Hostess Snacks - "Win a Solid Gold Twinkie!" (Commercial, 1981) 🧈 - What Happened to It???

[@mabus42]

Someone needs to do a documentary on YT to track down where that golden twinkie is today.

[@Troy_nov1965]

it was likely sold ,melted down and is some rappers necklace or teeth now.

[@m.j.s.3838]

I was wondering the same. (ps. Luckily, I always distrusted Twinkies and those other so-called baked goods at the covenience store)

[@mikestarr6204]

i have it. would you like it? ive got plenty of 💰 anyway..

[@Troy_nov1965]

Funny thing is it has more nutrition than a real Twinkie...LOL

[@ekop1778]

.18 KID IS OINKING AWAY AT HIS PIE LIKE A DIRTY PIG

[@hollypierce3076]

Did anyone ever actually win that or do I still have a shot??😂😂😂

[@reneeelias9514]

Guess someone probably did but someones investigation could not find an actual gold Twinkie and thinks the winner chose 50,000 in cash instead. They gave away 5 gold Caddies to winners as well.

[@Troy_nov1965]

@@reneeelias9514 Oh man.... im a gear head i got to see if i can find one of those Caddies on the net.

[@mikestarr6204]

i have it. why would you like it for a while? you'd have to sign a contract stating that you'd pass it on to someone else before you die or put it in your will with the same stipulations..

[@hollypierce3076]

@@mikestarr6204 LoL for real?? I'd love to do that! We could start a chain mail with the golden Twinkie!!

[@funkotron9198]

Harold Bushport II, of Glendale, CA decided after winning the Golden Twinkie, that since he was already quite wealthy from his real estate investments throughout Los Angeles county, he would use it as a doorstop in his home office. He kept it a secret and nobody was the wiser. He requested in his will that the the Golden Twinkie be buried with him and there it remains at Grand View Memorial Park. Of note, Harold had the peculiar habit of removing the cream filling with a small spoon and putting the cream in his coffee and then dipping the remaining twinkie into the coffee. He called this nearly daily pastime his "Golden Hour".

[@ekop1778]

RIP HAROLD

[@mariethereseofthespirits]

The little girl eating the Twinkie looks like she’s super duper excited to eat Twinkies for lunch…again. Even a bologna sandwich would be a welcomed change.😂

[@Tomovox_PAMS_Radio_JIngles]

Yeah, I saw that and thought there was zero emotion - usually, the director of these things will have people smiling as if they're on Cloud Nine after taking a bite of junk food. Was this one going for a more realistic approach?

[@mariethereseofthespirits]

@ This is the truth. Let’s all be honest here, Twinkies are sugar sponges🧐

[@DavidLS1]

According to historical gold prices, $50,000 worth of gold in 1981 would be equivalent to approximately $183,333 today, assuming the current gold price is around $1,900 per ounce.

[@seancaruana4209]

I'm pretty sure that is Alan Kalter (Late Show with David Letterman) announcing the "Sweepstakes" information.

[@terryleemangrumii8566]

It is

[@davidlevy706]

R.I.P.

[@m.r.keller9642]

Just imagine someone actually taking a bite out of that Golden Twinkie.

[@TheComicRelief9001]

Well, what are you supposed to do with such a thing? You certainly can't eat it! XD

[@DavidLS1]

According to historical gold prices, $50,000 worth of gold in 1981 would be equivalent to approximately $183,333 today.

[@NEO91154]

Bring back those fruit pies

[@reneeelias9514]

The sugar glaze the pies were covered in was too much.

[@Troy_nov1965]

@@reneeelias9514 Yeah I agree. I grew up in Texas used to buy Bruces fried pies , they had no icing and man were they GOOD. Sad to say they closed down sometime in the 90s.

[@reneeelias9514]

@ thats too bad.

[@larsulrich2761]

In February of 1981, the income taxes were still quite high and so most likely the person who won the golden Twinkie would have had to sell the it to pay the taxes.

[@fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044]

You drum as well as you think.

[@lindabaer9134]

Fresh, wholesome Hostess, yeah right lady

[@christyme6395]

"Wholesome Hostess Cakes..." I see false advertising wasn't a crime in 1981.

[@stephenr3910]

Who wouldn't want a gold Twinkie?

[@yuvgotubekidding]

Should have put a golden certificate in a box of Twinkies a la Willy Wonka. Would’ve sold out every day.

[@BallparkHunter]

If mom only knew what was in those Twinkies, they wouldn't pass her tough standards!

[@ekop1778]

PROCESSED SUGAR AND GARBAGE

[@BallparkHunter]

@ yup!

[@born_again_torinos]

Mothers high standard? Cream filling is lard whipped with sugar. Way to go mother of the year.

[@mikestarr6204]

it was i won that you know...

[@purple.burglar.alarm...]

Okay who won and why do we not all know this Twinkie lore??

[@carmelopappalardo8477]

Fruit was not better?

[@HelloooThere]

LOLZERS

[@FirestoneX]

Who won?

[@blueline308]

Lamont Sanford won it. He lost it in a weekend trip to Mexico with his friend.

[@ChristopherSobieniak]

​@@blueline308That sucked. Should've left it at home.

[@Foxonian]

@@blueline308 The big dummy!

[@sanic1085]

Wouldn't the weight of the package give it away?

[@FuzzyMemoriesTV]

Yeah, I don't think the golden twinkie was actually in the box.

[@Richard-s2n7c]

Better Twinkees back than now,look at kids these days 8 years old , 400 pounds and stage 10 diabetes and everything else,probably %60 of kids these days """OVERWEIGHT and UNHEALTHY""", I see it in the school in front of my house, kids running in the play ground, they do about 80 feet and collapse to the ground exhausted. Back in my days during the early mid 70s as a kid we had only 5 fat kids in a school of about 300 kids, alot were skinny,played alot ran alot ate Chips Ahoy /Sunshine Cookies and Post Alphabets and Honey Comb Cereal, """COME TO THE HONEYCOMB HIDE OUT""" but we all had balanced Dinners at home by Mom. Whats in a Twinkie now is totally different what was in them back than,have vintage original unused wrapping Rolls from Hostess picked up at Auction a few years ago in Ohio that belonged to the guy that worked their who also worked and had stuff from Nabisco 1950s and 60s,dates from 1978,compared to the ingredients listed on the wrappings now, alot of hard to pronounce chemicals that wasn,t in the 78 Wrappings.Recently bought a box of Count Chocula , remember I use to eat it back in the 70s and 80s, something about how they redid the Mascot """COUNT CHOCULA""' looking Insane or High on Crack Cocaine told me the cereal wouldn,t taste like it once did, I was correct,took one spoonful and spat it out,tasted like """LAUNDRY DETERGENT""" 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@xman777b]

they were never remotely healthy.

[@ekop1778]

COME TO CONNECTICUT SEE THE PEOPLE AND KIDS EVERY ONE IS EXTRA BLIMP SIZE 300 POUNDS BY THE TIME YOUR IN HIGH SCHOOL