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Twinkie the Kid
Conceived in 1971, Twinkie the Kid, spokes-sidekick for the golden-yellow snack cake.
Well, we all know he owns a magic lasso which he uses to defend the snack cake surplus of Planet Twinkie from bandits and vandals. And that he has three cream-filling birthmarks. But, let's look past the spongy, golden surface, deeper into the cream-filled history of this little feller.
In 1930, a bakery manager for Hostess® created the world's first golden snack-cake Twinkie, though originally with a banana cream filling. He was inspired by a billboard ad for Twinkle Toe shoes.
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Oddly, World War II created a banana shortage and so the filling one bites into today is vanilla creme.
Twinkie the Kid is presently responsible for protecting the 500 million plus Twinkies that Hostess makes each year.
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