{"id":178,"date":"2020-02-05T11:41:46","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=178"},"modified":"2020-02-05T11:41:46","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:41:46","slug":"moon-pies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=178","title":{"rendered":"Moon Pies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Did you know that Moon Pies originated, and are still made in Chattanooga today? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being from the northeast, I had never heard of a Moon Pie before moving to Chattanooga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Moonpie.com, &#8220;It all began in 1917 when a KY coal miner asked our traveling salesman for a snack \u201cas big as the moon.\u201d Earl Mitchell reported back and the bakery obliged with a tasty treat aptly named MoonPie. It was filling, fit in the lunch pail and the coal miners loved it. The rest, as they say, is history.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Moon Pie consists of two graham crackers with a marshmallow filling and is covered in a flavored coating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The flavors are chocolate (the original) vanilla, strawberry, salted caramel and banana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a Moon Pie General Store in Chattanooga, where you can buy Moon Pie anything: clothing, mugs, magnets, bumper stickers, Moon Pie ice cream, and of course the Moon Pies themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Derek and I were at the  General Store this weekend, they were selling a new limited edition coconut flavor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moon Pies come in different sizes. Regular (which is about the size of your palm), mini, and double decker. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do not have much of a sweet tooth, so the minis are perfect for me. When we first moved to Chattanooga, I tried the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors. I prefer the chocolate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we first moved to Chattanooga, I remember noticing the Moon Pies in all of the grocery stores, and thinking about how different that was. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you ever had a Moon Pie? Which one is your favorite? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49474192087\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49474192087_fccd96347b_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store0\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49473971476\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49473971476_b6dc076334_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store1\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49473971261\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49473971261_6ab69d57d4_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store2\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49473971066\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49473971066_c3b80c090f_c.jpg?resize=533%2C800&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store3\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49473483558\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49473483558_9b4f53af18_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store5\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-flickr wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/82942430@N03\/49473970881\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49473970881_02594bbcfc_c.jpg?resize=800%2C533&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Moon Pie General Store4\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that Moon Pies originated, and are still made in Chattanooga today? Being from the northeast, I had never heard of a Moon Pie before moving to Chattanooga. According to Moonpie.com, &#8220;It all began in 1917 when a KY coal miner asked our traveling salesman for a snack \u201cas big as the moon.\u201d &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/?p=178\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Moon Pies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3,34,42],"tags":[8,194,195],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":179,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178\/revisions\/179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sceniccityblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}