one else but you and the uk has vegemite (as far as i know). and there's no equivalent. you can actually find vegemite in the states i got it and tried it once and thought it tasted like metal boiled in blood...
1. Little Debbie is a lifelong friend. When I was a scumbag skater, back in the 80's, a common session "snack" was a 32oz gatorade and a full box of Star Crunch. I can still destroy a box of swiss rolls or nutty butty bars in a startlingly small amount of time. 2. Hostess would do well to focus on their fruit pie line, something Deb has never mastered.
I am certain that they used to sell something like nutty bars that had chocolate wafers and a dark chocolate cream that were exceptional. They were less sweet and were more subtle. It seems like something a lot of people would like.
My ex-fiance always called me Honey Buns she still calls me that now that we're still friends ( with benefits). Aside from that my top 3 favorite Little Debbie snacks are Nutty Bars, Strawberry Shortcake Rolls and of course Honey Buns.
The jokes in this video had me rolling 😂 I learned some new things and snickered at the funny parts- good job! (FYI I hate snack cakes and even did as a little kid-they were way too sweet for me. Of course I also hate soda so maybe I’m just a weirdo 🤷🏻♀️)
Zebra cakes Star crunchy Oatmeal pies Powder doughnuts Zebra doughnuts Banana twins Strawberry shortcakes Banana moonpie ( cakes) Cosmic brownies Christmas trees My top ten little debbie snacks
I grew up eating these snacks and as an adult today, I regret....every....single...oatmeal cream pie I've eaten. Great video. I enjoyed every minute of it.
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I was interviewing for a job at McKee foods when Debbie stopped by to say hello to the man interviewing me. (They were old family friends.) And I got the job. I've been working there nearly 22 years.
Cool sir/mam ( sorry I’m not sure which one you are). I’m a young American girl that absolutely love history. I mostly have to learn this amazing world history of my own as my public school and others don’t teach us much history so if there’s anything else you could teach me I’d be ever so thankful and grateful. Bye
Pepa H. Atlanta Georgia young American girl
I work at the VA plant. Been working there 10 years now. Amazing company to work for. Little Debbie Mckee just retired last month
Ask management to bring back the coconut rounds please.
I miss the Marshmallow Supremes!
People in the post above this one want the old nutty buddies back
I miss the chocolate chip creme filled chocolate cakes so much. I haven't been able to find them anywhere in my area anymore. not sure if LB doesn't make them or they just don't get sold around here anymore.
I didn’t even kno it was one in Va
My husband is a LD aficionado. I’ve always referred to Debbie as “the other woman.” 😅
😂😂😂😂 youre welcome!
Funny
Lol
He sounds like he has BDE
Ha ha ha
The Nutty Buddy is my favorite, but almost all their snacks are really good. And it's great that they have such a variety. Bonus points for their genuinely reasonable prices.
Mine, too. 0:24 I sure would have loved to try those peanut butter bars, though.
@@Someone-kg8qf I did, they were GOOD....
@@Someone-kg8qf I'm Type 2 diabetic now, so any of them are rare treats for me these days.
Swiss cake rolls
Yes!! my favorite its the cream rasin pie those are great also the jam cream chocolate cake that better than my furst favorite
"Giant Deborah hear our call, you are big and we are small, we hunger for your oatmeal treat, cream pie is all we want to eat, we pledge our loyalty for all you do, Giant Deborah please come through!"
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The Oatmeal Cream Pie is the absolute best snack treat out there, to date. lol
AYYYYY GMM
BIG DEB
As a lifelong native Chattanoogan, Little Debbie has always been apart of our lives. Just like Double Cola and Moonpies, Little Debbie is found in almost every pantry, Store, and shop in the Tennessee Valley. Down the road from the Corporate Office of McKee foods, is the Little Debbie Store, where their boxes of cakes are discounted. It's worth a stop if you're ever in Collegedale, TN.
