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Twinkies Are Coming Back in the Greatest News Ever

Drew Weisholtz — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:06:24 +0000

The long national nightmare is over. Twinkies are coming back! The iconic cupcake will return to stores this summer after a pair of private equity companies agreed to buy Hostess. Apollo Global Management, LLC and Metropoulos & Co. will purchase the Hostess and Dolly Madison brands for $410 million. Metropoulous & Co. founder and CEO [...]

Cancel the Benefit Concert — Twinkies Have Been Saved!

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:25:10 +0000

In November, the nation went into panic mood when word spread that Hostess was about to go giant, bloated-with-sugar belly up. There were reports of shoppers hoarding Hostess fare such as Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Donettes. Cooler heads predicated that the iconic brands would quickly be bought up, and be back on the shelves faster than you can [...]

There's Still Time to Buy a Rotten Twinkie on eBay

Donald Deane — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 22:45:35 +0000

Popular belief has it that Twinkies never go bad, but there's a disgustingly rotten Twinkie currently up for auction on eBay that proves this wrong. Oh so wrong.

'SNL' – Jamie Foxx Breaks While Playing Ding Dong on 'Update'

Kyle Dowling — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:30:42 +0000

The high point of last night’s episode of ‘Saturday Night Live‘ (with guest host Jamie Foxx) was probably the Academy Award winner’s portrayal of the not-so-popuar Hostess snack, Ding Dong. During the ‘Weekend Update’ segment, ‘Dong’ expressed his dismay for the lack of love for his kind while the Twinkie reigns as king. Sadly, due [...]

Why Pay Thousands For Twinkies? Here's The Recipe.

Dan Seitz — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:23:12 +0000

In the wake of the closing of Hostess, many are worried that they won’t be able to get Twinkies, and driving the prices of the snack cakes up to absurd degrees on eBay. Good thing the recipe is easy to find, if you’re not made of money. Reddit user FinancialBabe recently posted a joke photo [...]

There Is a Petition for Obama to Nationalize Twinkies

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:45:38 +0000

When the US auto industry was in jeopardy four years ago President Obama stepped in with a bailout package. Now it's the American junk food industry that's in peril, with Hostess Brands closing up shop and heading for liquidation, and some want Obama to take an even more drastic step.

Daniel B. of Kansas City has started a petition for the president to "Nationalize the Twinkie industry."