While the rest of us are scrambling to figure out how we'll spend New Year's Eve—like whether we need to make pizza fondue or a big-batch Fireball Jell-O shot (both, obvs)—Hostess has already moved on to Valentine's Day. Two new flavors of the company's signature, swirl-topped CupCakes have been spotted on store shelves: Dark Chocolate-Raspberry and Chocolate-Covered Strawberry.
Both limited-edition flavors will only be around through cupid's holiday—roughly the same shelf life as the typical middle-school romance—making them an ideal treat to give your special someone, along with a "Do you like me? Check yes, no or maybe" note folded into a paper crane. (Come on, you know you did that.)
Hostess could've taken the easy route, offering its classic cupcake with a pink-tinted vanilla frosting filling, but these treats have been fully conceived to mimic a romantic Valentine's Day dessert in a lunchbox-friendly form. The Dark Chocolate-Raspberry features a dark chocolate cake, frosted with chocolatey icing and filled with a magenta, raspberry-flavored filling.
Meanwhile, Chocolate-Covered Strawberry is a pale pink, strawberry-flavored cake with chocolatey frosting on top and a vanilla creme filling inside. The Impulsive Buy first found both flavors, spotting Dark Chocolate-Raspberry at Target and Chocolate-Covered Strawberry at Walmart.
This isn't the first time Hostess has revealed a new treat just in time for Valentine's Day; last year, it shook up grocery store shelves with Red Velvet CupCakes. The flavor was so popular it ditched its V-Day packaging and is listed as one of three core flavors on Hostess' website.
If you're a Hostess cupcake purist, you can always opt for a pack of limited-edition "I [Heart] U" Cakes. These heart-shaped chocolate cakes have the traditional creme filling, are coated in chocolate and topped with pink, red and white heart-shaped sprinkles. Plus, each package has a "to" and "from" space on it to write your name and that of your one true love, so you can skip the trip to Jared and proclaim your undying affection via snack cake.
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