79- MoonPies...and a RC....!

So, what is a MoonPie, you ask?...and a RC?
It's a southern cultural thing! The Chattanoog Bakery in 1917 baked the very first MoonPie. It consists of two cookies, each originally about four and a half inches in diameter, tasting like graham crackers. Between the two cookies is a layer of marshmallow about one-fourth thick. The flavor is then drenched with a generous coating and you usually have a choice of chocolate, vanilla, banana or cocout flavoring. Then they're wrapped in a clear cellophane to show you which flavor you want.
Can you believe that those first MoonPies cost you a nickel?
Double Decker MoonPies came out in 1969. Today, they're sold in packages of twelve. "Moon Pie' is a registered name!
One famous person in history is purported to have said, "Let them eat MoonPies..." Another famous person is thought to have uttered, "The only thing to fear...is running out of Moon Pies."

RC Cola was a popular soda back in the '50s, especially because it was a large soda in a glass bottle, larger than others and was a quick snack. In 1934, Chero-Cola was reformulated and became Royal Crown Cola...and a hit! Both teamed up for a snack deal for a whopping cost of a dime. An RC was a full 16 ounches of soda.
In the 1950s "Gimme an RC and a Moonpie" and "Moonpie" by Edwin Hubbard came out. Ron Dickson's "The Great American Moon Pie Handbook" was published in 1985, and several children's books with Moon Pie in the title helped.

For the record...those popular early sodas, like RC and Dr Pepper, are different today! Amounts of carbonation have been taken out and "sugar" added to make them sweeter and more like that OTHER soda...well, go figure.