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Did Little Debbie Chocolate Cupcakes shrink?
8 → 6 cupcakes −25.0%Size Facts
Before8 cupcakes
After
6 cupcakes
Hidden unit-price rise at same price+33.3%
When2025
CountryUnited States
Evidenceconsumer-advocate report (photo of old/new packages)
Confidencehigh
Source: Mouse Print* — Here We Shrink Again – Fall 2025 – Part 2 (mouseprint.org). Source fetched 2026-10-14. Check the math in the calculator.
What the source says
“You used to get eight chocolate cupcakes in a box from Little Debbie, but now a quarter of them are gone, says Richard G.”
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