It’s strange to go to the junk food aisle and see two similar products from the same company. Drake’s Yodels and Hostess Ho Ho’s are both products of Interstate Bakeries Corporation, but no two rolled up creamy chocolate enrobed cakes are the same, which is why both products wind up on the same shelf in the store. Snack cakes apparently are as polarizing to society as religion, so neither product can be discontinued without causing an uprising.
I am a Yodel fan, and I realized that the reason for my loyalty must lie in the added calorie content compared to the Ho Ho’s. There is no getting around the tastiness of the stuff, even if it winds up in my midsection. I’ve tried the Ho Ho’s and they just don’t fulfill that sweet need. I find Ho Ho’s to be blander than Yodels, but the dieter in me likes the individual servings offered by the competition compared to the Yodel two-pack. Has anybody ever actually gotten away with folding up and stowing that second Yodel back in the box? I can’t do it.
There is also a difference in the ritualistic peeling away of the chocolate enrobing: points come off the Ho Ho’s for the tendency to come off in chips while the Yodel’s sheathe slides away in a curlicue of delectable delight that can be saved for after the cake is gone.
I know that dieting is not supposed to include such guilty pleasures, but I find it hard to deny those temptations that come in my human wiring. The occasional Yodel is a must. If I need a fix and the Drake’s cake aisle is lacking, I’d settle for a Ho Ho just to keep me jolly (in attitude, not in weight).
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