Now how did I, growing up in Iowa become attached to Moon Pies? Oddly enough, I experienced my first one on a trip to Washington to visit my brother and sister-in-law in the summer of 2004. Why a Southern region’s confection made it to the Northwest is beyond me, but nonetheless nearly every gas station we visited on our travels had them. I had heard of them before the trip but had never had one, so I made sure to get every flavor I could – chocolate, banana, and vanilla. Chocolate and banana were the best of the three and to this day remain my favorites.
Fast forward to January 2011, where I traveled to South Carolina to visit my wife’s aunt and uncle. Of course, upon going to the grocery store I made a beeline straight for the snack food aisle and attempted to find Moon Pie Shangri –la. Unfortunately, once I found the Moon Pies (which indeed did take up a lot of real estate in the aisle) they were all out of the normal pies. They did however have Mini Moon Pies (which I bought to bring back for my coworkers) and double-decker Moon Pies (of which I got two boxes, chocolate and banana).
Of course, upon returning home from the trip, I rationed that supply very carefully, eating at most one Moon Pie a day. With that said, I still only made it maybe the middle of February. However a few weeks ago before my birthday, I received a package from my wife’s aunt. At first struggling to think of what she might have sent me, I eventually came to the exclamatory thought, “Oooh, I hope it’s just a big box of Moon Pies!” Sure enough, my wife’s aunt and I are on the same wavelength and it was a box full over two dozen Moon Pies, a dozen chocolate and one dozen banana.
I can’t quite explain why I like the darn things. I’ve always liked graham crackers, so that probably helps. I guess then adding marshmallow and a chocolate coating only sweetens the deal. The banana coating isn’t for everyone but I enjoy a good banana cream pie and it reminds me slightly of that. The banana flavor for the Moon Pies isn’t as fake as many other banana flavored foods either.
Since they may be foreign to some folks (and my descriptions can only go so far), you may still want to visit the Wikipedia article or the Moon Pie official website.
They may still seem strange, but the next time you see a Moon Pie in a gas station, convenience store, or a grocery store, take a pass on the Twinkie, Snickers, or Nutty Bars and grab yourself a Moon Pie instead.
"Eat Mo' Pie ... It's a Southern Thing". Did you know I have a Moon Pie t-shirt? I know... you're jealous. Gotta go.... gotta go and get myself a Moon Pie. I must be tired, what the hell am I talking about.
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