there is an outlet hostess store on Cliff road in Burnsville. Get there quick!

good part is anything you buy will last for 20 years.

I remember a time when Hostess cakes were made/baked right here in Mpls (where the convention center now is) and Twinkies actually...

had a 7 day shelf life.

half of my BMI is made up of the yellow cake and cream filling goodness as my Dad was a Hostess cake driver for the first decade of my life.

there was a Twinkie in my Dukes of Hazzard metal lunch box each day in elementary school.

wow, that is a lot to overcome...

Actually I saw a "how its made" show on twinkies... they can't be eaten for a few days after they are made...

something about all the non-natural stuff has to "bond" or something.

but by the time they are packaged, shipped and put on the shelves your good. and they are really fresh!

yes, as in most things...to save on costs, Hostess closed bakeries (like mpls) around the country and consolidated it's production to mega..

bakeries. Then trucking the twinkies, cup cakes, ding dongs and Suzie-Qs from these centralized bakeries. However, they needed to insert..

a considerable amount of preservatives to extend shelf lifes (they learned this from Little Debbie) from 7 days to 7 weeks. Bummer.

speaking with my Dad the other day about this...he commented that when he was a driver in the late 70s and Hostess was baked locally, he

would see moisture on the wrappings and the Hostess pies and cupcakes would be slightly warm on his truck when he would start out each day.

aaah, the good 'ol days.

sounds like an opportunity there for 'Hostess' fresh products go back to the old formula and sell locall

Nah... they pride themselves on making processed taste yummy