I’ve been to a Little Debbie store in Arkansas. I saw things I’d never seen on the grocery store shelves where I’m from. And the prices? The prices were outstanding! Whole boxes of goodness for just a bit more than grocery store prices. Of course I bought wayyyy to many…. 🤦🏽♀️
Cool I didn't know you were Creek or Cherokee
plz go down there an tell them to bring their old recipes back.
I have always though it was RC COLA and a MOON PIE
I can see why Tennesseans are so fat. I too love Little Debbie's snacks.
You guys forgot to mention that Little Debbie also does Christmas themed snack cakes, including a Christmas tree red velvet variant of their frosting-filled cakes and Christmas tree shaped brownies with chocolate chips.
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@project pat yeah they're there in the video at least, just not actually mentioned in the narration
walmart has that flavor in ice cream
Those are the best
@@gdubya83 and it is nasty too
My grandparents worked for McKee Foods from age 22 until they both retired. The company was always very thoughtful of their employees in their experience. But the first time I ever heard of Seventh Day A. As a child was when my grandmother had to explain it to me when I asked why I couldn’t go and watch the machines make the cakes on a Saturday. My little heart was broken.
there are worst things that will happen . someday your bag of chips will hang up in the vending machine .
"How did 'Little Debbie' get to be sooo big?"
Well, my brother "Little Danny" got pretty huge by eating all those snacks, so...
Lmfao :P
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brooo 😂
My mom used to buy Little Debbie cakes for our sack lunches (in theory); she actually kept them hidden under stuff in the pantry and ate them herself, so your comment about hiding in the dark pantry was hella accurate :)
That's funny and sad at the same time. Hiding food sounds like a symptom of an eating disorder.
@@applegal3058 It really was--she once made an entire pan of peanut-butter-fudge rice krispie treats for my dad to take to work, but ate half the pan and didn't want him to know, so she just ate the whole pan and baked another.
I grew up Mormon--they can't drink, smoke, have coffee/tea, so i guess overeating was the one vice she had unfettered access to.
@@ingridfong-daley5899 that's true enough. If you restrict anything, including food, that it makes you want it so much more! That's the worst thing about trying to be perfect...its just not possible.
@@applegal3058 Don't tell the Mormons that! :)
But yes, i agree.
@@ingridfong-daley5899 haha, I'll be careful not to lol 😆
I went as her for Halloween when I was 10. My mom made the dress and costume herself. It was awesome
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I love that❤
lmao gets terrified of little debbie
I used to live by the little Debbie Factory. I always loved it when they were making Honey Buns. It smelled SO good!
That’s dope u must be 67 years old
@@yhetuff look at their vids
@@yhetuff how
Too bad they've tasted like wax for the last 20 or so years 🤮
@@tias.6675 I can’t actually eat them because I’m dairy intolerant, but they smelled good! 😂
I honestly didn't know LD made so many snacks. My grandfather's favorites were the Star Crunch. He'd give us one every time we stayed w/him & my grandmother. The Powdered Donuts are my favorites.
Little Debbie makes ice cream also now.
Cereal also.
@@davidmitchell6873 oh, my...
I grew up on these things, haven't really had them in yrs. Don't think I've ever had a star crunch
Childhood memories. I love that these snacks are always soft, chewy and don't use lard.
My wife and i were talking about how we couldnt find a quality little debbie history vid last week. Ask the universe and ye shall receive in this instance.
Little Debbie was a big part of my life as a child growing up in the Chattanooga area in the 1960s. I enjoyed going on school field trips to the factory in Collegedale where every child went away with a snack cake. Little Debbie was a local supporter of school and civic events. Several times my class or Cub Scout troup was on the Bob Brandy Show on ABC Channel 9. Little Debbie (McKee Bakery) was a sponsor and Little Debbie treats were regularly given as prizes. I won an entire box of Oatmeal Creme Pies by giving the closest guess to "How far is it from Chattanooga to ____________?" Decades later, I still enjoy the occasional Little Debbie snack, but can't consume them as frequently as I could as a child. This video brought back great memories. Thank you.
