Chocolate Whoopie Pies

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    10 to 12

    large Pies
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Baked Explorations: Classic American Desserts Reinvented

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

  • About

Let’s face it, the chocolate whoopie pie is officially a classic American dessert. I am the first person to admit that the term “classic” is overused, abused, and on the verge of becoming meaningless; however, it would be a travesty not to give this dessert its due. The whoopie pie, essentially two cake-like cookies with a generous helping of a creamy filling sandwiched between them, has its roots in the Northeast. Pennsylvanians will tell you they originated in Pennsylvania Dutch country,