Travel Bug Dog Tag The Kid's Twinkie Test

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Released:
Saturday, June 14, 2003
Origin:
Texas, United States
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In Snakes, Snails & Puppy Dog Tails

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"Twinkie, Twinkie, Little suet-filled sponge cake crisco log, Now I know just what you are. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, or Food?"

Quoted from SPY magazine, July 1989 - Author Unknown.

About This Item

The Kid and His Twinkie

Read the following article about a real test done on the "purported durability and unusual physical characteristics of Twinkies."

The Kid's Twinkie Test is Geocaching's version of this "purported durability" of Twinkies. The twinkie inside needs to be subjected to geocache travel: mountains, lowlands, highlands, flood plains, dry heat, torrential downpours, scorching temperatures, Amazon jungles, deserts, foreign lands - you name it. Feel free to photograph drastic conditions. We'll see if it survives to journey's end.

IN YOUR LOG please include Twinkie recipes, little-known facts, and personal experiences about Twinkies.

Texas Geocaching Association

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Tracking History (9987.5mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 2/28/2004 houseofbrew retrieved it from Training Camp Wisconsin   Visit Log

Twinkie got some training. Moving him to the next cache of the day....
Dropped Off 2/28/2004 houseofbrew placed it in Training Camp Wisconsin - 1,651.07 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 2/28/2004 houseofbrew retrieved it from Short Stack & Stretch's Central WI Breakfast Wisconsin   Visit Log

When I saw this, I thought to myself "A twinkie-weiner sandwich!"

We at house of brew will be subjecting this bug to tests before we release it back into the geo-wild.
Dropped Off 2/24/2004 WISearchers placed it in Short Stack & Stretch's Central WI Breakfast Wisconsin - 83.29 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/31/2004 WISearchers retrieved it from "Holler"ing for Breakfast Wisconsin   Visit Log

ok, when we saw this travel bug we just HAD to take it home with us!!! In college I must say that I loved these things...but at the time I also would suck out all of its sweet insides and throw a pickle spear inside...the thought of it grosses me out now, but back then it sure seemed like a tasty thing to do!!! We will be sure to put this twinkie through some tests and send it on its way...hope to take some pictures of its adventures!!!

  • Twinkie with John the Pirahna
  • Where's the cream filling!!!????
  • MMMM baked and sterilized Twinkie in the Autoclave Ok, can you guess what Ms. WISearcher does for a living by these pictures??? LOL
Dropped Off 1/27/2004 green & gold placed it in "Holler"ing for Breakfast Wisconsin - 1,835.81 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/20/2003 green & gold retrieved it from Es Effo Bug Hotel California   Visit Log

Will take this one back home to show my students. They will be interested in this one.
Dropped Off 12/19/2003 Alamogul placed it in Es Effo Bug Hotel California - 11.04 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 12/19/2003 Alamogul grabbed it   Visit Log

Grabbed it when he wasn't looking.
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/19/2003 bthomas retrieved it from Dolores Park & Bark California   Visit Log

Twinkie visited the Hostess factory, south of Market, before heading off to the airport.

  • Hostess Factory, San Francisco Where Ho-Ho's were invented
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