Twinkie Facts

Without ever having had a Twinkie I still feel the need to write a blog about it, so here are some fun facts.

During World War II, there was a shortage of banana, so the filling was switched to vanilla.

Twinkies were invented in 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression by James A. Dewar.

Roger Bennatti, a teacher at the George Stevens Academy, wanted to find out the shelf life of a Twinkie, so he hung a pack on the edge of his blackboard (later on joined by a pack of Fig Newtons). That was some 30 years ago "It’s rather brittle, but if you dusted it off, it’s probably still edible," Bennatti said. "It never spoiled."

It takes 45 seconds to explode a Twinkie in a microwave. It takes only a second for your mom to get mad over the mess you’re making by doing so. In cases where the Twinkie doesn’t explode, it will emit a burnt plastic smell instead. Either way, your mom will get mad for sure.