yippee...whoopie!

if you've been in a whole foods recently, you'll know that they've added whoopie pies to the temptations surrounding the check-out line. and in a weak moment, we caved and bought one.

but the cake was so dry! and the filling...mush! it wasn't even sweet! what an absolute waste of calories...s i g h...oh well. at least the ones at whole foods were no longer a temptation...=P

but i couldn't get them out of my head! a fluffy little chocolate cake filled with a soft sweet filling...

SALVATION!
(and i must say...the mint buttercream was just pure genius.)

whoopie pies

(from the nytimes)

note: i used natural cocoa since the recipe called for baking soda. and i used a small ice cream scoop (maybe 2 tablespoons of batter) and came out with 24 cakey cookies that were at least 2.5" in diameter and at least 1" tall. more than big enough imho...

mint buttercream
(you can get away with making half this recipe as this makes more buttercream than you'll need to fill the whoopie pies)

1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/4 teapoon peppermint extract
1/4 cup whole milk

4-5 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted

1. cream butter until smooth.
2. add peppermint extract, milk and 3 cups of sugar. beat to combine.
3. slowly add more confectioner's sugar to taste and piping consistency.