The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection from Hostess [Hardcover]

Hostess (Creator)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2006

As part of Twinkies' seventy-fifth 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 bunch of inventive, homegrown, and sometimes wacky recipes. Nearly fifty of these unexpected creations-both sweet and savory!-are presented in this nostalgic and colorful collection. A delight for the whole family, THE TWINKIES COOKBOOK is the perfect snack for the Twinkie lover in all of us.

Editorial Reviews

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.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (May 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580087566
• ISBN-13: 978-1580087568
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.5 x 7.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #189,815 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

62 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Weird - but surprisingly yum :-), April 10, 2006

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Little Miss Cutey (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection from Hostess (Hardcover)

I love Twinkies. So when I saw this interesting sounding book, I scooped it up and checked it out. Because I can't get Twinkies here in Australia, they are one of the first purchases I make when I'm back in the States. On the cover it does mention that it is 'inventive' and 'unexpected'. They are right. It certainly is very inventive. A lady from Baton Rouge has sent in a recipe for Twinkie Sushi. Now although there is no seaweed involved (you use green fruit leather instead), the concept is still quite bizzare and I'm deciding whether I give that one a go or not.
Possibly one of the 'grossest' sounding recipe is Pigs in a Twinkie - and this time there is no substitute for the sausage. You DO use sausage along with the twinkies. I'm sorry but that is one I know I won't try.
Despite those weird recipes, some in the book sound and look absolutely delicious and I can't wait to give them a go. The Twinkie Burrito looks fabulous (a real burrito wrap, but with chocolate and strawberries and twinkies - how can you go wrong). There is even a wedding cake recipe.
Overall, this is a fun recipe book. It is interesting, fattening, yet certainly fun and while you won't probably make everything contained in this book, you will definately be intrigued to try quite a few. Just try not to eat the twinkies before they go in the ingrediant mixture. Yum.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More Fun with Twinkies!, June 2, 2006

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L Smith "acozylover" (Macomb, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection from Hostess (Hardcover)

What a cute book for the Twinkie lover in all of us! I love quirky cookbooks, and have quite a collection. I received this as a gift, and was amused and intrigued at the same time. It never occurred to me that there would be a cookbook with just recipes for Twinkies, but then again, why not? Also included is information regarding the 75 year history of the Twinkie...and yes, they do poke fun at the shelf life of a Twinkie!

The chapters include "Fruity Twinkies", "Twinkies Take the Cake", "Twinkies A' LA Mode", "Twinkie Drinks", "Twinkie Stack-Ups", "Gourmet Twinkies", and "Twinkies and Meat". I agree with the previous reviewer and have not tried any recipes from the "meat" chapter, although the rest of the book is yummy!

Some of our favorites include: Twinkie Burrito, Twinkie Éclair, Twinkie Strawberry Shortcake, and Twinkie Banana Split. Enjoy!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a thoughtful and inventive birthday gift, November 9, 2006

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Barrett G. Mayes "Big Bear" (Texas, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Twinkies Cookbook: An Inventive and Unexpected Recipe Collection from Hostess (Hardcover)

My girlfriend loves twinkies so I bought this sort of as a gag gift having NO idea the brownie (or should I say twinkie) points it would give. The recipe's in here are a phenomenal exercise in creativeness and fun! It's REALLY fantastic if you have kids. There are some very inventive things in there.
With that said it seems that they could do even more (though being uncreative I don't know what) things and with more stuff but they just didn't have enough submitted or didn't think they were worthy of the book. I sure hope they come out with a Cookbook II because I'll sign up for it!