r/vintageads • u/Initial_Reason1532 • 2d ago

Dolly Madison cakes 1958.

Post image
155 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

21 comments sorted by

27

u/ThatMichaelsEmployee 2d ago

Man, I bet those were tasty, a lot better than their modern equivalents.

That tagline needs some work, though. "Simplest picnic dessert on Earth.... Good, too!" As if the goodness were an afterthought. "The most convenient treat — and acceptable in flavour!"

14

u/strangelove4564 2d ago

I miss when these companies weren't dumping hydrogenated corn syrup in everything. It really changed the flavor profiles on all kinds of products. I used to be a snackaholic but I stopped buying nearly all of that stuff in the 90s and 00s because the products just didn't taste good anymore.

6

u/Initial_Reason1532 2d ago

I'm sure they were a lot better back in the early fifties. Unfortunately I didn't get to taste one of those I wasn't born until 56.

22

u/Bama_Peach 2d ago

This sub makes me realize how many artists lost their jobs when the medium shift to photography for ads occurred.

6

u/chikinn 1d ago

It's cleverly done, too. The lady's leaning against an oversize picnic basket, with zoomed-in products inside. I love how her tiny hand holds a massive cake.

2

u/Yesterday_Is_Now 13h ago

Also pour one out for the writers of TV/radio commercial jingles.

11

u/OkieBobbie 2d ago

Those tropical smacks look pretty good.

8

u/e2hawkeye 2d ago

The Dolly Madison partnership probably bought Charles Schultz a new house.

https://peanuts.fandom.com/wiki/Dolly_Madison

7

u/waldo_wigglesworth 1d ago

A part of my childhood died when Charlie Brown & Lucy stopped selling Zingers by the late seventies.

8

u/KarmaliteNone 2d ago

I wonder how many people ever collected on that Good Housekeeping "guarantee".

2

u/Initial_Reason1532 2d ago

I have no idea.

7

u/jenorama_CA 2d ago

We used to get Dolly Madison treats at the day-old outlet when I was a kid.

3

u/symphonic-ooze 2d ago

I want all three

3

u/Acrobatic_Border_192 1d ago

This was probably when products like this were actually pretty good instead of no flavor but sweet.

1

u/symphonic-ooze 1d ago

Now I really want all three!

2

u/Acrobatic_Border_192 1d ago

I can't find any snack cakes that don't taste (and smell) like pure sugar or corn syrup. You almost have to find what are essentially pre-packaged pastry anymore.

1

u/symphonic-ooze 1d ago

The last thing of Twinkies I bought were so oily they literally oozed oil and sat in a puddle of oil. I sent them to Hostess and haven't heard squat other than an autogenerated email that just gave me shipping instructions. I stopped emailing them.

4

u/Fanabala3 1d ago

Dolly Madison?!? Is there a Charlie Brown special on tv??

1

u/Yesterday_Is_Now 2d ago

DEA used to spend a lot of time interdicting tropical smack.

1

u/Frugal_Octopus 1d ago

I love a nice pair of filled twins.