Moon Pie

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[[Image:MoonPie logo trademark.gif|thumb|305px|right| MoonPie® and logo are registered trademarks.]]


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A '''moon pie''' or '''MoonPie'''®<ref>
MoonPie® is a registered trademark of [[Chattanooga Bakery, Inc.]]
</ref>
is a [[pastry]] invented around [[1917]].<ref> "Carnival/Mobile Mardi Gras Timeline" (list of events by year),
Museum of Mobile, 2001, webpage:
[http://www.museumofmobile.com/html/mardi_gras_timeline.php MoM-timeline]:
states: 1917 - [[The Chattanooga Bakery]] company introduces the
popular [[marshmallow]] cookie "moon pie"; and,
[[1956]] The first "moon pies" are thrown from a Mobile Mardi Gras float.
</ref> A MoonPie consists of two [[graham cracker]]s shaped into round [[cookie]]s, with [[marshmallow]] filling in the center. The confection is then dipped in [[chocolate]] (or other flavors). In the past 10 years, a mini MoonPie has been developed, about half the size of the earlier moon pies.

==Similar products==
In the northern regions of the United States, a moon pie is called a "[[Scooter Pie]]." In [[New England]], a similar item is known as a "[[Whoopie pie|Whoopie Pie]]," though chocolate cakes are used instead of graham crackers, the pastry is not dipped in chocolate and the filling is sweet cake icing and not marshmallow cream. "MoonPie" is a registered trademark of [[The Chattanooga Bakery]].

In the [[UK]], [[Australia]] and [[Canada]] there are [[Wagon Wheels]], introduced under the Weston name in the 1940s but since divested to other companies in the UK and Australia. [http://www.burtonsfoods.com][http://www.thegreataussietuckerbox.com/category74_1.htm]

A Korean company, [[Orion Confectionery|Orion]], produces [[Choco Pie]]s. They can be found almost everywhere in the world. Orion has a "Choco Pie Index", as a parody of [[The Economist]]'s [[Big Mac Index]]. [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/200505/kt2005050315563812070.htm]

Compare to [[Mallomars]].

In [[Mexico]], there is a cookie pie that consists of the same things called [[Mamut]].

== In popular culture ==
The moon pie has been a traditional throw of [[Mardi Gras in Mobile|Carnival]] [[krewe]]s in [[Mobile, Alabama]], since [[1974]],<ref name=DFhist> "MoonPie History", mardigrasdigest.com, 2008-02-05, webpage:[http://www.mardigrasdigest.com/html/history_of/history_of_the_moon_pies.htm]</ref>and other communities along the [[Mississippi]] [[Gulf of Mexico|Gulf Coast]], although it is seldom seen in [[New Orleans]] or other communities further west. The westernmost outpost of the moon pie as an important Carnival throw is [[Slidell, Louisiana]], which has a parade by "The Krewe of Mona Lisa and Moon Pie." Also, in the town of Oneonta, Alabama, there is a moon pie eating contest started by Wal-Mart employee John Love when he accidentally ordered too many. This anecdote was featured in [[Sam Walton]]'s autobiography, Made in America.

Moon pies are also mentioned in the TV series "[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]" (2001) in the episode entitled "My Nickname", where the character "Janitor" nicknames the main character 'Scooter', because he says it's short for scooter pie, a food he hates.

In "[[The Green Mile (novel)|The Green Mile]]" (1996), a troublesome death row inmate William "Wild Bill" Wharton spits a whole-chewed moon pie on guard Brutus "Brutal" Howell's face as an annoying joke.

''Moonpie'' is also the name of a movie released in 2006. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481582/]

In the Television Series [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]] (Season 2, Episode 15: "Phases"), Xander comments on how the full moon influenced Mankind to create the Moonpie.

In an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Jasper Beardly|Jasper]] freezes himself in the [[Kwik-E-Mart]] freezer to see the future, but he is thawed out early and, unaware of the fact, sees a Moon Pie and remarks, "What a time to be alive."

Also in an episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', [[List of recurring characters from The Simpsons#Bart Simpson|Bart]] has to help out an old lady and after doing what seems a hard day's work, he receives some pennies from the old lady. She remarks 'Go spend it on penny whistles and Moon Pie'.

In ''[[Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector]]'', Larry keeps the glovebox of his truck filled with Moon Pies and refers to them as his favorite snack.

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.moonpie.com/ The Chattanooga Bakery's official page]

[[Category:Cuisine of the Southern United States]]
[[Category:Brand name cookies]]
[[Category:Marshmallows]]
[[Category:Mardi Gras food]]

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