The deep-fried Twinkie is jumping from the state fair to an oven near you. They'll cost $4.76 for a box of seven and for the first three months are available only at Wal-Mart. The Twinkie, long one of Hostess' largest sellers, is a bigger business now than even right before the company filed for bankruptcy in 2012, Copaken said. But Twinkies were back on the shelves in 2013, after Hostess was bought for $410 million by private equity groups Apollo Global Management (APO) and Metropoulos & Co. John Pearson, senior buyer for frozen foods for Walmart U.S., wrote in a corporate blog how his company had co-designed the deep fried Twinkies with Hostess and that they "are so good they're worth the calories." Related: Twinkies maker Hostess to go IPO 
 
 Hostess was founded in 1919 and started making Twinkies in 1930. The deep-fried Twinkies come in two flavors: original golden and chocolate.
– Americans will no longer have to track down their nearest state fair or risk third-degree oil burns to get their deep-fried Twinkie fix. The AP reports Hostess, in collaboration with Walmart, is launching its own frozen line of Deep Fried Twinkies. The treats come in vanilla and chocolate and need to be finished in the oven or toaster oven before eating. A Hostess executive says they have a "retro cool factor." They also have a retro health factor, with approximately double the fat and calories of a normal Twinkie. But CNN quotes a Walmart executive who says they're "so good they're worth the calories." Deep-fried Twinkies, which have been a staple at state fairs for years, will be Hostess' first entry into frozen foods.