I decided to have a go at making whoopie pies (replacing the cupcake in popularity, don’t ya know!) in a rather circuitous way, it was late yesterday afternoon, when I remembered that I had some of the deliciously tangy cream cheese frosting left over from making cinnamon rolls a couple of days ago.
What could I do with it? Use it to top some cupcakes? Naaaaw, yawn, I think I’ve overdone the cupcakes lately, need to ‘miss them badly’ before I make them again.
Use it as a filling in carrot cake? Naaaaw, I love carrot cake, but for some reason the rest of the family (except for hubby) don’t. So that was out.
Then, while looking through my new Hummingbird ‘cake days’ book, I came across a recipe for chocolate whoopie pies.
But. And this is a big BUT.
Son No. 2 had borrowed my kitchen scales. (Long story)
I knew then that I’d have to find an American recipe. So….
Google to the rescue as always. Where I found this great recipe on the:
I had a slight problem with the sizing of the pies…I should have ended up with about 15 pies, but I only got 7 out of the mixture. They were HUGE!! The size of side plates. And I’m not even joking!
So next time I’ll either have to purchase whoopie pie tins or pipe them onto drawn out circles on baking parchment.
Marks out of Ten? 7.
Would I make them again? Oh, yes, I’ll definitely give them another go!
Would I do anything differently? The sizing needs sorting out, my fault. I was measuring them in a quarter cup measure. Far too big.
At Anna’s Kitchen Table 
Your whoopie pies look delish Anna 🙂 I made whoopies last weekend for the first time and I also made the mistake of measuring mine in a quarter cup measure. OOOPS! They were absolutely massive! I may need to invest in a whoopie pie tin soon 😉
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They look lovely Anna. I'm getting round to these, have 4 Whoopie Pie books though ;)!!
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KJ, I would expect nothing less of you!! LolHi Cookiemum and welcome to my blog. Seems we have both made the same mistake! :-))
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I laughed out loud when i read you pies were the size of side plates – i love to hear that others have similar baking experiences to me! They look delicious, i have yet to have a go at making these.
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Glad I made you LOL Muppy! :-))
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Anna, you have inspired me to give these a go. I have them in the oven as I type this. I used a different recipe to yours, but hopefully they will taste great. I will let you know how they turn out.
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Ah, how nice that I've inspired you!Hope yours turn out great :-))
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Oh Anna, sounds delicious!Have a nice week end!
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They look great, Anna! I'm expecting my Cake Days in the mail any day – can't wait!
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these pies look fabulous and I love the fact that they are so much less tricky than those dreadful macaroons that are all the rage at the moment too… lovely recipe and well done for your first attempt!
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They look yum, even if they were humungous! I still haven't made any whoopie pies, I'm so behind with the times! I'm a bit cupcake-d out too and have been for a while, so I should really try these out!
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These look fantastic – great for a fiarst attempt. Whoopie pies are one of so many things on my list of things to get around to making.
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I have just been sent a new whoopie pie book to review so I am going to have a go at them. Think I am going to try to make the small ones first (So I just get frizbees rather than bin lids) they look lovely though and its good to share x
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