The Great Zinger Investigation

In a 10/28/06 post, I mentioned spotting Zingers, traditionally a Dolly Madison snack cake, being sold under the Hostess brand name. I had assumed that Hostess had bought out Dolly Madison. Wrong. It seems that BOTH Hostess and Dolly Madison are selling Zingers.

Confronted with these two boxes side by side at the store, I was forced to buy them both for a Zinger-Off.
The Zingers look identical, but the Dolly Madison box claims their Zinger is filled with "créme" filling while the Hostess Zinger is filled with a "creamy" filling. The Zingers seemed to taste very similar although I thought the Dolly Madison filling was more grainy than the Hostess. Erin felt the Dolly Madison cake was a bit dry in comparison.

Then I took a look at ingredients. They're exactly the same (both equally unhealthy). Also they're made in the same Kansas City factory. I guess a Zinger is a Zinger, no matter what the brand name. One concrete difference though, was that the Hostess version was slightly more expensive per ounce.