My mother never bought packaged snack cakes, she was the "bake from scratch" mom in the neighborhood.

That made having a Ho-Ho at my friend's house all the sweeter. First you peel the foil half off and start flaking off the chocolate coating. You don't peel the foil all off at once, or some of the chocolate could fall on the floor (and be eaten by their dog). Once the chocolate was off, you unroll the cake, scrape out that nasty white stuff with your finger and flick it into (near ) the trash, then you savor the cake part.