Sharon's Burnt Marie Callender Pie

About

Sharon's Burnt Marie Callender Pie refers to memes about a woman who posted a photo of a pumpkin pie she had purchased from Marie Callender and subsequently overbaked to the point that the pie was black. She posted the photo on Marie Callender's Facebook page, ostensibly to complain that it was their fault her pie was overbaked. The post inspired a flurry of memes at the woman's expense, as well as a Facebook group dedicated to posting memes in mockery of the pie.

Origin

On November 25th, 2021, Facebook user Sharon Weiss posted a photo of a pie she apparently purchased from food company Marie Callender but had burnt to a crisp. "Thanks Marie Calendar for ruining thanksgiving dessert," she wrote, implying it was the company's fault the dessert was so burnt (shown below). It is unclear how Weiss ended up with such a pie, but the directions for the pie state it is supposed to be in the oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 70-80 minutes.^[1] The post has been deleted, but screenshots circulated on the internet shortly after she made the post.

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In the ensuing thread, a Marie Callender spokesperson apologized for the burnt pie, but nearly all commenters began mocking Weiss for massively overbaking her pie. Many made memes wondering how Weiss could have so severely burnt her pie and poked fun at her for blaming Marie Callender for the error. A compilation of screenshots from the thread was posted to Imgur^[2] on December 1st, 2021 by user 3PiecesOfBread, gaining over 142,000 views in two days (examples shown below).

A Facebook group dedicated to jokes about the pie, "Marie Callender's Sharon Pie Roasting Posting,"^[3] was created on December 1st, 2021, and quickly amassed over 27,000 followers (examples shown below).

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