--- title: Wendy's and MoonPie Are Flirting on Twitter description: Wendy's and MoonPie — two brands known for their social media sass — are proving that food twitter doesn't have to be all drama. canonical: https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-25T19:59:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:50:04.207Z og:title: Wendy's and MoonPie Are Flirting Now Please Keep Up og:description: The two brands struck up a flirty online exchange og:url: https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08962ecd10b253fd/6988f973096a94eeaa6a13c1/moon-pie-wendys-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: moon-pie-wendys-twitter og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wendy's and MoonPie Are Flirting Now Please Keep Up twitter:description: The two brands struck up a flirty online exchange twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08962ecd10b253fd/6988f973096a94eeaa6a13c1/moon-pie-wendys-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Wendy's and MoonPie Are the Delightful Pairing the Internet Never Knew It Needed > Sponsored content. 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There is no cost and no subscription requirement.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2018 7:59 PM UTC   by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 25, 2018 7:59 PM UTC [Wendy’s](http://time.com/5052855/wendys-twitter-movie-critic/) and [MoonPie](http://time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/) — two brands known for their social media sass — are proving that [food twitter](http://time.com/4817897/wendys-texas-sign-war-pure-water-ice/) doesn’t have to be all drama. After MoonPie’s social media team took to Twitter to offer Wendy’s an unexpected compliment on Wednesday, the accounts struck up a flirty exchange that quickly turned into an online lovefest. “[@Wendys](https://twitter.com/Wendys) I think you are very pretty,” the snack cake Twitter wrote, prompting an equally delightful response from the fast food giant. “Thanks MoonPie! You’re such a snack!” Wendy’s replied. From there, the brands continued to shower each other with compliments. “We love that you adventured to space just to bring the people of Earth the Moon’s greatest snack. You’re an adventurer with a heart of marshmallow!” Wendy’s wrote. “I would do it all over again just to be able to talk to you about it because you’re a good listener,” MoonPie shot back. Wendy’s even went so far as to illustrate how their products could be combined into one (arguably) glorious MoonPie-bun cheeseburger. See the full exchange below. > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956196426375155713) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956197525656100864) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956198523527188480) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956200335059582976) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956202395163381762) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956203519584997377) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956206237074542593) > [](https://twitter.com/Wendys/status/956213231860834306) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/"},"headline":"Wendy's and MoonPie Are the Delightful Pairing the Internet Never Knew It Needed","datePublished":"2018-01-25T19:59:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:50:04.207Z","description":"The two brands struck up a flirty online exchange","url":"https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Wendy's","viral","Fast Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08962ecd10b253fd/6988f973096a94eeaa6a13c1/moon-pie-wendys-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08962ecd10b253fd/6988f973096a94eeaa6a13c1/moon-pie-wendys-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"moon-pie-wendys-twitter","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5118874/wendys-moonpie-twitter-flirting/","name":"Wendy's and MoonPie Are the Delightful Pairing the Internet Never Knew It Needed"}}]}] ```