Holy Toledo - The Moon Pie is 100 years old this year!
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
United States
April 29, 2017 7:06am CST
What is a Moon Pie? It is a cookie that was developed in 1917 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The cookie part is made to taste like graham cracker and in-between the two cookies (or in some cases three cookies) is marshmallow filling and the whole thing is covered in chocolate.
Moon Pies can be found in 99.9% of stores in Tennessee and I assume in other parts of the South as well and all over the US. The box in the photo is the one and only box of Moon Pies I ever purchased. They are sweet and although I love sweets they aren't for me.
I am attaching a link to an article I wrote about the Moon Pie. I don't want to reinvent the wheel, so I thought I would share the link. I do not make any money off of views to that article so this is not self-promotion!
An interesting cookie designed to fill a void back in the good old days!
Photo is mine.
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@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr 17
I absolutely LOVE moon pies! They are the best! Definitely a staple here in the south, just like collard greens and grits! haha I wonder how many people up north even know what a moon pie is?
Which reminds me of a visit to Iowa many years ago. My wife and I stopped at a breakfast diner to have some breakfast before hitting the road on our travels. When the waitress took our order, I asked for a side of grits. She looked at me with a confused look on her face, and asked me what grits were!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
They are sold all over the US - I'm a Yankee and I knew what they were long before moving south. As far as grits go - tried it once, once was more than enough. No grits or collard greens or anything fried in this house.
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@moffittjc (118365)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill Spoken like a true northerner! Can I interest you in some sweet tea? haha
@LadyDuck (457412)
• Switzerland
30 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill Looking at the picture, I thought that the cover was made with white chocolate.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
30 Apr 17
@LadyDuck It is vanilla 'something' but not white chocolate. If it was real white chocolale they would cost more!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
30 Apr 17
There is no white chocolate. You are right though you would not like them, too artificial and basically flavorless. I had to eat one to try it.
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@Tampa_girl7 (48890)
• United States
1 May 17
My father loves them. 
they never appealed to me.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
1 May 17
Me neither! But they sure sell a lot of them.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
Kids love them, but I think most adults know better!
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@sallypup (57735)
• Centralia, Washington
29 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill Wow. That's a big cookie for one kid.
@just4him (305532)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
29 Apr 17
@AbbyGreenhill They don't look it either, which might be why I've never had one.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
29 Apr 17
No kidding 100 years old I would have never guessed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
That cookie must be really stale by now!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
@fishtiger58 100 year old cookie - for sale cheap.
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
30 Apr 17
Wow 100 years and still in the market. Would want to get a couple of boxes but I don't see this brand here.
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@LeaPea2417 (36399)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Apr 17
Wow, they are that old? I like Moon Pies.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
30 Apr 17
Yes they are and made right down the road.
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 May 17
MoonPies are really not something we appreciate, but they do seem to be popular with some. Hard to believe these have been on the market for 100 years @AbbyGreenhill
What is it about MoonPies that makes you say they are not for you?
@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 May 17
@AbbyGreenhill
They look awful and sound terrible!
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
1 May 17
Super sweet and flavors seem fake. That 'fake' marshmallow in the middle is horrible.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
29 Apr 17
It sounds nice...but I think it would be too sweet for me as well
@JudyEv (325345)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Apr 17
This sounds such a nice treat. I don't think we have them here although I recently came across Oreos so who knows? Maybe we have Moon Pies as well.
@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
I am not sure if they are sold outside the US or not.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Apr 17
Moon Pie is a classic and I don't recall ever having eaten one.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Apr 17
You are not missing much John! Super sweet and too artificial.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
30 Apr 17
I only bought that one box for the article I wrote, I had to taste it to find out - even my husband who is a sweet eater didn't like them.
