Hostess, the maker of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, is going out of business
Hostess, the company behind the iconic Twinkie, is going out of business.
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- Twinkies were invented basically because a bakery manager named James Dewar wanted to get more use out of his shortcake pans. He noticed that he was only pulling those particular pans out of his cupboard during the summer strawberry season and wondered if he was really getting enough bang for his buck out of them. The Continental Baking Company where he was employed was looking for a new, cheap snack to satisfy Depression-Era buyers without emptying their pockets, so Dewar combined the neglected shortcake pans with a recipe that was cheap to make and came up with the Twinkie.
- Back in those days, Twinkies were sold two for five cents
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