Topic: What is the future of Twinkies?
Anonymous A started this discussion 14 years ago #23,487
Will they officially vanish from this Earth now that Hostess has filled for bankruptcy?henn joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #367,170
I hope so.
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 6 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #367,172
White on the inside, yellow on the outside. It's like a wigga.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 8 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #367,173
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #367,174
All of the Twinkies were gone when I went to the store today, but I snatched up the LAST box of HoHo's!
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #367,182
lolmurricans
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 52 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,187
A holding company will purchase their trademarks. They will reappear with cheaper labor.
Meta !PARAdoxiHw joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,188
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 hours later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,201
@367,174 (D)
I bought my first box of ding dongs n have not tried one yes. So now I have 3 box's of Hostess cup cakes unopened and 1 Box of Ding Dongs.
I bought my first box of ding dongs n have not tried one yes. So now I have 3 box's of Hostess cup cakes unopened and 1 Box of Ding Dongs.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 3 hours later, 8 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,217
Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,222
I did not even know what Twinkies were until I watched Zombieland.
Are they delicious?
Are they delicious?
Syntax replied with this 14 years ago, 5 hours later, 14 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,239
@367,217 (A)http://blogs.ocweekly.com/stickaforkinit/2012/11/shelf_life_of_a_twinkie.php
Sorry, Stockpilers: The Shelf Life Of A Twinkie Is Only About 25 Days
The world is mourning the news that Hostess Brands Inc., maker of the iconic comfort sweets Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Snowball Cakes and Ho Hos, plans to shut down. As expected, social networks have spiraled into full-fledged panic mode, with nostalgic shoppers racing to stores to stockpile the plastic-wrapped snacks. After all, Twinkies basically last forever, right?
It's a common urban legend that the "golden sponge cake with creamy filling" has an absurdly long shelf life--in Disney's WALL-E, a Twinkie is found completely undecayed, 700 years after the Earth is deemed uninhabitable. And once, a science teacher in Maine kept an unwrapped Twinkie atop his chalkboard for 30 years, telling the Associated Press, "It's rather brittle, but if you dusted it off, it's probably still edible."
But what's the actual shelf life of a Twinkie? Only about 25 days, according to Theresa Cogswell, former vice president for research and development at Hostess' parent company Interstate Bakeries Corp. In 2005, she told the Washington Post, "You can eat older Twinkies, but they're just not as good as when they're fresh. Then they're awesome." Still, as the newspaper noted, 25 days is still pretty darn impressive for a "baked" good, but then again, there's no dairy-based ingredients in them, only flour, sugar, oil, eggs and chemicals we can't pronounce.
So if you must, go ahead and hoard those last boxes on the shelves--eating an old Twinkie probably, maybe won't kill you. But don't expect them to still be as tasty in the post-apocalyptic world. You're probably better off with Spam.
buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 25 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,242
Syntax replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,246
@previous (buspup !!x+kkCmnF4)
No clue. Might mess up the texture and on defrost mess with the filling. So we can ask OP to Freeze one for a day and defrost and test it for us.
Or OP can sell it for the 10,000% mark up on E-bay
Yo did ye remember too contact You No Whom?
No clue. Might mess up the texture and on defrost mess with the filling. So we can ask OP to Freeze one for a day and defrost and test it for us.
Or OP can sell it for the 10,000% mark up on E-bay
Yo did ye remember too contact You No Whom?
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buspup !!x+kkCmnF4 replied with this 14 years ago, 11 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,248
doctor dreamworks md !jdTkvovFCQ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 2 hours later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,261
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Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 18 minutes later, 18 hours after the original post[^] [v] #367,266
postmortem !!Qe8ScDbX+ joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 hours later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #367,362
If another company comes out with a product identical to Twinkies, or even "Twinkies" themselves, can Hostess sew them? How do patents work? I don't know.
doctor dreamworks md !jdTkvovFCQ replied with this 14 years ago, 26 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #367,380
Anonymous O joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #367,382
haven't had a twinkie in forever. oh well.