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When Hostess Twinkies disappeared from store shelves last year, it wasn’t only junk-food fanatics that suffered a setback, it also was local operators like Matt Fish.

“We had to stop selling our deep-fried Twinkie dessert on June 1st when we depleted our supply,” says Melt Bar and Grilled owner Matt Fish. “The plan is to bring it back as soon as it comes back around.”

That could as soon as July 15, according to recent reports. New ownership group Metropoulos (who also owns Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewing) purchased the rights to the storied sweets from bankrupt Hostess Brands earlier this year. When they do come back to store shelves, the boxes will bear the tagline “The Sweetest Comeback Ever.”

The prices will be the same as when they were taken off the shelves: $3.99.

This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2013.

Jason Beudert has had a dynamic career as a leader with The Walt Disney Company, ESPNZone, The Cleveland Indians, and as a restaurant entrepreneur. He is utilizing his twenty years of hospitality experience along with his love for the Cleveland food scene to contribute exciting and insightful food pieces for Scene. Along with being one of our food writers, Jason is also the food critic for WOIO 19 Action News, and makes a weekly appearance on Q104's Fee's Kompany radio show to promote food and the Scene. Jason is also a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure Magazine.

2 replies on “Deep-Fried Twinkies Coming Back to a Restaurant Near You”

  1. Very relieved that Twinkies will be back in production. If the apocalypse or nuclear war happens, we’re going to need something to eat!

  2. Deep fry me a Twinkie with a dollop of ice cream Matt!!!
    And yes I WOULD like a Dortmunder witht that!!!!

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