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05/20/2004: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pudding Pies!

This is a really short article, but I wanted to get the ball rolling on the quest to find Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pudding Pies. Made by Hostess in the early 1990s, these vanilla goo-filled green-dyed pastries changed the lives of every grade schooler who knew what a “sai” was. After a year of hunting, I’ve located three of the original wrappers and some of the cards, and this has excited me enough to pay tribute even if I don’t have anything too worthwhile to show you. Oh well. They’re great wrappers, though. I love the wrappers. When will the pie search end? Soon, I hope. This is making me feel like such a loser.

Posted by Matt. E-mail me!

Discussion Thread: 235 comments

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1st for the first time ever!!!!!

Ghosted by G.I. Heman @ 05/20/2004 4:26 PM EDT

PPPIIIIEEEEE!!!!!!!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/20/2004 4:28 PM EDT

PIE ROCKS HARD! TURTLES ROCK HARD! X-E ROCKS HARD! G.I. HEMAN ROCKS HARD!

Ghosted by G.I. Heman @ 05/20/2004 4:29 PM EDT

Dog on fire, dog on fire!
Put it out, put it out!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/20/2004 4:35 PM EDT

For some reason I thought they were like normal on the outside with a green icing stripe or mabe green pudding inside…..I definitly remeber eating more than my share though…..

Ghosted by Newave @ 05/20/2004 4:50 PM EDT

Hey maybe hostess will come out with Shrek Pies and they’ll be green and for one small moment we can all just imagine that they are really TMNT pies… (by the lemon pies rock!)

Ghosted by hugsnstuff @ 05/20/2004 4:53 PM EDT

This is the thing that brought me here a long time ago. I was doing a random search for TMNT pies, and it brought me to a wonderful site called x-entertainment.com or something like that. These are the best kind of snack cakes ever! I’d buy them everyday at the store down the street and I remember it always ruined my day when they were out of stock that day. There was nothing else worthy.

Ghosted by G4L @ 05/20/2004 4:59 PM EDT

I would wound somebody to get those TMNT pies manufactured again along with the cereal.

Good times.. good teeth rotting times..

Ghosted by Lynx @ 05/20/2004 5:00 PM EDT

Still have my pie card of Movie Splinter.
Only on this site could the preceding sentence make any kind of sense.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/20/2004 5:04 PM EDT

I acutally remember the ads for that. Like the TMNT cereal commerical, it was animated but the Turtles weren’t voiced by the VAs from the cartoon. In the ad, it showed the Turtles making the pies in their lair, and the jingle for it went "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Pies, fresh from the sewers to you!" I can’t remember the whole song, but I remember them making the pudding filling TMNT releated by saying the pies were "filled with Mutagen goo" but then said "That’s vanilla pudding, dudes!" I guess they said it was really pudding so kids wouldn’t try buying a pet turtle and pouring the pudding all over expecting it to turn into a Mutant Turtle.

But really, saying the pies were "fresh from the sewers" doesn’t make them sound safe for eating, now does it?

Ghosted by J.E.Smith @ 05/20/2004 5:10 PM EDT

Here’s a site to bring back hostess turtle pies http://www.petitiononline.com/288/petition.html

Ghosted by celery @ 05/20/2004 5:11 PM EDT

Dog’s on fire… now it’s not.

Ghosted by Nachokhaki @ 05/20/2004 5:27 PM EDT

I can’t stand the TMNT revival. They changed April to a slutty looking teenager, from what I can gather.

Ghosted by Jimmy Putty @ 05/20/2004 5:33 PM EDT

", even with TMNT’s successful return."matt
says who?

Ghosted by alex @ 05/20/2004 5:36 PM EDT

I remember eating plenty of these items. They were so delicious, the pudding consistency was perfect. Sort of a cross between a hunts snack pack, but a little more custardy. Mmmmm…. Pie…

Ghosted by Mmm.. Pie @ 05/20/2004 5:54 PM EDT

When come back, bring pie.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/20/2004 6:09 PM EDT

Oh yes, how could I forget these? A staple of my youth. Dunno if I ever finished one, but damn…good memories.

