UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                    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):
                                September 8, 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, of registrant's
                          principal executive offices)

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Item 5.           Other Events.

                  On September 8, 1999, Eskimo Pie Corporation  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 September 8, 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:  September 8, 1999               By: /s/ Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.
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                                                  Thomas M. Mishoe, Jr.
                                                  Chief Financial Officer,
                                                  Vice President, Secretary and
                                                  Treasurer