First, I wanna mention that "Nutty Buddy(s)" are my favorite of the Little Debbie snacks. Second, I've got to mention that although you can't purchase "Chick-fil-A" on Sundays, you can purchase "Little Debbie(s)" on Saturday. Just because the factory that makes 'em is closed doesn't mean the stores that sell 'em are. 😉😄
And those same stores now sell Chick-fil-a sauce on Sundays.
Yes Little Debbie snacks are both delicious and reasonably priced compared to Hostess and Tasty cake brands who are out for the money for the same products.
Where I live at everything cost the same ain't no more 50 cent Little Debbie's
Where I live at everything cost the same ain't no more 50 cent Little Debbie's
And they are usually kosher dairy, so vegetarians and jews and muslims can eat them. Idk about tasty cake, but hostess usually crams animal lard in their stuff so its a no-no for the 3 groups I mentioned.
Guess you haven't been keeping track of the shrinkage factor -- everything is at least 1/3 smaller than just a few years ago.
Not reasonably priced, anymore...
I liked their golden cream “twinkies”. I had never had a real Twinkie, I only had the little Debbie version. When I had a real one I was sorely disappointed. The little Debbie products tasted so much better.
I am always impressed by the quality of these videos, these guys deserve wayyy more views and subs for it!
I just bought some Little Debbie ice cream pints. Zebra Cake, Swiss Rolls, and Oatmeal Cream Pie flavors. Yes they are really good, too.
Every review I've ever watched said they weren't that good lol is why I didn't get them. Plus I'm not really a ice cream person so my review wouldn't be very accurate
I'm only 5 minutes in and I already want to go way over my daily calorie intake 😍 I love these videos, they bring me such a sense of internal peace and are so professionally made they look like they could have been on the Travel Channel, keep up the amazing work!
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Didn’t hear off Little Debbie until I was older. All the kids around ,e had Hostess.
The narrator used to work for Food Network..
Zebra cakes were my favorite as a kid 😋 🦓
Grew up with this brand even though Entemanns, Koffee Kup (local bakery) and Hostess/Drakes were also available. Oatmeal cream pies are the bomb and felt "healthy" because of the oatmeal.
My favorite is still the Oatmeal Creme Pie. Given inflation, I'm always impressed at the low price.
I was the only kid in history whose mom never bought a single package of these...and my names Debbie!!! So to make up for it I make sure atleast four packages find their way into my cart! Mmm best part of being an adult. 👍
Thats sad, they taste so much better to young tastebuds smh. My step-sister is a sugar nazi with her daughter so everytime she stays with me I let her have all the koolaide, cookies etc that she wants. Dont believe in people depriving themselves either, eat what you want/like just dont over eat & do something to burn the calories off. Dont waste your life eating bs you dont like because its "good for you", if you dont like it its just wasted calorie intake
I've never had any Little Debbie. And I'm 63. Mom always bought Hostess.
My mom never bought LD or Hostess. She made us delicious treats like carrot cupcakes with cream cheese frosting, dense fudgy brownies with chunks of fresh pecans from our own trees, homemade peach cobbler (again, ripe peaches from our own trees). Her fresh apple cake was legendary.
I was 50 yrs old the first time I tried a Little Debbie snack cake, and only because my husband raved about how good they were. Sorry, but it tasted like sadness and HFCS.
@@LazyIRanch Homemade is the best. Mom made modemed most of the time. Once in while I had a Hostess Twinkie or cupcakes.
That is a bummer! 😢Good for you! 😆
"Y'know what this Little Debbie episode needs... Leon blowing Holden away."
-The 'Weird History Food' Creative Director, and my absolute hero.
Bobby Hill at the mention of fruit pies was an excellent addition 😂
My mom put Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies in my lunch back in the 1970s. To this day, they are my favorite. Close second would be the Swiss rolls.
