Original Twinkie Dog from Weird Al Yankovic in UHF

A Ball Park hot dog cooked to plumpness encased in a Hostess Twinkie Snack Cake and topped with Cheez Whiz Brand cheese spread.

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A sandwich created by Alfred “Weird Al” Yankovic, and featured in the movie “UHF”.
It is created by turning a twinkie over, making a cut down the middle (just like a hot dog bun), putting a cooked hotdog in the split, and topping it with spray cheese.
After this process is complete, some hardcore fans of the sandwich would then dip it in milk as that is the proper way to eat it.  “Dude, I made you a Twinkie Wiener Sandwich to cheer you up.

This recipe is super easy.  You take a Twinkie, slice it in half, put in a hot dog and cover it with cheese wiz or something similar.

Prep Time: 10 Min
Cook Time: 5 Min
Ready In: 15 Min

Ingredients

  • 4 hot dogs
  • 4 cream-filled sponge snack cakes (such as Twinkies™)
  • 4 (4 inch) squirts of pressurized canned cheese (such as Easy Cheese™), or to taste
Directions
  1. Bring a saucepan of water to a boil over high heat. Add hot dogs, and boil until thoroughly hot, about 5 minutes; drain and keep warm.
  2. Meanwhile, unwrap the snack cakes, and place onto a cutting board, upside-down. Cut halfway through the bottoms of the snack cakes with a small, serrated knife to create “buns” for the hot dogs.
  3. Blot the hot dogs with a paper towel to remove excess water and place a hot dog inside each “bun”. Remove the protective top from the can of cheese, and hold the nozzle close to, but not touching, the exposed side of the hot dog. Dispense cheese by decisively pressing the nozzle towards the hot dog and slowly drawing the tip along the hot dog in a straight line, or decorative pattern of your choice.

Other variations include cutting a hole in one end of the Twinkie and sliding the dog through, sort of like pig’s in a blanket”, backing the entire twinkie dog, using cheese filled dogs, frying the hot dog first or even using two *deep fried twinkies as the hot dog buns (please see dire warning at bottom)

Nutrition information for original: 331 calories, 8 grams protein, 20 grams fat, 28 grams carbohydrate, 0 grams fiber, 46 milligrams cholesterol, 1033 milligrams sodium

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This recipe was submitted by Caroline and she credits Brig Van Osten for the recipe.

LA Weekly‘s Pultizer Prize-winning food critic Jonathan Gold mentions the “Twinkie dog” in his hot dog samplings.  Pretty neat to listen to him below:

Another Twinkie Weiner Dog recipe variation:

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Josh W’s “Hot Dogs” that are split Twinkies with a pink coconut log roll and chopped up maraschino cherries for “relish”

WARNING!
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These so called “twinkie weiner dogs” that you are now thinking about making are not good for you.  You should not eat them, please mark my words about this matter.

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