[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1933 - Twinkies were introduced by The Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis, which also made "Wonder Bread" and had a snack line your probably familiar with called Hostess. One of their bakers named James A. Dewar got the idea for the "Twinkie" while he delivered one of their products, a cream filled strawberry shortcake. The machines to make these sat idle when the strawberry season was over so he came up with an idea to use them to make a snack cake filled with a banana filling, and only charge a nickel for a package of 2. It was good idea as money was tight for people during the great depression. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Dewar came up with this name when driving by a billboard that had an ad for shoes from the "Twinkle Toe Shoe Company". He shortened the name to ....Twinkies....[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1940's[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Just like the song went "Yes We Have No Banana's " popular during the WWII because bananas were rationed, Hostess had to come up with a different filling. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]They switched to vanilla creme and it was popular so they never changed back. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The Twinkie rose to popularity in the '50's in great part due to Hostess sponsoring the Howdy Doody show, featuring the twinkie. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]During the 60's when there were huge fears of a nuclear attack, Many bomb shelters were built. Twinkees were one of the most popular items to have because it was said that they "stay fresh forever".[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]It has become an American Icon, even president Clinton put one in a time capsule. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]They remain as Hostess best selling snack cake producing half a billion a year! [/FONT]