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		Copycat artificial cakes are filling gaping void left by Twinkie's absence. Yay free market (boston.com)		49
		More: Misc, basket, Hostess Brands, Little Debbie, snack cake, Food Marketing Institute

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BumpInTheNight		2013-01-12 03:27:36 PM

Sybarite		2013-01-12 03:43:56 PM

But I don't want a Twankie!

LordOfThePings		2013-01-12 03:44:41 PM

Catchy name.

Cuchulane		2013-01-12 04:07:29 PM

Market Basket rocks!

DownDaRiver		2013-01-12 05:40:39 PM

With helpful pic of what a Twinkie knock off may look like.
Oh, no, I take that back. Its a crappy picture that really doesn't show what it looks like at all.
Would it have killed them to pull out a couple of bucks and actually buy a box, open it, and taken a couple of decent shots? Maybe even try them and provide their own critique?

sethstorm		2013-01-12 06:31:47 PM

Now with melamine filling.

SpaceBison		2013-01-12 06:38:57 PM

Little Debbie frowns upon your shenanigans.
l3.yimg.com

proteus_b		2013-01-12 06:51:10 PM

it's hard to believe that people willingly eat that kind of shiat. it's not like tasty desserts have never graced this planet. even merely mediocre desserts are better than that kind of nonsense....

dg41		2013-01-12 07:08:19 PM

Maybe we'll see a real Clownie Cake.

GoldSpider		2013-01-12 07:09:58 PM

Artificial compared to what?

Pants full of macaroni!!		2013-01-12 07:25:19 PM

Oh man, I wish I could remember the name of that off-brand Twinkies knockoff I saw at Discount Drug Mart the other day. It was hilariously awful.

yarllib		2013-01-12 07:39:37 PM

I like the tasty, delicious crystalline cellulose in every bite.

wildcardjack		2013-01-12 07:52:47 PM

cryinoutloud		2013-01-12 07:59:27 PM

Hooray!

truthseeker2083		2013-01-12 08:48:17 PM

wildcardjack:

Those were Hostess as well

UNAUTHORIZED FINGER		2013-01-12 09:39:35 PM

Sybarite: But I don't want a Twankie!

Stay away from the "Whole Wheat Hooi-Hoos too.

Ghastly		2013-01-12 09:51:05 PM

Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

HotWingAgenda		2013-01-12 10:34:09 PM

I expected a headline about gaping, cream and twinks to go in a totally different direction.

AcneVulgaris		2013-01-12 11:31:19 PM

Until Hostess blew up, I hadn't heard of or seen twinkies for 20 years... and I was ok with that.

fark twinkies.

KingVJ		2013-01-12 11:41:35 PM

SpaceBison: Little Debbie frowns upon your shenanigans.
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This.

Infobahn		2013-01-12 11:50:07 PM

Ghastly: Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

Yeah, but we would have to go to CANADA to get them.

Crude		2013-01-13 12:18:17 AM

Market Basket still exists? Awesome!

Harry_Seldon		2013-01-13 01:01:14 AM

Any company make a high quality Twinkie copy?

sirbissel		2013-01-13 01:06:12 AM

SpaceBison: Little Debbie frowns upon your shenanigans.
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Little Debbie Downer...

Deepcapturecom		2013-01-13 01:43:07 AM

Need help with headline formulation! Article has too many word plays! Mind frozen!

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/01/08/former-sac-analyst-cooperates- i n-insider-trading-case/?ref=business

Judge Rakoff. SAC. Wang. Undercover. Fruit. Inside Information. Men sharing tips. Considerable stress. Full extent.

Smeggy Smurf		2013-01-13 02:10:19 AM

Harry_Seldon: Any company make a high quality Twinkie copy?

You mean an artificial imitation sugar flavored food substitute?

cj1319		2013-01-13 02:10:32 AM

proteus_b: it's hard to believe that people willingly eat that kind of shiat. it's not like tasty desserts have never graced this planet. even merely mediocre desserts are better than that kind of nonsense....

I know, right? Especially when the Little Debbie Double Chocolate Swiss cake rolls are on the next shelf!
i106.photobucket.com

Harry_Seldon		2013-01-13 02:26:16 AM

Smeggy Smurf: Harry_Seldon: Any company make a high quality Twinkie copy?

You mean an artificial imitation sugar flavored food substitute?

I guess I mean a "bakery" quality Twinkie. Something geared to adults.

nmemkha		2013-01-13 02:32:57 AM

Cloudchaser Sakonige the Red Wolf		2013-01-13 03:17:13 AM

Ingredients:
One Twinkie or imitation Twinkie
One hot dog
One can of squirt cheese

kvinesknows		2013-01-13 05:39:05 AM

Ill go have a twinke right now, thanks for the reminder.

also.. japanese twinkes have 4 times the filling

Fluorescent Testicle		2013-01-13 06:35:26 AM

dg41: Maybe we'll see a real Clownie Cake.

