Little Debbie tweeted a graphic on Wednesday of their “2019 Snack Cake Rankings” listing almost all of their products into four tiers.
1. “Legends” tier: Oatmeal Crème Pies . . . Christmas Tree Cakes . . . Nutty Buddy.
2. “You see it, you want it” tier: Birthday Cakes . . . Turtle Brownies . . . Swiss Rolls . . . Glazed Donut Sticks . . . Mini Powdered Donuts.
3. “Crowd pleasers” tier: Honey Buns . . . Cosmic Brownies . . . Zebra Cakes . . . Fancy Cakes . . . Strawberry Shortcake Rolls . . . Fruit Pies . . . Pecan Spinwheels.
4. “For the enlightened few” tier: Boston Crème Rolls . . . Fig Bars . . . Banana Rolls . . . Orange Crème Cakes . . . Jelly Crème Pies . . . Raisin Crème Pies . . . Star Crunch.
The 2019 Snack Cake Rankings have been released! 😱 pic.twitter.com/rUgfscQwEt
— Little Debbie (@LittleDebbie) August 21, 2019
And people were irate!
The Swiss Rolls were left out of the top tier. Zebra Cakes are level 3 and where are the Fudge Rounds?
What were they thinking?
The absolute disrespect given to Zebra Cakes here is unacceptable. And where are Fudge Rounds? Honestly, Debbie, in all our years together you’ve never disappointed me. Until today.
— Connor (@cpr2017A) August 22, 2019
Twitter users brought up discontinued favorites that didn’t make the list
In case you forgot. pic.twitter.com/TczIXyEYeo
— Wandering in the desert since 1988 (@elkman1966) August 21, 2019
and wondered what some on the list even are
Turtle Brownies!
— Little Debbie (@LittleDebbie) August 21, 2019
And Little Debbie responded
— Little Debbie (@LittleDebbie) August 22, 2019
What’s your top tier of Little Debbie snack cakes?
Mine goes:
#1: Christmas Tree Cakes, Swiss Rolls, Fudge Rounds
#2: Zebra Cakes, Nutty Buddy, Star Crunch (not ashamed!)
#3: Glazed Donut Sticks and Cosmic Brownies
My sister and I used to get a Little Debbie Snack Cake in our lunch every day. We would take turns picking out our treat for the week. When it was her week she would pick the Oatmeal Creme Pies and I was LIVID. Who wants that??? (as an adult I can appreciate them more)
My #1 was Swiss Rolls and I ate them like Oreos. I unrolled them, licked the icing first then dunked the chocolate cake in my milk.
Hmm…maybe that’s why she didn’t want me to get them, she was embarrassed to be seen with me eating them.
