Little Debbie Park

In 2023, the family-owned McKee Foods corporation opened Little Debbie Park to celebrate its famous Little Debbie snack line, which includes a variety of cookies and cakes. This 10-acre space is brimming with shady nooks, ample walking trails, and even swinging benches for adults, but what makes it unique are the oversized play sculptures in the shape of Little Debbie treats.

Kids can try their hand at the Cosmic Brownie climbing wall, featuring grips resembling the snack’s colorful candy-coated chocolate pieces; rest on the cookie-shaped top of an Oatmeal Creme Pie bench; and attempt the Nutty Buddy balance beam that looks like a chocolate-coated wafer. There’s also a Little Debbie Christmas Tree Cake. 

Tennessee-based sculptor and muralist Alex Paul Loza created the park’s focal point: a bronze statue of Little Debbie herself holding out a tray of Swiss Cake Rolls. The park also features a bevy of informational signs detailing the story behind McKee Foods, which O.D. and Ruth McKee founded in Chattanooga in 1934. The Little Debbie name, which debuted in 1960, was inspired by a photo of the couple’s then four-year-old granddaughter wearing a straw hat. The same image later became the company’s logo. 

The park is located in Collegedale, the same Chattanooga suburb where the company has been based since 1957. A McKee Foods Bakery Store sits less than a mile away, complete with an array of Little Debbie snacks and merchandise, including souvenir mugs.