drxandy | 3,225 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Hello! I have tried two different snack cakes provided to me from two parts of the globe. Coming from Taiwan, Choco Pie! from @fcgamer From Tennessee, USA, Moon Pie! from @darkchylde28 Choco pie: soft marshmallow, soft crumbly biscuit, kinda a light coffee flavor from the vanilla?Moon pie: soft mallow, thicker cakey biscuit, kinda a light banana flavor They're pretty much the same thing but still very different. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox | 1,667 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhapsody98 | 1,535 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, drxandy said: Hello! I have tried two different snack cakes provided to me from two parts of the globe. Coming from Taiwan, Choco Pie! from @fcgamer From Tennessee, USA, Moon Pie! from @darkchylde28 Choco pie: soft marshmallow, soft crumbly biscuit, kinda a light coffee flavor from the vanilla?Moon pie: soft mallow, thicker cakey biscuit, kinda a light banana flavor They're pretty much the same thing but still very different. You forgot to specify that Moon Pie's are better. 2 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 28 minutes ago, Rhapsody98 said: You forgot to specify that Moon Pie's are better. Only if he's got a thing for the awful, generic "banana" flavoring that every food uses (versus just, you know, using actual bananas). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Here in the South, there's just Moon Pie's. It is a tradition. That said, I can't stand them because I hate banana's. If you have something like a Moon Pie but without the slightest banana flavor, I'm intrigued. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesRobot | 5,800 Events Team · Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 A new challenger approaches 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoctorEncore | 3,691 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 20 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: A new challenger approaches Moon Pie baby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, RH said: Here in the South, there's just Moon Pie's. It is a tradition. That said, I can't stand them because I hate banana's. If you have something like a Moon Pie but without the slightest banana flavor, I'm intrigued. Around here you can also get them in chocolate and vanilla. They have some other flavors which I haven't seen around in the Denver area. (I actually prefer the banana ones....) https://shop.moonpie.com/collections/moonpies?page=2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeatherRebel5150 | 1,056 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 I love moon pies and hate bananas. I don't know where you guys come up with banana flavor. Ive never tasted that. I wouldve never touched one again if there was even a hint of banana flavor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Moon pies are better imo. When I was a kid, we would microwave the moon pie for like 10-15 secs, just enough to warm it, yummm. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, LeatherRebel5150 said: I love moon pies and hate bananas. I don't know where you guys come up with banana flavor. Ive never tasted that. I wouldve never touched one again if there was even a hint of banana flavor I never thought banana either Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 11 minutes ago, DoctorEncore said: Moon Pie baby. Those lil deb cherry versions are better than moon pies though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcgamer | 4,723 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 1 minute ago, SailorScoutMandy said: Moon pies are better imo. When I was a kid, we would microwave the moon pie for like 10-15 secs, just enough to warm it, yummm. You're just jealous because @drxandydidnt share Choco Pie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 They claim that the flavor we associate with fake banana is what true banana used to taste like. Some fungi killed out the entire type of banana tree and that's how we get what we have today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailorScoutMandy | 782 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Just now, fcgamer said: You're just jealous because @drxandydidnt share Choco Pie He did and I still like moon pies. Sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 Oh daaang I didn't even think to throw cherry cordials into the mix, appropriate @docile tapeworm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 10 minutes ago, SailorScoutMandy said: They claim that the flavor we associate with fake banana is what true banana used to taste like. Some fungi killed out the entire type of banana tree and that's how we get what we have today. I was just about to post this. Here's a link for anyone who's interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 22 minutes ago, SailorScoutMandy said: They claim that the flavor we associate with fake banana is what true banana used to taste like. Some fungi killed out the entire type of banana tree and that's how we get what we have today. 11 minutes ago, 0xDEAFC0DE said: I was just about to post this. Here's a link for anyone who's interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Michel_banana I didn’t read the link. Born and raised in the Florida keys I had banana trees in my front yard….they were fake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 23 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: I didn’t read the link. Born and raised in the Florida keys I had banana trees in my front yard….they were fake? Nah. First, the fungi killed the bananas in the 50s so unless you are 60s or older they would have already been the other species. Also those older bananas weren't "fake", It's just that artificial banana flavoring ("fake" banana) is based off of those species of banana. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docile tapeworm | 4,198 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 @0xDEAFC0DE so read it a bit and the “big mikes” are still around? The fungi killed of almost all but not quite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0xDEAFC0DE | 1,277 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, docile tapeworm said: @0xDEAFC0DE so read it a bit and the “big mikes” are still around? The fungi killed of almost all but not quite. Yeah they are still around and you can order them specially online (although they are super expensive). But they are not mass produced so anything you would buy at a normal store would be the Cavandishes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel_Doyce | 471 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 hours ago, docile tapeworm said: A new challenger approaches If I were in the mood to eat some garbage snack cakes, I would house a box of these 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,317 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Anyone else remember/miss these? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 hours ago, SailorScoutMandy said: They claim that the flavor we associate with fake banana is what true banana used to taste like. Some fungi killed out the entire type of banana tree and that's how we get what we have today. I've heard people say that, but never anyone who was actually old enough to have sampled the old standard bananas (Gros Michel, IIRC) of the day, before the current Cavendish variety took over. The tales I've heard from people who DID get to eat the old variety talked about how they were so sweet and creamy that you could open the peel and eat them with a spoon in the place of ice cream. If fake banana flavoring is what those things actually tasted like, I hate to say it, but I'm glad they're gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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