We have a long-standing family mystery involving Twinkies that I like to call "Who Took the Twinkies?" When we were kids, we spent most afternoons and every summer day at our Grandma and Grandpa Doerfler's house while our parents were at work. Grandma always had a snack for us in the afternoons and one time, she bought a big package of Twinkies. Apparently when she went to serve them to us, they were missing. I remember being placed in what felt like a line up and being questioned, over and over, about who took the Twinkies. After what seemed like hours, my brother Jeff finally admitted to eating them. I knew he wasn't the culprit (he wasn't really into sweets that much) and I knew I wasn't the culprit (I never really liked Twinkies). But I wasn't sure about my sister Jill...ha. She was very young and wouldn't remember now if she were the one who took them. To this day, I think grandma hid them somewhere and forgot where she put them. I wouldn't be surprised if the people who bought their house found those Twinkies, still good since they have a shelf life of 60 years, tucked away somewhere in a corner! Anyway,
I just read that Hostess, the company that makes Twinkies, is filing for Chapter 11 and made me think that Twinkies could actually cease to exist, giving a whole new meaning to our "Who Took the Twinkies" saga. I don't eat Hostess snacks of any kind anymore (this could explain the bankruptcy), but it does make me sad for future generations to think that they could grow up without these sugary treats.
