Twinkies actually DO go bad ....
Found an unopened box of Twinkies way back in a cabinet. Probably expired around 2014. (I think that's around the last time I looked in the back of that cabinet, because it's really high above the fridge. They are rock hard and one must have had a small hole in the cellophane, because it's not recognizable. Hostess Best Buy Codes are hard to read also. Found a thread online with a lot of code bashing.