Hostess cupcakes have shot up in price and gotten much smaller at the same time...geez...

[wcmagumba]

Bad for you I know but the chocolate Hostess cupcakes now cost nearly $5 a box while the cakes inside are much smaller. I don't buy them anymore...Just one example of crazy food prices in the central US...

[chicoescuela]

1. Remember how big they were and how much they cost in the 60s?

I remember you could buy one of their pies for something like 7 cents.

[Ritabert]

2. Haven't had one in 30 years. Helps keep the weight off.

[a kennedy]

3. Like my favorite cheese curds.....they went from 7oz down to 5oz, BUT still cost the same as the 7oz.

[Marthe48]

5. My daughter just told me about dot cakes

You bake a box cake mix in a 9 x 13 pan, let it cool, then use a cup, push it down into the cake, lift it out, put a layer of frosting across the top and then dip it in sprinkles. I saved coleslaw containers from Long John Silvers, imagine they'd work pretty well. If you left off the sprinkles and topped it with whipped cream or cool whip, you'd probably have a pretty good substitute. I bet you could use ReddyWip to put cream inside the cakes.

You can find online videos showing how to make the dot cakes.

[highplainsdem]

6. I saw a NY Times article the other day saying they're selling for $11 there:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/style/dot-cakes-tiktok.html

[Marthe48]

7. No thank you!

I keep ingredients on hand and bake at home. Still cheap to bake a cake, a batch of cookies or a loaf of bread. Of course, everyone in my family is horrified of carbs.