Still petitioning for Pumpkin Delights to be available year round 🙋♀️ 🎃
They discontinued apple flips, yet these nasty things exist
@@laashedden1675 I've never heard of either. I guess it depends on where you live. I live in Baltimore.
I total agree the Pumpkin Delights are the best thing Little Debbie ever made, 100% better than the Apple Delights & they were delicious. I usually buy at least 6 or so boxes when they come out yearly & refrigerate to keep fresh past the expire date.
Yes, they are so delicious
I always loved the oatmeal cream pies.
Boom.
I started hating them after I saw a video off someone rubbing their ass on it and then licking it. I’ll stick the the Christmas tree stuff
@@timothyivey5497 lmao did you just said this out of context?
I love little Debbie soo much that I once took a part time job with the company and I didn't even need the money.
When I was pregnant with my first child in 1997, a new Walmart opened near me. For the opening there were all sorts of gift packages from various companies. I won a Little Debbie Wicker Picnic Basket full of Little Debbie products! My husband didn't have a sweet tooth, so I ate about 12 boxes of different products by myself. In those 2 weeks I only gained 1 pound!
The honeybuns have always been my guilty sweet treat... Been eating them since '96. ;)
This has got to be one of my favorite "spinoff" channels on YT. Love these videos!
I'll never forgive them for discontinuing the Caramel Cookie Bars. It was like a big Twix, but made by Little Debbie and they were absolutely excellent. But sometime in the last 5 years or so they stopped making them with zero announcement. Nor have they ever acknowledged why they discontinued them and whether they'll ever come back.
Oh man! I loved those. 😭
Probably has something to do with money and the profit margin.
Wrigley's did that with their green apple gum, my grandmother and I were so bummed!
yea those caramel cookie bars were good
My favorite. 😔
Little Debbie was certainly part of my lunch box in school. It's been years since I've had one but the Oatmeal Cream Pies were my favorite. The Swiss Rolls were a close second. Thanks for a great story and trip down memory lane.
One that wasn't mentioned the Boston cream rolls.
One of my absolute favorites!
The one thing I really wished they would bring back are the mint wafers from the 1980's. Similar to the nutty buddy's. Those were so good.
Ok I have to say that I'm so proud of Deb and love her with all my heart. The most caring and humble person I have ever known. ❤️❤️
The oatmeal cream pies and nutterbutter 😋
I have always liked the oatmeal cream pies, yeah. One of my favorites is Star Crunch. I like to have a Star Crunch while watching a space movie.
I had issues with them many years ago and as an apology they sent a whole box full of different snacks and a coupon for the apology ❤ that was very nice of them. To this day I still buy their products and my kids like them too.
The biggest snake cake in the Southern U.S. by far is Little Debbie. A box of Oatmeal Cream Pies is given to every child at birth. Every brand of snack cake gets called Little Debbie's down here, too. Regardless of the actual brand. Except Twinkies. A Twinkie is a Twinkie. The rest are called Little Debbie's. And honestly Little Debbie is way better than Hostess, Tasty Kake, Dolly Maddison, etc. For real.
The Cozmik Brownies were my favorites. Those things are impressively rich and dense for the price.
Cosmic brownies are one of my favorites
Talk about a blast from the past lol. I use to eat them alot in the early 2000s. Don't remember when I've last seen any.
Still around but no more walnut brownies but yah right the brownies are very hefty for such a small snack.
Their manufacturing company is very strict. Late 3 times, you’re fired. They have terrific benefits, though, including a cool free recreation building. 👍🏻
I grew up five or six houses down the road from OD McKee. Although his bakery was in Collegedale, he lived on the other side of White Oak Mountain in Ooltewah. Once a year he would throw a big pool party at his impressive mansion for the neighbors.
