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Whoopie Pies
Is it a cake? Is it a cookie? With such deliciously soft and sweet cream-filled snacks, does it matter? The Internet is abuzz with recipes and stories of whoopie pie folklore, while customers everywhere are descending on bakeries in droves demanding these delectable treats. This adorable volumethe only cookbook devoted entirely to whoopie piesfeatures more than 40 mix-and-match recipes, including the classic chocolate with marshmallow cream and a range of bright flavor combinations such as red velvet, green tea, pumpkin with a tangy cream cheese filling, and oatmeal with, yes, maple-bacon buttercream. With a puffy cover as soft as cake, plenty of color photos and hand-drawnillustrations, dozens of DIY decorating instructions, fun facts and baking tips, Whoopie Pies will make a welcome addition to any baker's bookshelf.
120 pages, Hardcover
First published April 7, 2010
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June 30, 2010
I think I just might make every single whoopie pie in this book. Every recipe looks amazing. I will be buying this soon.
October 4, 2010
Fun little book of cookie recipes with lots of options. I probably wouldn't buy it, but it's fun to get from the library and mess around with.
January 1, 2019
The whoopie pie is an old throwback to tasty cakes. I love the pictures and the directions are easy to follow and very helpful. I also wool probably add in some extra flavorings to the fillings. I enjoyed the cookbook.
December 9, 2021
We have used many of the recipes from here - most recently the vegan ones. Everything has always been wonderful! Now, I have finally had a chance to sit and read the stories and hints throughout the pages.
November 22, 2018
It was a good cookbook, but involved lots of marshmallow fluff/ cream, but it was an overall good whoopie pie book!
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August 15, 2020Got this from a charity shop saying to my mum I wanted to make these xx
February 13, 2011
The Sims corrupted my use of the word whoopie before, so when I saw this title I was like “what!?!” but it’s a recipe book for cookie/cake thingies called whoopies.
I fell instantly for the squishy soft and cute cover when I pulled it out of a new book box at the library. I had to at least read a few of the recipes, so I set it aside for my break.
Inside Whoopie Pies there was even more fun to woo me. The writers are very casual and offer back up ways to make the recipes work without fancy equipment for those of you who are strapped for cash. I like when they joke about never being precise in their measurements, because I’m an amateur when it comes to baking and I’m always worried about the disastrous results of my little slip ups.
Some pages have cute little doodles of fridges or stoves or whoopie pies and others have mouth-watering pictures of the real thing.
The book has some great ideas and they give you creative freedom by putting the cakes and the fillings separately and encouraging you to mix and match.
I did come across some problems:
1. They said if you used a melon baller (that I bought just for this purpose) the cookies would be uniform in shape and size. This was not nearly as easy as they made it look, and my whoopies look NOTHING like the ones in the book
my crooked creations (not all cute and rounded!)
2. The black background and light writing was really hard on my eyes. Not good for people with bad eyes or print disabilities.
3. This isn’t the book’s fault but the filling part was too thick and got stuck in my Pampered Chef icing tools- so I ended up having to use a spoon.
4. The cookie part is not as sweet as I imagined but still yummy. I may have used too much cocoa and that makes it stronger than intended.
Overall a nice dessert recipe book, I’m going to try more kinds of whoopies.
FYI you only need a tiny bit of coconut milk, so don’t forget to write down the amount when you go the store and get a huge thing of it like I did Any suggestions for what I should do with all this coconut milk?
* I borrowed this book from Okanagan Regional Library
*This is part of the Non-Fiction Challenge hosted by the Broke and the Bookish
I fell instantly for the squishy soft and cute cover when I pulled it out of a new book box at the library. I had to at least read a few of the recipes, so I set it aside for my break.
Inside Whoopie Pies there was even more fun to woo me. The writers are very casual and offer back up ways to make the recipes work without fancy equipment for those of you who are strapped for cash. I like when they joke about never being precise in their measurements, because I’m an amateur when it comes to baking and I’m always worried about the disastrous results of my little slip ups.
Some pages have cute little doodles of fridges or stoves or whoopie pies and others have mouth-watering pictures of the real thing.
The book has some great ideas and they give you creative freedom by putting the cakes and the fillings separately and encouraging you to mix and match.
I did come across some problems:
1. They said if you used a melon baller (that I bought just for this purpose) the cookies would be uniform in shape and size. This was not nearly as easy as they made it look, and my whoopies look NOTHING like the ones in the book
my crooked creations (not all cute and rounded!)
2. The black background and light writing was really hard on my eyes. Not good for people with bad eyes or print disabilities.
3. This isn’t the book’s fault but the filling part was too thick and got stuck in my Pampered Chef icing tools- so I ended up having to use a spoon.
4. The cookie part is not as sweet as I imagined but still yummy. I may have used too much cocoa and that makes it stronger than intended.
Overall a nice dessert recipe book, I’m going to try more kinds of whoopies.
FYI you only need a tiny bit of coconut milk, so don’t forget to write down the amount when you go the store and get a huge thing of it like I did Any suggestions for what I should do with all this coconut milk?
* I borrowed this book from Okanagan Regional Library
*This is part of the Non-Fiction Challenge hosted by the Broke and the Bookish
April 22, 2014
Is it a cake? Is it a cookie? With such deliciously soft and sweet cream-filled snacks, does it matter? The Internet is abuzz with recipes and stories of whoopie pie folklore, while customers everywhere are descending on bakeries in droves demanding these delectable treats. This adorable volumethe only cookbook devoted entirely to whoopie piesfeatures more than 40 mix-and-match recipes, including the classic chocolate with marshmallow cream and a range of bright flavor combinations such as red velvet, green tea, pumpkin with a tangy cream cheese filling, and oatmeal with, yes, maple-bacon buttercream. With a puffy cover as soft as cake, plenty of color photos and hand-drawnillustrations, dozens of DIY decorating instructions, fun facts and baking tips, Whoopie Pies will make a welcome addition to any baker's bookshelf.
October 5, 2010
My 2nd batch of whoopies (chocolate sponge and peanut butter inside) turned out so so much better than the first and i don't know what I did differently apart from half the measurements to make a small batch!
January 14, 2011
yuuummmm.... i want to make so many of these! and i was pleased to read that one of the authors is from MA! the only thing- i wish that they told you what cake went with which filling. it has a little reference to it at the end in the pic credits, but more info would have been better...
August 19, 2015
I only made one recipe so far and it came out OK. I really liked the cake/cookie, but the filling not so much. It left a "coating" in my mouth that I did not like. Will try other recipes and update later.
December 16, 2010
it's whoopie pies....do i have to say more???
February 21, 2011
Yummmm! Easy, delicious, and beautiful!!!!!!
January 2, 2012
Lots of great recipes I can't wait to try.,
January 6, 2012
Every recipe on this book that I've tried has been a delicious success! Any whoopie pie lover needs this book
January 22, 2012
These are the best! I have made several and loved every one. I've had issues with filling for whoopie pies before but this book has great fillings that worked perfect and taste great.
June 26, 2012
I like the mix and match feature and all the different fillings.
December 27, 2012
A great little cookbook with lots of mix and match cake and frosting recipes. I'm especially fond of the maple buttercream recipe.
May 27, 2013
a book about making whoopie pies! On sale at Crate & Barrel the other day. Can't wait to try out some recipes for Treat Thursdays.
November 30, 2016
All sorts.
June 29, 2022
cute book, some good and some hard recipies
April 10, 2017
Loveee the layout of the book. Easy to follow recipes and lots of them! Would consider purchasing this book!
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