The Twinkies Project

“T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. is a series of experiments conducted during finals week, 1995, at Rice University. The tests were designed to determine the properties of that incredible food, the Twinkie.” For example, one of the tests was the Gravitational Response Test, where a twinkie was dropped from a sixth floor window. According to the scientists who conducted the experiment, “As soon as the Twinkie was released, it began to fall. It fell until it hit the ground.” Other tests were electrical resistivity, rapid oxidation (burning), a twinkies in a blender experiment, and others too gruesome to describe here. Results are presented in normal scientific language, and also in haiku.