Income Taxes	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income Taxes	Income Taxes The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state and local taxes on its allocable portion of the income of Hostess Holdings, a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local taxes. As a partnership, Hostess Holdings is itself not subject to U.S. federal and certain state and local income taxes. The operations of Hostess Holdings include those of its C Corporation subsidiaries. The income tax expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations is based on an estimate of the Company’s annual effective income tax rate and adjusted for discrete items, if any. The Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate based on annual projected earnings for the year ending December 31, 2018 is projected to be 20.7% prior to taking into account a non-recurring discrete item related to the buyout of the tax receivable agreement entered into in connection with the Business Combination (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), which lowered the effective rate for the first quarter to 18.2%. The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate primarily due to the portion of net income attributed to the non-controlling interest which represents an ownership interest in a partnership for income tax purposes. At December 31, 2017, the Company recorded provisional amounts for the impact of re-measurement on its deferred taxes related to Tax Reform as set forth under SAB No. 118 guidance. Through March 31, 2018, no adjustments were made to the provisional amounts. Management will continue to analyze these provisional amounts, which are still subject to change during the allowable measurement period.

Income Taxes

The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state and local taxes on its allocable portion of the income of Hostess Holdings, a partnership for U.S. federal and most applicable state and local taxes. As a partnership, Hostess Holdings is itself not subject to U.S. federal and certain state and local income taxes. The operations of Hostess Holdings include those of its C Corporation subsidiaries.

The income tax expense in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations is based on an estimate of the Company’s annual effective income tax rate and adjusted for discrete items, if any. The Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate based on annual projected earnings for the year ending December 31, 2018 is projected to be 20.7% prior to taking into account a non-recurring discrete item related to the buyout of the tax receivable agreement entered into in connection with the Business Combination (the “Tax Receivable Agreement”), which lowered the effective rate for the first quarter to 18.2%. The Company’s effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate primarily due to the portion of net income attributed to the non-controlling interest which represents an ownership interest in a partnership for income tax purposes.

At December 31, 2017, the Company recorded provisional amounts for the impact of re-measurement on its deferred taxes related to Tax Reform as set forth under SAB No. 118 guidance. Through March 31, 2018, no adjustments were made to the provisional amounts. Management will continue to analyze these provisional amounts, which are still subject to change during the allowable measurement period.