The Souths Fascination with RC Colas and Moonpies

The World Championship Moonpie Eating Contest is held annually in the town of Oneonta, Alabama, You can bet they wash down those MoonPies with an ice cold RC Cola. Every year in June there is a Craft Festival in Bell Buckle Tennessee dedicated and called the RC & Moon Pie Craft Fair. This fair holds contests with names that read the Moon Pie Song Contest and Moon Pie Madness. The RC & Moon Pie Craft Fair is scheduled for June 21st this year.

Millions of special made mini MoonPies are thrown every year during the Mardi Gras this tradition has newer beginnings that date back to the mid 1970's when revilers were hunting for lighter items to toss. Also during the seventies came a new style of eating the MoonPie; "heated". The invention of the microwave took eating a moon pie to a higher more wonderful and sinful level. Whoever invented the microwave, let me say "Thank You". One of the newest mouthwatering versions of the MoonPie creations is the MoonPie Ice Cream Sandwich made by the Matterhorn Company.

The MoonPie and R.C. Cola combination has held fast in our southern state over the decades. Every southerner has fond memories of the MoonPie and RC Cola. The occasional afternoon walk to the local store to retrieve a MoonPie and an R.C.Cola with a parent was commonplace. Some of the most important parental conversations took place during the enjoyment of this delightful combination. The hurried traveler while stopping for a gas fill up, would regularly purchase a R.C. Cola and MoonPie to tie him or her over, might I add that a hurried stop in Tennessee is equivalent to about 20 minutes or so.

We venture to say that every store in Nashville that carries food still has a MoonPie and R.C. Cola within it's walls, from the local grocery store to gas stations to dollar stores. Not only have the R.C. Cola and MoonPie survived and flourished throughout the south, their popularity is still growing globally. You can now order these treats anytime, via the Internet, to anywhere in the world, although it is best to order during the winter months.

Just in case you didn't know, R.C. Cola was an innovator in many areas. They were the first to introduce their beverage in an all aluminum can, the first to make a low calorie diet cola (Diet Rite) and the first cola manufacturer to make a caffeine free Soda (R.C. 100).