What are twinky bars? Can you get them in the UK?

Question

Whats in them?

Answer 1

A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with 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 1.5" (10 cm x 3.75 cm) and are usually sold in packages of two, though they can be sold in packages of three.

In the United States, the Twinkie is commonly regarded as the quintessential junk food. Each Twinkie contains about 145 Calories (607 kilojoules). Five hundred million are produced each year.[1]

Twinkie the Kid is the advertising mascot for Twinkies and can be found on packaging and related merchandise.
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* 1 Twinkie production
* 2 Urban legends
* 3 Fried twinkies
* 4 Twinkies in popular culture
* 5 Notes
* 6 External links

[edit] Twinkie production

Ingredients

* Enriched Wheat Flour - enriched with ferrous sulphate (iron)
* B vitamins:
o Niacin
o Thiamine mononitrate [B1]
o Riboflavin [B2] and
o Folic acid
* Sugar
* Corn syrup
* Water
* High fructose corn syrup
* Vegetable and/or animal shortening containing one or more of
o Partially hydrogenated soybean
o cottonseed or Canola oil
o lard and
o beef fat
* Dextrose
* Whole eggs
* Contains 2% or less of:
o Modified corn starch
o Cellulose gum
o Whey
o Leavenings:
+ Sodium acid pyrophosphate
+ Baking soda
+ Monocalcium phosphate
o Salt
o Cornstarch
o Corn flour
o Corn syrup solids
o Mono and diglycerides
o Soy lecithin
o Polysorbate 60
o Calcium caseinate
o Sodium stearoyl lactylate
o Wheat gluten
o calcium sulfate
o Natural and artificial flavors:
+ Caramel color
+ Sorbic acid (to retain freshness)
+ Color added (yellow 5, red 40)


The Twinkie was invented on April 6, 1930 by bakery manager James Dewar, making thrifty use of shortcake pans that were used only 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. [2]

In June of 2007 Hostess announced the return of the banana-creme Twinkie. In the past the banana flavored version was offered as a limited-time promotion. Due in part to sales increasing by 20% when the banana version was offered, the banana Twinkie will now be produced permanently. [3]

Continental Foods admitted on a 2006 episode of television's "How it's Made" that twinkies are, in fact baked ending years of speculation. The Washington Post reported on April 13, 2005 that "the cakes are baked for 10 minutes, then the creme 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.[4] A 2007 book, Twinkie, Deconstructed [5] examines where all the ingredients come from and how they are made.

[edit] Urban legends
2006 picture of 1998 Twinkie kept in a science classroom
2006 picture of 1998 Twinkie kept in a science classroom

According to urban legend, Twinkies have a shelf life of many years. While some urban myth websites have concluded this is false,[1] the photograph shows Twinkies which have been kept since 1998 with no signs of deterioration. In one small classroom experiment at George Stevens Academy, a single Twinkie, removed from all packaging, did not spoil for 30 years, although it became "rather brittle".[6] Another urban myth is that the cream inside of the twinkies ferments into an alcoholic beverage after eight years. This was also shown on the FOX TV show, The Simpsons, as well as an episode of the FOX show Family Guy where, after a nuclear holocaust, the only thing that survived was the Hostess factory in Natick, Massachusetts (in real life, torn down to build an extension of the Natick Mall).

Fried twinkies

Deep fried Twinkie

According to the Hostess website, Christopher Sell invented the "fried Twinkie" at the Chip Shop, his restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. It was described by the New York Times in this way: "Something magical occurs when the pastry hits the hot oil. The creamy white vegetable shortening filling liquefies, impregnating the sponge cake with its luscious vanilla flavor. . . The cake itself softens and warms, nearly melting, contrasting with the crisp, deep-fried crust in a buttery and suave way. The shop adds its own ruby-hued berry sauce, which provides a bit of tart sophistication."

By 2002, the Arkansas State Fair had introduced the fried Twinkie to great popular acclaim, and the notion spread to other state fairs across the U.S., as well as some establishments that specialize in fried delicacies.

[edit] Twinkies in popular culture

The twinkie defense is a derogatory term for a criminal defendant's claim that some unusual factor (such as allergies, coffee, nicotine, or sugar) diminished the defendant's responsibility for the alleged crime. The term arose from the trial of Dan White, who was convicted in the fatal shootings of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and city supervisor Harvey Milk, but the "Twinkie defense" was in reality only a minor and insignificant element of the defense case. (Compare Chewbacca Defense.)

In the Family Guy episode "Da Boom", Peter watches an A&E special called Twinkie the Kid, and later asserts that Twinkies are the only things that can survive a nuclear holocaust.

Answer 2

You can probably get them in specialist stores that cater for US citizens; there is one in Dublin...and I recently bought some of those Twinky bars.
Gross.
They are a VERY sweet, sugary chocolate, filled with a truly awful creamy kind of fondant. I was raised on Cadburys, the best chocolate in the world; and this stuff is just cheap rubbish compared to REAL chocolate!

Answer 3

The closest-- and a much better and purer version-- are the Cadbury logs. I don't remember what they call them, but it is a chocolate cake roll (looks like a little log) covered with chocolate, and with a white creme filling inside the log. You can get them at the Co-Op in the biscuits aisle.

Alternatively, M&S may have a version of their own.

Answer 4

They will not only invade the UK, but when the next apocalypse comes only thing around will be the cockroaches eating Twinkies. LOL

Answer 5

Twinkie Bar

Answer 6

A slim chocolate bar with vanilla filling.
Ask at any large departmental store that carries a wide variety of chocolates

Answer 7

fruit grows on forest or vines and fresh vegetables grow in the land.

Answer 8

Vanilla finger cakes,with vanilla cream inside.I have seen them on Ashton-U-Lyne market,but never in a store.

Answer 9

mmmm Twinkies....creamed filled fun

Answer 10

they are a disgusting version of a chocolate eclair

without the chocolate

imagine a hollow bathroom sponge filled with shaving foam