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From Wikipedia:


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      A Ding Dong is a chocolate snack cake sold in the United States under 
the Hostess brand name, which is owned by Interstate Bakeries Corporation. 
The snack was originally known in the Eastern United States as a King Don 
and in other areas as a Big Wheel.

      The chocolate cake is round with a flat top and bottom, similar to a 
hockey puck. It is about three inches in diameter and a little more than an 
inch high. A white cream filling is injected into the center, and a thin 
coating of chocolate glaze covers the entire cake. The cake was originally 
wrapped in a square of thin tin foil, enabling it to be carried and packed 
in lunches without melting the chocolate glaze.

      The Ding Dong was first marketed by Hostess in 1967. The name was 
given to coincide with a television ad campaign featuring a ringing bell. 
The company marketed it on the East Coast as a King Don to avoid confusion 
with the Ring Ding, a similar (and pre-existing) treat by Drake's Cakes. 
Hostess consolidated the names in 1987, then decided to split them again 
when another competing name came to light. Since then, the King Don name has 
been eliminated, and the snack is now sold all over America as the Ding 
Dong.


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Scott S





>I just finished watching episode 107 of Freaks and Geeks and I'm left me
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> What's the difference between a Ring Ding and a Ding Dong?
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> Tomorrow, I must find them both. I'll get back to you all with the
> results of my field research.
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> Jeff "my life has come to this" Teez
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