Twinkie Pie
The recipe I’m sharing today is the type of recipe that gets me hate mail.
You know…because it’s full of chemicals and Cool Whip (which apparently is manufactured by the devil or something) and Twinkies, which can survive the zombie apocalypse.
But you should know that I do super horrible things all the time. Glopping a bunch of yumminess on a pile of Twinkies is really nothing in comparison to my usual shenanigans. Last week, the Nielsen Rating people sent me an envelope with $5 and a TV diary for the week.
I kept the money and didn’t fill out the diary.
In my defense, there wasn’t really instructions for sending the money back. Plus, they wanted me to account for every hour of television for every day for an ENTIRE WEEK.
For $5?!
I cannot even get two boxes of Girl Scout cookies for $5.
Also, I think that using me as a Nielsen person would be doing America a huge disservice. My husband mostly watches stuff about Bigfood or panning for gold, and I watch Teen Mom reruns, so what would that be saying about our fine country, hmmm?? It’s probably worth the $5 to just leave me out of it.
Since I’m already going down in fiery Nielsen Money Flames, might as well eat dessert, right?
Twinkie Pie
INGREDIENTS
- 1 box of Twinkies
- 2 3.9 oz boxes Instant Vanilla Pudding
- 3 1/2 cups milk
- 20 oz can crushed pineapple, drained
- Cool Whip, cherries, and sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
1. In a large bowl, whisk together both packages of pudding mix and milk for 2 minutes. Place bowl in the refrigerator to set.
2. Unwrap Twinkies and split lengthwise. Line a 9×13 pan with the Twinkies, cream side up. There should be exactly enough to line the entire pan.
3. Remove pudding from refrigerator and spread over Twinkies. Top with drained pineapple. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for several hours.
4. Serve topped with Cool Whip, sprinkles and a cherry.
This is a really great potluck dessert, give it a whirl.
Enjoy and have a happy Wednesday!!
Thanks for visiting my blog! I realize you could be doing more important things with your time. Like watching the news or washing socks. I hope you stay awhile. Much more fun than socks, I promise. 
You, dear Lady, are an Evil Genius! :-)
Oh no you didn’t. Oh yes, you did. Oh no you didn’t. Oh, but yes, you did! My kids would love this! Me too, but, then again, devilish desserts and I are like *this.* Your posts always make me happy. Happy Wednesday to you too, Kristan! xo
You, dear Lady, are an Evil Genius! :-)
You are so flippin’ funny!
I am ADDICTED to Gold Rush!! I would be a horrible Nielsen source too… House Hunters, Storage Wars, The Young and the Restless, Bold and the Beautiful, oh, and every Housewives show and almost everything else on Bravo TV… By my list, I should be at church confessing my sins each day!
Twinkie pie… That’s not bad at all!
Much love and thanks for the beautiful photos and the inspiration you are to me and to all of your readers!
haha…you make me smile every day!! I love pretty much anything on Bravo, TLC and History. PLus, South Park-don’t judge me! And, if loving twinkies and cool is devilish, well so be it! Besides, Lent starts tomorrow-I can make up for it hte next 40 days!
Just tonight at the grocery store I lingered by the Twinkies and thought about how good they would be covered in more gooey goodness then, I come home and find you. Tomorrow I’m gonna eat this! Thank you for understanding our need for ooey gooey every now and then! :)
I have to tell you when I read this post I thought you had been spying on me! Every bit of what you said happened to me this week. It really is too funny! I am keeping the five bucks too and my husband is watching shows about bigfoot and gold mining (he loves them, I have no idea why) and I watch teen mom reruns. The diaries are blank and will stay that way. The only thing I didn’t do is make Twinkie Pie, but the weeks not over yet!
I can not wait to make this…..mmm!
It depends on if the $5 is singles or a solid $5. Right?
Twinkie pie makes way too much sense to me.
I can’t wait to make this I love twinkies…mmm!
Brilliant… and fun… love this recipe!
It is official. It is over between us. I cannot keep up with this relationship if you keep forcing me to make such things that I need to eat in secret. At least post these in super secret invisible type underneath a roasted asparagus recipe. Geez.
It looks fabulous. My mom makes a dessert very similar with cool whip, pineapple, and angel food cake. Twinkies takes it to a new level!
No hate mail here! This looks fantastic!!
If this wouldn’t cure PMS, I don’t know what would! :-) Luv this.
OMG. You are a genius. I am totally making these. :)
I am much too highbrow for this recipe….I would use cook’n'serve pudding, I’m classy.
