As I write this, I’m sitting in my basement under a combination tornado warning and severe thunderstorm watch on the anniversary of the F5 tornado that tore through the nearby town of Xenia, Ohio back in the ‘70s. Lesser journalists would focus on personal safety in times like this, but when news rings, I answer the phone. What monumental development has called to me this harrowing evening? Little Debbie is making Nutty Buddy Cakes.
What is a Nutty Buddy Cake?
Per a news release, a Nutty Buddy Cake is a yellow sponge cake coated in chocolate with a peanut butter filling. I’m not sure which mad genius at Little Debbie Laboratories decided to start playing around with the base elements of a Nutty Buddy recently, but they’re my hero. That scientist also knows who we are as a culture, because Nutty Buddy Cakes will only be available in packs of ten cakes…for “sharing.”
Hasn’t Hostess basically done this before?
Not exactly! Hostess has made a Chocolate Peanut Butter Twinkie, but that was made up of chocolate cake, peanut butter filling, and no coating. And real snack cake fans will remember Chocodiles, the chocolate-covered Twinkie. But despite it feeling like the most obvious development in the world, Hostess never released a Peanut Butter Chocodile. So, while no single piece of this is new, this is definitely a first-of-its-kind innovation on the whole.
Did this need the Nutty Buddy branding?
Yes, for one reason: the Nutty Buddy chocolate coating does an amazing job of locking in moisture. I noticed this when I reviewed the new Nutty Buddy Creme Pies; the peanut butter filling in the N.B.C.P. was much softer than it is in the standard Peanut Butter Creme Pie. Hostess fans have commented on how the texture of the cake in a Chocodile is different to that of a standard Twinkie, despite being the same recipe. The only explanation is the power of the chocolate coating!
When and where can I shove one of these new Little Debbie cakes into my face?
Per the news release, we can expect these to hit shelves on May 11th. These should be available wherever Little Debbie products are sold, which I recently learned includes northern Ohio truck stops! (I found a box of the new Nutty Buddy Cake Bars at an unassuming combination Pilot/Wendy’s last week.) I’ll be on the lookout to make sure I can review these cakes ASAP for you good people—ideally in less tumultuous weather conditions.
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