As a european who never even got the chance of tasting a twinkie.

KevinTheGoldfish · 2012-11-17T15:26:34+00:00

I'm Irish. I tried a Twinkle last Saturday. But I was really drunk so I threw it up and forget what it tastes like.

squealingpotatoes · 2012-11-17T15:36:50+00:00

Forget the Twinkie you should be crying over their bags of tiny donuts.

YoureAFilthyLiar · 2012-11-17T15:46:15+00:00

Fear not American friends .. They are still available in Canada, because Hostess gave the rights of twinkies to Weston Foods, a Canadian company, which means they are still available. Sorry for the corporate-whoreishness I was just reading todays paper :/.

CompactusDiskus · 2012-11-17T14:53:53+00:00

You're really not missing all that much.

The only reason everyone is so sad is nostalgia.

whatsthedill · 2012-11-17T15:08:58+00:00

what's your address ?

xchino · 2012-11-17T09:05:10-07:00

Give it a few months, they'll be back under new ownership. Brand recognition like that doesn't just disappear, it's worth far too much. Whether they stay the same in terms of ingredients, flavor, and texture remains to be seen.

ArchReaper · 2012-11-17T15:13:23+00:00

You're really not missing much. There's a reason they went out of business.

DoctorSodomy · 2012-11-17T15:04:39+00:00

You can always order some off ebay

iDonkey · 2012-11-17T14:26:27+00:00

I know that feeling since Zombieland :'<

Shesaid_ehh · 2012-11-17T14:51:17+00:00

This is the greatest gif ever. I love this. so much

snakalabama · 2012-11-17T15:53:10+00:00

As a Swede, I feel you :(

gnorlified · 2012-11-17T15:01:44+00:00

Going to the US in one month, there's still going to be some left then, right?

...right?

CheekySprite · 2012-11-17T15:47:36+00:00

You should be sadder about the new Apple cinnamon mini donuts... Those things are crack.

pants6000 · 2012-11-17T15:31:33+00:00

Take two sponges and put a layer of lard between them. Roll into tube, consume at room temperature.

SeaBearPA · 2012-11-17T15:11:03+00:00

The potential of this gif is...limitless.....

pierozp · 2012-11-17T15:13:19+00:00

You can have Submarinos, they are so much better.

Craddy · 2012-11-17T15:13:24+00:00

I'm from Ireland and I can get them in any of those novelty sweet shops popping up everywhere! They have them in this part of Europe:)

Zementid · 2012-11-17T08:41:11-07:00

As Fellow European I feel the same way... but for lots of other things too. Like Taco Bell. (which seems to be trees most favourited munchies)

sixth_motors · 2012-11-17T15:52:00+00:00

Bubbles?

never_knows_best · 2012-11-17T15:57:03+00:00

I feel the same way about Jaffa Cakes. I have yet to find a store that carries them and I refuse to give up and order a box online.

Cakiman11 · 2012-11-17T15:58:51+00:00

I actually love twinkies, I just don't eat them as much because they can't be THAT good for you.

Poot11235 · 2012-11-17T16:00:50+00:00

Don't fret, Hostess will almost certainly sell the rights to Twinkies, Cupcakes, Ding Dongs, and all their other processed sugary sweets. As another post mentioned the products bring in revenue that far exceeds their production costs; when coupled with the widespread brand recognition this alone should more than incentivize another US food conglomerate to pick up the production rights.

crim_girl · 2012-11-17T16:03:00+00:00

I've never had one but I have 3 boxes sitting in my house because my husband loves them and I wanted him to have some of the last ones. I'm not sure if I should try one since they might not be made anymore.

Dothedew77 · 2012-11-17T16:05:07+00:00

I'm fortunate enough to live a few blocks from this place. Twinkie's start around 5:55 in vid.

Joufy · 2012-11-17T16:07:53+00:00

Just go to Canada. We still have them. The bankruptcy doesn't effect us.

OMGBLACKPOWER · 2012-11-17T16:08:39+00:00

Wouldn't somebody buy the company? Why miss out on all the Twinkie dollars?

hjonsey · 2012-11-17T16:09:26+00:00

I just bought a couple boxes to hold us over (the only cakey snack product made that is not manufactured in a facility with nuts, the only brand my daughter can have) If you like, I can send you one :)

PohTayToez · 2012-11-17T09:09:36-07:00

Why does everyone think they will be gone forever? I thought hostess was going to be liquidated. Why wouldn't another major snack food company buy up the twinkie brand and maybe the factories too?

SammieMage · 2012-11-17T16:14:07+00:00

Muffin Loaves. :'(

KillaWog · 2012-11-17T16:15:36+00:00

The company Hostess is going out of business. Twinkies will be back. They have said they are going to sell the company piece by piece. Look for another company to get the exact Twinkies recipe and sell them again in maximum five years.

