Could these be the two snack cake sages prophesied in the Snackronomicon? The pair of hybrid snack cake-cereals who would cast down the floodgates that prevent other delicious crossovers from overwhelming humanity’s taste buds (or so they say)? Could Hostess be ready to usher in a new cosmic turn around the great Big Wheel of Life?

My snack cake mythology may be as dusty as a pair of bottom shelf gas station Sno-Balls, but I’m nevertheless whipped into a Fruit Pie-ous frenzy by the cereal rumor mill’s latest harvest: product listings for not one, but two cereals from America’s most iconic snack cake brand. Hostess Honey Bun Cereal and Hostess Donette Powdered Sugar Mini Donut Cereal both exist in a reputable space, but unfortunately without any photo ID just yet.

Not wanting to stop there, I sought further confirmation that this unlikely duo was actually coming. After all, choosing Honey Buns and Donettes over Hostess’ cornerstone cakes—Twinkies and Cupcakes would be the logical creamy candidates—seems a bit strange. However, I could also understand the difficulty of either translating Twinkies’ nuanced flavor into a cereal or trying to make yet another chocolate marshmallow cereal exciting. But despite any early trepidation—I don’t want another Freedom Crunch on my hands—I’m a bit more confident about these cereals’ legitimacy after stumbling upon…this.

(Image via HoorayforHostess.com)

Yep, a prototype web game featuring a “Hooray for Hostess Cereal!” tag and a minimalist Asteroids rip-off about a cereal bowl fighting ghoulishly gaping Donette debris. The site was privately registered three months ago, giving credence to a corporate origin rather than some avant-garde game developer who trolls cereal information for design inspiration.

Unfortunately that’s all I know about these possible Hostess Cereals. If you find out any other news, I humbly invite you to share. But for now, I’m gonna use this post to convince Little Debbie to pull the trigger on Cosmic Brownie Pop-Tarts.