Is There Any Snack More Mysterious Than the Whoopie Pie? — Fall’s Greatest Hits

October 18, 2016

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Whoopie Pies with Marshmallow Filling

It’s debate season! And because we try to stay out of politics, we bring you instead the great debate surrounding the origin of the whoopie pie.

Did it begin with the Amish in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Dutch Country? Does Maine earn the bragging rights for this decadent treat? Or does the credit go to Massachusetts, where Nancy Griffin, author of Making Whoopies: The Official Whoopie Pie Book, was led by a 1931 ad touting a five-cent “Berwick whoopee pie” made at the now-defunct Berwick Cake Co. in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

And what about the catchy name? Was it derived from the excited yelps of Amish children as their mothers handed out these gooey treats (whoopee!)? Or did the sexy show tune ‘Makin’ Whoopee’ lend the inspiration?

Food historians may never find the answers, but food enthusiasts know it doesn’t matter. This delightful American dessert, born at some point around the Roaring Twenties, has become one of our country’s most treasured treats.

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