A Clownie Cake reference? On my Fark? Bring on the Caf-Pow!

kvinesknows: also.. japanese twinkes have 4 times the filling

That's not filling...

justtray		2013-01-13 07:01:12 AM

I bought knock-off cup-cakes with the the iconic white swirly thing on them yesterday.

As I predicted, the market.... err uhhh... finds a way...

Kurmudgeon		2013-01-13 07:19:55 AM

Mrs. Freshley Dreamies for the win.

StoPPeRmobile		2013-01-13 08:42:44 AM

This thread sounds fat.

enry		2013-01-13 08:56:40 AM

Crude: Market Basket still exists? Awesome!

Yep, still around. After moving from New York (Price Chopper) years ago I'm totally blown away by MB. No loyalty program, no self checkout, the stores are laid out in a strange fashion, the stores and even the announcements are straight out of the 70s, but it all works. They have great prices and a decent selection of brand name and their own generic foods. Probably helps that the one near me has a packie and a CVS next door so I don't care if it doesnt have a pharmacy or can't buy booze in a grocery store.

GeeksAreMyPeeps		2013-01-13 09:56:57 AM

FTFA: But longtime Twinkie fan Daniel Shea of Londonderry, N.H., wasn't impressed. "Store brands are never as good as the real McCoy," he wrote in an e-mail, citing what he called the Golden Creme Cakes' "funny, metallic taste."

When I worked at a supermarket years ago I was told that the store-name brand items were actually made by one of the brand names, just in a different packaging. Obviously it wouldn't be the case here that the store brand is an actual Twinkie, but "Store brands are never as good as the real McCoy" is probably a prejudgment. BTW, all of those diabetes-inducing sacks of shiat have a funny taste.

Pants full of macaroni!!		2013-01-13 10:13:50 AM

Pants full of macaroni!!: Oh man, I wish I could remember the name of that off-brand Twinkies knockoff I saw at Discount Drug Mart the other day. It was hilariously awful.

BINGLES! That's it! Made by BlueBird!

Ghastly		2013-01-13 10:55:07 AM

Infobahn: Ghastly: Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

Yeah, but we would have to go to CANADA to get them.

brian.hoover.net.au

You'll like it up here. We have health care and Tim Hortons too.

the opposite of charity is justice		2013-01-13 12:01:46 PM

EbolaNYC		2013-01-13 02:07:50 PM

Ghastly: Infobahn: Ghastly: Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

Yeah, but we would have to go to CANADA to get them.

You'll like it up here. We have health care and Tim Hortons too.

We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

EbolaNYC		2013-01-13 02:09:17 PM

We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

Ghastly		2013-01-13 04:06:33 PM

EbolaNYC: We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

Woah... Deja vu.

zamboni		2013-01-13 07:15:29 PM

Fluorescent Testicle: dg41: Maybe we'll see a real Clownie Cake.

A Clownie Cake reference? On my Fark? Bring on the Caf-Pow!

kvinesknows: also.. japanese twinkes have 4 times the filling

That's not filling...

Well... three fourths of it isn't.

Unknown_Poltroon		2013-01-14 12:04:38 AM

EbolaNYC: Ghastly: Infobahn: Ghastly: Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

Yeah, but we would have to go to CANADA to get them.

You'll like it up here. We have health care and Tim Hortons too.

We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

There is no comparison.

blustacon		2013-01-14 12:54:31 AM

Crude: Market Basket still exists? Awesome!

They recently opened one in my town. Stop & Shop, thou art forsaken!!!

Shadow Blasko		2013-01-14 01:22:03 AM

EbolaNYC: We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

We have Timmays And DD both in Cincinnati. so ha! Or .. something.

EbolaNYC		2013-01-14 05:20:05 AM

Unknown_Poltroon: EbolaNYC: Ghastly: Infobahn: Ghastly: Still have Twinkies here in Canada because here the brand is made by Vachon, a company not run by criminally incompetent idiots.

Yeah, but we would have to go to CANADA to get them.

You'll like it up here. We have health care and Tim Hortons too.

We have Tim Horton's too. Down here we call the, Dunkin Donuts.

/lived in Toronto for a summer 2 years ago, it's the same crappy coffee and donuts.

There is no comparison.

I don't waste my time splitting hairs over which watery coffee and donuts has a infinitesimally small lead over the other. It's ok, Canadians love them mass produced garbage too it seems.

sethstorm		2013-01-14 10:23:56 AM

Ghastly: You'll like it up here. We have health care and Tim Hortons too.

That, and you don't have the defective "Right to Work" law, but a more sane Rand formula.

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