Banana Twinkies are back!

notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I wonder
how they are made now.

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I wonder
how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a banana
Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the banana flavor?

Michael <- also liked Susie Qs and Hostess Cupcakes.

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Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a banana
Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the banana flavor?

We never bought Twinkies (any flavor!) but I recall my mom buying Ding
Dongs or something like that? Chocolate cake "rolls" or tubes or
something? I remember I liked them.

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I
wonder how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a
banana Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the
banana flavor?

Michael <- also liked Susie Qs and Hostess Cupcakes.

I kind of remember orange twinkies, I think. Anybody else? Am I
remembering correctly?

kili

kilikini said:

I kind of remember orange twinkies, I think. Anybody else? Am I
remembering correctly?

I remember Orange, banana and chocolate (default flavor) Moon Pies.
I like the small ones still.

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I wonder
how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a banana
Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the banana

flavor?

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Michael <- also liked Susie Qs and Hostess Cupcakes.

I'll have to try a banana one. I wasn't around for them in the beginning.

I avoid twinkies as a rule, (whipped crisco, sugar and vanilla filling) but
I'll make an exception if I see the new (old) kind, once.

Andy

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I'll have to try a banana one. I wasn't around for them in the
beginning.

I avoid twinkies as a rule, (whipped crisco, sugar and vanilla
filling) but I'll make an exception if I see the new (old) kind, once.

Andy

Here is a copy cat recipe. I'd just sub the vanilla extract for banana
extract (never seen banana extract) or find a banana flavoring to add to
the filling.

Copycat Twinkies
Ingredients
Cake:
16-Ounce Box golden pound cake mix (disregard mix instructions)
4 egg whites
2/3 cup water

Filling:
2 tsp Butter
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 drop lemon extract

Instructions
Note: (You will need a spice bottle (about the size of a Twinkie), twelve
12 x 14-inch pieces of aluminum foil, a pastry bag and a toothpick)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.

Fold each piece of foil in half twice. Wrap the folded foil around the
spice bottle to create a mold. Leave the top open for pouring the batter
in. Make twelve of these molds and arrange on a cookie sheet. Grease the
inside of each with nonstick spray.

Disregard the directions on the cake mix box. Instead, beat the egg whites
until stiff. Combine with cake mix and water, and beat until thoroughly
blended (about 2 minutes).

Pour batter into molds, filling each about 3/4 inch. Bake in preheated
oven for about 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and a
toothpick comes out clean from the center.

For the filling, cream the butter and shortening. Slowly add the sugars
while beating.

Add the evaporated milk, vanilla and lemon extracts.

Mix on medium speed until completely smooth and fluffy.

When the cakes are done and cooled, use a toothpick to make three small
holes in the bottom of each one. Move the toothpick around the inside of
each cake to make room for filling.

Using the pastry bag, inject each cake with filling through all three
holes.

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Quoted message said:

I'll have to try a banana one. I wasn't around for them in the
beginning.

I avoid twinkies as a rule, (whipped crisco, sugar and vanilla
filling) but I'll make an exception if I see the new (old) kind, once.

Andy

Here is a copy cat recipe. I'd just sub the vanilla extract for banana
extract (never seen banana extract) or find a banana flavoring to add to
the filling.

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract? Not
the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it. I get
mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last bottle says
Banana Flavor, not Extract.

margaret suran said:

Quoted message said:

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract? Not
the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it. I get
mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last bottle says Banana
Flavor, not Extract.

You use bananas. I have never heard of using "banana extract."

cybercat said:

margaret suran said:

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract? Not
the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it. I get
mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last bottle says Banana
Flavor, not Extract.

You use bananas. I have never heard of using "banana extract."

I use bananas. But for that REAL Banana taste and aroma, pure Banana
Extract is great.

I can no longer find the extract. The stuff that says Flavor has
"natural flavors" and "Banana Essence" listed under INGREDIENTS. When I
last used it, I didn't notice any difference. That may be, because I
didn't eat any. I never eat what I bake. :o) Not even the broken
Chocolate Chip Cookies. My friend Marcel gets those and all the burnt
ones, too.

Goomba38 said:

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a
banana Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the
banana flavor?

We never bought Twinkies (any flavor!) but I recall my mom buying
Ding Dongs or something like that? Chocolate cake "rolls" or tubes or
something? I remember I liked them.

