Hostess Twinkies is filing for bankruptcy. Comments?

An interesting side note: As a tribute to hostess, Babycakes just came out with a vegan, gluten-free, chemical-free version of a hostess cupcake. Probably sold out on day 1 like they always do! I think this speaks volumes about where we're headed. http://www.facebook.com/#!/photo.php?fbid=10150595634020362&set=a.324190215361.185849.41273320361&type=1&theater

OK, NPR did a bit on what to do with Twinkies (besides eat them). http://www.npr.org/2012/01/11/145062991/science-desk-experiments-with-twinkies My favorite is the science desk put a Twinkie in Mountain Dew and the Twinkie DID NOT disintegrate. (Even though a mouse will.)

Twinkies aren't going anywhere - they're like cockroaches. Forget all that Mad Max Thunderdome stuff... in post-apocalyptic America, only Cher will be left, noshing on a Twinkie.

Don't worry -- buy a pallet of Twinkies today, and even if they shut down production, the ones you have will last through all eternity! I was not much of a Twinkie fan, but the classic cupcakes with the squiggly white icing and the "creme" filling?! Yes please. Loved them. LOVED. And the only time my mom would allow me to have one was in my brown-bag lunch for a field trip. She packed our lunches every day, but for some reason field trips warranted all kinds of special treats (we also got -- gasp -- a soda!). Every time I see them or think of those cupcakes, I have really fond memories of field trip lunches, the stuff my mom used to do to make things fun or special for us, and pulling the icing off in one piece to eat last. So for those reasons, I'd be sad to see them go.

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/01/12/take-my-snack-cakes-over-my-blinded-bloated-body/
"Hostess Brands announced that despite its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing it would not, in fact, cease production of Ho Hos, Ding Dongs, and other seductively-named products."

Well! Now I feel better. All the other kids had them packed in their lunch boxes, but my mother never allowed them; we grew up with Twinkie Deprived. The cupcakes and the ding dongs did look pretty good. I always make a whipped-cream chocolate roulade for birthdays; now I think I know the (subconscious) reason why.

Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish!

I haven't had a Twinkie for 40 years - don't think I'll miss them.

Hostess will likely be bought out by Nabisco or the like, and Hostess will become some kind of subsidiary company.
The real question is how in the world can you go bankrupt when you're selling for God's sake Twinkies?

I am giving serious thought to the Mayan calendar hypothesis.

Res ipsa loquitur, Ophelia. But are you hot or cold? (I married a lawyer.)

I seriously doubt that this is the end of the twinkie, that's not really how bankruptcy works. If Hostess does actually go under, the company, products, recipes, production lines, etc. will be sold to a group unburdened by financial obligations, there probably won't even be a temporary shortage.

Thanks to someone somewhere! No more Deep Fried Hostess Twinkies and Twinkies Sushi (I kid you not).
Full disclosure: When I was a child, I loved the Twinkie and the Hostess Cupcake frozen. I will have to go back to DrBabs question and submit this as strange food.