 William Grimes, the author of "Eating Your Words", wrote that the Twin Bing "narrowly beats out the Idaho Spud as the strangest candy bar still in production".The Twin Bing was listed among ten candy bars in an article from Chowhound titled "Candy Bars Worth Crossing State Lines For".The article describes the Twin Bing as "Two brown-gold balls of sweet cherry cream covered with crushed peanuts and chocolate".