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Rainbow Twinkies

Posted : March 8, 2016
tag : Cake, copycat, dessert, homemade, kid, Kids, snack, snack cakes, St. Patrick's Day, sweet, treats, Twinkies
by : Cookbook Queen
comment : 13

These bright Rainbow Twinkies, covered in vanilla candy, are the perfect sweet treat for celebrating!

Rainbow Twinkies Picture

Rainbow Twinkies

Hi there.

I’ve been thinking about a lot of things.

And after many sleepless nights, I have decided that Twinkies are not colorful enough. Surely such a happy food is worthy of more than just a very bland yellow?

I am pretty sure that if unicorns were to eat Twinkies (which they might, who really even knows), they would look exactly like the ones above, rainbow and covered in white chocolate and candy sprinkles.

And shouldn’t we all strive to make our food look unicorn-worthy? I feel like that is a life-goal worth having.

Rainbow Twinkie Photo In other news, I have finally found something that I’m really bad at.

Dieting.

In a particularly vulnerable moment where I might or might not have found myself sneaking lumps of brown sugar out of my baking container while pretending to look for an apple, I heard what I can only assume was the Lord speaking to me.

Upon further reflection, it may actually have been the voice of shame and desperation, but let’s not nitpick every detail. The point is, I realized that some people were meant to be skinny and eat leafy things and deprive themselves of the most magical food group of all — heavily processed carbs. But I am not one of those people.

Life is all about learning to accept who you are and make peace with it. And while in the process of making peace, I decided to make some sugar-laden rainbow calorie bombs, and I am not sorry about it.

It’s how God made me, what do you do.

Rainbow Twinkies Image So here we are.

I’d love to say that you’ll be just fine without one or twelve of these, but I’d be lying. They are magical, delicious bites of heaven, and your life won’t be complete without them.

And they’re super fun for St. Patrick’s Day, so there’s that.

Enjoy!

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Rainbow Twinkies

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour

Yield: 12 Twinkies

Ingredients

  • 1 (16 oz) box golden pound cake mix
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 4 large egg whites
  • Red, orange, green, blue, and purple food coloring
  • Filling:
  • 1/2 stick (4 Tablespoons) salted butter, slightly softened
  • 3 Tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3.5 oz (1/2 of a 7oz jar) marshmallow creme
  • 1 2/3 cups powdered sugar
  • Topping:
  • 6 oz vanilla almond bark
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable shortening
  • Assorted rainbow sprinkles

Instructions

  1. Make your Twinkies: Preheat oven to 350. Spray the inside of a Twinkie pan with nonstick spray and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of your mixer, beat egg whites until stiff; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cake mix and water until smooth, about 2 minutes. Fold in egg whites until combined. Evenly divide batter into 6 bowls, leaving one plain and coloring the rest. Spoon the different colors of batter into the prepared molds, layering the colors. Bake for about 10 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched in the center. Let cool completely on wire racks.
  3. Make your filling: Beat butter and vanilla in your mixer until combined. Add marshmallow cream and beat until smooth. Slowly add powdered sugar until just combined. Add heavy cream, Increase speed to high, and beat for one minute, until light, smooth and fluffy. Using a pastry bag fitted with a filling tip, pipe filling into the bottom of your Twinkies in three spots.
  4. Melt almond bark and shortening in a microwave-safe bowl in your microwave, stopping every 20 seconds to stir. Once smooth, Dip the tops of your Twinkies in the candy, letting excess drip off. Top with sprinkles.

Notes

**very heavily adapted from Top Secret Recipes

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You can purchase a Twinkie Pan HERE and a filling tip HERE.

Have a happy day!!!

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13 Comments
  1. Beth @ Hungry Happenings March 9, 2016 at 8:46 am Log in to Reply

    Yep, God made me the same way and I definitely think unicorns would love rainbow Twinkies just as much as I would!

  2. Susan March 9, 2016 at 11:35 am Log in to Reply

    Wow… it’s beautiful TWINKIES. i’ll try at weekend. Thanks you

  3. Jane March 16, 2017 at 4:16 am Log in to Reply

    What an interesting recipe! I think it will be delicious and colorful

  4. Eddie April 18, 2017 at 7:30 am Log in to Reply

    Delightful in this recipe and hope to prepare it any moment from now

  5. kathrein May 25, 2017 at 3:36 pm Log in to Reply

    Wow, great article.Much thanks again. Will read on

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