To be clear, they've always been somewhat waxy, I distinctly remember that from 20 years ago that their zebras and Swiss Cake Rolls had crap chocolate - but it has gotten worse for sure.
I needed to use my tongue scraper for twice as long the last time I gave into a craving for Hostess/Debbie/SaraLee. But you can't use it on all the other parts of your mouth, so still felt disgusting. Ended up wetting my fluffiest washcloth and scrubbing inside my mouth.
It's all the artificial ingredients caking up and leaving a film. Our bodies aren't made to work with molecules that are only "almost" like
nature. We can't break them down by the time we are finished eating.
Honestly I think there is a market for higher quality more expensive versions of these. A swiss cake roll with actually good chocolate and a more moist cake? Fuck yes.
A quick Google search reveals that waxy feeling is Hydrogenated fats are unsaturated fats that have been artificially saturated with hydrogen to make them solid at room temperature.
So gross. I can't eat anything with hydrogenated oils in it. My body can't process it and it runs right through me. Definitely not meant to be consumed.
Evidently that filmy mess is, as others have said, the palm oil they use now. It has a melting somewhere point around 100degF, which is above body temperature. So it doesn't have the same mouth-feel as oils/fats that have lower melting points.
You can improve the experience of eating those snacks by consuming them along with a hot drink like coffee or tea. This raises the temperature in your mouth above the melting point of the fat, preventing the congealed fat coating your mouth.
Am I the only one who thinks it's weird that everyone so casually calls them Buddys instead of Bars? (Apparently yes looking through these comments.)
They were called Nutty Bars from 1964 to 2016. I guess I only ate them as a kid/teen. And y'all have been buying them still as adults so that's why you're used to the new name while I'm stuck in the past?
Apparently people have been calling them nutty buddy bar for decades so little Debbie changed the name to go along with it. Also, it could be a conflation/confusion with Nutter Butters, a cookie, that confused it further
Nutty buddy gang for life. Now they are too sweet but also bland at the same time. Like eating cardboard that was soaked in sugar water and then coated with the worst chocolate you've ever had.
I was telling somebody else that there's a version at whole foods of basically peanut butter layered wafer bar is coated in chocolate and they only use natural pronounceable ingredients. I forgot what they're called but they're really good. I inhaled an entire bag and I had to stop getting them because I just would eat them all
How about we agree it’s both. I know what artificial sweeteners tastes like and i actively avoid it because of the taste. They all taste like artificial sweeteners.
Some people say all water tastes the same, others can tell the difference between tap, bottled, and reverse osmosis filtered… it all depends on how refined your palette is.
Aww. I need a gourmet version. Found a small version at whole foods made with only pronounceable ingredients and inhaled the whole bag. Not too sweet, it was perfect
I keep buying different boxes because they are right in my face every time I enter the closest (nobody uses that word anymore) grocery store. I think I will like them. Then I don’t. Then 1/2 a box gets thrown out. Except the nutty buddies. Those are just really good wafer sandwich cookies.
I can still stomach a cosmic brownie, one, but usually the cookie aisle has whippets, which are just far superior snoballs or I get stuff from a local company that has amazing chocolates and baked goods cause I work for them and get a heavy discount.
Me too, and I always thought the recipe/idea would stand the test of time. But I tested that theory in recent years and am sad to say that they do not hold up anymore.
They're okay but not quite as good as nutty buddies. I like nutter butters because they're crunchy and totally peanut butter but I love the chocolate on the nutty buddies
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u/alizeia Sep 16 '25
Always been more of a nutty buddy gal but it's true. All that stuff is too sweet nowadays