The peanut butter creme pie that they have are to die for
I never got "desserts" with my bag lunches when I attended grade school in the 1960's. Mom had to economize and make sure we kids got no-nonsense nutrition. I made up for this later - I discovered Little Debbie snacks for the first time while putting myself through college. I bought the oatmeal cream pies and nutty bars for snacking on while I studied. Still buy them occasionally. They are good!
I strongly believe the first Nobel Prize for food should be given to the Little Debbie Swiss Cake Roll
We go through about 10 boxes of LDs a week. I pick them up as snacks for the crew at the pizza shop I manage. The crew loves them, and the sugar rush they get puts a little extra pep in their step. Lol
@@tommolldev 🤣😂🤣
I live in the chattanooga area. I used to work at a company called reliable heating and air. We have done work in Debbie's house she is definitely still alive to this day. She also works at the little Debbie company as one of the line managers. She is a simple ole country girl who lives in a simple house and loves horses. Her grandfather started the business when she was a little girl, and when it became real popular, he decided to use her picture as his advertisement, which is now little Debbie. Oh, and by the way, she stayed away from the Debbie cakes because she is in good shape. And when we were in her house she never once offered us one cake😂. This video is correct!
Another awesome video, Weird History Food! I enjoy Little Debbie foods. If you could, can you make a video about these topics?
*Pop Tarts
*Popular 80s/90s foods
*McDonald's Happy Meals
*McDonald's Mcflurry
I used to tease my friend Debbie with that slogan.
"Hey little Debbie got a snack for me?"
1:18 wow :) that's great to know she is still alive, she basically shaped my childhood! I thought maybe she would be long gone by now, but it's beautiful and refreshing to see what she looks like today. 2:15 this is such an adorable turn!!!!
Little Debbie either licensed the rights to their product names or started their own ice cream line. Oatmeal Cream Pie, Zebra stripes, nutty buddy and more.
They already do have ice cream line and cereal
My last name is Daugherty. Because of this video, I went searching for JTG Daugherty in regards to NASCAR. By going down this rabbit hole, I learned about several new people, learned about a sport I had no prior interest in and am now doing a deep dive into the name Daugherty itself. The knowledge in these videos sparks a quest for more.
I live next to the Gentry Arkansas bakery, and the company direct sales store on the other side of me. I drove a truck for them a short time and visited a couple times with Debbie. They are a great company to work for and Debbie is a great lady to talk to.
My fave Little Debbie snack is the limited edition carrot cake rolls. They are very rare but so delicious!
McKee was one of the best companies to drive a truck for, for a long time. They paid very well. The drivers were home every weekend. And if they didn't make it home before sundown Friday night, they had to shut the truck down, check into a motel, and could not get back into the truck until after sundown Saturday night. No smoking was allowed in the trucks, and smokers need not apply. And the factories are located close to Seventh-day Advestist schools and colleges to provide work for the students to pay their school costs.
I guess it's good to be part of a community like that.
(Excuse my poor English)
Always looking foward to seeing another video from you guys, been subscribed since the beginning. You asked what food I want to see next, and being European I feel that this channel is very American centric.
It's a lot of fun to learn about the history of your food, but looking into the other parts of the world would be a lot of fun too! Hopefully you'd take me up on the suggestion, and maybe i'll get to see a european food history? (Maybe even a danish one!) Keep up the great work!
Kinder Surprises!
Love the Oatmeal, Fudge Round and Star Crunch pies. Her donuts and brownies are great, too. The Strawberry Shortcake Rolls will give you the shakes if you go too long without them. That's how addicting they are! 😅
I live about 20 miles from the bakery. A friend from high school dated one of Little Debbie’s great grand daughters. That’s all I have for now. 😂
Honestly ever since I started healing from my anorexia, Little Debbie snacks have been my go-to since I can’t handle plain normal food that much
Anyone else catch the big boxes mega trees this year? I thought it was just gonna be more of the regular size trees in there, but oh no, it was 6 giant goddamn trees. I felt like Jeff Glodblum, standing there looking in the box and thinking, "you crazy son-of-a-bitch, you did it..."
