5.19.2007

whoopie pie

My favorite treat, as I mentioned earlier today in a meme, is the whoopie pie.

A whoopie pie is like a sandwich, but made with two soft cake-type cookies with a fluffy white filling. The original and most commonly made whoopie pie is chocolate, which is my favorite, but I've also been known to choke down a pumpkin whoopie pie (with cream cheese frosting as filling) or a red velvet whoopie pie.

It's tough to get the filling just right. It needs to be spreadable like frosting but needs more density than traditional frosting. I am a true filling fan, too. The best is rich and creamy without the grit of cooked sugar.

I consider myself a true connoisseur.

I have one every Tuesday evening while I watch American Idol. Typically, I will eat a whoopie pie as I eat an oreo--I peel one cookie away and nibble on that. Because a whoopie pie is substantially bigger than an oreo, I usually use a fork and eat bite by bite, the filling and bottom cookie.


Have mercy.

2 comments:

BeccA's Buzz said...

Is this whoopie pie something you buy or make? If you make it, post the recipe...if you buy them, where can I get one!?!? LOL

Forgetfulone said...

We had something called a moon pie - very similar.