Cappelitoo · 2012-11-17T16:15:40+00:00

Man, I thought I was the only one! All the talk about twinkies "yellow on the outside, white on the inside" in movies made want one so bad haha.

seancolorado · 2012-11-17T16:21:07+00:00

i'm american and i never had a twinkie

EvenCrazierTheory · 2012-11-17T16:21:15+00:00

Am I the only one who read this part?

http://finance.fortune.cnn.com/2012/11/16/dont-worry-twinkies-will-survive/?iid=EL

There's still going to be Twinkies.

marcomc2 · 2012-11-17T16:21:44+00:00

They taste like shit - any treat from any European bakery (especially German) tastes one hundred times better

cellardweller1234 · 2012-11-17T16:22:42+00:00

You're not missing anything.

ogkay · 2012-11-17T16:25:16+00:00

Twinkies aren't good....you're not missing out on a damn thing.

amaysing · 2012-11-17T16:25:29+00:00

They taste of toothpaste and feces

tasted*

cantusethemain · 2012-11-17T16:25:40+00:00

I don't understand why everyone seems to think the Twinkie brand will die. It won't, and neither will Wonder Bread.

Esk1m0 · 2012-11-17T16:26:14+00:00

Dude, theres a recipe on the internets..!

roxylynn · 2012-11-17T16:26:21+00:00

I would send you some, but customs. :(

Elemenopp · 2012-11-17T16:26:24+00:00

There will still be twinkies, just won't be called twinkies.

mightbetrolling · 2012-11-17T16:27:31+00:00

r/snackexchange

Hurry you may be able to find a Samaritan to send you one.

washburnee · 2012-11-17T16:27:33+00:00

My friend is currently buying it everywhere at local stores now to stock up and is going to sell it on amazon...she's going to make a killing selling the cupcakes. :)

NiltiacSif · 2012-11-17T16:28:46+00:00

I'm an American and I've never had a Twinkie. Not sure how that happened.

MyNameCouldntBeAsLon · 2012-11-17T16:29:31+00:00

/r/snackexchange bro. It's the best. Find a nice redditor from across the Atlantic, and send, in echange, some European delicacies :)

lordsonam · 2012-11-17T16:30:57+00:00

I feel you bro http://imgur.com/DdVQT

jgweiss · 2012-11-17T16:31:57+00:00

YODELS. I get that there are other swiss rolls out there, but YODELS. I don't know how: a. I plan to live without them on an occasional basis; b. I plan to acquire a lifetime supply of Yodels.

Benmjt · 2012-11-17T16:32:58+00:00

Cybercandy

vashaunp · 2012-11-17T16:33:50+00:00

not missing much. they taste like crap

YelIowmamba · 2012-11-17T16:36:30+00:00

They are not actually that good. I never understood why people loved them so much. It's just like eating straight up sugar.

NoSalt · 2012-11-17T16:37:14+00:00

You can have one for the low, low price of $50,000.00.

Spooooooooooooon · 2012-11-17T16:38:09+00:00

We will save you some. Take your time, they don't go bad.

Bradyhaha · 2012-11-17T16:38:49+00:00

They aren't that good...

ndhernandez · 2012-11-17T16:39:16+00:00

If you want ill mail you one

lowlife220 · 2012-11-17T16:39:58+00:00

I had one last year in New York. I had to shop around a bit for them though, not exactly easy to find.

Roberto23 · 2012-11-17T16:40:55+00:00

Really, you're not missing much.

frotc914 · 2012-11-17T16:42:49+00:00

/r/snackexchange

Thank me later.

ldg_ · 2012-11-17T16:44:04+00:00

Seriously there is a reason hostess is going out of business. Their product tastes horrible!

The_Austin · 2012-11-17T16:44:15+00:00

They are actually kind of disgusting

VonWolfhaus · 2012-11-17T16:45:49+00:00

Twinkies aren't going anywhere...the company will sell the assets and production facilities.

DudeImMacGyver · 2012-11-17T16:46:57+00:00

Honestly my euro pal, they aren't that great. I never much liked any hostess stuff. Always made me feel sick when I aye them. I don't know if youhave these in Europe but check out cream puffs if you haven't already, fucking amazing pastry.

Fimbultyr · 2012-11-17T16:48:53+00:00

Twinkies are dried out little grease cakes, you aren't missing much.

