Moon Pie - My Recipe Treasures (2024)

FAQs

What was the original flavor of the MoonPie? ›

Chocolate was the original and only flavor until the 1970s, when the bakery added banana. In the 1960s, the treat became so much more popular than any other treat they made that the bakery decided to exclusively make MoonPies.

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In the 1950s, each item could be purchased for a nickel, and the duo became known locally as “the working man's lunch.” The pairing even earned its own song, “Gimme an RC Cola and a MoonPie,” performed by Bill Lister (also known as “radio's tallest singing cowboy”).

Why a MoonPie? Mobile is the home of America's first Mardi Gras celebration, and the MoonPie is the favored "throw" of the hundreds of Mardi Gras maskers riding the floats during the extensive Mardi Gras parade season. MoonPies were first thrown from Mardi Gras floats in 1952.

Contains a high level of saturated fat

Saturated fat is not an essential nutrient and with increasing intakes there is a increased risk of coronary heart disease (IOM 2005a; USDA and DHHS 2010).

3. What type of gelatin is used in a MoonPie? We use porkskin gelatin.

Sheldon gets the name Moonpie from his grandmother, who he has also nicknamed Meemaw. Penny eventually finds out about this name but when she uses it, Sheldon becomes angry. He warns her that no one calls him Moonpie except Meemaw.

Meemaw is Sheldon's favorite living family member and is the only person that can call him "Moonpie." She refers to him as the tasty treat because, to her, Sheldon is "nummy nummy" and she just wants to eat him up.

Oddly enough, even though Chattanooga Bakery is stripping preservatives from its recipe, the shelf life of the product remains unchanged at 120 days. “That's the way the product naturally ages,” Johnston said. The chocolate encapsulating graham and marshmallow helps preserve the sandwich pie.

A Moon Pie is an American snack, popular across much of the United States, which consists of two round Graham crackers, with marshmallow filling in the center, dipped in a flavored coating. The snack is often associated with the cuisine of the American South, where they are traditionally accompanied by an RC Cola.

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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. The rest, as they say, is history.

What is the difference between a whoopie pie and a MoonPie? ›

Unlike fluffy Whoopie pies, the MoonPie's marshmallow center is sandwiched between soft graham-cracker-like cookies, not cake.

Though not of New Orleans, Moon Pies are of the South. They are made in Chattanooga by the Chattanooga Bakery. A subsidiary of the Mountain City Flour Mill, the bakery was created in the early 1900s to find a use for the excess flour churned out by the mill.

But the apple pie takes the cake when it comes to fiber and potassium, and it has less added sugar. So what's a pie aficionado to do? Well, if you want to consume fewer calories, go for the pumpkin—it almost always has fewer because of the single crust. You could also take a sliver of both pies.

There's nothing wrong with tearing open the package and diving right in, but for anyone who can show a tiny bit of patience, there is a better way. Open it up, throw it in the microwave for about 10 seconds, and enjoy a warm MoonPie that's on a completely different level.

The rule of thumb which I apply is that with milk chocolate { or chocolate coating of the moon pie} mild signs of toxicity can occur when 0.7 ounces per pound of bodyweight is ingested. Severe signs occur when 2 ounces per pound of bodyweight is swallowed.

They come in seven delicious flavors… chocolate, vanilla, banana, strawberry, lemon, orange, and caramel. Buy them individually or in boxes of twelve, and you can make your own variety box if you like. You'll need your own moonpies, plus another box to take back home with you to share.

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. The rest, as they say, is history.

Her last name, which would also be Mary Cooper's maiden name, was revealed to be Tucker in "Jiu-Jitsu, Bubble Wrap, and Yoo-hoo". Meemaw says that the reason she calls Sheldon "Moonpie" is because "He's so nummy-nummy, [she] could just eat him up!"

Oddly enough, even though Chattanooga Bakery is stripping preservatives from its recipe, the shelf life of the product remains unchanged at 120 days. “That's the way the product naturally ages,” Johnston said. The chocolate encapsulating graham and marshmallow helps preserve the sandwich pie.