Whoopie!
Photo copyright Sur La Table.
I don’t think I ever tried a whoopie pie until I was an adult. Either they were unavailable in New York, or maybe my family never purchased them because we had too many good Italian desserts to enjoy. Now that I’ve tried them, I find they’re appealing in a Hostess cupcake sort of way. There’s a layering of textures and sweet flavors. You can pull it apart and lick off the cream or bite through the layers at once with the cream squishing out the sides.
Deconstruct, reconstruct, there are fun possibilities in the whoopie pie, kind of like a Mallomar cookie. Did you ever have one of those? Nabisco Mallomars are somewhat unique in the processed cookie world because they’re a seasonal product, only available in the winter. You get a cookie base, topped with a marshmallow and coated with chocolate. Now that I think about it, they must be Nabisco’s answer to the s’more. Duh. I suppose that was obvious to anyone who had camped as a kid, but s’mores are another sweet I never tried until I was an adult. But I digress. I loved to deconstruct Mallomars by cracking the chocolate coating, peeling it off the marshmallow, eating the marshmallow, and finally dunking the cookie base in milk. Pretty elaborate for a small cookie, don’t you think? It’s a good thing because it saved me from consuming too many at one sitting.
So back to whoopie pies. The gourmet kitchen store, Sur La Table, just sent out an email today announcing a new Wilton product they’re offering – a baking pan for creating whoopie pies. Doesn’t the photo above make them irresistible? Even if it weren’t for the other reasons I just gave, this photo convinces me that I need to get a whoopie pie pan so that I can make this everyman’s treat in my own kitchen. How about you? Are you hearing the same Siren call as me?
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If you are into deconstructing food do not forgat about the classic Oreo cookie. Also if you spend time constructing your own Whoopie pie don’t cringe at someone destroying you work of art.
You’re absolutely right! After publishing the post I remembered that I had intended to include the Oreo. I don’t know about you, but I always opened the cookie, peeled out the filling, ate it first, and then dunked the cookies in milk.