A convention center in Texas plans to serve the world’s largest moon pie at the Total Eclipse In The Park event during the total solar eclipse on April 8.
“For a once-in-a-lifetime event, we wanted to do something out-of-the ordinary,” Tom Meehan, general manager of the nearby Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas (ICC), said in a statement. “When I brought the idea to our chef, he shook his head and said ‘Never in my career did I think I’d do something like this.'”
ICC Executive Chef Eduardo Alvarez and his team have made five practice moon pies, and are now ready to serve the enormous confection at the Total Eclipse in the Park event at Levy Event Plaza in Irving on Monday.
The moon pie is made with “64 pounds of marshmallows, 128 eggs, 36 pounds of unsalted butter, 16 pounds of brown sugar, 60 pounds of all-purpose flour, and 45 pounds of marshmallow cream coated in 60 pounds of melted chocolate and 42 pounds of graham cracker crumbs.”
The final product weighs 150–180 pounds, measures five feet in diameter by four inches thick, and contains 1,400 servings. At a total of 365,042 calories, that’s about 260 calories per serving.
The Total Eclipse in the Park event will be held from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m., and partygoers will be able to enjoy a slice of the World’s Largest Moon Pie along with live music from the Vegas Stars, gondola cruises and pedal boating.
The eclipse on April 8 will cross Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. The path of totality will cross more than a dozen U.S. states, including Texas, and all of the Lower 48 will be able to see at least a partial eclipse. The next such total eclipse to be visible in the contiguous U.S. won’t occur until Aug. 23, 2044.
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