Banana-Flavored Twinkies

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Banana-Flavored Twinkies

arbilad · Head Chef

Well, twinkies definitely keep forever. Other than that, there's not much to recommend them for food storage.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

I'm not a twinkie fan but have wondered for years what they would taste like with their original bananna filling. I might try one again just so I can remember how horrible they taste!

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Hey, if banana flavored twinkies is not your thing, than maybe this is!

Cucumber-Flavored Soda Sold in Japan bleh

arbilad · Head Chef

I remember that some outfit in the US sells beverages that mix the taste of turkey, gravy, and mashed potatoes, or some combination like that. It's a Thanksgiving thing.

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Jones Soda, Expensive and Nasty.

arbilad · Head Chef

I've never actually tried it. It seems like it would be very gross. More like a gag gift.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Banana twinkies? Sound weird to me. MrCoco loves Twinkies, though...

I like Ding Dongs myself.

No, no! Powdered sugar baby donuts with Stephen's Mint Truffle hot chocolate! Ahh...

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Mmmm...banana Twinkies! I must have them now. Just for nostalgia, if nothing else. If you can call it nostalgia for a time I never actually experienced... Besides, I'm not sure if I could live with myself if my kids grew up having never tasted a Twinkie.

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Okay now, hold the horses. I've been thinking of that exact phrase all day.

"if my kids grew up having never..." then you fill in the blank.

I was thinking specifically of dirt bikes today. Everyone should experience certain things in life, right? A hot air balloon ride, a dirt bike, a horse... RIGHT? Then I was having this argument with myself about the dirt bikes... It's just not worth it!! Brigham Young never tried one out! Neither did Enoch! I think this culture thing is giving me a pressure headache!

I've never seen E.T. okay???

Euphrasie · Senior Bucketkeeper

Some things don't matter that much. But when it's not terribly hard, why not?

Twinkies and E.T. at Coco's house!!

Cocobeem · Keeper of the Holy Grail

Okay, you're right. I need to chill out! I think it's my new Vault Zero diet getting to me.

But see, if I watch E.T., then I won't be able to say I've never seen it before anymore. It's my winning line for that one game, remember? I think this was talked about on DWR.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

I'm sure Bro. Brigham would have preached the virtues of the single serving sponge cake with an injection of vanilla or banana cream filling.

In fact, I'm sure that had the earlier saints been succesful in establishing the mega state / nation of Deseret, they would have been the ones to discover how to make them...

Instead, we are left with shredded carrots / pears / apples suspended in a lime jello mold and in totally different meaning for twinkie LDS missionary lingo (a "teenage priest who "serves" a short term "mission" with full-time missionaries -- e.g. two weeks, ergo "twinkie.")

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

Well my wife picked up a box to try. They were about 50 cents more than standard Twinkies. I had one and they weren't bad. I definitely prefer the bannana over the standard ones which I cannot stand. I won't start indulging a whole lot in these things but I might eat a bananna one once in a while.

Roper · Senior Bucketkeeper

I heard that real bananas have pretty authentic banana flavoring, and that they're more healthy than Twinkies, but that they don't keep as well, even in their original wrappers.

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

I may need to procure some of these and try...

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

But they don't have that fluffy cake like wrapping!

arbilad · Head Chef

I don't know, Roper, I don't see real bananas advertised much, if at all. They can't be any good

Cat Herder · Understander of unimportant things

Banana cream filled Twinkies... big hit in Cat Herder house. Seems to me I remember the flavor from when I was a child now that I've had them (again)...

salesortonscom · Wise and Revered Master

I must admit I ate two more over the weekend. Not bad. I told the wife not to buy anymore for a while because eating three in one week means I have a problem.

nitasmile · Senior Member

Wow, I just saw this thread tonight. A few months ago, I did get a banana twinkie from 7-11. I thought they were new, I didn't realize they were returning from a 50 year hiatus. I was finishing the banana twinkie just as my supervisor saw me and she wanted one. But I'd already bitten into it,e tc.

So I've searched to get her one, but I haven't been able to find the banana ones in the local stores, but this thread inspires me to try a little harder.