WWOT: Twinkies through the years

musicvid10 wrote on 7/15/2013, 4:27 PM
In case anyone missed the announcement, Hostess Twinkies go back on the shelves next Monday (no Bieber jokes please).

Here's a nostalgic look at their manufacture from some 1965 pics. That was about the time we discovered that a steady diet of Twinkies and beer could sustain life (at the expense of an ever-expanding waistline).

http://www.9news.com/news/photo-gallery.aspx?storyid=241543
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Comments

wwjd wrote on 7/15/2013, 4:43 PM
I just hope they bring back the rest: HoHos and Suzy Qs
Gary James wrote on 7/15/2013, 5:02 PM
Didn't they say the filling recipe will be different ... as in HEALTHY ... meaning tastes awful ?
larry-peter wrote on 7/15/2013, 5:38 PM
My weakness is the Hostess creme filled cupcakes. That fudge icing with the white squiggle on it. Been my after dinner treat for decades and I am admittedly addicted. If indeed their filling recipe is different, it will affect all their product lines, I bet.

In case it is, I have done extensive research (I'm sick) and although I hate to plug this vendor, W-M's "Great Value" brand changed their recipe for their chocolate cupcakes right after Hostess closed and it is remarkably close. Close enough that I was able to survive without the real thing. If they have changed their filling, I'll stick with those most probably.

I read what I just wrote and I'm ashamed to think of how affected I was by those little buggers.
wwjd wrote on 7/15/2013, 5:47 PM
ya! I found a couple new clones that were very close, and actully good also! Mrs. Freshly's worked in a pinch for me. funny how everyone suddenly improved thier recipes after hostess closed
larry-peter wrote on 7/15/2013, 5:54 PM
I just watched the photo link and the first thing that struck me was, when I was a kid I remember being able to see the hole where the filling was injected. Don't know about modern Twinkies cause I wasn't that much of a fan, but on the modern cupcakes you can't see the hole. Quantum-tunneling involved, perhaps?