Hmmm... I just ate a moonpie, and am now comparing it to my memory of a wagon wheel.
If I remember correctly, the wagon wheel had a thicker layer of chocolate, but it was very definitely fake chocolate. By fake chocolate, I refer to that substance that appears in "foods" marked "chocolatey" because they legally aren't allowed to call it "chocolate". Like "creme" vs "cream". I think the wagon wheel may also have had crisp cookies, rather than soft and crumbly. (I remark upon the "crumbly" in the moonpie because I ended up wearing a lot of crumbs... not because it affects the taste either better or worse.) The wagon wheel may have had a thicker marshmallow center. I think the wagon wheel may have tasted somewhat more chemically, but this moonpie left me somewhat ill feeling as well. (I guess I can't handle junk food the way I used to.)
Of course, it's been around 15 years since I've eaten a wagon wheel, but I think they're basically the same. The only difference I know for sure is that the wagon wheel came in an opaque white plastic package that was a lot harder to open than the clear cellophane-like plastic the moonpie came in. I have no clue why I remember that white plastic package.
Bizarre... I just noticed that the moonpie has microwave directions. Maybe I didn't eat it correctly? It says to microwave on high for 5-10 seconds. Now I'm pretty sure that wagon wheels didn't have microwave directions.
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you ate it fine, that's just another way you -can- eat it. i've never done the microwave thing but i know some people who swear by it (and i bet some people microwave their wagon wheels, too).
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