The Hostess Twinkie Turns 80
Posted on April 6, 2010
The Hostess Twinkie is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Hostess bakery manager James Dewar - a.k.a. "Grandpa Twinkie" - came up with the Twinkie idea in Chicago in 1930. The idea was a way to put idle shortcake pans to work when strawberries weren't in season. They were a two-for-a-nickel Depression era treat. Here are some more Twinkies facts.
Twinkies by the Numbers:
- 500 million: The number of Twinkies baked by Hostess each year.
- 10: The minutes it takes to bake a Twinkie.
- 1930: The year James Dewar invented the two-for-a-nickel treat.
- 150: The number of calories in one Twinkie.
- 50: The number of recipes in the Twinkies Cookbook.
- 7: The number of Twinkies needed to make the "Patriotic Twinkie Pie" recipe in the Twinkies Cookbook.
- 1: The rank of New Orleans in terms of per capita Twinkie consumption compared to other cities in the U.S.
- 1999: The year President Bill Clinton included Twinkies in the millennium time capsule.
- 26 days: The shelf life of a Twinkie.
Here's a video showing how Twinkies are made from Today.
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