Association with RC Cola There is a custom of eating Moon Pies with
RC Cola, although the origin of this is unknown. In the 1999 film
The Green Mile, a character named Toot is drinking a glass bottle of RC Cola, and when he is about to eat his Moon Pie, a death row inmate named Wild Bill offers him a
nickel for his Moon Pie.
In Mobile, Alabama The Moon Pie became a traditional "throw" (an item thrown from a parade float into the crowd) of
Mardi Gras "
krewes" (parade participants) in
Mobile, Alabama during 1956, followed by other communities along the
Northwest Florida and
Mississippi Gulf Coast. The westernmost outpost of the MoonPie as an important Carnival throw is
Slidell, Louisiana, which has a parade by "The Krewe of Mona Lisa and MoonPie". Also, in the town of
Oneonta, Alabama, there is a MoonPie eating contest started by Wal-Mart employee John Love when he inadvertently ordered too many. This anecdote was featured in
Sam Walton's autobiography,
Made in America. Since New Year's Eve 2008, the city of
Mobile, Alabama has been lowering a lighted mechanical Moon Pie to celebrate the coming of the new year. The giant Moon Pie descends the 34-story RSA BankTrust building at the stroke of midnight. Every New Year's Eve, the world's largest Moon Pie is cut and served to the public as part of the festivities. It weighs and contains . == Ingredients ==