Autumn is a time for foliage, crisp temperatures, hunkering down, and of course, pumpkin pie spices. On this trip around the sun, our pie spices come in the form of a fall-flavored whoopie pie.
Whoopie pie consists of two large, soft cookies sandwiched around a creamy filling. With roots in Pennsylvania and New England, whoopie pie is the official state pie of Maine. The chocolate version stuffed with vanilla, sometimes called a Big Fat Oreo, is the most common rendition. Mel Redding of Jesse Pepper’s Smoke Shack in White Sulphur Springs, Montana, hails from Vermont. Accordingly, her pumpkin spice whoopie pie contains a maple cream cheese filling.
