The SnackWell Effect (GT Mini Fails)
Ghost Town: Strange History, True Crime, & the Paranormal
Ghost Town
3.7 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 1 May 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
The SnackWell's cookie dominated the low-fat food craze, until it a change in trends and the brand itself alienated its customers.
Ghost Town on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ghosttownpodcast
Support Ghost Town on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ghosttownpod
Follow Ghost Town on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghosttownpod
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | The low-fat cookie catastrophe. |
| 0:02.0 | I'm Jason Horton. |
| 0:03.0 | I'm Rebecca Leib. |
| 0:04.0 | And this is Ghost Town. Excuse me, do you make these delicious bat-free snack well double-spood cookies? |
| 0:24.7 | Why yes I do. |
| 0:25.7 | We want to tell us why we can't find them in the stores anymore? |
| 0:28.3 | Well, what is this? |
| 0:29.3 | You got some explaining to do cookie man. |
| 0:31.1 | They are a little more popular than we expected. |
| 0:33.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:34.0 | We're making more as fast as we can. |
| 0:36.0 | Oh, you're breaking my part. |
| 0:37.0 | Hey, I just make the cookies. |
| 0:38.0 | You want the big boys upstairs. |
| 0:40.0 | The makers of fat-free snackwell's devil's food cookies. |
| 0:42.0 | Apologize for the short supply. |
| 0:44.0 | I was out the other day very safely at my local grocery store, |
| 0:48.6 | perused in the cookie aisle, you know, because I needed to get. |
| 0:51.1 | Essentials. |
| 0:51.8 | Yeah, exactly. |
| 0:52.4 | Only essentials. I'm a simple woman who buys 40 different cookies. |
| 0:56.0 | Just you need sustenance. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Ghost Town, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Ghost Town and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.