It all began in 1917 when a KY coal miner asked our traveling salesman for a snack “as big as the moon.” Earl Mitchell reported back and the bakery obliged with a tasty treat aptly named MoonPie. It was filling, fit in the lunch pail and the coal miners loved it.
Chattanooga Bakery produced over 100 items but they knew they had something special with MoonPie. At 5¢ each, MoonPies were an affordable, filling snack that just flew off the shelves. By 1929, the factory was boxing up hundreds every day.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Best snack ever! Goes best with an RC
Junkyardliv
Level 5
Aug 22, 2018
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So they say. I'm not a big RC fan though.
Another yummy treat that is peculiarly American......hasn’t travelled from US UK. But don't worry we have equally fat and laden creations if our own!
Marionville
Level 10
Aug 11, 2018
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@MrLizard Yum yum, aren’t you lucky!
I believe the whole Moon Pie episode was faked by the US Governme.......... Oh! That was the Moon Walk? Never mind.
Sticks48
Level 9
Aug 11, 2018
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The Moon Pie was a little before the 'faked' moon walk.
Recently they've returned to the original recipe, removing many dangerous chemicals and sweeteners.
birdingnut
Level 8
Aug 10, 2018
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I hadn't realized that they had ever changed the formula.
Just curious, were they the same back then as now? I love those things, but rarely eat sweets nowadays.
Condor5
Level 8
Aug 10, 2018
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The originals still exist. They make a lot of different flavors as well now.
@MrLizard I can't say I like the single-deckers either, but I liked them when I was a kid.
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