That comment really made me laugh
Unicorn meat slowly roasting over a campfire. Delicious.
i used to have Swiss rolls from my auntie's freezer as a kid back in my early days of grade school, thanks for sharing this classic memory and i'll cya next video! (i also enjoyed the zebra cakes, cosmic brownies and oatmeal pie snacks in high school whenever we went out to football games)
I like how this video mention the part about how at the time Little Debbie was a sponsor in NASCAR. That’s actually how I’ve heard about Little Debbie in the first place! Of course I’m also not from American, so yeah. 😅
Total nostalgia, but also total sugar (and I'm a sweets person). The iced cakes are way too much for me except on occasion. I like the strawberry rolls as well but scrape the icing off of the bottom, so overwhelmingly sweet.
Same for me, I like the occasional sweet thing but not *too* sweet
You're not a sweets person then your an imposter 😂 I been woofin these things down since was a kid
Even as a kid I thought the strawberry rolls we're sweet and you can only have 1.
Ir was Ruth’s father who had a bakery in Chattanooga. O D married into the business. As a graduate os Southern Adventist College in Collegedale Tennessee where Little Debbie is located I have personally talked to O D, Ruth, and ate dinner in the home of Little Debbie’s parents when Little Debbie was in elementary school.
HERE'S some history... Little Debbie's used to be TWICE the size before shrink-flation the past five years or so! The oatmeal cream pies were at least 4" across, for example. And they used to include ingredients we could pronounce.
They treat their employees well. I had an interview there in Collegedale when I was young I was told that no one quits McKee, they retire. That was years ago. Little Debbie’s were a staple in our house. They have always been my favorites. I am from Chattanooga.
Nutty Bars and Oatmeal Creme Pies are my favorites. I've never seen the raisin cookies. I must be part droid because I would definitely try them.
Raisins are delicious, but ugly.
@@RaisonLychi lol
Little Debbie makes the best Honey Buns! 😋
My dad dated a woman who lives in little Debbie’s childhood home. I always thought it was crazy that it wasn’t turned into a museum. I might have thought little Debbie was the most important person in food
Contrary to popular belief, Little Debbie has been out of Nascar since 2011, Nowadays Wood Brothers is sponsored by Motorcraft & Dex Imaging and JTG Daughtry is sponsored by Kroger
Also the Sprint Cup Series is now just the Nascar Cup Series (They have 4 title sponsors at this point)
O.D. asked my religion professor if it was wrong making such 3:18 sugary snacks (as Adventists have this thing about eating healthy). He replied, “there’s no such thing as junk food; there are only junk diets”. I thought that was a pretty good response.
Top three:
1: Oatmeal Creme Pies (the large sized ones, but not the double decker.)
2: Nutty Bars (I'll be dead before I'll call them Nutty Buddys.)
3: Swiss Cake Rolls.
I will entertain no dissent.
Thank you.
Man this Cosmic Brownies are such satisfyingly gummy goodness. My mouth is watering despite knowing they’re full of chemicals lol.
Both of my parents worked at Mckee Foods in the late 70’s/early 80’s. My mom was in college next door at Southern Adventist University (known as Southern Missionary College back then) while my dad was a college dropout. Mom was on the assembly line and dad drove a forklift in the warehouse. My dad got to meet Debbie herself and seems to have had a crush on her (by the way he talks about her) back then. Though people often mistook them for siblings due to both of them being about the same age with fiery red hair 😂.
Apparently they and most employees were banned from the room that contained the machine that rolled the Swiss Cake Rolls because it was (and maybe still is) a trade secret. All competing products were rolled by hand at the time so the machine apparently saved Little Debbie a lot of money back in the day.
But yes it’s safe to say I grew up on Little Debbie snack cakes. I still have a habit (in my mid-30’s) of buying a box and then eating the whole thing in one shot and afterward feeling nauseous AF so I don’t do that often. 😆
The animation in these videos is top-notch. At 2:56 - Check out the subtle motion of the womens’ hands as they work the frosting bags.
