Hostess is a brand of the Interstate Bakeries Corporation in the United States, known for its line of snack foods, such as Twinkies, CupCakes, Chocodiles, Ding Dongs, HoHos, Suzy Q's, Sno Balls,donettes, Mini Muffins, Hostess Fruit Pies, Pudding Pies, Donuts and Leopards.In 1925, the Taggart Bakery was selling a new brand of white bread called Wonder Bread. The Continental Baking Company purchased Taggart and began selling Wonder Bread nationwide, and invented Hostess Cakes as an additional brand to increase the company's popularity with retail vendors.Interstate Bakeries Corporation purchased the Continental Baking Company in 1995.In Canada, Vachon, owned by Saputo (and not affiliated with Interstate) owns the rights to the Hostess trademarks.