--- description: Moon Pie definitely will not let Hostess declare its Golden treat as the official cake of the solar eclipse. title: Moon Pie and Hostess Are Having a Solar Eclipse Feud image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32560d934cf1b824/6988da7a97cdff01706b21bb/gettyimages-467008090.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Internet Loves This Moon Pie-Hostess Solar Eclipse Twitter Beef by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:31 AM CUTPublished: Aug 21, 2017 3:37 PM CUT  Children use special glasses to look into the sky during a partial solar eclipse outside the Planetario on March 20, 2015 in Madrid, Spain. Children use special glasses to look into the sky during a partial solar eclipse outside the Planetario on March 20, 2015 in Madrid, Spain.Pablo Blazquez Dominguez—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 4:31 AM CUTPublished: Aug 21, 2017 3:37 PM CUT With all eyes on the [total solar eclipse of our time](http://time.com/4907357/total-solar-eclipse-2017-america/ "undefined"), companies are racing to cash in — and two snack cakes have gone tweet-to-tweet in the battle for the title of the official [eclipse](http://time.com/4902132/solar-eclipse-path/ "undefined") dessert. This good old rival business [battle](http://time.com/4817897/wendys-texas-sign-war-pure-water-ice/ "undefined") began early Monday morning, when a Hostess Twitter account informed the Internet of its official news. As Hostess put it, its chocolate frosted yellow cupcake with its unmistakable squiggle of icing is the one and only snacking option for eclipse viewing. And so it was on. Roughly one hour after Hostess anointed itself with this official status, Moon Pie — the round dessert with two round graham cracker cookies filled with marshmallow and dipped in chocolate — got territorial. **_NEXT:_** [**_Watch the Whole Total Solar Eclipse in 4 Minutes_**](http://time.com/4900280/total-solar-eclipse-2017-video-watch/ "undefined") Moon Pie was clearly not having it. But instead of detailing the ways in which Moon Pie was the more fitting dessert, Moon Pie’s social media account simply clapped back with an “lol ok” to dispute this. While there’s no official sugar fix for Monday’s big event, in fairness, its pie does have “moon” in the name. The internet was quick to react. > [](https://twitter.com/Hostess%5FSnacks/status/899620105289682944) > [](https://twitter.com/MoonPie/status/899624556377276416) > [](https://twitter.com/FangFingersTN/status/899633782382362625) > [](https://twitter.com/JasonKirkSBN/status/899633590450913280) > [](https://twitter.com/momentoftru/status/899641772661452800) > [](https://twitter.com/AmandaJuneBell/status/899637264808120320) Moon Pie has been on the defensive: > [](https://twitter.com/NPR/status/899028451604168705) > [](https://twitter.com/MoonPie/status/899389044458741760) But got some help from high places. > [](https://twitter.com/SherylCrow/status/899440070964293633) Where you stand on this debate about which chocolate cakes are the more celestial will determine the life path you take forever. Hostess had an idea: combine superpowers for a total eclipse of the treat. > [](https://twitter.com/Hostess%5FSnacks/status/899716313446309889) Moon Pie stayed savage all day. > [](https://twitter.com/MoonPie/status/899724312504086528) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/"},"headline":"The Internet Loves This Moon Pie-Hostess Solar Eclipse Twitter Beef","datePublished":"2017-08-21T15:37:18.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T04:31:02.000Z","description":"Moon Pie definitely will not let Hostess declare its Golden treat as the official cake of the solar eclipse.","url":"https://time.com/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","solar eclipse","Eclipse","space 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32560d934cf1b824/6988da7a97cdff01706b21bb/gettyimages-467008090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32560d934cf1b824/6988da7a97cdff01706b21bb/gettyimages-467008090.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Partial Solar Eclipse Over Spain","caption":"Partial Solar Eclipse Over Spain","creditText":"Pablo Blazquez Dominguez—Getty Images","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/4908847/eclipse-2017-hostess-moon-pie-beef/","name":"The Internet Loves This Moon Pie-Hostess Solar Eclipse Twitter Beef"}}]}] ```