# What is a moon pie?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 12, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471 "2003-12-12T00:40:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/1 "2003-12-12T00:40:07Z")
What is a moon pie? - it looks similar to something we have in the UK called Wagon Wheels - marshmallow between two softish crumbly cookies, covered with chocolate.
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### Author:  [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/2 "2003-12-12T00:46:29Z")
It is an indescribably yummy [confection.](http://www.moonpie.com/)
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/3 "2003-12-12T00:47:30Z")
[Jasper] Moon Pies…What a wonderful time to be alive. [/Jasper]
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/4 "2003-12-12T00:53:16Z")
You do know that the law requires you to drink an RC Cola when you eat a moon pie don’t you?
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### Author:  [@Matchka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matchka)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/5 "2003-12-12T01:07:05Z")
I was gonna mention that bit about RC.
From Dave Gardner (southern comedian)
“…4 RCs, 2 moon pies and some after sippin’ dippin’ & flippin’ snuff.”
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### Author:  [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/6 "2003-12-12T01:11:01Z")
What is the link between RC and moon pies?
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### Author:  [@adirondack\_mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adirondack_mike)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/7 "2003-12-12T01:11:19Z")
mmmmmmoooon pies.
I’m getting that moon pie [fishing lure!](http://secure.woodgroupinc.com/moonpie/gen.asp)
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### Author:  [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/8 "2003-12-12T01:33:27Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by adam yax \*
> \*\*What is the link between RC and moon pies? \*\*
It’s a southern thing.
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> he MoonPie hit the markets of Chattanooga Tennessee in 1917 and R.C. Cola arrived in 1934. They were an instant success when they combined forces in the 1950’s. You could buy a RC (Royal Crown) Cola and MoonPie special for 10 cents, back then, that was a full 16 ounces of soda and the MoonPies’ weighed about near (that’s southern for Approximate size) a half pound…
> **[Essential Info for Tennessee](https://www.tripsavvy.com/tennessee-essential-info-4139272)**
>
> Figure out when to go, how much you'll spend, and how to get around the state.
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/9 "2003-12-12T02:15:45Z")
Are they the same as SCOOTER PIES?
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### Author:  [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/10 "2003-12-12T02:27:18Z")
As a southerner, I have no information on scooter pies.
The Moon Pie, however, is much like what Mangetout has described – a thick wad of marshmallow, sandwiched between two softish, crumbly cookies, each about the size of a man’s palm. The entire affair is then dipped in a layer of chocoloid substance.
Goes well with milk.
The link between RC Cola and Moon Pies is, I suspect, due to both confections’ popularity in the American South.
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### Author:  [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/11 "2003-12-12T02:30:22Z")
I saw something similar at a grocery store here in PA. They were calling them whoopie pies. My comment to my companion (who I’m not sure got it)? “That’s a horrible thing to call Ms. Goldberg.”
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### Author:  [@Capt\_B.Phart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_B.Phart)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/12 "2003-12-12T02:34:45Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*
> **it looks similar to something we have in the UK called Wagon Wheels**
Judging by people’s links it looks exactly the same, BTW Wagon Wheels are getting smaller as the years go by - this is not some nostalgia thing, apparently to keep the price constant the makers keep reducing the size.
The whole point of the Wagon Wheel IMO was that it was slightly larger than the child eating it.
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### Author:  [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/13 "2003-12-12T04:28:55Z")
Just to pipe in here… With the RC bit
There is a Gaming Magazine for Magic The Gathering and the Pokemon Collectible Card Game… called Inquest Gamer.
Inquest, when ever it mentions playing in, or sponsoring a Tounement and or a Game Night… (At least a 4 Hour Event, more often 8-10 hours) it always mentions to bring RC and Moonpies.
It is a running reference/joke in Inquest articles.
It seems from where I stand (Atlanta GA) RC cola is more the Rarity than Moon Pie, which is not that commonplace.
But yes, I would say it is a Cookie Mashmellow Sandwhich, covered in Chocolate. I think Moon pie brand is the only brand with Double Decker thickness. It of course has a moon picture on it, and it used to advertise “Try it hot” (via microwave).
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### Author:  [@Gamaliel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gamaliel)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/14 "2003-12-12T05:27:49Z")
There’s a quiz bowl tournament held ever year about May at UTC named after the Moon Pie and during the opening announcements they toss moon pies (still in their wrapping, of course) at the assembled players. The next day is the RC Cola trash tournament, naturally.
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### Author:  [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/15 "2003-12-12T15:25:50Z")
Chocolate Moon Pies are good but Bananna Moon Pies are a delight!
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### Author:  [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/16 "2003-12-12T15:39:05Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Capt B. Phart \*
> \*\*Judging by people’s links it looks exactly the same, BTW Wagon Wheels are getting smaller as the years go by - this is not some nostalgia thing, apparently to keep the price constant the makers keep reducing the size.
> The whole point of the Wagon Wheel IMO was that it was slightly larger than the child eating it. \*\*
Probably the most stupid request for a cite ever, and I know that manufacturers of confectionery do routinely reduce the size of their products (often so that after a while, they can do the “15% bigger!” thing, but is there any hard evidence that Wagon Wheels really were larger in the good ol’ days? - I remember them being too large to fit in my hand, but my hands were much smaller.
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### Author:  [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/17 "2003-12-12T16:15:30Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*
> \*\*Probably the most stupid request for a cite ever, and I know that manufacturers of confectionery do routinely reduce the size of their products (often so that after a while, they can do the “15% bigger!” thing, but is there any hard evidence that Wagon Wheels really were larger in the good ol’ days? - I remember them being too large to fit in my hand, but my hands were much smaller. \*\*
If you look at thebottom of this page you should get your answer
gGood old Google! :-
[http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/views.php3?filter=botw%3D18](http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/views.php3?filter=botw%3D18)
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### Author:  [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/18 "2003-12-12T16:15:52Z")
> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by Mangetout \*
> \*\*Probably the most stupid request for a cite ever, and I know that manufacturers of confectionery do routinely reduce the size of their products (often so that after a while, they can do the “15% bigger!” thing, but is there any hard evidence that Wagon Wheels really were larger in the good ol’ days? - I remember them being too large to fit in my hand, but my hands were much smaller. \*\*
If you look at the bottom of this page you should get your answer
gGood old Google! :-
[http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/views.php3?filter=botw%3D18](http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/views.php3?filter=botw%3D18)
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### Author:  [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/19 "2003-12-12T16:18:25Z")
Sorry about the double post and typo. It,s the thought of those Wagon Wheels
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### Author:  [@charizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/charizard)
#### Post date: [December 12, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-moon-pie/218471/20 "2003-12-12T16:19:34Z")
For those that haven’t tried moon pies, just think of a pre-packages “s’mores”.
Marshmallow center , graham-crackery sandwiching, and chocolate covering.
When I first heard about s’mores, I asked someone to explain what they were. After hearing it, I just thought that they had described a moon pie.
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