{"id":9280,"date":"2011-05-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2020-12-12T10:36:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T20:36:04","slug":"news-if-the-mayan-calendar-is-wrong-lemon-meringue-twinkies-are-in-your-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/05\/05\/news-if-the-mayan-calendar-is-wrong-lemon-meringue-twinkies-are-in-your-future\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: If The Mayan Calendar Is Wrong, Lemon Meringue Twinkies Are In Your Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kasiaflickr\/2853179901\/\" title=\"Homemade Lemon Meringue Pie2 by Kasia\/flickr, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3074\/2853179901_aed1c209bc.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Homemade Lemon Meringue Pie2\"\/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Hostess had Twinkie fans vote for the next Twinkie flavor.  And, while they were voting, Hostess introduced the next Twinkie flavors, Chocolate Creme and Strawberry &#038; Creme.  So, technically, fans got to vote for the next next next Twinkie flavor.  <\/p>\n<p>Anyhoo, Lemon Meringue was victorious in that flavor election, capturing 35 percent of the vote.  Raspberry Tart was runner-up with 33 percent, while Cookies n Creme and Blueberry Pie had 18 percent and 12 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>So get ready Twinkies fans for Lemon Meringue Twinkies&#8230;in 2012.  Yes, in seven months or so you&#8217;ll get to enjoy these new Twinkies, which, when released, will be available for a limited time.  Although, if the Mayan calendar is correct and the world ends, forget what I said in the previous sentence.<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<div xmlns:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" about=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/35558130@N00\/2853179901\"><a rel=\"cc:attributionURL\" href=http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/35558130@N00\/2853179901>Image via flickr user Kasia\/flickr<\/a> \/ <a rel=\"license\" href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY ND 2.0<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, Hostess had Twinkie fans vote for the next Twinkie flavor. And, while they were voting, Hostess introduced the next Twinkie flavors, Chocolate Creme and Strawberry &#038; Creme. So, technically, fans got to vote for the next next next Twinkie flavor. Anyhoo, Lemon Meringue was victorious in that flavor election, capturing 35 percent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spotted-on-shelves"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8744,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2011\/02\/25\/news-new-limited-edition-chocolate-creme-and-strawberry-creme-twinkies-to-make-stoners-say-whoa\/","url_meta":{"origin":9280,"position":0},"title":"NEWS: New Limited-Edition Chocolate Creme and Strawberry &#038; Creme Twinkies To Make Stoners Say &#8216;Whoa&#8217;","author":"Marvo","date":"February 25, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Hostess, the snack maker with the mostess, introduced two new limited-edition flavors: Chocolate Creme and Strawberry & Creme. 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