Editing Moon Pie (section)

== History ==
According to Chattanooga Bakery, they came up with the idea for Moon Pies when a traveling salesman for the company asked a Kentucky coal miner what kind of snack he would like to eat, and the miner requested something with graham crackers and marshmallows. Popular folklore, repeated and encouraged by the Chattanooga Bakery itself, states the miner then asked that the snack be "as big as the Moon",<ref name="moonpie">{{cite web |url = http://www.moonpie.com/about |title = About Us – MoonPie |website = MoonPie |access-date = June 15, 2018 }}</ref> which inspired the name "moon pie".

The company celebrated its centennial with a "My Favorite MoonPie Memory" contest. The grand prize was a 100-year supply of Moon Pies. A military veteran, Christopher Priest from [[Rockford, Michigan]], won the contest. The company also took a [[Wrap advertising|wrapped]] Winnebago across the country in the fall, thanking its top customers and attending various sporting events and festivals.

In September 2017, as part of its centennial, MoonPie returned to its original recipe, replacing [[high-fructose corn syrup]] with [[sugar]] and removing preservatives and artificial colors and flavors. {{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2020, the company released pumpkin spice double-decker MoonPie as well as mini MoonPies.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

The brand is known for its eccentric [[Twitter]] presence.<ref name="sacks">{{Cite web |last=Sacks |first=Brianna |title=This Is Who's Behind MoonPie's Hysterically Weird Twitter Account |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/the-darkside-of-the-moonpie |access-date=December 27, 2018 |work=[[BuzzFeed News]]}}</ref><ref name="alund">{{Cite news |last=Alund |first=Natalie Neysa |date=December 19, 2017 |title=MoonPie roasts Twitter critics, defending century-old marshmallow, graham cracker, and chocolate snack |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/12/19/moon-pie-twitter-war/964761001/ |access-date=September 14, 2022}}</ref>

In 2024, [[Mast General Store]] began selling Over the Moon [[candy bar]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://journalnow.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/moonpie-candy-bar-mast-general-store-chattanooga-bakery/article_38f75732-fdbc-11ee-99d3-fb889ad4f6e1.html|title=A MoonPie candy bar? Mast General Store is working on one with Chattanooga Bakery|last=Hastings|first=Michael|work=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|date=April 22, 2024}}</ref>