Inside The Hostess Factory | MADE HERE | Popular Mechanics

Created in 1930, Twinkies are America's guiltiest pleasure. Using an elaborate and incredibly efficient system of Auto Bake robots, Hostess produces roughly 500,000,000 Twinkies a year, or roughly 1,000 a minute.

Interesting fact: The earliest Twinkies were stuffed with banana cream until a banana shortage in World War II forced the company to switch to vanilla.

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Source credit: Hostess Brands

[aly]

Whoever made these machines are actually genius

[atmosphericrelations]

My grandpa was the manager of this factory for years. My uncles also worked here.

[matthewbridges]

I actually work at this facility and there are hundreds of hard working individuals who make it happen 24 hours a day 7 days a week.

[CrashingCrockery]

Oh my stars this was absolutely hypnotic and beautiful! Something tells me these factories would be working, unmanned, well after the bombs came. Oh please let us hope so, oh please ~

[blakedelise]

Kind of insane to see that a human basically never touches them or gets involved at any point in the process (except maybe an occasional sorter).

[ItsJustJayla]

A fresh one of these is probably so good!

[michaelowens]

The machines are awesome. The changes to the original recipe have made Twinkies into a treat much like eating styrofoam with sugar on top.

[wahyueak]

5:13 it's just so *sAtiSfYiNg* they dipped the batter into the oil😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[kathied]

Some of the worst stuff you can eat, but always interesting to see how things are made.

[ChrisVillano-sqxy]

Golden vanilla cupcakes as far as you can see!

[Lawrence-ff]

The sweetest Traffic 🚦 Jam to be
In

[sayittomyfaceidareyou]

In the 80s i was a young kid i swear hostess products, especially the Twinkies, cupcakes and the crumb cakes tasted way better back then

[mariecobain]

I work in a cake factory in France and I was curious how is in America (because I love America !) and… it’s pretty similar. For every person who never worked in a factory, believe me, a lot of problem can happen if only a cake isn’t in a good shape on the roll (stuffing cakes).

[CuriousEarthMan]

That was really great! Thank you very much for making and posting! Love the mechanical designs!

[POedLib]

This is amazing. They call them "treats".

[Swamp_Thing_]

That Twinkie factory should have been in that movie zombie land!

[cynthiasmith]

I love Coconut ... My Grandma use to make all kinds of cakes that one was so good she toasted the Coconut..
😋😋😋..😊😊..

[TheNutriarat]

I wonder how much all those robots make per hour $$$? Coffee breaks? Vacation time?

[nissanelement]

Eating a twinkie as I watch this...Yes, makes it taste much better 😊

[USERNAME-xu]

The icing swirl from nozzles 9 inches up are so uniform!