The whoopie pie (alternatively called a black moon,
gob (term indigenous to the Pittsburgh region), black-and-white, bob,
or "BFO" for Big Fat Oreo) is a US baked good that may
be considered either a cookie, pie,
or cake. It is made
of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate
cake, or sometimes pumpkin or gingerbread
cake, with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting
sandwiched between them.
The whoopee pie can also be filled with extra stuff like
fruits and coolie!
While considered a New England
phenomenon and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition,
they are increasingly sold throughout the United States.
According to food historians, Amish women would bake these desserts (known as
hucklebucks, or creamy turtles at the time) and put them in farmers' lunch pails
or lunch boxes. When farmers would find the treats in their lunch, they would
shout "Whoopie!"
It is thought that the original Whoopie pies may have been made from cake
batter leftovers.
Get excited, go home, bake some whoopie pies, fill them, eat them and share your experience with us.
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