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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.


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hey phunqsauce, I’m glad you brought that to my attention. Now I need to update my rant that I had over at my site about the DVDs having the 1997 versions instead of the originals. The original version of the column in which I rant about the Star Wars DVDs (among other things), if anybody wants to read it, is at http://stupid5pin.com/column.php?id=10.

Ghosted by SKiTZo from stupid5pin.com @ 05/25/2004 1:55 AM EDT

Soooo, Photog art?

Ghosted by Bansheex @ 05/25/2004 3:50 AM EDT

Ye gods, MORE altered Star Wars footage? Just tell us already whether or not if Lucas is going to remove at least some suckyness from I and II. To think, I really used to like Star Wars.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/25/2004 11:40 AM EDT

I just got the original Turtles movie on DVD, Pizza Hut has an offer in Canada where you get 2 pizzas and a free DVD..

"On the half-shell, they’re the heros 4, in this day and age who can ask for more. The crime wave is high with muggings mysterious.. all police and detectives are furious cuz they can’t find the source, of this lethaly evil force.." – Da Foot Clan! *dum de dum dum*

Ghosted by Cyanyde @ 05/25/2004 12:29 PM EDT

I can’t believe Lucas is changing his movies AGAIN! Hasn’t he done enough already? He was a great filmmaker in his time, but he’s seriously out of touch with the people who made him so rich in the first place. First he just HAD to film the prequels, even though he should have known they wouldn’t work, since everybody knows what happens in the story already. Now he has to do this.

South Park put it best when they said that they need to get these great films away from their original directors, because they’re lunatics.

Ghosted by Number5 @ 05/25/2004 12:54 PM EDT

I don’t know if the Lucas thing is true just yet (honestly, haven’t read up on it extensively enough), but I can’t see him skipping out on the cash available by releasing a souped-up version and a classic version on DVD. Zillions will complain, but millions will still buy both.

The unfortunate thing is going to be the extras. I’ve got old "Making of Star Wars" tapes, and lemme tell you, it’s much more interesting to see how all of this stuff was done before everything could be rendered in CG. Example: there were like, 5 or 6 people inside Jabba the Hutt. I hope that the extras aren’t limited to the latest technological advances — I’d really like them to use the footage I know they have and show the world what went into the original releases…not all the extra shit they’re tacking on now.

All that said, sticking Hayden in the ROTJ Jedi Ghost scene sounds pretty awful.

In retrospect, I think he may have been better served doing Eps 7-9.

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/25/2004 1:10 PM EDT

Anyone besides me remember when ‘A New Hope’ was first out, how Lucas said that the film was influenced by Flash Gordon, Buck Rodgers, and other old movie serials? Seems he forgot what fun used to be in the early films. Midichlorians my eye!

Ghosted by kingklash @ 05/25/2004 1:23 PM EDT

no, just you dude.

Ghosted by Lobstie @ 05/25/2004 1:55 PM EDT

Kidneyboy, I’m a SPASH grad all the way. I’m actually coming back to UWSP this fall.

As for my search for Pies at the Madison Hostess Outlit, it has been a complete failure.

Ghosted by SuperCalo666 @ 05/25/2004 2:24 PM EDT

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Ghosted by Gozer @ 05/25/2004 5:37 PM EDT

Careful what you wish for Matt..
When Shrek 3 comes out I bet there will be 1000 times more Shrek crap..

Ghosted by Cyanyde @ 05/25/2004 5:43 PM EDT

Matt: I LOVED those old "making of" Star Wars shows. I have an old one on tape called "From Star Wars To Jedi" which has that footage of the Jabba crew that you’re talking about.

British Crew member: "The smoke from this cigar is for Jabba, when he smokes his pipe. I blow it in and it trickles out of the corner of his mouth…if I was drinking Port it’d be a perfect job." lol

I also have a making of special of the original Star Wars from the late 70’s. It’s funny to hear the goofy synthesizer music during the footage of the technical goof-ups, which include R2 falling over and losing its head while trying to move.

