If you wanted to be an instant non-conformist, you’d have these in your Six-Million-Dollar Man lunch box instead of the more popular brand. They had two chocolate cookies sandwiching a creamy white filling. Sounds like a popular combination, but these were no Oreos.

You could still dunk them in milk or un-sandwich them and lick the filling first. They did have a different taste that I liked better. It’s hard to describe why, but it’s in the same way I preferred Toastettes over Pop Tarts. Mom liked them because they were cheaper.

Many are still mourning the loss of the Hostess sweets, but they’ll be back under new ownerships. After Keebler bought Sunshine Biscuit Company, the creators of Hydrox, they tried to reintroduce the Hydrox cookie, all to a complete fail. That’s because they tried to reach out to us nonconformists that don’t really want to be reached out to by tiny elves that bake in a tree.