> [Twinkies] seemed like an unappealing foodstuff which, nevertheless, were inexplicably popular.

Well, there's the counterpoint to the whole post. You don't know what Twinkies are.

Brit here. I spent decades hearing about twinkies from US TV so I had to finally try one.

It was the blandest, most solid chunk of cake with a flavourless blob of sugar in the middle.