Ghosted by Number5 @ 05/25/2004 6:13 PM EDT

Speaking of tingling batteries, remember how Lion-O came with a little red wand thing you jammed in the small of his back to make his eyes light up? Those produce the same effect when licked.

Ghosted by hamburger man @ 05/25/2004 6:22 PM EDT

SuperCalo666: spashman, eh? LHS ‘98, yo.
I wonder if the Rich’s Bakery shop in Madison might have something similar, just not Hostess. I’m always down there at the hospital, maybe I’ll check in.
By the bye, if you’re ever in Culver’s in Rapids, stop in and say hi. Can’t hook ya up with any free shit cause my boss is a bitchy bitch. anywhoo…

Ghosted by kidneyboy @ 05/25/2004 11:05 PM EDT

hi

Ghosted by phunqsauce @ 05/26/2004 6:37 PM EDT

ss

Ghosted by ss @ 05/26/2004 8:22 PM EDT

OMG!!!! I remember those turtle pudding pies. Those were awesome!!! I used to eat 10 of those everyday.

Ghosted by Ben @ 05/26/2004 11:04 PM EDT

Ah yes, the Holy Grail, Ninja Turtle Pies! God, these things were great. I had a huge stack of Ninja Turtle 2 cards from all the pies I ate. I still remember when I was 15, eating one of these at the mall. I was too young to drive so I had my parents drop me and my friend off on a Friday night. This was where everyone that was too young to drive would hang out. My friend and I went into the supermarket that was connected to the mall and I bought a Ninja Turtle Pie. However, since I was 15 I was too embarrassed to walk around the mall eating a pie from a cartoon that I should have been too old to be watching. If some girl I liked happened to see me it would be all over. So I kept the pie in my pocket and tried to break off a little piece here and there so that no one would be the wiser. However, as I’m sure you all could guess, the pie was way too messy and started to get in my pocket and all over my hands. I then snuck into the mall bathroom and hid and ate the pie like a crack fiend. I had pie all over my face and hands but it was worth it. God, I miss those pies.

By the way, I just bought a box of Jello Pudding Pops but these are not the same as the old ones. These are by the Popsicle brand. Maybe Matt will do an article on the old ones vs. new ones.

Ghosted by King Chachi @ 05/27/2004 9:30 AM EDT

As I found out with the resurgent Bonkers candy, using the same name will only take ‘em so far. Though I have to admit, with the amount of e-mails I’ve gotten from people excited about their comeback, maybe it’s working.

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/27/2004 10:37 PM EDT

Matt, any word from B-Prime on acquiring some fossilized pies? That would blow my mind to see.

Ghosted by HarryLerman @ 05/28/2004 1:32 AM EDT

I’ve tried the new Bonkers candy, and the problem isn’t just using the name, it has to do with the fact that it leaves a very strange aftertaste when you eat it. That and the fact that it often sticks to the wrapping paper, so you end up with a globby mess. I’ll stick with the good-old Starbursts, thank you very much.

Ghosted by Number5 @ 05/28/2004 6:26 AM EDT

Anyone remember the old WWF ice cream bars(with the cookies sandwiching vanilla ice cream, with a stick, and wrestlers printed on the cookie parts)? They’re back, but not as wrestling bars.

They’re Rugrats icecream bars now, but they taste exactly the same as the WWF bars. Odd connection to make, but its true!

Ghosted by Casey Jones @ 05/28/2004 10:10 AM EDT

I’m praying that ROTJ pic is fake, but it’s already been confirmed that Lucas never plans to release the unaltered versions on DVD. But maybe he’ll change his tune when/if fans start boycotting.

Ghosted by squee4242 @ 05/29/2004 4:31 AM EDT

Ohhhh man. I can remember those nasty things… Their foul taste is still burning in the back of my taste-buds.

Try to imagine, if you will, eating a sweaty sock after some big, fat, greasy balding man decided to do lat-walks, during the time period in which he did such, he managed to marinate himself in his own moisture.

