Profitable no. Hostess filed for bankruptcy in January, its second trip to bankruptcy court since 2004. It previously emerged from restructuring in 2009 after a four-and-a-half year process.

Reportedly, they tried to sell the company outright but there were no takers. Presume the union contracts played into it.

Now they are petitioning the bankruptcy court to liquidate assets i.e. sell the brands to other companies which have expressed an interest in them.

http://money.cnn.com/2012/11/16/news...ing/index.html



I hope they bring back those orange snow ball things. I like looking at them but wont eat them. They remind me of cousin It.

Wait ..... hostess makes moonpies??? :|
& I never knew they had lemon cookies.... ha...

There are my little orange beauties.. I have been eating those cupcakes since I was a child... sigh..

Holy Fuck! Really? That is traumatizing. Seriously. No more Twinkies. No more Krimpets. No more anything. That sucks. Not like I eat the stuff hardly anymore, but it is nice to always have known it was there....

TF just looked up outlets. There is one 50 miles away. :|

I said the same thing......
Moonpies?? Really??? :blink: The world will NEVER be the same......

I'm trying to absorbe the magnitude of this

possible replacements from the ding dong family are:

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...tNq4EoLY2SJaxQ

followed closely by

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Sq0HWGZuGB-UGA

with out either of these (both fucking Hostess?)

we are sooo screwed

Happy day Dapper. Krimpets are made by Tastycake.

I had to double-check on line and it does not look like the Tastycake company is owned by Hostess.

I loved Tastycake Krimpets and Kandy Kakes as a kid. Kandy Kakes are the yellow cake topped with peanut butter and the whole thing covered in chocolate.

Good thing I would actually have to get dressed and go to the store to get them right now.

I hope I don't start fixating about them.

http://www.tastykake.com/products/

http://www.tastykake.com/Content/ima...x_krimpets.jpg

You might substitute these by Tastycake Dude:

http://www.tastykake.com/Content/ima...swiss_roll.jpg

I have to agree that those orange cup cakes are damned good.

Sigh.

I love those orange cupcakes and have never cared one iota that they are entirely artificial!

And Ho Hos, please. Nibbling the chocolate off the outside and then trying to unroll them...good times.

I shall mourn the loss of the amazing chocodiles.. (sigh) ahh well

A lot of people don't take the time to bake, T-Rex, but there are still some that do. Trust me, a fresh-baked loaf of bread, still warm, still gets a lot of appreciation, in a household. It does take time, however, to make bread, and other baked products.

do they make the pink snowball cupcake things?

I dont do twinkies but I hate to see them go.

I loved your pictures on FB Mr. Day. I loved that you went to the outlet and talked to the people and told their story. My favorite as a kid was Ho Ho's. Loved unrolling them and eating them and spreading out the foil wrappers until they were smooth and shiney.