By GI Korea on May 26th, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Picture of the Day: Chocopie Diplomacy In Haiti

A Korean soldier under Danbi unit which is implementing reconstruction mission in quake-ravaged Haiti gives a Korean-made snack "Chocopie" to a local kid. Chocopie has become local children's favorite snack.

• setnaffa
  6:24 am on May 26th, 2010 1

  Chocopies are on my list, too…

• Teadrinker
  8:17 am on May 26th, 2010 2

  They're bland in comparison to the original.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels

• bdiego
  10:20 am on May 26th, 2010 3

  But cheap and survives the trip abroad. It's just like MREs, you could get something much tastier, cheaper, and even more nutritious, but it wouldn't meet the criteria of lasting almost a year or being dropped out of a plane.

• mikesaw
  12:36 pm on May 26th, 2010 4

  It's a shame they can't give them the original choco pie – The Moonpie, produced in Chatanooga, Tennessee. The choco pie is a poor imitation.

• Teadrinker
  1:22 pm on May 26th, 2010 5

  I forgot about the Moon Pie…The Wagon Wheels are still the original, as in original copies of Moon Pies.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A591293

• nb
  1:51 pm on May 26th, 2010 6

  Everything with Koreans has to be a superlative when dealing with something Korean. Choco Pies are the children's favorite. Kimchi is the world's #1 health food. Kpop is the most loved music in Asia. Etc… ad neausuem.

• Hamilton
  3:50 pm on May 26th, 2010 7

  Actually I find Choco pies to be pretty spectacular after a week in the field and with an ice cold real glass bottle of coke from Ajuma's truck.

• Teadrinker
  12:38 am on May 27th, 2010 8

  I never liked mixing chocolate and cola.

• Golden Bell
  2:52 pm on May 27th, 2010 9

  Yeah. You're just asking for diabetes with that combination.

• Surabol
  7:02 pm on May 27th, 2010 10

  Who doesn't like a ultra dry, crumbling bread covered in plastic texture chocolate, with a sponge like marshmallow in the middle?

• Rei
  12:58 am on May 28th, 2010 11

  lol

• Yankee Doodle
  2:27 am on May 28th, 2010 12

  I never had the original but I think that Chocopies should be renamed “cocoa-styrofoam” to avoid ripping people off.

• Tom Langley
  3:14 pm on June 17th, 2010 13

  When I was stationed in Korea in '79-'80 my 'Yobo' whose ville name was Mina used to love Choco pies as I did but they are not as good as the original Moon pies as Mikesaw said which are made in Chattanooga, TN. Moon pies are now made in a number of different flavors beside chocolate. Around Halloween they have an orange flavor which is really good.

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