# Are you happy Atkins?! Twinkies bankrupt! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2004, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473 "2004-09-22T13:34:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/41 "2004-09-23T21:02:19Z")
All they had to do was reduce the carb content by .0000000001% & call it the “Low Carb Twinkie.” Idiots, sales would have gone through the roof. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/42 "2004-09-23T21:25:05Z")
I doubt it was Twinkies® poor performance that got them in dutch. More likely it was the increasing reluctance of consumers to purchase loaves of tasteless fog when they have the opportunity to buy bread instead. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/43 "2004-09-23T22:16:29Z")
It wasn’t a recall. They were going to stop making them or something, they changed their mind because everybody freaked out. It was probably just a ploy to increase Twinkie sales. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/44 "2004-09-23T22:44:05Z")
"nobody bakes a cake as tasy as a [Tastykake](http://www.tastykake.com/default_home.aspx?chk=redir&tabId=79) " ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/45 "2004-09-23T22:45:44Z")
Right after hearing the bankruptcy news last night I found myself driving down the highway right behind a Wonder Bread/Hostess truck. I decided that the poor driver might be distracted by the news and despondent over the possible loss of his job, so I made every effort to pass him, give a sympathetic wave and get the heck away from him before anything unfortunate might happen. Don’t mess with a depressed man driving two tons of Twinkies. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/46 "2004-09-23T22:52:53Z")
Luckily, all the back stock won’t go to waste. I think the shelf life for a Twinkie is 73 years. There was a Twinkie outlet store in Las Vegas (I kid you not) near Pecos/Sunset that, when I drove by last weekend, was closed. Now I am inclined to think Elvis might actually be dead after all. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/47 "2004-09-23T22:53:44Z")
> [@kittenblue](#): > > Don’t mess with a depressed man driving two tons of Twinkies. Oh, like you’ve never been tempted to drive the Twinkie Truck guy off the road & steal all his Twinkies. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/48 "2004-09-23T23:01:43Z")
Be thankful for Google, kids. [I knew I’d read about this recently](http://www.twinkies.com/worldofwacky/delaplane.asp) so here is the story for your enjoyment. Wish I had some Ding Dongs right now ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/49 "2004-09-24T00:12:53Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Note that the “low carb craze” is just a management excuse. The company has been mismanaged for a couple decades. If the stockholders fire all the top management and start over, the company can come back just fine. > > … Well, yeah but “Are you happy now incompetent top management of Interstate Bakeries?! Twinkies Bankrupt!” just didn’t sound as fun a title as blaming a dead diet doctor. By the way, try saying “Twinkie Truck” 10 times fast. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/50 "2004-09-24T00:15:25Z")
> [@danceswithcats](#): > > Be thankful for Google, kids. [I knew I’d read about this recently](http://www.twinkies.com/worldofwacky/delaplane.asp) so here is the story for your enjoyment. > > Wish I had some Ding Dongs right now ☹ OMG! There’s a recipe for [“Twinkie-Misu”!](http://www.twinkies.com/recipebox/index.asp?cmd=monthly) I really need some Twinkies now. ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/51 "2004-09-24T00:41:13Z")
> [@Mr. Miskatonic](#): > > "nobody bakes a cake as tasy as a [Tastykake](http://www.tastykake.com/default_home.aspx?chk=redir&tabId=79) " Oh, man those things are good! I did a search on their website, just to see if Tastykakes had made it Texas. The nearest Butterscotch Krimpet is in Pensacola - 500 mile away. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![emacularius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@emacularius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacularius)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/52 "2004-09-24T01:05:54Z")
But I was not going to be able to sleep until I shared this… [http://www.candywarehouse.com/candywarehouse/index.html](http://www.candywarehouse.com/candywarehouse/index.html) I’m going to have to lock away the credit card until after my period stops… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/53 "2004-09-24T01:17:13Z")
> [@emacularius](#): > > But I was not going to be able to sleep until I shared this… > > [http://www.candywarehouse.com/candywarehouse/index.html](http://www.candywarehouse.com/candywarehouse/index.html) > > I’m going to have to lock away the credit card until after my period stops… 😃 Speaking of which, couldn’t Twinkies be used for… …oh, nevermind. (It’s a dessert snack! It’s a feminine hygeine product! No…It’s a dessert snack! No…it’s a feminine hygeine product! It’s Twinkies!) ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/54 "2004-09-24T02:14:01Z")
I just sent a couple of boxes over to a friend of mine in England as a wedding present. They don’t get Twinkies there and she loves them. Had I known such sad news, I would have eaten her present ( like I did with the two boxes of Ho-ho’s that she was suppose to get as well. Meh.) What? If you go on a Wednesday to a Hostess Outlet store, you get more twinkies and ho’s for your hard earned dollar. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/55 "2004-09-24T02:18:48Z")
> [@Philster](#): > > (It’s a dessert snack! It’s a feminine hygeine product! No…It’s a dessert snack! No…it’s a feminine hygeine product! It’s Twinkies!) _ **TWEET** _ ::turning on microphone:::: Personal Foul for Improper Mental Imagery with a Beloved Snack Food. Ten Minute Minor. :::Fans pelts **Philster** with soda and popcorn as he sulks over to the penalty box.::::: ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/56 "2004-09-24T04:11:34Z")
[Samuel Jackson voice]Mmmm. That is one tasty raspberry Twinkie. Would you like one, Vincent?[/voice] ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/57 "2004-09-24T11:41:29Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > Oh, man those things are good! I did a search on their website, just to see if Tastykakes had made it Texas. The nearest Butterscotch Krimpet is in Pensacola - 500 mile away. ☹ I live in Maryland, and have a steady supply of all kinds of Tastykakes at all the local grocery stores, including butterscotch krimpets. Eat yer heart out. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/58 "2004-09-24T11:55:50Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I live in Maryland, and have a steady supply of all kinds of Tastykakes at all the local grocery stores, including butterscotch krimpets. Eat yer heart out. 🙂 Now that’s just cold! ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/59 "2004-09-24T12:45:49Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I live in Maryland, and have a steady supply of all kinds of Tastykakes at all the local grocery stores, including butterscotch krimpets. Eat yer heart out. 🙂 Bah! I haven’t eaten a Tastykake ever since I accidentally ate a moldy one when the power was out during a hurricane many, many years ago. I never would have known except that it tasted a little funny so I held it up to a flashlight and noticed it was green. That kind of thing doesn’t happen with Twinkies. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2004, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473/60 "2004-09-24T13:24:26Z")
TastyKakes really shouldn’t be mentioned in the same thread as Twinkies. I love Twinkies (and HoHos and all the other confectionary delights), but Tastykakes are like Philly Cheesesteaks, and Philly soft pretzles. They are in a league of their own. BTW, We have Tastykake outlets in the Philly area, and if you know a Tastykake delivery person (doesn’t everyone?), you can get the goods straight from the bakery. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-happy-atkins-twinkies-bankrupt/265473.md?page=4)