Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Yodels are frosted, cream-filled cakes made by the Drake's company, which was bought by McKee Foods after former owner Old HB went bankrupt. Yodels are distributed on the East Coast of the United States. [citation needed] They are similar to Hostess Brands' Ho Hos and Little Debbie's Swiss Cake Rolls.
Ho Hos are small, cylindrical, frosted, cream-filled chocolate snack cakes [1] with a pinwheel design based on the Swiss roll. Made by Hostess Brands, [2] [3] [4] they are similar to Yodels by Drake's and Swiss Cake Rolls by Little Debbie. Sold two or three per package, they contain about 120 calories per roll. [5]
A Swiss roll, jelly roll (United States), roll cake, cream roll, roulade or Swiss log or swiss cake —is a type of rolled sponge cake filled with whipped cream, jam, icing, or any type of filling. The origins of the term are unclear; in spite of the name "Swiss roll", the cake is believed to have originated elsewhere in Central Europe ...
Ho Hos - chocolate cake with cream swirl dipped in chocolate, based on the Swiss roll; Kazbars - layers of chocolate cake, crème, crunchy candy bits, and either caramel or chocolate fudge, coated in an exterior layer of more chocolate [3] Mini Muffins; Sno Balls - covered with marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes
McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held and family-owned American snack food and granola manufacturer headquartered in Collegedale, Tennessee. [5] The corporation is the maker of Drake's Cakes, Fieldstone Bakery snacks and cereal, Little Debbie snacks, and Sunbelt Bakery granola and cereal. [6]
The company marketed the snacks on the East Coast as Big Wheels, to avoid confusion with Ring Dings, a similar and pre-existing treat by Drake's Cakes. The names were consolidated in 1987, when a short-lived merger of Drake's with Hostess's parent company (then Continental Baking Company) briefly resolved the Ring Ding – Ding Dong conflict.
Hostess Brands Inc. is an American bakery company formed in 2013. Its main operating subsidiaries are Hostess Brands, LLC, and Voortman Cookies Limited. The company owns several bakeries in the United States that produce snack cakes under the Hostess and Dolly Madison brand names and its Canadian subsidiary, Voortman Cookies Ltd., produces wafers and cookies under the Voortman brand name.
In 2006, Bühler Group acquired Prince Machine Company, based out of Holland, Michigan, from Idra. The resulting company, BühlerPrince, Inc. manufactures and services die cast equipment in North America and around the Globe. In 2016, Stefan Scheiber, who joined the company in 1986 as a management trainee, became the new CEO of the company. [15]