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A moon pie or MoonPie〔(MoonPie products )〕 is a confection, popular in parts of the United States, which consists of two round graham cracker cookies, 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. Today, MoonPies are made by the Chattanooga Bakery in Chattanooga, TN. The traditional pie is approximately four inches (100 mm) in diameter. A smaller version exists (mini MoonPie) that is approximately half the size, and a Double-Decker MoonPie of the traditional diameter features a third cookie and attendant layer of marshmallow. The four main flavors are chocolate, vanilla, strawberry, and banana. Double Decker MoonPies also come in lemon and orange; MoonPie Crunch comes only in peanut butter or mint. In 2014, a salted caramel flavor was introduced. ==History== Moon Pies have been made at the Chattanooga Bakery since 1917. Earl Mitchell Junior said his father came up with the idea for Moon Pies when he asked a Kentucky coal miner what kind of snack he would like to eat, and the miner requested something with graham cracker and marshmallow There is a custom for eating moon pies with RC Cola, although the origin of this is unknown.〔(NPR: The Heavenly Appeal of Moon Pies )〕 It is likely that their inexpensive prices, combined with their larger serving sizes, contributed to establishing this combination as the "working man's lunch". The popularity of this combination was celebrated in a popular song of the 1950s, by Big Bill Lister, "Gimmee an RC Cola and a Moon Pie.".〔("MoonPie: The Original Marshmallow Snack" )〕 In 1973, NRBQ had a minor hit with the song, "An RC Cola and a Moon Pie." Since New Year's Eve 2008, the city of Mobile, Alabama raises a lighted mechanical moon pie to celebrate the coming of the new year. The giant banana colored MoonPie is raised by a crane to a height of as the clock strikes midnight.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mobile's Moon Pie rising )〕 Also, the city had for the 2008 New Year's celebration the world's largest moon pie baked for the occasion. It weighed and contained 45,000 calories.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Giant Moon Pie taking shape for New Year's celebration )〕 An annual RC & Moon Pie Festival is celebrated in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, and a Moon Pie Eating Contest is held in Bessemer, Alabama. On October 16, 2010, Sonya Thomas, a competitive eater known as the "Black Widow," ate 38 MoonPies in eight minutes in Caruthersville, Missouri. Newport, Tennessee held its first annual Moon Pie Festival in May 2012. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Moon pie」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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