Monday, May 24, 2010

Whoopee!












I ate my first whoopee pie at the age of 19 while doing the summer camp counselor thing at a sleepaway camp in New England. When whoopee pies were served for dessert in the dining hall, I'm not kidding, joyous shouts of "whoopee!" were emitted by kids and 'dults alike.*

I came up with these vegan banana whoopee pies last week, having at my disposal a pan like (but not as expensive as) this. And I whipped together a variety of things you'd expect** to create the creamy filling, with the hyper-banana-y flavor being owed to actual bananas and some cheating. Since this was sort of a baking experiment (successful, unlike sometimes), I didn't really keep track of what in god's name I was doing, so I can't share a recipe, but next time I'll write something down for my banana-lovin' comrades.



* This is one of the happy memories of my various summer camp jobs in Connecticut, Ohio, and upstate New York. There are plenty of less idyllic memories too, such as complete and utter exhaustion, living with a dozen children in a tiny log cabin (not as cute as it sounds), and being taken to the emergency room after a camper-caused cycling accident somewhere in Vermont. But still... whoopee!
** Like this and this. Just because it's vegan doesn't mean it's healthy.

2 comments:

  1. Hey, you have a different blog linked for the Swap-Bot Check Out my Blog swap, but this is the blog that appears on your profile, so I'll comment on both!

    Whoopie Pies just convey summer in New England to me... never thought of a vegan recipe, it sounds delicious!

    (My username on SwapBot is GreenVelvet.)

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  2. @The Missive Maven
    Thanks for your comment, Maven! See you on the 'Bot...

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