"If you can't get enough of Little Debbie, we have a few Little Debbie snack cake facts to tide you over until your next snack time. These snack cakes have been a beloved item in the snack aisles of grocery and convenience stores since the 1960s. The story of these snacks starts all the way back in the Great Depression before Little Debbie ever existed, and its flavors have wowed us for decades now. They've inspired everything from gourmet desserts to trips to outer space."
"While the Little Debbie brand didn't exist until 1960, the oatmeal creme pie had its beginnings in the middle of the Great Depression. Its creator, O.D. McKee, worked selling baked goods at Becker's Bakery. The company already had a hard oatmeal cookie in the rotation, but in 1935, McKee had the idea to change the recipe to make the cookie soft. He then turned two of these softer oatmeal cookies into a sandwich with creme filling."
Little Debbie snack cakes trace their origins to O.D. McKee's 1935 invention of the oatmeal creme pie, created by softening a hard oatmeal cookie and sandwiching it with creme. McKee sold the original pies for about $0.05, and in 1960 twelve-packs sold for $0.49, making each pie roughly $0.04. McKee's family purchased King's Bakery, later becoming McKee Baking Company and McKee Foods Corporation, which still sells Little Debbie snacks. Oatmeal creme pies, Nutty Buddies, and Swiss rolls have remained top sellers since the brand's 1960 launch. The treats have inspired gourmet desserts, creative repurposing, and even unconventional stories.
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