| Did you know that Twinkies were introduced during | | | | illusive banana cream filled Twinkie showed back up |
| the Depression in Chicago. This little yellow snack cake | | | | on my grocers shelves. |
| filled with a mere 160 calories and delicious vanilla | | | | If you are looking for a new way to serve and old |
| cream is enjoyed around the world. Chicago is still the | | | | time favorite I do have a couple of suggestions. I must |
| number one Twinkie eating city in the United States, | | | | warn you, that if your family is like mine you may |
| but you can enjoy them anywhere. When they first | | | | suffer some gentle teasing about re-inventing the |
| were introduced Twinkies were filled with Banana | | | | Twinkie. My personal favorite has been to deep fry |
| Cream. This changed during World War II when the | | | | my Twinkies in a pancake batter. They do better |
| United States suffered a banana shortage. Hostess | | | | when left whole, if cut in half the vanilla cream tends to |
| did start to offer banana cream filled Twinkies as a | | | | ooze out. I have never tried it with the banana cream |
| special promotion a few years ago. My personal | | | | filled version. I find that I am always a bit to excited to |
| experience was they are hard to find. When I wrote to | | | | tinker with the original. A second more decadent treat |
| Hostess they sent me a few coupons and their | | | | is to pull out your favorite Tiramisu recipe and |
| apologies. I did get the pleasure a year latter when the | | | | substitute the Twinkies for lady fingers. |