Ghosted by Splinter @ 05/20/2004 7:31 PM EDT

hey, thanks for posting a story on these pies. I still have some unopened, the only wrapper i’m missing is Donatello.

Ghosted by B-Prime @ 05/20/2004 7:32 PM EDT

Mr. Prime, shoot me an e-mail. I am prepared to offer you my home for an unopened Turtle Pie.

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/20/2004 7:35 PM EDT

those pudding pies were SO GOOD. i’m still carrying some fat deposits created by those things when i was about eight years old.

Ghosted by zann @ 05/20/2004 7:40 PM EDT

mmmmmm how I miss these pies

Ghosted by That80sguy @ 05/20/2004 7:41 PM EDT

Now THAT’S the stuff…

How come all the good Hostess crap is gone mere months after their release?

Oh, and Matt, did you get my e-mail? The one with Photog boxing another Photog and how to make your own Pac-Man arcade game?

Ghosted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/20/2004 7:46 PM EDT

Photog…boxing…another Photog? Resend, I must’ve deleted it thinking it was spam/virus shit. (I get about 600 crap e-mails like that daily, go me)

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/20/2004 7:49 PM EDT

Awesome! B-Prime has ancient pie goodness! I hope you’re actually planning to eat one, Matt. Hell, I would…even after all these years. What’s the worst that could happen?

By the way, that was a really nice drawing of the pies… I almost took a bite out of my screen.

And if you wanted to replicate the pies, rather than painting them green with food coloring, I’d try making some green frosting that hardens after it cools and painting the pies with that. By the way, did you eat those pies you painted green? And if so, how were they?

Ghosted by Wes @ 05/20/2004 8:02 PM EDT

Bleh.

To be fair, I happen to enjoy the hell out of the new TMNT Series, in fact, the new series is much more in line with the comics, and seeing as the comics were always far superior to the toned down kiddie faire of the 80’s and early 90’s they showed on TV, as an adult, I prefer the harder shelled turtles.

Ghosted by Kiersiege @ 05/20/2004 8:02 PM EDT

Rich pudding + Green Frosting=youth bliss (although I recall the color of the creme stuff actually being yellow). I still remember going to the Lucky’s Supermarket in L.A., buying 4 or 5 of these sweet treats. Mmmmm…..Ninja Pie. Bring it back!

Ghosted by alisonchains4 @ 05/20/2004 8:28 PM EDT

How about now, Matt? Photog Vs. Photog?

Ghosted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/20/2004 8:35 PM EDT

Thanks Matt,
I’ve been hoping for a TMNT pie article for a long time! ^_^. I am a little disapointed that there’s no commercial download for this one. I miss that jingle. Those pies were delicious too. Vanilla pudding, pie-crust, and green icing, what’s there not to like?

Anyway, offer still stands on that kool-aid man comic I found.

Ghosted by Tetsu Deinonychus @ 05/20/2004 8:43 PM EDT

I don’t remember the outside, but I’m seem to remember the pudding inside was ooze green. But I could just be insane.

Ghosted by Jonas @ 05/20/2004 9:18 PM EDT

score! i’ve been hoping for a tnmt pie article, and look, my dreams have come true. i loved these things growing up. i’d do just about anything to have one of these right now…mmmmm…green pudding pie…

Ghosted by bunky @ 05/20/2004 9:49 PM EDT

Mr. Mr. — it’s still not here. Which addy are you sending to? Try xemattmail @ aol.com

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/20/2004 9:56 PM EDT

The innerness of the pie was once Green. It was like a sugar orgasm, if I remember right. I remember the white-inside ones sucking because custard is inherent suckiness. I don’t remember what the greenness tasted like, though – I was 7?

Ghosted by James NeuFutur @ 05/20/2004 10:06 PM EDT

E-mail sent… take 152664!

Ghosted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/20/2004 10:08 PM EDT

Gotta love those pudding pies!

Ghosted by Dancer @ 05/20/2004 10:33 PM EDT

Just like in Charlie in the Chocolate Factory I only bought one. It was one of those episodes where I begged and pleaded for one. Finally got one. I do not remember much about it but I gaged on the filling. A little too rich for me. Guess I should have taken smaller bites.

