Soft Pumpkin Spice Sandwich Cookie Recipe (Whoopie Pie) (2024)

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How many calories are in a pumpkin whoopie pie? ›

It can be considered a cookie, pie, sandwich, or cake. It looks like a sandwich, and is made of two round mounds traditionally made from cake batter, filled with a sweet creme between the two, either frosting or marshmallow creme.

Regardless of its exact origins, the whoopie pie quickly became a popular dessert throughout the Northeast, especially in states like Maine, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts. They were sold in bakeries, diners, and even gas stations, and they quickly became a staple at school bake sales and church picnics.

Can you Freeze Whoopie Pies? Yes! I recommend placing the Whoopie Pies on a baking sheet in a single layer and freezing for an hour or so, until just solid enough to prevent them from sticking together. Then, simply place in a ziptop bag or an airtight container in the freezer for up to 1 month.

Outer Layers: The cakey, soft outer layers of a Whoopie Pie are primarily made from flour, sugar, eggs, cocoa powder (for a chocolate whoopie), and buttermilk or similar. These ingredients contribute to the overall calorie count of the dessert.

Fatty ingredients like traditional pastry crust, butter, cream cheese, half-and-half, or shortening can sabotage the nutritional value. Mountains of sugar from canned pumpkin pie filling and spoonfuls of sugary toppings can also send calories through the roof.

It's commonly believed that this tasty treat, also known as gobs, moon pies, and black-and-whites, developed out of an Amish recipe. The story goes that Amish cooks in colonial America would use leftover batter from making cakes to make these small handheld cake sandwiches.

The whoopie pie, alternatively called a black moon, gob (Pittsburgh area), black-and-white, bob, or BFO (for Big Fat Oreo), is an American baked confection that may be considered either a cookie, pie, sandwich, or cake.

Whoopie Pie vs Moon Pie - Let's start by clearing up a common misperception: Whoopie Pies are not the same thing as a Moon Pie. A traditional moon pie has marshmallow filling sandwiched between graham cracker cookies, and then dipped in chocolate. Sounds good...but it's definitely not a Whoopie!

Legend has it that Amish women baked off leftover cake batter into cookies that they then sandwiched together with frosting. The women would put the treats into farmer's lunchboxes and upon finding them the farmers would yell “Whoopie!!” thus lending the name we know it by today.

Are Oreo cakesters whoopie pies? ›

We Tried the New Oreo Cakesters. Oreo Cakesters are not nostalgic for me. The Cakester, aka Nabisco's take on a whoopie pie, was originally released in 2007, when I was an adult lady who'd aged out of lunch box snacks.

The Pennsylvania Amish claim to have whoopie pie recipes passed down through families from generation to generation. More commonly known by the name of "gobs" in this region, whoopie pies are a regular sight at roadside farm stands and local bakeries.

Whoopie pies can come out flat for a few reasons. The main reason is over mixing the cake batter. When you fold in the dry ingredients into the wet, make sure NOT to over mix. Just mix until the cocoa and flour just disappear.

Whoopie Care

– Best enjoyed at room temperature. – The Whoopie stays fresh refrigerated for ten days and up to two months frozen. Must be kept in an airtight container.

Store the finished whoopie pies in an airtight container. I usually keep them in the fridge (see previous bullet), but many filling/cake combos would be fine at room temperature. I find that after 3 to 5 days they've usually dried out a bit, but they generally keep pretty well.

Pumpkin whoopie pies by Target Stores contains 180 calories per 54 g serving. This serving contains 11 g of fat, 3 g of protein and 26 g of carbohydrate.

The pumpkin pie wins on calories, saturated fat, protein and calcium. But the apple pie takes the cake when it comes to fiber, sugar (both total and added) and sodium.

Starbucks Whoopie Pie (1 serving) contains 45g total carbs, 44g net carbs, 18g fat, 3g protein, and 360 calories.

At around 300 calories per slice, pumpkin pie is a good bet for an indulgent dessert. It's a calorie bargain compared with other fall pies —apple pie weighs in at around 400 calories, and pecan pie at about 500 calories per slice. The type of crust used can make a big calorie difference.