One of my college roommates once told me "There's no melon like a Howell melon." Now I've never been to Howell, Michigan, and I've never tried a Howell melon, but when I think of my love for Tastykakes, I just might be inclined to believe him! What Tim was really saying, is that there is a certain pride one can take in a "homegrown" product, and when you taste anyone else's similar offering, it is inferior to the one you grew up with. For me, Hostess, Drakes, and Little Debbies will never come close to the satisfaction I get eating a Tastykake!
The first Tastykakes were baked 100 years ago, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1914. The concept was to bake individual size snack cakes, and deliver them fresh daily.
For this reason, until the 1980's, Tastykakes weren't available outside of the Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey area.
Improved distribution made the cakes available as far west as Ohio, and as far south as Florida. A 2011 merger with Flowers Foods has allowed Tastykake to bring their snack cakes to stores around the country, introducing millions of Americans to one of Philadelphia's best loved treats. And making them available to me in Texas! Indeed, "Nobody Bakes A Cake As Tasty As A Tastykake!"
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