FlowersofGood · 2012-11-17T16:50:29+00:00

Hostess is going to liquidize all their brands. You'll see all of their products around someday still, so don't worry.

gamerx2132 · 2012-11-17T16:51:49+00:00

That's nothing, I'm a 20 year old American who never got to try them. I always said to myself "I'll try them some other time, it's not like they're going anywhere."

iTimmeh · 2012-11-17T16:53:34+00:00

Buy a bag of shit, microwave it, dip it in oil. Ta da. Twinkie.

vocherro · 2012-11-17T16:56:03+00:00

I weep for your soul

Menolith · 2012-11-17T16:56:12+00:00

Could someone explain? While I was asleep Reddit has seemed to have developed a sudden love for Twinkies.

aciddrizzle · 2012-11-17T16:57:13+00:00

Twinkies more or less never expire, it's not impossible that you'll run into one at some point. As others have said though, you're not missing much.

Just imagine eating a bunch of spongy starch and fat with a hint of vanilla flavoring. The whole time you're eating it, you're vacillating between whether or not you actually enjoy it. It's sweet, starchy and fatty- which you are biologically predisposed to enjoy- yet it's entirely without substance, charm or taste; after you finish consuming it, you're not entirely sure if you liked it, but it didn't offend your palate, and since it didn't fill you up or reduce your hunger in any meaningful way, you'll probably want another one. It's the pop music of food.

There's a reason Hostess is going out of business: Hostess' line of products (Twinkies, Wonder Bread, etc) are a relic of the era when processed foods were the new, exciting way of the future and promised to feed everyone on Earth. Over the last decade or so, we've seen a cultural shift away from these over processed foodstuffs as people realize how tremendously unhealthy they are.

That said, they can still sell off these brands as part of their liquidation, so it's entirely possible that these products will remain in production by a different company. Hostess closing is the best publicity Twinkies have had in 20 years.

TinHao · 2012-11-17T16:59:41+00:00

It does not really taste in a way that most people would describe as 'good.'

iamtrees420 · 2012-11-17T16:59:44+00:00

You are literally missing nothing man

searayy · 2012-11-17T16:59:56+00:00

ffs guys someone is obviously going to buy the Twinkies brand and keep making them. it's not like they're just going to vanish into the aether.

molecularmonkey · 2012-11-17T17:00:59+00:00

In the next month, maybe two, a huge food corporation will buy the rights to produce and sell the twinkie brand. It makes absolutely no economic sense to drop the brand off the face of the earth. Twinkies just got a huge marketing campaign for free with this fiasco. Kellogs or someone similar would be stupid not to add them to their roster of products.

oakshades · 2012-11-17T17:03:26+00:00

should we send this nigga a twinkie?

Thereminz · 2012-11-17T17:03:30+00:00

That baby does an excellent grumpy cat impression

darwin9 · 2012-11-17T17:06:34+00:00

American here; I have never had one either.

Magikpoo · 2012-11-17T17:06:39+00:00

Trust me "European" your not missing much. bye bye twinkie. good riddance.

Mawds · 2012-11-17T17:13:04+00:00

I'm from the UK and also have never tried a Twinkie. I'm also afraid if I did so it might give me more diabetes.

jakedobson · 2012-11-17T17:18:42+00:00

I'm a Brit, and on the few occasions that I've had Twinkies, I fucking loved them, sucks that they're like £1.50 each.

DingoZRandy · 2012-11-17T17:30:58+00:00

I'm an American and I've never bothered to eat a twinkie.

bongobugno · 2012-11-17T17:35:28+00:00

You didn't miss much.

Pagogi · 2012-11-17T17:38:30+00:00

They're probably gonna sell the rights to it, so you may still see it but it's not going to be a hostess one.

catzarrjerkz · 2012-11-17T20:51:00+00:00

Youre not missing THAT much

AnotherSmegHead · 2012-11-17T21:26:57+00:00

I'm American. If you want, I will mail you a box of Twinkies if I can find them.

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generallypositive · 2012-11-17T15:31:51+00:00

If you would like to replicate the Twinkie experience, pour a bunch of vanilla extract on a sponge, then cover it with sugar. Bon appetit.

DancesWithWenches · 2012-11-17T15:23:44+00:00

I don't know if it is any consolation to you but they really aren't that good. kinda cheap and bland, my least favorite of all the hostess snacks.

Logic007 · 2012-11-17T15:54:02+00:00

Tons of other companies make twinkies, just by a different name. And to be honest, a lot of them own the shit out of hostess ones. If you're in the southwest through texas, hit up a Fiesta/Value+/one of the other hispanic grocery stores

http://i.imgur.com/waCqZ.jpg

arthuresque · 2012-11-17T16:15:44+00:00

you're not missing out.

W00ster · 2012-11-17T16:19:46+00:00

Sorry but that is not a loss but a win, not having tasted a twinkie I mean. Some things are best left untasted!

KissTheGeek · 2012-11-17T15:27:51+00:00

Don't worry, it's not worth leaving Europe for the States.

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