Chocolate Moon Pies were first made in the early 1900s as a snack for coal miners who wanted something solid and filling. Earl Mitchell, a salesman for the Chattanooga Bakery, combined two graham crackers with a marshmallow filling and dipped them in chocolate. Shortly after doling out samples to the miners, Chocolate Moon Pies became a bakery staple.
Chocolate Moon Pie
The classic 2 oz. Chocolate Moon Pie contains 226 calories and 5.7 grams of fat. Each pie also has 188 mg of sodium and 40 grams of total carbohydrates. Each Chocolate Moon Pie provides 4 grams of protein and 5 percent of your recommended daily allowance of iron.
Chocolate Mini Moon Pie
The Chocolate Mini Moon Pie is the same graham-cracker/marshmallow sandwich as the classic, but on a smaller scale. The 1.2 oz. Mini Moon Pie contains 130 calories and 3.5 grams of fat. It also contains 110 mg of sodium and 2 grams of protein. Each mini pie also offers four percent of your recommended daily allowance of iron.
Chocolate Double-Decker Moon Pie
The Double-Decker Moon Pie, once considered the "working man's lunch," consists of three graham crackers with marshmallow filling layered between, all dipped in chocolate. Each Double-Decker Moon Pie contains 300 calories and 9 grams of fat. It also contains 230 mg of sodium and 55 grams of total carbohydrates. Each double-decker pie provides 4 grams of protein and 8 percent of the recommended daily allowance of iron.
Chocolate Crunch Moon Pies
Moon Pie Crunches come in two varieties, peanut butter and mint. Like the original Moon Pies, the Moon Pie Crunch is covered in chocolate, but instead of a soft graham cracker, a crunchy cookie is used as the base for the sandwich. Both the mint and peanut butter varieties contain 170 calories and 8 grams of fat. The peanut butter Moon Pie Crunch contains 21 grams of total carbohydrates and the Mint Moon Pie Crunch contains 22 grams of total carbohydrates.
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