I always have a lot of fun making goodies for Halloween and these Halloween Monster Whoopie Pies are a great example of a creepy-yet-cute treat! The monsters start out as colorful whoopie pies and are filled with vanilla buttercream. It’s a classic combination, but adding marshmallow teeth, candy eyes and a bunch …
Rainbow sprinkles are all you need to brighten up an ice cream cone, a cupcake or a whoppie pie. These Rainbow Sprinkle Whoopie Pies are inspired by Funfetti cake mix – the rainbow sprinkle-flecked vanilla cake that I almost always enjoyed for my birthdays growing up. I think that I might have liked …
This year, I was again honored to serve as a judge at the Los Angeles County Fair for some of their baking competitions. The bakers who come to the fair are always incredibly creative and picking out the best recipe is not an easy task. Fortunately, I don’t mind a tough job! …
Coffee and chocolate together is usually described as mocha, an even blending of both elements to create a flavor that has plenty of both coffee and chocolate. These Chocolate Coffee Whoopie Pies have chocolate cookies sandwiching a coffee-infused filling, but unlike most “mocha” desserts, these two flavors stand out very independently on their …
Whoopie pie pans are baking pans with shallow cavities that allow you to make perfectly sized rounds of cookie dough or cake batter for making whoopie pies or other sandwich cookies. When I first heard about this type of pan, I wasn’t sure that I needed one. After using …
Whoopie pies are absolutely delicious when they are done well, but can be downright boring when they are not. A bad whoopie pie might be bland or dry, with not enough filling to compliment the amount of cake surrounding it. The cake-like sandwich cookies should be moist and tender, but still strong enough …
The Super Bowl is perhaps the most widely watched sporting event of the year, with millions of viewers across the country. Even if you don’t watch football the rest of the season, you make an exception for the Super Bowl. This is because the Super Bowl is just as much about food as …
The holiday season, when it comes to food, is all about specific flavors. Eating combinations of these flavors – orange and clove, vanilla and nutmeg, cranberry and pistachio, etc. – will make you think of the holidays no matter what form they turn up in. I also feel this way about the …
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