Since the trans fat was removed - they don't taste good anymore. So nothing needs to survive.

Nothing like a frozen vanilla Zinger.

I bought more of their rye bread than anything else. I'll miss then outlet store. It was the last surviving business in the mall at 31 & 90.

Everything should survive. Someone needs to buy everything and keep the employees so those people don't lose their jobs :(

This has got to be Bush's fault, right? I mean the unions are always right, why can't they just pay what the unoin wants and keep working? It's seems to be working just fine for the auto workers (I love paying 30% more for cars than I should) and the teachers (we are now ranked 16th (?) in the world).
I understand that there probably a lot issues in the upper ranks of the company, but let's get real people. A non corrupt union ( if there was such a thing) would have negotiating a legitimate contract and been working WITH the company for a long
term solution. We haven't seen that happen for 40 years.
The greed and corruption of people has turned the business world into a competition
of CEOs against Unions, everyone wanting more than their fairshare. Our politicians
were lost as soon as lobbyist took hold.
Get rid of lobbyist and let politicians do their jobs. Cap Union wages and benefit packages at 45% of revenue. Cut all elected retirement packages 100% and cut their
pay to the avg income in the country. Set term limits for all elected positions at 8
years. Watch people start working again and see politicians start doing what's right for the country again.
Btw, those people don't want their jobs, they had a chance to take a 10% cut and keep working or lose it, they chose to lose it. I would've taken the 10% and started looking for a better job.

There are plenty of other snack products to eat. These can go.

Believe it or not, Hostess will NOT go away... Our neighboring country of Mexico will be buying the brand and show the ever-so-greedy unions that Mexican labor without a union is far more productive.

"Willie" has got it........if the corporation is so evil here, why wouldn't the labor unions simply buy the brand, hire themselves, and have all that supposedly "easy" money themselves?

The problem, is that this comes with responsibility and accountability, which the labor unions want no part of.

This should have been the result of GM had they not been picked as a favorite. Let the free market work........BTW, don't forget, this group was already in bankruptcy.

None - all of that stuff is pure garbage.

suzy q's

Actually, I'd like to see Tip Top bakers bring back their Lucky Cakes!

All products made by Hostess should be saved. Therefore, they should still be made.

Chocolate Zingers.

I could not just pick one in the poll....Twinkies, Cup Cakes, Ding Dongs, Suzy Q's and all the rest but like the other person said, make them like they "used to" with the transfat.

I ate Twinkies when I was a kid...in the late 50's...and they were heavenly. Higher quality ingredients...and that was even before trans-fats were used. Stuff like real butter. I tried one for kicks about 10 years ago...totally artificial tasting junk. There are just too many excellent alternatives these days...so I have no issue seeing them go. Sorry for the employees...but... the food service industry is one of the easiest
industries to find work in these days...so good luck to all.

Here ya go, home made Twinkies:

Ingredients

Non-stick spray
4 egg whites
One 16-ounce box golden pound cake mix
2/3 cup water
Filling
2 teaspoons very hot water
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups marshmallow creme (one 7-ounce jar)
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

You will need a spice bottle, approximately the size of a Twinkie, ten 12 x 14 -inch pieces of aluminum foil, a cake decorator or pastry bag, and a chopstick.

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.

Fold each piece of aluminum foil in half twice. Wrap the folded foil around the spice bottle to create a mold. Leave the top of the mold open for pouring in the batter. Make 10 of these molds and arrange them on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan. Grease the inside of each mold with a light coating of non-stick spray.

Disregard the directions on the box of cake mix. Instead, beat the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl combine cake mix with water and beat until thoroughly blended (about 2 minutes). Fold egg whites into the cake batter and slowly combine until completely mixed.
see next post for part 2

Pour the batter into the molds, filling each one about 3/4 of an inch. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.

For the filling, combine salt with the hot water in a small bowl and stir until salt is dissolved. Let this mixture cool.

Combine the marshmallow creme, shortening, powdered sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl and mix well with an electric mixer on high speed until fluffy.
Add the salt solution to the filling mixture and combine.
When the cakes are done and cooled, use a skewer or chopstick to make three holes in the bottom of each one. Move the stick around inside of each cake to create space for the filling.
Part 2:
Using a cake decorator or pastry bag, inject each cake with filling through all three holes.
Serving Size
Serves 10

Big Sherms in Buffalo Grove had the BEST fried Twinkies. I know it sounds gross, but you don't know what you are missing. Unfortunately, Big Sherms has been closed for well over a year now. Miss them and their fried Twinkies.

Quagmire, you are right that Bimbo owns Entemann's, but they do not own all of Sara Lee, just the fresh bakery business end. Sara Lee frozen bakery remains part of Hillshire Brands.

Follow the link for more info. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-not-to-name-a-company-sara-lee-becomes-hillshire-brands-2012-6

and also

http://www.bimbobakeriesusa.com/about_us/media_center.php?id=1479

and

http://www.hillshirebrands.com/OurCompany.aspx

It's sad when an icon fails. But it sounds like from management to union to healthy eating Hostess was destined to fail. The head of that bakers (button pusher) union was only concerned about getting his +/- 5300 workers back to work, no concern for the others who lost their jobs over his unions inability to make concessions. He was optimistic there would be work for HIS workers under new brand ownership. Why are his workers more entitled to work than any other worker? In this troubled economy with unemployment so high it angers me to see picket signs when so many people are anxious to get back to work and take care of their families.

I prefer Chocolate Chip Cookies

Make your own from the box or buy from a bakery where there isn't chemicals in it like the Twinkies.,etc... Also Abigail Big Sherms was bad that's why they closed!!!!! need a halfway decent restaurant in the Town Center !!

let the twinkies die---IMO, totally disgusting... but i'd like to see ho-ho's, cupcakes and ding dongs live on....

They are moving to Mexico. Which means, that the Union basically bullied them into shutting down, 18500 American jobs will now be Mexican jobs. The union protesting at WalMart doesn't even represent walmart employees, and yet they think they can just bully their way. Typical. Wonder how many kids are learning from their miserable example. Oh and the airport one? THAT union shut down business becasue they were mad that those workers voted to leave the union. THAT is bullying. disgusting, juvenile and sad.

I was always a Suzzie-Q fan, more when they had all the good tasting fat in them.

Snowballs!!

I will miss the Snoballs.

I will TOTALLY miss the Beefsteak Rye Bread line ... the seeded, the seedless, and the pumpernickle. I bought one of these loaves every week ... sigh ...

Wonder if when the twinkies come from Mexico if they will have one with a hint of salsa

is there anyway i can receive free hostes products since there giving it away ? i live in winchester va 221 south pleasat valley . 22601 names john vance im a huge fan of there twinkies and cakes i cant beleive they got shut down id like 2 have some b4 there all gone. email: vancejohn94@gmail.com