# Moon pie / Wagon Wheel **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785 "2005-11-06T13:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/21 "2005-11-06T22:37:02Z")
I don’t know… I’ve never gone wanting for chocolate after eating a wagon wheel. The amount of chocolate seems just about right. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/22 "2005-11-06T22:57:48Z")
Any Brits want to do a Wagon Wheel / Moon Pie exchange with me? I believe both are eligible for UK/US border crossings. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/23 "2005-11-06T23:20:28Z")
Try this website: [www.foodireland.com](http://www.foodireland.com) Should be on there. Wagon Wheels blow moonpies away but then most Engish/Irish chocolate is better than their American counter-parts. Don’t even get me started on Tayto! I lived right by the factory as a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2005, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/24 "2005-11-06T23:41:28Z")
They’ve always been Wagon Wheels here in Australia. And they have jam in them as well as marshmallow. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/25 "2005-11-07T00:06:36Z")
I’ve had Australian Wagon Wheels and American Moon Pies, and while there are similarities, they taste very different. From memory (and I’m going back over seven years here), I think Moon Pies have a lot more marshmallow in them. Also, the Wagon Wheel has jam and I don’t remember that in a Moon Pie. Finally, Graham Crackers don’t exist here (afaik) and I had never tasted anything similar to a Graham Cracker until my first Moon Pie so that part of the flavour is completely different to the biscuit in our Wagon Wheels. [This site](http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/previous.php3?item=64) compares Australian and UK Wagon Wheels. Looks like we got ripped off on the marshmallow. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/26 "2005-11-07T00:34:53Z")
> [@Motorgirl](#): > > Any Brits want to do a Wagon Wheel / Moon Pie exchange with me? > > I believe both are eligible for UK/US border crossings. sounds like fun. email me and we’ll arrange. peter\_morris\_1 at blueyonder dot co dot uk ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/27 "2005-11-07T01:17:45Z")
The following is a description of the Wagon Wheel in Canada: They come 12 to a box, and are individually wrapped in white plastic envelopes. Each “Wagon Wheel” is a round Graham Cracker on which a layer of marshmallow-like substance rests. On top of this, in the center, is a teaspoon or so of caramel. This is coated with a thin layer of chocolately stuff. The whole business is quite soft. Another distinguishing feature of the Wagon Wheel is that in the early 70s, they were as big around as your head, while their current incarnations are practically bite-sized. I’ll bet a kidney that this perception is not _entirely_ subjective. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/28 "2005-11-07T01:21:36Z")
**Peter Morris** , do you post at b3ta by any chance? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/29 "2005-11-07T01:29:18Z")
Probably not - I don’t know what b3ta means. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/30 "2005-11-07T01:54:40Z")
Sorry. [b3ta](http://www.b3ta.com/). I’ve just never seen a blueyonder address belonging to a non-b3tan before. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/31 "2005-11-07T02:43:19Z")
No, never heard of that before. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/32 "2005-11-07T07:09:16Z")
For a brief time during the 70s, Moonpies also came in strawberry flavor. They were horrible, and pink. It doesn’t matter how thin the chocolate coating on a Moonpie is, because the only thing chocolaty about it, is the color. I suspect the company has had a change in managment over the years, because they used to be yummy. Now they’re waxy and always taste stale. Also, not as big as the moon anymore. They used to be HUGE. ---
**Author:** ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/33 "2005-11-07T14:39:31Z")
The Wagon Wheel enjoys the cachet of having been favored by the KGB, according to [this](http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A591293) site. ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/34 "2005-11-07T17:22:23Z")
No, sadly, they are not the same, though they are the same concept. Moon Pies are bigger, and they have that delicious graham cracker taste. Wagon Wheels are a bit bland in comparison. They’ll do in a pinch, but they’re not as good as Moon Pies. ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2005, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785/35 "2005-11-07T18:26:45Z")
Growing up, I preferred [Scooter Pies](http://www.theimaginaryworld.com/pix318.jpg) over Moon Pies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moon-pie-wagon-wheel/329785.md?page=1)