The aftertaste of this sock, of course, is nothing better–as the pudding AND green dye left this weird, bitter tasting pudge (YES, pudge) in the back of your throat, which water OR milk, or ANY liquid for that matter, could wash down.

You were left with this aftertaste every time you burped, or breathed; until the day your bowels passed anyways. Then you were free!

In anycase, though your cause is noble, I have to say that it’s really not worth it.

Unless you’re on a suicide mission, or something.

KAMIKAZE!

Ghosted by Seris @ 05/29/2004 12:04 PM EDT

Why not just call Hostess cookiemaking support dealie (if they have any, and if they still exist) and ask if they have a pie left over somewhere?
They have created MILLIONS, there got to be one left in their productmuseum or whatever.

Ghosted by [HwC]ChaosCow @ 05/30/2004 4:30 PM EDT

"Anyone remember the old WWF ice cream bars(with the cookies sandwiching vanilla ice cream, with a stick, and wrestlers printed on the cookie parts)? They’re back, but not as wrestling bars."

No actually, they still make "WWE" wrestling ice cream bars…an Ice Cream man sold me one with the Big Show on it last summer, and I am pretty sure you can find them in certain areas

Ghosted by Jeremy @ 05/31/2004 10:22 PM EDT

Jeremy’s right, they still make ‘em. Actually, there’s a pic or two of the Bars in Question here on the blog somewhere in the December 2003 archives. They’re just the same, just with a more updated batch of wrestlers. (and yet, most of the featured grapplers are long gone)

Ghosted by Matt @ 05/31/2004 10:24 PM EDT

Speaking of TMNT…I just found another Turtles reference, from what may be an unlikely source. I was watching a tape of "Anne Murray in Disney World," and in one segment she is at the Disney/MGM Studios with Andrea Martin, whom I don’t know but she either is or is playing someone really ditzy. Eventually, they are at the "New York" area of the studios, and sure enough, Andrea notices the Turtles scampering behind her, and fears that the aliens are invading. Anne, on the other hand, correctly identifies them as "Ninja Turtles." Then we see them…or actually, people in TMNT costumes…performing martial arts moves to a weird version of the TMNT theme song.

Oh, and in the same segment, Andrea is frightened by Chewbacca while at Star Tours, yet claims to have dated him.

I’d love to see your take on this if you ever get a copy…

Ghosted by James Fabiano @ 06/01/2004 1:02 AM EDT

Damn, they still make WWE wrestler bars and I’m eating the deformed baby bars? That sucks.

I have a couple funny stories about those icecream bars at Wrestlemania 7.

One, they had vendor guys hawking them like peanut guys at baseball games. So they’d throw them to you. A guy hit a kid in the head with one of those frozen solid wonders and made him start crying, then he said to the kids dad "Hey mister, you wanna buy another one?"

Also, I ate about 46 of them during the 3 hour show, but one time, I stood up cheering during a match and spit some of the ice cream in the guy in front of me’s hair, and he didn’t notice. So we didn’t say anything either. It was there all night, and he had a date with him.

Ghosted by CaseyJones @ 06/01/2004 1:49 PM EDT

Damn, they still make WWE wrestler bars and I’m eating the deformed baby bars? That sucks.

I have a couple funny stories about those icecream bars at Wrestlemania 7.

One, they had vendor guys hawking them like peanut guys at baseball games. So they’d throw them to you. A guy hit a kid in the head with one of those frozen solid wonders and made him start crying, then he said to the kids dad "Hey mister, you wanna buy another one?"

Also, I ate about 46 of them during the 3 hour show, but one time, I stood up cheering during a match and spit some of the ice cream in the guy in front of me’s hair, and he didn’t notice. So we didn’t say anything either. It was there all night, and he had a date with him.

