In honor of the release of the King Kong DVD, Hostess has released some
limited edition Twinkies with banana cream filling. The combination of the moist Twinkie sponge cake and banana cream
actually sounds like a really good idea. Did you know that banana was the original Twinkie flavor back in 1930? The cream filling
changed to vanilla - now the standard - during World War II, when there was a banana shortage. The new banana Twinkies boxes also feature a contest to win a trip to Universal Studios in either Hollywood
or Florida. It is possible that if the flavor is popular enough, it might outlast the length of the sweepstakes.
Has anybody tried these yet? I have not seen them at my local grocery store yet.
[via The Yummy Banana]

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3-24-2006 @8:06AM Galley said... What makes these different from Banana Flips snacks?
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3-26-2006 @10:11PM gin said... Are these anything like the Banana Dreams they stopped making years ago?
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3-28-2006 @3:28PM Alexa said... I've tried 'em they look like regular twinkies, and I don't really notice all that much different taste. And yes, I got the special King Kong box that says banana twinkies and even the inner wrappers say Banana Twinkies, but if I didn't know they were supposed to be, I probably wouldn't have noticed.
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3-28-2006 @7:29PM Brandon said... From my research, Banana Flips were banana cake, with vanilla cream.
These Banana Twinkies are golden cake with banana cream, not to be confused with the Banana Twinkies I remember growing up, which were banana cake with vanilla cream. Seems those are only in Hawaii.
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3-31-2006 @1:27AM Banana Twinkies said... Here's a place that has Banana Twinkies
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4-09-2006 @9:04PM Ariel said... I've been able to find banana twinkies once or twice in the past few years, and they had a much better and tastier banana flavor than the current incarnation. They tasted great before, and now they mostly taste like regular twinkies (bleh). I don't think I'll go for another box. Oh well, I don't need to be eating junk food like this anyway. :(
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4-14-2006 @3:40PM geoff said... THESE ARE NOT BANANA. I got a box and they were the regular kind in the wrong wrappers and box. I called the number and the guy said they have gotten many calls about it. He also said he was afraid that there were going to be a ton of people getting the banana ones in regular packages soon.
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