Twinkie Facts

Twinkies are only good for 25 days, not 25 years. They do have preservatives, but really are just a baked, filled cake. Twinkies started out with banana filling and changed to vanilla during WWII when bananas were hard to get. These and other Twinkie factoids are available at the link.

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Posted By: Alex - Mon Jan 18, 2010
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i loved the bacon wrapped twinkie stonehenge! the article does bust all those twinkie myths about shelf life and chemical content. (it's really all about the bacon&twinkiehenge;though) :cheese:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/18/10 at 07:20 PM

Great-grandma always said, "Don't believe anything you read and only half of what you see." The is just a conspiracy to sell more Twinkies.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 01/19/10 at 12:05 AM

dumbfounded all i can say is build it and they will come. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/19/10 at 07:34 AM

red velvet cake mmmmmmm 😝

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/19/10 at 02:59 PM

Bingles aren't as good as they may sound. As a grocery store manager, I sampled many of the delights as they passed their use-by dates. Twinkies last longer than 25 days still soft (3 months is the record that I know of) but Bingles taste like raw pancake batter.

Posted by RazzleCap in Clearwater on 01/21/10 at 01:51 AM

Damnit patty, now I want a twinkie.

Posted by Nethie on 01/21/10 at 01:54 AM

sorry sweetie. :lol:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/21/10 at 02:18 AM

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