Twinkies Are Back

[gigabite]

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... on-july-15

They are back, well almost, July 15. There is no doubt now that the Mayans were wrong about the end of the world.

[WeatherGuesser]

Anybody ever figure out what kind of space-age polymer they're made of?

[WxAmber]

i wish they were gluten free...maybe i just have to eat the middle.

[Kalrany]

They contain gluten? Funny -- that sounds too food-like for a Twinkie....

[vbhoutex]

I may have had a total of 5 twinkies in my entire life. Never did develop a taste for them. Maybe it was my body reacting to those "space age polymers".

[gigabite]

Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun

> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.

[angelwing]

Never could acquire a taste for them...I would rather have Peanut Butter Tandycakes:)

[WeatherGuesser]

Never could acquire a taste for them...I would rather have Peanut Butter Tandycakes:)

I got into those chocolate covered peanut butter wafer crunchy things for a while. Loved 'em. But so did my waistline until half my pants wouldn't fit any more.

[vbhoutex]

Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun

> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.

Dang!! You are old!! Sounds like something I could have written and do remember minus the twinkies.

[Cyclenall]

They never left here in Canada, I saw them on the shelves during the whole process of Hostess going boom. I have never had a single Twinkie in my life.

[Kalrany]

Mom was always big on desert, even for lunch. On Saturday we would have a sit down lunch of grilled Spam sandwiches, a Twinkie, and a glass of milk. I am from a big family, and half the neighborhood would be over. It was fun

> back in the day we didn't have dry whole wheat toast, and green tea with X-Box on the side. There was only 3 broadcast channels and green fields that were mowed sometimes where we played soccer and baseball.

Dang!! You are old!! Sounds like something I could have written and do remember minus the twinkies.

Not that old! I recall summers like that myself, and I am technically still a student, so I have to young, right? Maybe you just have to come from a smaller town... We did baloney instead of Spam, and cookies (Oreos, usually) instead of Twinkies. But not too far off the mark -- we rode bikes and played cops and robbers and explored the old ravines. (There were only boys around -- I was in third grade before there was another girl in the neighborhood. )

[Hurricaneman]

I missed the twinkie, Im glad its back

[CajunMama]

I read that Twinkies will now have a longer shelf life. 45 days compared to the previous 26 days.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/08/twinkies-longer-shelf-life/2498953/

[southerngale]

I haven't eaten a Twinkie since I was a kid, but I know that a lot of people have missed them. lol
I'm so glad I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

[Cyclenall]

I read that Twinkies will now have a longer shelf life. 45 days compared to the previous 26 days.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/08/twinkies-longer-shelf-life/2498953/

I thought its shelf life was infinite? All the jokes about Twinkies are based on that so I'm stumped.

[Kalrany]

I read that Twinkies will now have a longer shelf life. 45 days compared to the previous 26 days.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/07/08/twinkies-longer-shelf-life/2498953/

I thought its shelf life was infinite? All the jokes about Twinkies are based on that so I'm stumped.

I was in the same camp. Probably becuase I have witnessed the multi-year storage of the old version... So then these should last multiple decades?

What *are* they made of???

[Ptarmigan]

I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.

[gigabite]

I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.

Twinkies are the quintessential vehicle to wash down with milk.

[vbhoutex]

I have had Twinkies. They tasted rather strange.

[CajunMama]

Meh. Give me a DingDong any day!