is considered to be two dark chocolate cakes shaped like hamburger buns with a white filling (ingredients arguable) similar to buttercream and often (but not always) containing Marshmallow Fluff, they are now made and sold in a variety of flavors. So could you get around the official treat designation by making a blueberry whoopie pie? We’re not sure it’s been done yet.

HELPFUL SITES

• wickedwhoopies.com

• mainewhoopiepiefestival.com

Maine can boast the first-ever shop in the world devoted exclusively to whoopie pies. Wicked Whoopies has two locations, in Farmingdale and Freeport, and sells pies by Amy Bouchard—Maine’s Whoopie Pie Queen. Bouchard made the World’s Largest Whoopie Pie in 2011 at the Maine Mall, tipping the scales at just over 1,000 pounds.