Product Description

In 2005, as part of Twinkies’ 75th anniversary celebration, Hostess put out a call for recipes, asking people to share their ideas for cooking—yes, cooking—with Twinkies. Hundreds of people from across the country responded with an amazing collection of homegrown, creative, and sometimes wacky recipes. Nostalgic, colorful, and a delight for the whole family, this is the perfect book for the Twinkie lover in all of us.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70559 in Books
• Published on: 2006-04-15
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 102 pages

From the Publisher
* The official Twinkies cookbook, showcasing hardcore fans’ recipes for fun, new ways—sweet and savory!—to enjoy Twinkies. * Includes more than 50 recipes and 20 full-color photographs. * Features a historical introduction to the Twinkie, complete with archival photographs and advertisements. About Twinkies: "The Twinkie is the perfect postmodern artifact, a pop culture staple."

—Baltimore Sun "The genius of Twinkies is they are exactly what they are—amazingly simple and tres elegantes."

—Jane Stern, coauthor of Roadfood "[The doctor] said it wouldn’t hurt me, so I even ate a Twinkie in intensive care."

—Ninety-year-old Twinkie-eating legend Lewis Browning, Washington Post

Selected Recipes:

Twinkie Sushi

Twinkie Burrito

Pigs in a Twinkie

Pumpkin Twinkie Bread Pudding

Peanut Butter and Jelly Twinkie Cake

About the Author
HOSTESS®, maker of Twinkies®, is one of Interstate Bakeries Corporation’s premier brands. The IBC family also includes Wonder® Bread and Dolly Madison Bakery®. The company is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Customer Reviews

Not that great
The recipes in this book are not what one would try on a regular basis. I would not recommend this book for purchase

Fun gift for a serious cook
I gave this book to my brother for his birthday. Everyone had a few good laughs over the different recipes. I am worried that a Twinkie Salad or Twinkie Tiramasu may show up at the next family gathering.

Pump up the kitsch!
A very fun read! The recipes fall into three categories: the predictable (but yummy), the unpredictable but look like they'd be fun to make, and the downright bizarre. Most of the recipes in the book are of the more predictable recipe type, which uses Twinkies and some sort of pudding or ice cream or other binder to make things like trifles and cakes and sundaes, etc. The unpredictable but fun to make recipes include things like Twinkie Sushi, Twinkiehenge, and Twinkie Pancakes. The downright bizarre recipes include Pigs in a Twinkie, Twinkie Milkshake, and Twinkling Turkey (the Twinkie is part of the stuffing).

The best part of this book is not so much the recipe collection, but rather the historical journey through Twinkiedom and all the little extra Twinkie factoids they throw in. And of course, the wordplay with substituting "Twinkie" for "Twinkling" in several of the recipes. This book is worth its price for the kitsch factor alone!