Whoopie Pies

Lately I've been seeing Whoopie Pies all over the internet.  I don't know as I've ever had a Whoopie Pie.  Well, my interest was piqued and I had the perfect occasion to make these delectable looking mounds of fat and calories.  Pacen had a 4-H meeting coming up and I had volunteered to make cookies or brownies or what have you.  So, I decided to try my hand at Whoopie Pies.  I saw a recipe on Little Miss Momma  using a cake mix.  Well, I decided to try making them from scratch. Yes, I like to live on the edge.

My search for a "from scratch" Whoopie Pie recipe was on!  I typed "Whoopie Pie recipe" in Yahoo!  The option of "best whoopie pie recipe" came up so I thought, "Why not?  Why not make the BEST Whoopie Pie that can possibly be made?"  So I clicked and I clicked again AND I clicked once more.  Here is the recipe I decided to use.  Since I had many children to provide a delectable dessert to, I decided to double the recipe.  Plus I had a 13 oz jar of marshmallow creme on hand instead of a 7 oz, so it only made sense to double the recipe.

I mixed and mixed and when I was done mixing the concoction in the bowl looked just like a thick cake batter.  Maybe it would've been better and cheaper to go with Little Miss Momma's recipe.  Hmmmmm.  We'll soon decide.

When I started dumping mounds of batter on my cookie sheets I was making them rather small.  Then I looked the clock and though, "Crap!  It's past my bedtime and I don't want to be up all night making these things."  So I started dumping big ol' dollops of batter.  When they came out of the oven they looked like the tops of cupcakes.  Hmmmm.  Still thinking the other recipe might've been the better choice since this recipe seemed no different than a cake mix...just more difficult.

Once cooled, I started spreading the filling on the little cakes.  I started out putting just a little and then I decided they needed more.  I went back to the ones with little filling and pried them apart to add more.  They were then oozing with marshmallow-y goodness! 

In traditional "Brooke style" I had to try one before I allowed them to leave my house and be ingested by a bunch of kids, lest they be nasty!  I do not ever want anyone to eat anything I've made and think, "Good Lord!  WHAT is this crap?!  It's so gross!"  I almost always try food before I let anyone else try it, just for that reason. 

I obviously chose one with less filling.  Like I need the extra calories!

So do you want to know my verdict on these supposed "best" Whoopie Pies?  I was not impressed.  Not at all.  There is no way these are the best Whoopie Pies!  No way!  If I decide to make them again I will try Little Miss Momma's recipe.  I assumed the kids liked them though because both pans were completely empty!  I called Pacen to ask him what the kids thought.  He told me he didn't really care for them, but the rest of the kids thought they were great...maybe slightly too big though.  Yup, that settles it.  Next time I'm using a different recipe.

"You can say this for ready-mixes - the next generation isn't going to have any trouble making pies exactly like mother used to make" ~ Earl Wilson