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Make your own Hostess treats
If you love Twinkies, Hostess Cupcakes or Sno-Balls, I have good news: You can make your own at home! And you can make them with healthier ingredients, too.
Fri, Nov 16 2012 at 8:02 PM
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Hostess is going out of business, striking fear into many hearts about a Twinkie-less future. I am sure that we can survive without these preservative-laden, sugary sweets, but if the craving hits, now is a good time to turn to homemade versions. I list two version below: a recipe using typical ingredients that will more closely resemble the original, and a second healthier recipe that is gluten- and dairy-free.
By the way, if you want to make Twinkies, you will need to buy a Twinkie pan. But you can make the Hostess Cupcakes or Sno-Ball Cupcakes with basic kitchen supplies. Amazon sells a "Cream Canoe Pan" 
that will work well.
that will work well.
Homemade Twinkies: This recipe doesn’t try to be healthy, but it's rather similar to the original and is filled with fluffy, seven-minute frosting.
Healthy Twinkies: This dairy-free, gluten-free and grain-free version uses healthier ingredients and is suitable for those on restricted diets too.
Homemade Hostess Cupcakes: Here is a homemade version for Hostess Cupcakes, sans preservatives.
Healthy Hostess Cupcakes: This recipe remakes the cupcakes to include maple syrup, quinoa flour, coconut butter and other more healthy ingredients. They look the same, are sweet to taste — and delicious too.
Homemade Sno-Ball Cupcakes: Covered with fluffy frosting and pink coconut flakes.
Healthy Version: I couldn't find a specific recipe for healthier version of the Sno-Ball, however it would be easy to use the recipe for the Hostess cupcakes and adapt it to use for the Sno-Ball Cupcakes!
Did anyone out there grow up enjoying these sweet treats?
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Twinkies was one of my favorite guilty pleasures. But sadder with Hostess closing is all those people who are now unemployed thanks to Hostess. I looked for Twinkies at my local Walmart yesterday afternoon and couldn't find any. Guess I will just have to make my own Twinkies when I have that urge for one of my favorite treats.
This is merely an attempt by Hostess to bust the Union and I'll bet a last minute deal is made that will "save" the company. The Union is not entirely blameless. This is not the right economy to try to strong-arm management. The Union should be happy to just keep the status quo and wait until the Great Bushwhacking Depression is over to negotiate from a position of strength. As for the schmucks fighting each other on e-Bay for $60 Twinkies . . . . Seriously?
Since when did sugary snacks become more important than being fair to workers? I am saddened that so many workers lost their jobs, but am happy that so many workers stood up for what is right! I just wish this would have happened to Walmart instead!
Hot Tea,
I agree that workers being treated right is more important than any type of sugary snack. And I am most upset that so many lost their jobs. I wonder whether dirt cheap sweets make enough profit to give good benefits/good salaries to everyone who works for them? We never bought these anyways for a variety of reasons, but there are a lot of more local, small companies that sell better treats (both taste and health-wise) that I am more willing to give my money too. :-)