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When Adsum chef/owner and self-proclaimed "Philly fat kid" Matt Levin heard local Philadelphia baker Tasty Baking Company -- better known as Tastykake -- was facing bankruptcy, he immediately began "screwing around" with his longtime favorite treat, the Peanut Butter Kandy Kake.
Realizing that the chocolate-enrobed, peanut butter-layered treat closely resembled a burger bun, he decided to create a dish that would raise awareness of Tasty's dire situation. "The early versions were jacked up," Levin admits, "but they progressively got better. The sour component and the spice needed to balance the sweet."
Levin's sweet and savory invention is now being served at his restaurant Adsum: two house-ground brisket patties topped with sour cherry-sriracha jam and American cheese, each sandwiched between two of the Peanut Butter Kandy Kakes. Levin is even squirreling away a portion of the sliders' $11 price tag in a Tasty fund. "I'm a small Philadelphia business," he says, "and they were once a small Philadelphia business. This is our way of helping a brother out."
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2-17-2011 @1:46PM Hector said... Somebody tell the chef that that's not a slider. If anything it's a mini-burger, but it looks more like a meatball between two buns to me. Mr. Levin needs to learn how to make and cook a burger patty.
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2-17-2011 @2:47PM BRINDA said... I grew up and lived near Baltimore, Maryland for over 50 years. TastyKakes were a regular delightful treat, since I was a chld. After moving to Indiana 2 years ago, I discovered Tastykakes are not available here!!! One day I decided to try and make them myself. Yellow cake mix, peanut butter, melted chocolate chips!! SUCCESS!! A taste of HOME!!!
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2-17-2011 @4:04PM Dave H. said... *ponders*
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2-17-2011 @5:08PM Rena said... I would try them if it helped to keep Tastykake from being sold. I just wish that they could ship out their products near me.
I loved the creme filled Chocolate Cup Cakes.
Thank you for trying to help save the business.
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2-17-2011 @5:16PM Bob said... You can order them on line at Tasty Baking Co .com.....They will ship to your door
2-17-2011 @7:42PM Rena said... Thanks Bob!
Can you get me a source for Teaberry Ice Cream?
I would LOVE to have (or make) some!
2-17-2011 @9:17PM trish said... NO-NO-NO that looks disgusting, not to mention a human mouth couldn't possibly open wide enough to take a bite. What a messy thing just siting there..ugh.
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2-17-2011 @4:53PM Tiqua said... Oh, I would be devastated if Tastykake went into bankruptcy! I absolutely love and grew up on the jelly and butterscotch krimpets, coconut and chocolate juniors and their chocolate cupcakes. I pray they can pull themselves back up from this. Every time I go home to Baltimore/Virginia, I always come back home with at least four boxes of Tastykakes as well as bags of UTZ potato chips. They always take me back to my childhood! It's an east-coast thing!
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2-17-2011 @5:28PM Bob said... I just moved from Philly to Wisconsin. The thing I miss the most is Tastykakes. Anyone that has not tried them should go on line and order some. The treat is worth every effort you put forward. I order them to be shipped here as often as I can. Maybe we can jointly keep them afloat cause ..."Nobody Makes a Cake as tasty as a tastykake."
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2-17-2011 @5:26PM elky999 said... I'd be willing to give it a try. I get weird cravings for chocolate if I eat certain types of meat.
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2-17-2011 @5:41PM Bob said... Try the coffee kake Jrs or the coffe kake cream filled cup kake. Micro wave for 15 sec. and fall in love. When I was in Philly, That was an every mornig event.
2-17-2011 @6:31PM Kevin said... This belongs on thisiswhyyouarefat.com. All of you people lamenting Tastykakes, just leave the trailer and go to the corner gas station-gourmet food shop combo and eat a few Hostess or Mickey's cakes...no difference, actually. They all make you fat and clog your arteries.
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2-17-2011 @7:06PM Mike said... You are mistaken, Kevin. Tastykake is far superior to Hostess. It may not be quite as good as homemade, but Tastykake makes far and away the best products in its class. It's a real shame they're going under.
2-17-2011 @7:31PM Delco Jim said... Kevin. Yes Tastykake's are not a health food. However, there is actually a big difference between Tastykake's and Hostess cakes. Tastykake's are a lot better. Have you ever had one? I can tell your not from the Philadelphia area. And what is a Mickey's cake? Never heard of them. Googled it and not able to find anything. I don't eat Tastykake's every day but If I'm going to eat something unhealthy, it at least should be good. And by the way I don't live in a trailer and I buy Tastykake's in the supermarket.
2-17-2011 @8:11PM Kevin said... Delco Jim...Mickey's Snack Cakes were bought out by Dolly Madison. Very popular on the west coast. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stanh4464/3442472537/...I Googled this. Perhaps you were not spelling it correctly. I couldn't help but notice your misspelling of you're, in the sentence about me not being from Philly. Keep eatin' those Fakekakes! Peace.
2-17-2011 @9:55PM lisa green said... yes their's one major difference taste!
2-17-2011 @11:55PM Delco Jim said... Pardon me for using the wrong form of you're. You were incorrect too. It was Mickey Snack Cakes not Mickey's. I used you're spelling of Mickey's in my search. Maybe that is why it did not come up. You said Dolly Madison bought Mickey. (Dolly Madison was later bought by Hostess.) But they don't make Mickey cakes anymore, do they?. Why would you say people go buy a product that is no longer made? I will keep eating those TASTYKAKES! They are far from fake, they are TASTY! Much better than Hostess cakes. Drakes cakes, ( which are also now owned by Hostess) are good too. They are better than the Hostess brand cakes. Little Debbie cakes are the worst.
2-17-2011 @7:39PM Mickey said... I live in California, but in the early 70's I was in Philly, and I fell in love with Tastykakes. They are the BEST store-bought bakery treats. Years later they turned up in Southern California, and I was in heaven. They only lasted for 1 or 2 years and then were gone. That's cool that we can order them on line, and I intend to do so.
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2-17-2011 @7:39PM Nancy said... maybe a texas weiner between 2 butterscotch krimpets
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2-17-2011 @8:35PM animatedlisa said... Tastykake is NOT going under, contrary to popular belief...they just moved their headquarters to a site in the Philadelphia Navy Yard...and my faves are the koffee kakes and chocolate cupcakes!
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