Customer Reviews

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

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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.

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!

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!

My 8 year old daugther saw this book and wanted it. We got it for her for Christmas and were pleasantly surprised with the many clever and fun recipes. We have only tried 1 so far, but look forward to trying some more. History of Twinkies, bright pictures and easy directions fill the book.

Come on, lighten up! After getting this book I went to a party with my Twinke sushi, what a hit! A friend made the Twinke wedding cake! So much fun for a little book!

Wow, what a fun little book! This book contains a slue of fun and tasty recipes, all made with that quintessential American treat, the Twinkie! My favorite two were definitely the Chocolate Twinkie Trifle, and the Chocolate Twinkie Pops - two hits with the kids.

So, if you want to really make a connection with the kids, get this book, and make one of the fun and easy recipes. I give this book my highest recommendations!

When I bought this book, I intended it to be more of a gag gift than anything. Personally, I would describe most of the recipes that the books contains to be "inedible." With that said, it delivers exactly what it promises: Various abominable things to do with Twinkies, which includes "twinkie sushi" which I both gagged and laughed at.

While I do not enjoy twinkies, in any way, somebody who does would probably enjoy this book. At a minimum, it would at least entertain them.

I got this for my boyfriend as a semi-gag Christmas gift, and we love it! I cook a lot and would have never thought to do some of the things that Hostess has come up with. There is a brief section about the history of the Hostess Twinkie, and then it gets right to the good stuff. I like the fried Twinkies and the Twinkie sushi. We don't have any kids, but for those of you that do, this is perfect! Everyone will love to make (and of course eat) these treats. I think the hardest part, oddly enough, has actually been finding Twinkies at the grocery store.

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!

This book is so good on several levels.
You can goof on it: Who ever thought up these ideas? Why did they do it?
You can read it for fun ideas of things to make with Twinkies for your next party.
You can read it and appreciate the American spirit, which inspires people to take a very basic and generally well-loved sweet treat/junk food, and create the most amazing desserts with it.
I use it to show my foreign students a little of how we Americans approach life, with a humor and funkiness, and, I think, a basic lack of fear.