Ghosted by CaseyJones @ 06/01/2004 1:49 PM EDT

hey wait a minite i thouht the turtles loved pizza how come they likevinilla as well im gunna try
the stuff(takes a bit)nice food any more i love it teenage mutant ninja turtle pies rule man there god yum yum

Ghosted by kyle broome @ 06/02/2004 4:53 PM EDT

I loved these things , I am fairly sure that I had the DT’s when they took them off the market, pudding pies were good but nuthin beat the chewy green goodness of a TMNT pie!

Ghosted by Bobby @ 06/02/2004 5:06 PM EDT

I loved those pies! ^_^
I remember biting into them too… They were quite messy and gooey.
I must have eatem them by the truckload. I wish they’d bring em back.

Ghosted by Adrastia @ 06/02/2004 9:29 PM EDT

Oh my gawd, TMNT pudding pies were DELICIOUS! Aside from the nasty pastry, the pudding was the shizzy. I’m sure there are wrappers somewhere at the bottom of my G.I. Joe box…

Ghosted by Briette @ 06/03/2004 2:37 PM EDT

Lol, I love the little comic you have. Good luck on your futile search for 10+ year old perishables. :D

Ghosted by mushie @ 06/06/2004 10:26 PM EDT

I have a wrapper at my apartment. Seriously. I believe it has all 4 turtles. Do you want it?

Ghosted by Matt Kirby @ 06/10/2004 3:48 PM EDT

Sorry…..if you give me your email address, I will sent you a jpeg.

Ghosted by Matt Kirby @ 06/10/2004 3:49 PM EDT

matt@x-entertainment.com

Ghosted by Matt @ 06/10/2004 5:45 PM EDT

Hey, someone organize a DDOS attack against the hostess site until they manufacture some turtle pies. It’ll work.

Ghosted by BJ @ 06/10/2004 6:09 PM EDT

I do have it. All four characters. Taking a picture now.

Ghosted by Matt Kirby @ 06/11/2004 2:04 PM EDT

My email with the picture keeps getting kicked back. Max Size issue?

Ghosted by Matt Kirby @ 06/11/2004 2:28 PM EDT

Done

Ghosted by Matt Kirby @ 06/11/2004 2:34 PM EDT

Didn’t get here, Kirby. Try xemattmail@aol.com? Thanks!

Ghosted by Matt @ 06/11/2004 3:51 PM EDT

It got kicked back again. I will try the AOL.

Ghosted by Kirby @ 06/11/2004 9:12 PM EDT

If this doesn’t work, I just post a mailing address. No Anthrax, I promise. I will even eat the cost of postage. Thank you for this site!

Ghosted by Kirby @ 06/11/2004 9:14 PM EDT

This article brought a tear to my eye. I’ve been dead inside since the turtle pies disappeared. I fondly remember going to the grocery store and barely being able to ride my bike home afteward, what with all the pies i had bought. which reminds me, does anyone else remember buying marvel universe cards at the store, and some bastard had already opened all the packages with a razor so they could see if there was a hologram card inside?

Ghosted by Adam Ant @ 06/12/2004 12:46 PM EDT

I would give ANYTHING for just one Turtle Pie. I was able to get them at my local "Wonder Bread" thrift store years after they stopped selling them at the grocery store. (sanitary?) The sweet, sweet nectar of the ooze…If I had one right now, my brain would short circuit from a nostalgia overload.

Ghosted by K0NPHL1C7 @ 06/18/2004 9:55 AM EDT

check it
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2213

Ghosted by Dan @ 06/19/2004 12:38 PM EDT

ya’ll seem to remember the pies alot but i remember also they had Shredder too but his pies were chocolate instead of vanilla GREEN. ya’ll GOTTA remember that too!

Ghosted by deadphishiy @ 06/27/2004 5:50 PM EDT

OMG, such a sweet memory of my childhood…and I had COMPLETELY forgotten it, what a trip to come to a site randomly linked from FARK.com and get such wonderfull memories flooding back. I remember them having green slime inside and I bet I still have some of the trading cards in storage somewhere.

Ghosted by Lockheed @ 06/28/2004 5:35 PM EDT

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