Hostess Cakes: We'll Help End World Hunger By Enlarging Twinkies

Hostess Cakes, makers of Twinkies, said that it would contribute to the fight against world hunger by increasing the size of Twinkies by 25 percent.

"We care," Hostess spokesperson Abigail Dunphy told a hastily arranged Omaha, Nebraska news conference. "We understand that a billion people around the globe are going to bed hungry each night. By increasing the size of Twinkies, we believe we are making a meaningful contribution to the cause of ending world hunger."

Dunphy said the company understood that most starving people around the world had never even seen a Twinkie, "let alone enjoyed the creamy insides or the delicious, moist cake surrounding the cream. So we can't really do much for them, since the price of a pack of Twinkies is often equal to a month's wages in those countries.

"But here at home," she added, "hungry is hungry. And people are hungry, and when they are, we want them to reach for a Twinkies. Now that they're larger, they will be more satisfying."

Dunphy pointed out that the average fruit such as apples and oranges "had not increased in size since they were introduced into the marketplace. Even bananas are the same size. So we don't really believe that those so-called organic or non-corporate food producers are really walking the talk.

"At Hostess, we're trying to put a dent in world hunger. 2,000 calories at a time."