Nutty buddy’s, Swiss rolls, strawberry shortcake rolls… my top 3. However there are quite a few in this video that I’ve never seen before, I might find a new favorite.
I'm always amazed and jealous of the immense variety of sweets and snacks that Americans have.
Hmm yes because we are the only country who has dessert snacks. Gtfoh 🤣
@@Lyssa0095 ummm no need to be rude
We have snacks that other countries don’t have
The cafeteria monitor in the green dress at 0:01 is the best part of the video.
I'm glad they cleared up that the zebra cakes aren't made with real zebras.
I found that insightful... Being in the UK, there are precisely zero of any of these sold here - not even as rebrands...
Little Debbie's is about as foreign to us Aussies as Vegemite is to the rest of the World... Maybe one day Weird History Food could do an episode on Vegemite?
Vegemite is an acquired taste that not even all Australians like, but many of us love.
It's usually served on toasted white bread or as a cheese and Vegemite sandwich, and I've heard of some people adding Vegemite to stews or casseroles.
Thanks for sharing the Weird History of Little Debbie's, It was great.
That is a great idea!
no way it is 'as foreign' because you guys have other snack cakes. no one else but you and the uk has vegemite (as far as i know).
and there's no equivalent. you can actually find vegemite in the states i got it and tried it once and thought it tasted like metal boiled in blood...
@@Goldi-Luc well of course we have snack cakes, little Debbie's as a brand name is foreign to us... that's what the videos about right?
@@Goldi-Luc there's also Promite and Marmite which are similar to Vegemite.
1. Little Debbie is a lifelong friend. When I was a scumbag skater, back in the 80's, a common session "snack" was a 32oz gatorade and a full box of Star Crunch. I can still destroy a box of swiss rolls or nutty butty bars in a startlingly small amount of time. 2. Hostess would do well to focus on their fruit pie line, something Deb has never mastered.
I am certain that they used to sell something like nutty bars that had chocolate wafers and a dark chocolate cream that were exceptional. They were less sweet and were more subtle. It seems like something a lot of people would like.
Yes! I loved those, I think they were called Fudge Crispy Bars.
Sadly, there is no Little Debbie in my country. And now that I know about it, I wished to try some of Little Debbie's products!
Can you order through Amazon?
Star Crunches were my favorite as a child. And how I became a chubster, I am sure 😂
I love Little Debbie cakes. While individually packaged, they’re more expensive, the boxes of them are good for their price
My ex-fiance always called me Honey Buns she still calls me that now that we're still friends ( with benefits). Aside from that my top 3 favorite Little Debbie snacks are Nutty Bars, Strawberry Shortcake Rolls and of course Honey Buns.
Little Debbie changed the name of Nutty Bars to Nutty Buddies, and it took me years to notice.
The jokes in this video had me rolling 😂 I learned some new things and snickered at the funny parts- good job! (FYI I hate snack cakes and even did as a little kid-they were way too sweet for me. Of course I also hate soda so maybe I’m just a weirdo 🤷🏻♀️)
Little Debbie’s mascot has not changed much at all since their creation. This is with the intent of appealing to nostalgia for people.
Zebra cakes
Star crunchy
Oatmeal pies
Powder doughnuts
Zebra doughnuts
Banana twins
Strawberry shortcakes
Banana moonpie ( cakes)
Cosmic brownies
Christmas trees
My top ten little debbie snacks
Never saw the Zebra donuts. I LOVE the Zebra Cake rolls!
I know my local dollar general has it
I grew up eating these snacks and as an adult today, I regret....every....single...oatmeal cream pie I've eaten. Great video. I enjoyed every minute of it.
I absolutely adore Star Crunch🌌⭐
*THAT DAMN LITTLE DEBBIE BROKE MY HEART when she quit making those delicious coconut rounds*
OMG 😳 so good. Had no idea there's a zillion varieties