"Twinkies are snack cake royalty in America. Invented in 1930, this simple cream-filled cake has appeared on supermarket shelves across the country and has been featured in famous movies like "Ghostbusters" and "Zombieland." It even played a role in a high-profile 1970s murder trial during which the defense tried to argue Twinkies were, in part, to blame for what happened. Even after Hostess declared bankruptcy in 2012, fans wouldn't let Twinkies die. The snack cakes made a comeback"
"James A. Dewar, the inventor of the Twinkie, was a plant manager for the Continental Baking Company in 1930. He was worried about the company's future. It was early in the Great Depression, and he didn't think the company could thrive by producing Little Short Cake Fingers for only six weeks a year, when strawberries were in season. The rest of the time, that equipment was just sitting unused."
Twinkies were invented in 1930 by James A. Dewar, a Continental Baking Company plant manager. Dewar created the snack to use cake pans year-round instead of producing Little Short Cake Fingers only during strawberry season. The first Twinkie used a banana filling because bananas were imported year-round, and the name came from a Twinkle Toes Shoe Factory billboard. Banana imports stopped during the Second World War, so Dewar switched to vanilla, creating the modern Twinkie flavor. Twinkies became an iconic American snack, appearing in films and surfacing in a 1970s murder trial. After Hostess declared bankruptcy in 2012, Twinkies made a comeback and are now produced at about 400 million per year.
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