On October 16, 2010, Sonya Thomas, a competitive eater known as the "Black Widow", ate 38 MoonPies in eight minutes in Caruthersville, Missouri.
The MoonPie 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,[REF][REF] followed by other communities along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.