Zingers

For other uses, see Zinger (disambiguation).

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

Zingers

Chocolate Zingers
Type	Snack cake
Place of origin	United States
Main ingredients	Sugar, corn syrup
Food energy (per serving)	140 kcal (590 kJ)
Media: Zingers

Product line

Vanilla Zingers

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".

History

Zingers are mentioned in grocery store newspaper ads as early as August and September 1968.^[3]