Have you tried a Twinkie recently? I did and I swear it was just awful. The company must have changed the recipe or something. The cake part was dry and the filling was grainy. Certainly tasted different than say... ten years ago. IMHO.
Maybe it’s just your tastebuds that got ten years older. They Tweekies I had the other day tasted great!
How do you know it wasn't ten years old now?
Sounds like you bought both Twinkies from the same batch.
Actually at one point they had a light Twinkie. It was less calories, less sweet and lighter. Much better than the original...guess it didn’t catch on cause they disappeared. Well, now looks like the original is gonna dissappear too!