Twinkies Set to Make 'Sweetest Comeback' in July

[Omaha Steve]

Source: ABC

By GEETIKA RUDRA

Twinkies will soon be making a triumphant return to store shelves, according to Hostess' website.

The company, which went bankrupt in 2012 and is under new management, is touting the return on July 15 as "the sweetest comeback in the history of ever."

Hostess is now owned by the private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Metropoulos & Co.

"America wanted Hostess back -- they wanted the original. Very soon consumers will once again be able to enjoy Twinkies, CupCakes and other great Hostess snack cakes. A comeback by any other name could never be as sweet," Daren Metropoulos, principal of Metropoulos & Co., said in a statement to ABC News.

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A box of Twinkies is shown in this undated image provided by Hostess Brands LLC. (Hostess Brands/AP Photo)

[nomorenomore08]

1. Meh... Don't really have strong feelings one way or the other about this.

Obviously I know that we Americans eat a lot more junk food than we should. Though a big part of the problem is that healthy food - veggies, whole grains, etc. - is so damn expensive.

[Pharaoh]

2. Really?

Corporations feeding you gmo high fructose crap? Which has no food or nutrition value?

Yumm,

[DavidDvorkin]

3. Just what America needs.

[awoke_in_2003]

4. I knew they would be back...

they just had to bust a union up first. I will buy none.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

7. x2

[midnight]

10. Interesting thought.... Do we know if a union is helping bake this deserts?

[awoke_in_2003]

13. The workers were part of the bakers union...

I bet that won't be the case for the scab replacements.

[Fuddnik]

5. Their former employees don't get to come back.

Reduced wages, reduced jobs.

I ain't buying shit from Hostess.

[silvershadow]

6. Absolutely. I have no interest, after they forced the company into bankruptcy and blamed the union.

Besides, I have discovered Tasty Cakes, and while I know nothing about the company, their cakes are 10x better than Hostess ever thought about being.

[derby378]

30. Their Chocolate Bells, albeit only baked for a limited time, were superior to Ding Dongs

I think they're off the shelves now, but they were terrific.

[silvershadow]

32. I just ate a couple of chocolate things that were like cupcakes. Smaller, I suppose, than the

cupcakes, but then again they are all smaller then they used to be anyway. Taste was awesome! And those Reese's snack bar thingy's are good, too. Not sure what their company is about, but seems like every time I hit the store they either have something new, or else bringing more of their line into this area.

[murielm99]

8. I haven't had one of those things in years.

I haven't had one of their cupcakes in a long time, either.

But I do wonder if they are going to change the ingredients and ruin the taste I remember. I can't eat Hershey's kisses any more. They wrecked those. And my husband used to LOVE Chips Ahoy cookies. They messed with them, and now he won't buy them.

[Drahthaardogs]

25. Ruin the taste of a twinkie?

You think they could actually make them more disgusting than they already are?

[1983law]

9. I just want the goods

minus the politics.

[silvershadow]

33. Really? A lot of use base our purchases specifically on our politics. nt

[kentauros]

11. Eclairs are a superior bakery product.

Support your local bakeries!

[VWolf]

12. Am I the only one

who has never eaten a twinkie?

Looks good in the photo, but I've eschewed the processed stuff for years.

[Bryn]

15. Don't try it

I finally tried them a year ago when my neighbor gave me a box. They tasted like plastic. Ugh!

[VWolf]

16. Don't worry. No intention. n/t

[jmowreader]

28. Well, that's what happens when you don't unwrap them first.

[xxqqqzme]

24. I had one about 55

years ago. I didn't like it and that was before ultra processing of food.

My mother never bought them. They were probably too expensive on her limited food budget. I never bought them because they weren't food.

Did Hostess make 'snowballs'? They were some filled cake concoction w/ a marshmallow-like icing/covering. I remember peeling off the covering and tossing it. But then I don't like the filling in Oreos either.

[KamaAina]

14. Maybe "Twinkie" could be a new synonym for "scab".

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. Let's see...we're not supposed to eat them because they're bad for you.

But we WERE supposed to eat them because they were made by union labor.

But we're not supposed to eat them now because they AREN'T made with union labor. If they DO unionize later, however, we ARE supposed to eat them, except we're not, because they're bad for you.

[Kablooie]

18. If they are public they might be a good investment for a week or two after they return.

There is going to be a shirtload of Hostess products sold for a short time.

[pinboy3niner]

19. Maybe a pantload, even

[Kablooie]

21. Pantload? How vulgar.

[pinboy3niner]

22. Read your post again

[Ash_F]

20. I have a British friend who will be happy about this.

He would to say "The only good thing to come out of America is twinkies!" and used to have someone ship them to him.

Yeah I don't get it either.

[Demoiselle]

23. Remember, one of Britain's culinary triumphs is Fried Bread.

No, not French Toast. Just Bread. Fried.

That said, I admit to a passion for some junk food. Not Twinkies, but I think the same company made a plain chocolate chocolate-frosted cupcake that came in packs of three and was to die for.

[jmowreader]

29. I think you can understand...

British children have Spotted Dick to eat.

[HockeyMom]

26. As a child of the 50s,

YUCK. Didn't eat them then, certainly wouldn't now.

[aquart]

27. Will they be union Twinkies?

[derby378]

31. I still have two unopened boxes of union-made Twinkies at home

If it ain't union, it ain't a Twinkie. Yeah, it's non-nutritious mass-produced prole food, but it helped union workers provide for their families.