time to start hoarding!

Help Save the Twinkie! [image via Getty/classic snacks image gallery]

The sad word on the street is Hostess, maker of those American classic snack cakes -- Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Cupcakes, Ho Hos, Sno Balls -- is planning to file for bankruptcy this week. How could this have happened? Hostess is more apple pie than Mom. But it gets worse. According to Time Magazine, "The company, which also makes Wonder Bread and the Drake's line of snack cakes, has more than $860 million in debt," and this is their second Chapter 11 filing in less than a decade.

It's time to start hoarding, people! Maybe together as a nation, we can help bail out Hostess, Wonder Bread and Drake's, and save our childhood lunchbox institutions. It's worth a try!