The first Twinkie was created in 1930 and the rest is history. Since I generally got a “C” in History, I started with Clinton and worked my way to the Cream filling in this letter to the Chefs behind Twinkies…

Dear Twinkie Bakers:

I read that former President Clinton put a Twinkie in a time capsule back in 1999. It’s scheduled to be opened in the year 2100. I’ve had bread start growing mold in my kitchen after about 6 days. Do you think that after 101 years the Twinkie will still be edible?

Few eating activities are more fun than sucking the cream filling out of a Twinkie. And watching a woman do it makes her my kind of Hostess. How many Twinkies can your cream stuffers stuff with cream in an hour?

Keep on Twinkie-ing!

A Consumer Response Representative from Interstate Bakeries Corporation, makers of Hostess Twinkies, responded with:

Thank you for contacting us regarding the production of our Twinkies® snack cakes.

Twinkies begin as a batter and are put into pans for the oven. After baking, they are filled with creamy filling by injector nozzles while they are still in the pan.

The cakes are packaged into twin packs or individually wrapped, and put into multi-pack boxes.

We are happy to have had this opportunity to very briefly explain the production of our product and hope you will enjoy the enclosed with our compliments.

Final Thoughts: Enclosed with the response was a coupon good for any Wonder, Home Pride or Hostess product, plus some pages containing a “Twinkie Timeline & Facts,” “Twinkie Trivia,” and “The Twinkie Trivia Game.” For example: In 1941, an Indiana milkman named Lewis Browning started eating a Twinkie a day, everyday, and in 1960 he’s consumed 6,935 of them. And … 52,000 Twinkies can be filled with crème in one hour at a Hostess bakery … Not to mention that, “If you laid one billion Twinkies end to end, they would circle the Earth at the Equator twice, with enough left over to go from LA to New York three abreast.” Furthermore … “More than ½ million hens are needed to lay the 160 million Grade A large eggs used to make Twinkies each year.”

Some of the Twinkie Trivia Game questions were real fun, too (see answers below):

1) How long does it take for a Twinkie to explode in the microwave?
a) 45 seconds / b) 50 seconds / c) 1 minute / d) 1 minute and 15 seconds

2) In what city did the “Twinkie-Gate” scandal occur, where a city council member allegedly offered Twinkies to elderly voters to get them to the polls?
a) Chicago / b) Minneapolis / c) Boston / d) Pittsburgh

3) How many miles of cellophane wrapping does it take to cover Twinkies each year?
a) 2,567 / b) 10,207 / c) 39,672 / d) 52,119

Answers: 1) 45 seconds / 2) Minneapolis / 3) 39,672

There was nothing about President Clinton’s Twinkie contribution to the time capsule; however, it is mentioned in this Washington Post article and on the Hostess Twinkies website page. There’s no denying that millions love Twinkies — maybe even a little too much — but in their defense, this is one fun snack, which made it that much more satisfying to Write The Company.