what can you tell me about twinkies?

Answer 1

everything

Answer 2

A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with a Creamy Filling" created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co., which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation. Twinkies measure 4" x 1" (10 cm x 2.5 cm) and are usually sold in packages of two. They have a shelf life of 25 days (Very long for a baked good). Various urban legends have stated that Twinkies have shelf lives anywhere from several years up to one century in duration, or that they are not actually baked, but there is no evidence to support this.

In the United States, the Twinkie is commonly regarded as the quintessential junk food. Each Twinkie contains about 145 kilocalories (607 kilojoules). Five hundred million are produced each year.

The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by bakery manager James Dewar, making thrifty use of shortcake pans that were usually only used during the strawberry season. Twinkies originally contained a banana cream filling, but this was replaced with a vanilla cream filling during a banana shortage caused by the outbreak of World War II. [1]

Though Continental Foods has never revealed how Twinkies are made, most people believe that they are baked, because the bottoms look brown. The Washington Post reported on April 15, 2005 that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, then the cream filling is injected through three holes in the top, which is browned from baking. The cake is flipped before packaging, so the rounded yellow bottom becomes the top." Hostess was the implied source of this information.

Ingredients
Enriched Wheat Flour - enriched with ferrous sulphate (iron)
B vitamins:
Niacin
Thiamine mononitrate [B1]
Riboflavin [B12] and
Folic acid
Sugar
Corn syrup
Water
High fructose corn syrup
Vegetable and/or animal shortening containing one or more of
Partially hydrogenated soybean
cottonseed or Canola oil
lard and
beef fat
Dextrose
Whole eggs
Contains 2% or less of:
Modified corn starch
Cellulose gum
Whey
Leavenings:
Sodium acid pyrophosphate
Baking soda
Monocalcium phosphate
Salt
Cornstarch
Corn flour
Corn syrup solids
Mono and diglycerides
Soy lecithin
Polysorbate 60
Dextrin
Calcium caseinate
Sodium stearol lactylate
Wheat gluten
calcium sulfate
Natural and artificial flavors:
Caramel color
Sorbic acid (to retain freshness)
Color added (yellow 5, red 40)

Answer 3

They are good.
I heard that if you let a twinky age for about 10 years it turns into liquor.

Answer 4

Megs is right, they aren't that good.

BUT...many years ago, before they dicked around with the recipe, the cream inside used to be incredibly good. Whatever the heck they replaced it with is no more appealing than Crisco & sugar.

Answer 5

The taste good with strawberries & Cool Whip.

Answer 6

They're the preferred gorge-a-thon treats of the late twentieth century.

Answer 7

If you break them into small pieces, they fit in your nose!
They can stack on top of each other! build a fortress today!
They make good friends when you don't have a teddy.
And they can fit inside of your brother's sock droors! stuff one in a sock!

Answer 8

They have cream in the middle and taste great but aren't very good for you.

Answer 9

they're yummy but very bad for you. "the fluffy white crap is hydrogenated vegetable lard, whipped with sugar"

Answer 10

they have a 3 year shelf life.

Answer 11

It's no secret where the cream goes in!