Oatmeal Creme Pie
Oatmeal creme pies were the first Little Debbie snack cake commercially produced by McKee Foods.[1] The snack consists of two soft oatmeal cookies stuffed with fluffy creme filling.
Along with other Little Debbie snacks, oatmeal creme pies are sold in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.[1] In December 2020, Kellogg's released a Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies Cereal.[2]
History
The oatmeal creme pie was created by O.D. McKee in 1935 during the middle of the Great Depression. At the time, McKee was working at Jack's Cookies, a local bakery in Chattanooga, Tennessee that made oatmeal, raisin, and vanilla cookies which sold for one cent each. McKee and his wife, Ruth, had recently purchased the bakery and were looking for ways to expand business.[3] McKee had an idea to boost sales by offering a new product, an oatmeal sandwich cookie, which he sold for a nickel. The new oatmeal sandwich cookie modified the original oatmeal cookie recipe by using a soft cookie instead of a hard cookie. To complete the sandwich, McKee added a fluffy creme filling between the two soft oatmeal cookies.[4] In 1960, McKee founded the Little Debbie brand and began commercially selling oatmeal creme pies in family-pack cartons for 49 cents.[1] Over 14 million oatmeal creme pies were sold in the first 10 months of the snack cake's release.[3]
Nutrition[5]
Oatmeal creme pies contain wheat, soy, milk, and egg, with possible traces of peanuts and tree nuts.
One oatmeal creme pie contains 330 calories.
Little Debbie's oatmeal creme pies are kosher.
In popular culture
Oatmeal creme pies have been mentioned in songs by artists such as Jay-Z, Southern Culture on the Skids, Waka Flocka Flame, and Lil Debbie.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Who We Are". littledebbie.com. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
- ^ Company, Kellogg. "Kellogg Makes Childhood Dreams Come True With First-Ever Little Debbie® Cereal". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ a b "Oather Dorris McKee". How it all Began. July 21, 2019. Retrieved 2021-10-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Corrao, Krista (July 21, 2017). "The Untold Truth Of Little Debbie". Mashed.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Little Debbie Oatmeal Creme Pies Big Pack". www.heb.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
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