UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

         Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 9, 1999

                             Eskimo Pie Corporation
             (Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

            Virginia                     0-19867                 54-0571720 
(State or other jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer 
        of incorporation)                                    Identification No.)

                            901 Moorefield Park Drive
                            Richmond, Virginia 23236
                                 (804) 560-8400
               (Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
                      including area code, or registrant's
                          principal executive offices)

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Item 5.      Other Events.

             On April 9, 1999, Eskimo Pie Corporation (the "Company") issued the
press  release  attached  hereto  as  Exhibit  99.1 and  incorporated  herein by
reference.

Item 7.      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

             (a)  None

             (b)  Exhibits

                  Exhibit 99.1        Press Release dated April 9, 1999






             Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                          ESKIMO PIE CORPORATION



Date:  April 9, 1999                      By: /s/ Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.
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                                              Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.
                                              Chief Financial Officer,
                                              Vice President, Secretary and
                                              Treasurer