I’ve been on a quest this week for gluten-free, dairy-free healthy Twinkies and after several attempts (make that 7) I seem to have come up with a good approximation of this infamous Hostess treat.
Whenever the subject of Twinkies comes up in our house a certain Twinkie vandalism story is told (of which I was not a part!). My husband likes to talk about the time (in his college days) when he and a buddy were coming home from a night out. His friend had the munchies and procured a Twinkie. Apparently his friend was feeling artistic/vandalistic/Keith Harringesque, and using his Twinkie wrote the initials “JS + NA” inside a heart on the outside wall of a building on campus.
Fast forward a decade and a half to their 15th college reunion. The initials written in Twinkie were still there 15 years later.
Yes, this filling recipe includes raw egg whites and yes, my family and I eat raw egg on a fairly regular basis. If that’s not your thing, then you could fill the Twinkies with agave sweetened whip cream, which I think would taste delicious.
Be sure to fill your Twinkies just before eating. Why? The sponginess of the Twinkie cakes quickly absorbs the filling. When I left mine over night, all of the filling was absorbed into the cake.
Disclaimer: it is challenging to get a ton of filling into the Twinkie. If you are striving to obtain the amount of filling in the photo above, please don’t. That photo is food-styled (by me) with extra Twinkie cream. In any event, happy Twinkie time!
…And now for the winner of last weeks Friday Freebie (an Elana’s Pantry tote bag made of 100% recycled cotton)…merav! Congratulations!
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69 responses to “Gluten-Free Twinkies”
I am making these this weekend, I have a bunch of friends, twinkle savvy friends to friends with celiac. They will be the true taste testers. I love meringues don’t care if the egg white peaks are raw!
Thanks Arianne :-)
Any tips for making without eggs?
Jess, I haven’t tried that so not sure. Here’s a link to my Egg-Free Recipes page for you:
https://elanaspantry.com/diets/egg-free/
Enjoy!
Elana
I think I will try them with a coconut cream filling..because it can never have too much coconut flavor. Yum!
Do you think subbing the grapeseed oil for melted coconut oil would alter the flavor? I don’t have any on hand and man my hubby would flip if I made these today :) And what about the agave, would it be all right to substitute with honey?
Do you think subbing the grapeseed oil for melted coconut oil would alter the flavor? I don’t have any on hand and man my hubby would flip if I made these today :)
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