I do remember at school they sold some chocolate piddin pies. I do not think they sold very many.

Ghosted by FK27 @ 05/20/2004 11:27 PM EDT

I remember those pies they were tasty,

Ghosted by RabidDecay @ 05/21/2004 12:27 PM EDT

2nd post on this site. Ever.

TMNT II Was the first movie my dad (or any of my parents) ever took me to see. I had to use the washroom 13 times, aparently, I don’t remember. All I remember about the movie was the beginning where Shredder puts the ooze container back togeather or something.

Oh yeah, I never heard of the pudding pies before.

Ghosted by G. Tubman @ 05/21/2004 12:39 PM EDT

I remember eating those,becuase at the time I was a big Turtle fanatic,but didn’t get the toys becuase I was in a "toys are for little kids" phase I grew out of. I even remember getting one the night I saw TMNT II,right afterwards at a drugstore that is now part Christian bookstore.

Ghosted by Overlord @ 05/21/2004 1:03 AM EDT

I don’t remember what the other prizes were, but I mailed in enough UPCs for a TMNT turtle shell belt buckle/clip… with secret compartment!

Ghosted by Danthar @ 05/21/2004 2:17 AM EDT

spider sac….man that is sick…
fuckin sick.

Ghosted by zombone @ 05/21/2004 2:52 AM EDT

Hey also MATT. I want to give you money to support the site.. you know the box of crap thing. I think you probably deleted my e-mails. I refruse to use paypal (paranoid). Is there a P.O. box or somthing?

Ghosted by zombone @ 05/21/2004 2:58 AM EDT

and I promise that I am not a creepy creepy that wants to spy on you or anything like that…i just got some exxtra cash (xtra x because its xtra) and I wanna spread the wealth.

Ghosted by zombone @ 05/21/2004 3:10 AM EDT

Obligatory:

Are we going to see more of that Cobra Chia Plot in this lifetime?

Ghosted by Monster Dog @ 05/21/2004 3:27 AM EDT

Good bonus story, but nothing can top the previous one where a turtle was turned into a cereal bowl. I’m laughing right now just thinking about that. "It’s raining fire" comes close, though.

Ghosted by Mars @ 05/21/2004 3:27 AM EDT

What is wrong with April becoming a slutty teenager?

It’s called eliminating the middleman. Well at least in the live action ones anyway.

I remember these well. I’ve got a whole load of those cards around somewhere. All in a bag of useless cards that I’ll probably never look at again.

Except for my 70’s soccer card of Pele. NOONE TOUCHES MY PELE!

Ghosted by Troy @ 05/21/2004 4:36 AM EDT

Hey Matt…here’s a non-TMNT-related question which I can only assume you’ve been asked before: is there such a thing as mass-produced XE t-shirts? If there was, i would buy one in a second, by golly. I’d buy a hundred, in fact…one for me to wear, and then the villagers would each wear one of the remaining ninety-nine in order to dupe El Guapo into thinking that there are 100 of me running around. So, um….t-shirts? Yes?

Ghosted by The Yeti @ 05/21/2004 8:10 AM EDT

I guess Tunnel Rat took a break from raiding Cobra’s headquarters to retrieve the Chia so he could paint pies green…

Ghosted by Cobra Soldier #18 @ 05/21/2004 8:18 AM EDT

YES 47th! FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!
=P stfu about being first. Do you win a fucking prize?! anywho, remembering when I was a huge tmnt fan and how I had to consume their entire product line, including that turtle pie brings me back. The first time I had eaten that pie I recall being very sick and induced vomiting. I wish I had another try at one, minus the beef fat used for retarding spoilage.

Ghosted by nelson @ 05/21/2004 8:23 AM EDT

I used to go apeshit for those pies. I’d still eat them now if they existed. Please tell me they exist somewhere?

Ghosted by BaronVonHotPants @ 05/21/2004 10:08 AM EDT

I’d sell my soul for a box of those treats. Satan, are you listening?????

Ghosted by Turtle Lova @ 05/21/2004 10:14 AM EDT

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