On October 26, 2013 history was made at Bally’s Casino Tunica. That was the day that competitive eater Joey “Jaws” Chestnut at 121 Twinkies at the 1st Ever World Twinkie Eating Championship.
Why Twinkies you say? Well in November of 2012 it was announced that the Twinkie would no longer be made. Leaving millions of cake lovers in mourning. But alas, in 2013 Twinkies went back into production and have made what Hostess says is “the sweetest comeback in the history of ever”.
Bally’s Casino Tunica hosted this sweet comeback along with Hostess Brands and gathered some of the worlds top competitive ranked eaters for one exciting day. Other competitors included Adrian Morgan, Miki Sudo and Matt Stonie.
The competition was 6 minutes long and the goal was to eat as many Twinkies as possible. Joey Chestnut was neck and neck with Matt Stonie during the six minutes and it came down to the wire. Joey forged ahead and ended up with 121 and Matt Stonie following with 117.
Check out our video of the event and then grab yourself a Twinkie and or two and enjoy!
