Whoopie Pies!

While we were traveling in Maine, we kept seeing hand-written signs on the side of the road that said "Pies for Sale"  and occasionally "Whoopie Pies".  We didn't investigate at the time, but just thought that there were lots of people up there who baked "pies".  You know, like apple pies, pumpkin pies.....

Then we went to a Halloween Party at some friends house last weekend.   It was "costume optional" so we did not dress (if you're wonderin').

The host, however, dressed up.  EEWWW!  I hugged him on arrival and got gooey "blood" on my white fleece vest.  It washed out fine....I'm digressing, aren't I? 

What does this have to do with Whoopie Pies?   Patience, Grasshopper!

It was a chilly night - they had several fires going.  Very nice...

OK, now we're back around to whoopie pies.  These are our friends dating back about 20 yrs to Pack 93 Cub Scouts.    They are also wonderful cooks, chefs, cheesecake bakers, etc!   As a treat at the party, they brought....you guessed it......Whoopie Pies!!!  They were fabulous!   

So, I had to try and make  some of my own for our Friday  night game. 

There are recipes all over the internet - it's really just a couple of LARGE chocolatey cakelike cookies surrounding a sweet marshmallow fluff filling....all ingredients were in the pantry except the "Fluff"....

I got so busy that I forgot to snap photos....but you get the idea.  They were de-lish!!!  (and huge!!)