Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Happy Birthday Twinkie

Today Twinkies turn 80 years old today April 6th.  How surprised was I to visit the official Twinkie website to find nothing about this big milestone. Come on Hostess you can do better than an out of date web page featuring the “upcoming” Twinkie recipe book for the birthday child.  I was given a copy of that book last year!  

The book was a gift from the church for giving them a Twinkie cake. Guiding Light fans will remember the Twinkie cake. Bill & Lizzie made it for their wedding after their original cake fell out of the car Bill was driving.

Here’s another bit of trivia for you: the brainchild of James Dewar, Twinkies were originally filled with Banana cream; then came rationing of bananas during World War II forcing Hostess to switch to vanilla cream.  The Twinkies you and I love are still made with vanilla cream.


Celebrate with a Twinkie today.
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  1. karmstr112March 2, 2014 at 10:40 AM

    This post is still getting hits 4 years later. I've updated the post to include a link to purchase the Twinkies recipe book.

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