OMG, Kristan. You are indeed the Twinkle devil. One who makes my day. I roared with laughter at this post. Roared. Although I don’t consider myself a food snob, I am a seriously picky eater. But it is soooo easy to do this the longer way. Make my own Twinkies using a Duncan Hines yellow mix, or buy Angel Food cake or pound cake at the bakery, use pudding mix, then whip up my own fresh whipped cream, and must, must add the sprinkles and cherry on top. Sounds wonderful, still easy-peasy and as delicious as your version — just not as funny. I would LOVE to serve your version to some food snobs . . . . wait I don’t know any. Oh happy day!
Your food presentation and photography is alway stunning! Something so simple becomes so intriguing! Awesome stuff!
Sometimes you just need a fun recipe full of junk, no hate here!
Wow! You know this is just sick and wrong on all levels don’t you. Send me some and I won’t call the Nielsen people!
Oh poo on hate mail. This is the stuff dreams are made of. Or at least sugar comas.
This might actually convert me to a Twinkie liker!
We did that Nielsen survey a few months ago- if you fill it out and send it back then they send you more money!! For each diary! My husband and I each got a “thank-you” check, I should have done one for my daughter, too! p.s.- twinkies are awesome!!
I read recently that Twinkies really only have a 21 day shelf life so they can’t be all that bad for you, right? :) As always, your post made me laugh over my morning coffee. Have a great time at Blissdom!
Oh my!!! What a pie! Have fun at Blissdom!
No one can flame something so pretty!
Great creative use of shop-bought stuff.
OMG! Looks delicious! I must confess that i love twinkies since forever, i know they aren´t healthy but once a year it´s ok!
Thanks for the laugh! You have a wicked sense of humor…so funny! The recipe looks right up my alley…super easy and YUMMY!
Chemicals Schmemicals! You just cannot go wrong with Twinkies + pudding + Cool Whip. Give me a plateful of this, some chick flicks, and some wine, and I’m set for Saturday night!
how DARE anyone send you hate mail! this looks yummmmmy!
Oh dear, this looks dangerous… and delicious! Fun recipe. And it’s so ridiculous but true – even food bloggers get hate mail! Some people just have too much time on their hands I guess. ;)
I feel ever since they said Hostess was filing for bankruptcy, it’s like I see “shout outs” for Twinkies in random places. It is sad to me to lose that great company. I laughed in the Chevrolet Super Bowl commercial where it was the end of the earth and the guy had the box of Twinkies. Maybe it’s a joke that Twinkies will be here to the end of the earth – but it was also great product placement.
Your recipe looks great and so easy.
I sure wish I could get one of those Nielson diaries. They would not even have to send me money. I’m tired of shows I like being cancelled. I’m sure if I could fill one of those out, it would stop that! {Insert a Sheldon laugh here}
These pictures are freaking outrageous. Wow.
i only have love mail for you. <3 <3!!
I don’t even like twinkies and this looks good! :)
mmmmm those ppl sending hate mail need to sit down and eat some twinkie pie! I need some of this in my life…now.
I cannot begin to tell you what indecent things I would do to be able to get my hands on Twinkies for less than $2 per Twinkie. They are considered exotic junk food here.
No hate mail from me! Looks fun, love the pineapple, and pudding with it! But then again, I used Oreo’s today…
I think someone needs to pay you to write a newspaper column!!!! You’re like a drug. I come for the sweets but it’s your words that have me hooked :-)
I found you through Pinterst and I love you sense of humor! Bloggers that just remake someone elses recipes and have nothing to say drive me nuts, I want recipes and a blog I enjoy reading and that is what I found here! This Twinkie Pie needs to go on my sooner rather than later list…I’m thinking cherry pie filling.
Twinkie Pie. That could be the name of a My Little Pony=P
That first photo is AMAZING!! You make super delicious food, always make me laugh AND you are incredibly talented at taking pictures?! It’s not really fair to the rest of the world you know. I mean, all that’s left is like being good at putting on children’s pajamas. And I’m not that either.
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I love the recipe. We are having a potluck dinner at our church tomorrow and I made this to take. I thought the kids especially would enjoy it. So glad someone posted it on Pinterest!!
I would just like to thank you for this evil little dessert! I made it last week and my 4 year son thinks I’m coolest Mom on the planet. My ass, on the other hand, is cursing your name ;)
I posted it on my site …hopefully, since I credited you, YOU get all the hate mail! Thanks again!
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