"You're going to risk our lives for a Twinkie?" asks Columbus, played by Jesse Eisenberg, in the movie Zombieland. Luckily, ...

After Hostess closed all of its factories last week, many junk food fanatics remain concerned about the future of one of the pastry giant's most famous desserts: the Twinkie. Many are scared that ...

Narrator: A mainstay in pop culture and lunchboxes for more than 80 years... - Twinkie. - Twinkie. - Twinkie. - That's a big Twinkie. Narrator: The Twinkie is an American icon. The vanilla cake ...

It was feared by many that Twinkies, which debuted in 1930s and became a staple in school lunchboxes, was a fading piece of Americana. Those fears, it appears, were premature.