Zingers

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Zingers
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Chocolate Zingers
Type Snack cake
Place of origin United States
Main ingredients Sugar, corn syrup
Food energy
(per serving)
140  kcal  (586 kJ)

Zingers is a snack cake produced and sold by Dolly Madison and Hostess, snack food brands owned by Hostess Brands. [1]

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Vanilla Zingers
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Raspberry Zingers

Zingers come in chocolate, vanilla, and raspberry flavors.

Chocolate and vanilla Zingers have a thick layer of icing on top with creamy non-dairy filling in the middle. Raspberry Zingers do not have icing on top but are instead covered in a mixture of shaved coconut and raspberry flavored syrup.

Marketing

A series of commercials for Zingers used the Peanuts characters, [2] with Snoopy playing the part of the mysterious "Zinger Zapper".

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References

  1. Dolly Madison Archived February 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine - Official website, Retrieved August 20, 2008
  2. Dreher, Rod (November 18, 2012). "I Won't Miss You, Twinkies". The American Conservative .