There are also three new desserts on the way: a vanilla bean whoopie pie, a raspberry whoopie pie, and a strawberry cake pop.
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MAINE: The Whoopie Pie — a creamy filling sandwiched by 2 pieces of chocolate cake — is the official state treat of Maine and celebrated annually with Whoopie Pie festival.
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Here the cafeteria offered a BLT and a whoopie pie.
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The Fried Chicken and Whoopie Pie Alaska are both must-try dishes.
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Maine: Whoopie Pie At Friars' BakehouseThis delectable sandwich-style treat of cake and cream has origins that have long been disputed by Mainers and Pennsylvanians alike; in 660, Maine decided to take legal action and make the whoopie pie its official state treat.
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The whoopie pie, which nearby Lancaster County claims among its creations, is another park fixture.
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This allowed us to try what I am calling the "inverted whoopie pie," which has vanilla shells and chocolate filling.
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The origin of the whoopie pie, that sandwich of chocolate cake with a cream filling, is open to debate. Maine?
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At the Whoopie Pie Cafe in Bangor, Maine, business was slow because of the cold, cashier and waiter Liz Gallagher, 58, said by phone.
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In lieu of altering the conventional layout of cupcakes I would gladly accept a considerable rise in the whoopie pie profile and their commercial availability.
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Even better, each one is named after a dessert — Angel Food, Cookie, Lolli, Shortcake, and Whoopie Pie — and is scented with a subtle whiff of vanilla.
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"I'm used to this kind of eating," Faye Hess, 68, a clerk at Shady Maple bakery in Lancaster Central Market, said one recent afternoon, pointing at a Whoopie Pie.
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It's a flavor so popular that the bakery makes it as a cupcake, a torte, a cheesecake cup, and a whoopie pie (but call ahead to place an order for that one).
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The raw bar and lobster roll were popular choices for guests, but some of my favorites were the non-seafood dishes like the fried chicken with Tabasco honey and the whoopie pie Alaska.
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Here is the set, with both the base answer and the extended one: 17A: WHOOPIE = WHOOPIE PIE 18A: GARBAGE = GARBAGE BAG 25A: EARTH = EARTH ART 37A: MADE = MADE MAD 39A: PALE = PALE ALE 56A: SHOUT = SHOUT OUT 64A: AVERAGE = AVERAGE AGE 66A: INSTANT = INSTANT TAN To be honest, I found the clues relatively easy compared to figuring out the theme, but that could just be me.
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In 2014, more than 7,500 people attended the festival. The 2013 festival had eight different whoopie pie vendors in attendance. Bakers from across Maine compete for top whoopie pie in a number of categories.
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The world's largest whoopie pie was created in South Portland, Maine, on March 26, 2011, weighing in at . Pieces of the giant whoopie pie were sold and the money was used to send Maine-made whoopie pies to soldiers serving overseas. The previous record holder, from Pennsylvania, weighed . The town of Dover-Foxcroft, in Piscataquis County, Maine, has hosted the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival since 2009.
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The proposal received bipartisan support. L.D. 71, officially known as "An Act to Designate the Whoopie Pie as the State Dessert", read "The whoopie pie, a baked good made of two chocolate cakes with a creamy frosting between them, is the official state dessert". The Maine Legislature eventually decided to declare the whoopie pie the official state treat, and chose blueberry pie (made with wild Maine blueberries) as the official state dessert.
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Various claims suggest that the whoopie pie originated in Massachusetts and spread both north and south, or that German immigrants in Pennsylvania brought the predecessor of the whoopie pie to communities throughout the northeast. A clue into how the possibly Amish dessert got to be so popular in New England can be found in a 1930s cookbook called Yummy Book by the Durkee Mower Company, the manufacturer of Marshmallow Fluff. In this New England cookbook, a recipe for "Amish Whoopie Pie" was featured using Marshmallow Fluff in the filling. In 2011, the Maine State Legislature considered naming the whoopie pie the official state pie.
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Asked to clarify her position on the sugary dessert, she said, "In all food, moderation is the key word". The Maine Legislature eventually approved blueberry pie as the official state dessert, and the whoopie pie as the official state treat.
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Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, Virginia and New Hampshire all claim to be the birthplace of the whoopie pie. The Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau notes that the whoopie pie recipe comes from the area's Amish and Pennsylvania German culture—origins that are unlikely to leave an official paper trail—and has been handed down through generations. Labadie's Bakery in Lewiston, Maine has been making the confection since 1925. The now-defunct Berwick Cake Company of Roxbury, Massachusetts was selling "Whoopee Pies" as early as the 1920s, but officially branded the Whoopee Pie in 1928 to great success.
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Whoopie pie Musgrave was an outspoken critic of the Fit for Life diet. She subjected the weekly diet plan to a computerized nutritional analysis that found the levels of Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, zinc, and calcium to be "undesirably low" when compared to the United States Recommended Daily Allowance for women aged 23 to 50. On the other hand, she spoke at a hearing in support of a 2011 Maine Legislature bill to declare the whoopie pie as the official state dessert of Maine. Musgrave praised the chocolate pie for being rich in flavonoids and antioxidants.
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While considered a New England classic and a Pennsylvania Amish tradition, they are increasingly sold throughout the United States. The whoopie pie is the official state treat of Maine (not to be confused with the official state dessert, which is blueberry pie). Gob [the term indigenous to the Pittsburgh region] has been trademarked by the Dutch Maid Bakery in Johnstown. The owner, Tim Yost, bought the rights to the name and the process in 1980.
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Maine is known for its lobster. Relatively inexpensive lobster rolls—lobster meat mixed with mayonnaise and other ingredients, served in a grilled hot dog roll are often available in the summer, particularly on the coast. The whoopie pie, which is also a staple in the Philadelphia/Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, is the official state treat. Maine is the place of origin for the needham, a dessert bar made from chocolate, coconut, and potato.
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The whoopie pie (alternatively called a black moon, gob [term indigenous to the Pittsburgh region], black-and-white, bob, or "BFO" for Big Fat Oreo [also recorded as "Devil Dogs" and "Twins" in 1835]) is an American baked product that may be considered either a cookie, pie, sandwich, or cake. It is made of two round mound-shaped pieces of usually chocolate cake, or sometimes pumpkin, gingerbread or other flavored cakes, with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched between them.
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Today the Solo line includes 13 varieties of ready-to-use cake, pastry and dessert toppings and fillings: almond, apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, date, nut, pecan, pineapple, poppy, prune, raspberry and strawberry; almond paste and marzipan; Baker brand flavors (almond, apple, apricot, blueberry, cherry, date, nut, peach, pineapple, poppy, prune, raspberry and strawberry); Baker pie fillings (apple, cherry, blueberry, peach, mixed berry) Solo marshmallow creme and toasted marshmallow creme; and Chun’s brand sweet and sour, fish sauce, sesame garlic, cilantro teriyaki, chili vinegar, chili lemongrass and thai peanut marinades and dipping sauces. In 2010, Solo introduced "Whoopie Do!" a whoopie pie mix available in both classic and s'mores and "Let's Wing It!" a line of chicken wing coating mixes under the Tasty Delite brand. Also in 2010, Solo acquired Borden's EggNog business from the J. M. Smucker Company. The current president of Sokol & Company is the founder’s great grandson, John Sokol Novak, Jr., the current COO is Ralph Pirritano.
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