A couple days ago, I made whoopie pies for the first time. I’ve always loved stuffing my face with this New England treat, but this was my first attempt at making them. I found a random recipe online at Epicurious, but instead of using the filling recipe listed there, I opted to use the frosting recipe from my s’mores cupcakes. I also put my own twist on them by making them heart-shaped! (Everything is heart-shaped these days….) What I really wanted to make were these lovely red velvet whoopie pies, but I visited three grocery stores and red food coloring was sold out everywhere. I blame Valentine’s Day.

The results were satisfactory. They came out cute and the filling was delicious, but I felt like the chocolate cake portions could have been sweeter. But this may be because I have an extra-sweet tooth. What was good about them was that they were not too rich — light enough to eat a few without feeling guilty afterwards. If anyone has a whoopie pie recipe they swear by, please share! 🙂 We love this stuff.

heart-shaped whoopie pies
heart-shaped whoopie pies

chocolate with marshmallow filling
All laid out. I need to work on consistency of shape and size.

We both brought some back to our companies to share with coworkers. Dan took about two dozen to his workplace and they were all gone within an afternoon. I’m glad his coworkers liked them! We even got a request for seconds… maybe when we improve the recipe. 😉

And a bonus! Dan tried making some quiche! (Once again heart-shaped.) It ended up tasting more like a pizza pie but it was still pretty yummy. Good job hubby! 😀

Dan's quiche
Dan's heart-shaped quiche.