Hostess is going out of business - no more Twinkies!

[gallahadesquire]

There will always be twinks, I suppose, but the image and relationship

of the word twink to twinkie to twinkies will be lost ...

 

A day of infamy ...

[jgoo]

There will always be twinks, I suppose, but the image and relationship

of the word twink to twinkie to twinkies will be lost ...

 

A day of infamy ...

 

I am very depressed by this news. Not huge on twinkies but I love ho hos and ding dongs. Interesting how all these seem to have some interesting alternative meanings

[Bosguy]

One of the best things about twinkies is that they're loaded with "CREAM"

 

Boston Bill

[Guest countryboywny]

It's a real shame.. 18,500 people now out of work.

[+ deej]

Not huge on twinkies but I love ho hos and ding dongs.

 

One of the things they'll do during bankruptcy liquidation is sell the brands and recipes. You'll see Ho Hos again.

[rvwnsd]

One of the things they'll do during bankruptcy liquidation is sell the brands and recipes. You'll see Ho Hos again.

 

Entenmann's will be selling Twinkies within six months, just wait and see.

[+ deej]

Entenmann's will be selling Twinkies within six months, just wait and see.

 

Kosher, yet no less!

 

For anyone seriously suffering from Twinkie withdrawal, you can always make your own. (Please avoid if you're squeamish. It does involve cardboard tubes from toilet paper.)

[+ deej]

George Takei (yeah, that one) weighed in on this on Twitter:

 

"Pot legalized in two states, and the maker of Twinkies shutters its doors? Now that's IRONY. "

[jjkrkwood]

Oh Well, you guys will just have to buy your Twinkies from Little Debbie.... I know what its like to crave that "cream filling"....

[wayout]

Will Hostess Join These 10 Beloved Brands Gone Forever?

 

http://news.yahoo.com/hostess-join-10-beloved-brands-gone-forever-195303776.html;_ylt=Aj97lS_iKmMbirswsvJHSZfbFr8C;_ylu=X3oDMTR0ZWxmbHF1BGNjb2RlA2dtcHRvcDEwMDBwb29sd2lraXVwcmVzdARtaXQDUnRSbCBOZXdzIEZvciBZb3UEcGtnAzdhMTU0ZmRlLWI3MTAtMzEyZC1iNzhiLWYxMzM4YjcwYTQyMwRwb3MDNQRzZWMDbmV3c19mb3JfeW91BHZlcgM0M2U5ZDg0MS0zMDI4LTExZTItYjc2Zi02ZjVkN2U5OGQ0ZWM-;_ylg=X3oDMTJyM3RnaXBiBGludGwDdXMEbGFuZwNlbi11cwRwc3RhaWQDOGFmNTdjMmEtYmZiOC0zODcyLWJiZDAtMTI2ZTVkZTRkOTAwBHBzdGNhdANob21lfG9kZARwdANzdG9yeXBhZ2U-;_ylv=3

 

 

Those listed in the article: Pan Am, E.F. Hutton, Oldsmobile, Woolworth, Palm, TWA, Kenner, Amoco, Tower Records, Borders

[+ deej]

Oh Well, you guys will just have to buy your Twinkies from Little Debbie....

 

Or from a Bimbo.

 

Apparently Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, the largest bread baker in the world, tried to buy Hostess a while back and is interested in picking it up now that's it's available cheap. They already own interest in Entemann's, among others, so that prediction may come to pass as well.

 

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/17/15245611-mexican-company-bimbo-may-be-eyeing-twinkies?lite

[wayout]

Or from a Bimbo.

 

Apparently Mexico's Grupo Bimbo, the largest bread baker in the world, tried to buy Hostess a while back and is interested in picking it up now that's it's available cheap. They already own interest in Entemann's, among others, so that prediction may come to pass as well.

 

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/17/15245611-mexican-company-bimbo-may-be-eyeing-twinkies?lite

 

Interesting article, especially about the high cost of sugar due to tariffs being the major issue Hostess was facing and not necessarily labor costs as I thought originally. Maybe hope for the brand to survive and for many of the 18,500 employees of Hostess to be kept employed. Mexico to the rescue.

[+ deej]

For those who prefer Hostess cupcakes over Twinkies, here's your recipe:

 

http://apassionateplate.com/homemade-hostess-cupcakes/

[bigvalboy]

For those who prefer Hostess cupcakes over Twinkies, here's your recipe:

 

http://apassionateplate.com/homemade-hostess-cupcakes/

 

Then when you are done, you can deep fry your Twinkies like at the fair.....

[+ deej]

Then when you are done, you can deep fry your Twinkies like at the fair.....

 

Why bother with all that baking? This was the year of deep fried butter.

[bigvalboy]

Why bother with all that baking? This was the year of deep fried butter.

 

Yes yes yes....and I couldn't resist, that is something that you just have to try once!!!

[sisyphus]

Why is everyone so concerned?

 

We have enough (purported) Twinkies here, and certainly enough Ho-ho's. And not the ones you can find currently on E-Bay.

[Toulouse]

Yeah, I'm sure you are right Deej. Now we will have get an influx of Chinese-made Twinkies, Ho Ho's and Ding Dongs filled with toxic mystery ingredients far worse than the originals.

[bigvalboy]

We have enough (purported) Twinkies here, and certainly enough Ho-ho's.

 

It has been reported that perhaps they can be saved after all....the 'twinkies and Ho-ho's' that is....