Heyyy! I didn't catch it!
Throw me something, mister!
Why are you only throwing things to her?!
Hey my name is Matt and I believe that Moon Pies are the best Mardi Gras treat because they're delicious
and if you catch 'em, they're free.
I wasn't ready.
My name is Calli and I believe that King Cake is the best Mardi Gras treat.
I prefer treats, Mardi Gras treats, that are made with things I can pronounce.
Like flour and sugar, and made with love.
Not something that robots in a factory are putting in a bag.
Number 1, robots are awesome.
Number 2, pretty sure I can pronounce everything on the back of this.
Wheat flour vitamin enriched with niacin b3 reduced iron...
Natural, artificial flavors, color added.
Alright little baby, what's in this cake?
Sugar...and flour...cinnamon...and love.
No one's making a moon pie homemade.
I feel like King Cake is the classic, delicious, family traditional Mardi Gras treat.
Maybe you're just not as familiar with Mardi Gras culture as I am.
That's not it! I've been to Mobile's Mardi Gras, I've been to New Orlean's Mardi Gras.
Moon pies are the ultimate Mardi Gras throw.
No one throws King Cakes.
They should.
If they were throwing them from a parade float then sure, that'd be awesome.
Here's the thing. You've gotta buy your King Cake.
Or make it, or receive it.
Here's the crazy thing. You go to a party.
They've got a King Cake there. If you find the baby
guess what, now you have to buy the next King Cake!
So you take this to a party, everyone's gonna eat it, someone's gonna get the baby, it's fun.
You take a box of Moon Pies to a party, you're gonna leave with them because no one's gonna touch them.
You are nuts.
They don't put the baby in the cake anymore.
They give you the box with the baby on the side.
Because some idiot out there ate the baby in the King Cake
and then probably sued the pants off of them.
Or if you make your own homemade one you can put your own little baby in there.
Or big baby.
Make your own...baby?
You can do that too.
Don't put a real baby in the King Cake.
I did not say that.
That's not what I meant.
Don't put a child in your cake.
Let's do a taste test!! Taste test taste test!
That's a different show and it's just me in it.
Yeah so this is the thing about Moon Pies.
Go ahead.
So these are what you will usually catch at a parade.
They're just the singles.
It's just the soft graham cracker, the marshmallow, and a soft graham cracker
dipped in chocolate, banana, vanilla.
This is the double decker. You catch one of these, you're at a good parade.
So anyway, have a bite of that, go ahead, you first.
Cheers to Mardi Gras?
No, this is for you, I'm serving you first.
*Something in french.*
*Tries to repeat.*
I'm sorry, what was that?
I said what you said.
It tastes like graham crackers and marshmallows had a baby.
A delicious baby.
This is really good. It's like a cinnamon roll.
When I bite into this King Cake it's doughy and has that beautiful give
but yet it's moist so it's well-cooked.
It's covered in icing
which also has SPRINKLES.
I just feel happy.
Oh no, Matt! You got the baby!
I guess you're buying next year's!
This is the worst hiding job I've ever seen.
It's delicious.
I know it is!
And it's Mardi Gras specific.
No one's denying that.
This just isn't for me.
You need to try the banana.
It's just not for me.
Or the chocolate.
I don't like the texture.
I'm sorry, I want to like it.
Close your eyes.
You're on the street. Marching band just came by, they were killin' it, drum section was going nuts.
Here comes the parade. You're near the end of the route so the dudes on the float are absolutely hammered.
And they're just throwin' stuff left and right.
Reckless abandon.
Ok, now here it comes!
Now try it.
Aw man, a Moon Pie! Ugh! Where's the sword?!
Ok, first of all, how dare you?
I'm sorry, there's just no competition.
If we're judging on taste, festivity, seasonality, and general enjoyment
it has to go to the King Cake.
So if I could sum up what makes Moon Pie the winner in three points
I would say it's a classic Southern treat.
If you catch it, they're free.
And there's nothing plastic inside that will choke you and kill you.
I know what it takes to get some beads around here.
It's weird that people throw these beads to us in the trailer park.
I mean it happens pretty regularly.
It gets wild.
It's a pretty wild trailer park.