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Alton Brown's got strong feelings about Little Debbie axing a snack

Photo: Brad Barket/Getty Images

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By Jennifer Brett
Nov 10, 2017

Alton Brown to Little Debbie: Step away from the Nutty Bar.

The snack food brand posted news on social media that has the culinary celeb feeling all kinds of ways. Something's gotta go, Little Debbie has decreed in a social media post that seems totally legit and not at all like a gag meant to create some buzz and perhaps even sucker gullible journalists into writing about them.

So which plastic-wrapped delicacy gets shoved off the shelf forever?

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Here's what Brown had to say. Your move, Debbie.

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