8 fun-size pies you never have to share
You've got the whole pi(e) in your hand.
Sure Monday may be devoted to Pi Day, but the pie you crave doesn't have to do with a calculator or mathematics.
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And it's time to give hand pies a second glance. They are portable, come in a variety of flavors and are downright delicious.
1. Pop Tarts
These internationally marketed snacks may have been your first handheld pie. Perhaps they are still your favorite.
2. Uncrustables
Refrigerated, crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, these handheld pies have quite the loyal following.
3. Empanadas
These usually savory handheld pies, which originally hail from Portugal and northwest Spain, come with a variety of fillings, such as potatoes, picadillo and spiced chicken. It's impossible to eat just one.
4. Handheld blackberry and peach pies
Little pies so sweet Grandma will wonder why she never miniaturized her blue ribbon winning version.
5. Taco hand pies
The ideal way to avoid taco fillings spilling out of the shell.
6. Spinach artichoke dip hand pies
All the creamy, cheesy goodness of spinach artichoke dip without having to keep an eye out for the dreaded "double dipper."
7. McDonald's hand pies
These come in different limited edition and permanent flavors all over the world, such as sweet corn in Hong Kong and chocolate in Thailand. But for many of us that warm apple pie brings us straight back to ditching 10th grade homeroom.
8. Hot Pockets
Perhaps the first hand pie you ever tried and what you still crave when you come home after a late night out.
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Sarah Spigelman Richter is a contributor to Mashable's Food channel. Sarah covers everything edible, from the food industry to D.I.Y. recipes. She was previously the community manager for Tastemade NYC and her writing has been seen on The Today Show's food blog, Refinery 29, the Food Network, and Gothamist. She has also developed recipes for Tabasco and other nationally recognized brands and has blogged for 5 years at "Fritos and Foie Gras." Sarah is obsessed with "Orphan Black" and chili-cheese Fritos and is still depressed that Loehmann's closed.
