--- title: Deep-Fried Twinkies Come to Supermarkets From Hostess description: Hostess is now selling a frozen version of 'Deep Fried Twinkies,' the popular fairground treat, available at Wal-Marts starting Friday. canonical: https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-12T19:26:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:26.391Z og:title: You Can Now Buy Deep-Fried Twinkies to Enjoy At Home og:description: The county fair favorite is now sold in the Wal-Mart frozen foods aisle. og:url: https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Buy Deep-Fried Twinkies to Enjoy At Home twitter:description: The county fair favorite is now sold in the Wal-Mart frozen foods aisle. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You Can Now Buy Deep-Fried Twinkies in the Frozen Section of the Supermarket > Sponsored content. 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The sweet, cream-filled treat is usually relegated to a splurge at your county fairground, but that’s all changing as [Hostess is introducing](http://time.com/4358685/hostess-recall-peanut-allergens/?iid=sr-link3) its own version of the dessert as a [pre-packaged frozen good](http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/07/08/in-the-future-your-twinkies-will-be-frozen/?iid=sr-link2), [AP reports.](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/1825033b024b4fa7ac00706292a83bfb/look-hostess-new-deep-fried-twinkies) They’re dousing a regular Twinkie in cake funnel batter and oil, then freezing them and delivering them straight to the hands of consumers — no trip to the fair or personal deep-fryer required. To eat, you can either bake them in a traditional oven (you’ll have to wait six to eight minutes for them to reach optimal temperature) or pop them in a toaster oven or your own deep fryer. At $4.76 for a box of seven, it’s certainly a cost-effective dessert option for that throwback menu. They run [about 220 calories each](http://healthland.time.com/2013/07/15/cant-resist-the-twinkie-a-guide-to-working-off-its-calories/?iid=sr-link3) — which, frankly, isn’t half as bad as expected. The Deep Fried Twinkies are in Walmarts starting Friday, so even if you missed your local fair or carnival this summer, you can get a taste of the good life any time now. > [](https://twitter.com/ArkansasOnline/status/764146975306489856) > [](https://twitter.com/MeganWBAL/status/764049642355064832) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/"},"headline":"You Can Now Buy Deep-Fried Twinkies in the Frozen Section of the Supermarket","datePublished":"2016-08-12T19:26:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:26.391Z","description":"\"The fun of a state fair right out of your oven\"","url":"https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4450212/you-can-now-buy-deep-fried-twinkies-in-the-frozen-section-of-the-supermarket/","name":"You Can Now Buy Deep-Fried Twinkies in the Frozen Section of the Supermarket"}}]}] ```