The other day, I talked to a man named Mark Langston.

He runs a Facebook page for fans of the golden, highly processed, cream-filled sponge cake

known as the Twinkie.

Does my life center around Twinkies?

No.

Do I enjoy them?

Absolutely.

Do I think they're one of the bonuses in life you bet, I do.

Mark is 63, and he's loved Twinkies since he was a kid.

I've always liked them, but I don't ever remember not eating them.

That's amazing, because I don't remember the last time I had one, so if I could just

ask you to describe a Twinkie for us.

Sure, yellow, soft, moist, sweet.

What else could there be?

Why do you like Twinkies so much?

I kind of like that they're survivors.

They've had several lives across the years, and they just keep coming back, especially

in the grocery store and in the convenience stores, at least the ones I've visit there

there, to include other iterations, sometimes chocolate, Twinkies, strawberry, Twinkies.

I saw pumpkin spice now that were in the fall.

Lately, Twinkies have been doing well.

In fact, they've been doing so well that the food giant jam smucker is buying their

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