Sno Balls are cream-filled chocolate cakes covered with marshmallow frosting and coconut flakes[1] formerly produced and distributed by Hostess and currently owned by The J.M.

Sno Balls are usually pink; however, they are also available in chocolate, lemon, white, green, blue and other colors for specific holidays and times of year.

A similar cake produced by Tunnock's, called a "Snowball", is often sold at supermarkets in the United Kingdom; these cakes are typically covered in desiccated coconut, but are typically brown rather than pink, because they have chocolate on their outside.

[2] Hostess attributes their initial popularity to Americans being released from the flour and sugar rationing during World War II.

[2] Other colors (sometimes with their own names) besides pink are sold at particular times of the year, including:[2] In television and movie references,[3] Sno Balls are often used as an emblematic "junk food," or as a means of communicating caring from one person to another.