Prepare your Costco-sized box of Kleenex for that friend who gleefully shelled out fistfuls of cash to obtain some of the last packages of Twinkies on earth. First because a U.S. bankruptcy court in ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In this Nov. 16, 2013, file photo, Twinkies baked goods are displayed for sale at the Hostess Brands' bakery in Denver. (AP Photo ...

Few processed foods are more representable of good ole’ ‘Murica than the Twinkie. The unidentified saccharine little cakes have been consumed in deep-fried form by many a presidential candidate in ...

The headline, listed as part of the daily news rundown at CNN.com, was simple, stark, and alarming: “Twinkie Manufacturer Files for Bankruptcy.” That would be the Interstate Bakeries Corp., which owns ...

Hostess Brands, makers of Twinkies, Wonder Bread, HoHo’s Sno Balls, and other childhood favorites, may shut down all operations and liquidate as early as Tuesday after a failed attempt to settle a ...

Hostess Brands, the makers of iconic childhood favorites Twinkies, Ring Dings, Devil Dogs, and Wonder Bread, has ceased all baking as of today and we could see the effects almost immediately. Short ...

Twinkies are good. Twinkies drizzled with chocolate sauce and piped with whipped cream are better. Now take that same Twinkie and dunk it in 350-degree fryer oil for a few seconds, and what you have ...