Story Slug: nutrguidelines.ART KRT KIDS NEWS STORY SLUGGED: TWINKIE KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY HEATHER STONE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE (KN7-April 7) The Continental Baking Co.’s River Forest plant manager James Dewar was looking to create a cheap, two-for-a-nickel snack. So in 1930, he grabbed some shortcake pans and got cookin’. Dewar got the name …
Story Slug: nutrguidelines.ART
KRT KIDS NEWS STORY SLUGGED: TWINKIE KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY HEATHER STONE/CHICAGO TRIBUNE (KN7-April 7) The Continental Baking Co.’s River Forest plant manager James Dewar was looking to create a cheap, two-for-a-nickel snack. So in 1930, he grabbed some shortcake pans and got cookin’. Dewar got the name from a billboard for Twinkle Toe Shoes. He shortened it to Twinkies, and the rest is snack food history. (TB) AP PL KD 2000 (Horiz) (At-Risk) — NO MAGS, NO SALES — (ded) ORG XMIT: KN7