For Christmas I received an unopened box of Hostess Twinkies. I know what you are thinking, great gift for the fat guy, and you would be right. Except obviously the reason they were a gift at all is because what is going on with Hostess; therefore no more Twinkies. To be honest, I am skeptical. I am sure Twinkies will be back, maybe someone will buy the brand or maybe Hostess will sell to itself in some way that is legal, but questionably ethical. I am not a lawyer, so I do not know how it could be done; however, I am fairly certain it could happen.
My point is, I believe Twinkies will more than likely be back. The dilemma then was, do I profit of some poor imbecile that believes the extinction of the Twinkies has increased their value? I mean really has the price of substitutes increased or especially of knock-offs? Nope. I do not think they are worth more than what you could buy them for at Wal-mart if they still have stock. Nevertheless, if there is a willing buyer out there that will pay more than they are worth, then why not take advantage of that person? My brother suggested I put them on craigslist.
After hearing his advice, I planned on doing just that. I looked over the box to check out the condition and I needed to find one pertinent bit of information: expiration date. Much to my dismay, the Twinkies are best used by December 16. Well that is a bummer. I cannot in good conscience sell a food product that has exceeded it's date of expiration.
Well there was only one thing left to do: A little stale, but still delicious. Hopefully, they are still this good when they comeback.
Update (12/1/2014: Just read this, got to say: And how long were twinkies gone for? like two months or what maybe three? Ha! People are crazy.
Twinkies have an expiration date? Have you ever done the twinkies challenge? Dale tried to get me to do it last month. It's like eating 20 in an hour. He did it when he was on his mission and said he hasn't had one since because it made him sick. Oh, and he failed too. I think he said he are 16
ReplyDeleteNever have, the only challenge I participated in was the gallon challenge which if you remember was also Dale's fault. I still remember the moment I could hold it in no longer. Then even afterwards my stomach was still not feeling right as we played some basketball.
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