Those would be Ho Hos:
<http://www.hostesscakes.com/hohos.asp>

Ding-Dongs are hockey-puck shaped, and are one of my favorite snack
cakes:

<http://www.hostesscakes.com/dingdongs.asp>

Brian

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I
wonder how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a
banana Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the
banana flavor?

As I recall (probably from that "Unwrapped" show), banana was the
original flavor way back when.

Brian

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won't shut up.
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Goomba38 said:

Michael 'Dog3' Lonergan said:

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a banana
Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the banana flavor?

We never bought Twinkies (any flavor!) but I recall my mom buying Ding
Dongs or something like that? Chocolate cake "rolls" or tubes or
something? I remember I liked them.

Ho Ho's! Ding Dongs look like hockey pucks.

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cybercat said:

margaret suran said:

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract? Not
the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it. I get
mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last bottle says Banana
Flavor, not Extract.

Quoted message said:

You use bananas. I have never heard of using "banana extract."

I use bananas. But for that REAL Banana taste and aroma, pure Banana
Extract is great.

I can no longer find the extract. The stuff that says Flavor has
"natural flavors" and "Banana Essence" listed under INGREDIENTS. When I
last used it, I didn't notice any difference. That may be, because I
didn't eat any. I never eat what I bake. :o) Not even the broken
Chocolate Chip Cookies. My friend Marcel gets those and all the burnt
ones, too.

Maybe your bananas are not ripe enough. They should be black!

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cybercat said:

margaret suran said:

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract? Not
the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it. I get
mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet Foods, Inc.
Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last bottle says
Banana Flavor, not Extract.

You use bananas. I have never heard of using "banana extract."

I use bananas. But for that REAL Banana taste and aroma, pure Banana
Extract is great.

I can no longer find the extract. The stuff that says Flavor has "natural
flavors" and "Banana Essence" listed under INGREDIENTS. When I last used
it, I didn't notice any difference. That may be, because I didn't eat
any. I never eat what I bake. :o) Not even the broken Chocolate Chip
Cookies. My friend Marcel gets those and all the burnt ones, too.

Maybe I have never had really great banana bread. I though the ripe bananas
I used gave mine real banana taste and aroma.

margaret suran said:

I never eat what I bake. :o) Not even the broken
Chocolate Chip Cookies. My friend Marcel gets those and all the burnt
ones, too.

Poor Marcel! What do you do with the GOOD/unburnt ones?

gloria p

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I
wonder how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a
banana Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the
banana flavor?

Michael <- also liked Susie Qs and Hostess Cupcakes.

I remember when Twinkies (not the banana ones, I don't recall those at all)
had real cream filling. Went to Thailand, came back, Mom bought Twinkies
again and I could *taste* how artificial the filling was. (Ditto the Susie
Q's and Hostess cupcakes.) Yeah, something is good so change the formula to
add a bunch of chemicals; they'll last longer on the shelf. I've never
bought another "snack cake" again.

Jill

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cybercat said:

margaret suran said:

Michael, how do you make good Banana Bread without Banana Extract?
Not the imitation [censored], the real thing. Penzey's does not carry it.
I get mine wherever and whenever i find it. Wagner's Gourmet
Foods, Inc. Wilmington, N. C. used to make a good one, but the last
bottle says Banana Flavor, not Extract.

You use bananas. I have never heard of using "banana extract."

I use bananas. But for that REAL Banana taste and aroma, pure
Banana
Extract is great.

I can no longer find the extract. The stuff that says Flavor has
"natural flavors" and "Banana Essence" listed under INGREDIENTS. When
I last used it, I didn't notice any difference. That may be, because
I didn't eat any. I never eat what I bake. :o) Not even the broken
Chocolate Chip Cookies. My friend Marcel gets those and all the burnt
ones, too.

I did a real fast Google search and found banana extract on the Watkins
site. As far as I can tell it's not the imitation stuff usually found at
the supermarkets. When I get to Straub's next week I'll see if they have
any on the shelf.

http://www.watkinsonline.com/productDetail.cfm?product=2974

Michael

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notbob said:

If you deep fry 'em, do you have to use banana palm oil?

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,281514,00.html

nb

They were made without real bananas, just artificial flavors. I wonder
how they are made now.

I loved Twinkies when I was younger. I can't recall ever having a banana
Twinkie. Was it the cake part or the filling part with the banana flavor?

Michael <- also liked Susie Qs and Hostess Cupcakes.

Oh, the first and last time I had a Twinkie, when I was 4 or
so, I barfed. I haven't had one since.

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