World's Largest Edible Moon Pie

Mobile City Councilman Fred Richardson created a storm of controversy when he decided to spend $9,000 from his 'discretionary fund' on an electronic Moon Pie that will be dropped at on New Years Eve, similar to New York's Waterford Crystal Ball.

As part of the festivities Wednesday night at Cooper Riverside Park in downtown, Chattanooga Bakery Inc. will serve up an edible 55 pound, chocolate Moon Pie.

During today's city council meeting, News 5 got a sneak peak at what the world's largest edible Moon Pie will look like. The bakery used six pounds of chocolate icing and 14 pounds of marshmallows to make the 4-foot wide, 4500-calorie chocolate Moon Pie.

Chattanooga Bakery will also hand out 5,000 of the regular size moon pies.

The moon pie has been the popular throw at Mobile's Mardi Gras since 1974. More than 4 million of them are sold during Mobile’s Mardi Gras season, according to Stephen Toomey, owner of Toomey’s Mardi Gras Candy Company.