Day 3: Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Day 3 I made Red Velvet Whoopie Pies or better known as Red Velvet "Whoop-My-Ass" Pies. I had heard of whoopie pies - I guess they are all the craze these days. I had never eaten one and of course, in true Donna style, I didn't really review the recipe before I started and this recipe. It ended my kickin' my backside....it made 48 pies. Do you know how time consuming it is to bake 96 tops and/or bottoms, let them cool and then assemble??? Well let me tell you - I started at 2:30 pm, left to go to a middle school theatre production at 6:45 pm...still not done and came home at 8ish to finally finish at 8:45 pm. I had red velvet cake halves everywhere in my kitchen. Oh wait, before I had finished cake pieces everywhere - I had red food coloring everywhere (and still do). The recipe said to mix in the food coloring so I assumed I could continue using the electric mixer. Nope - I assumed wrong.....that dang red food coloring went up, down and side to side as soon as I hit the power. I think the only place it didn't land was the ceiling. Note to food editors: when telling the baker to use food coloring (otherwise known as DYE), tell the us to hand stir it in. This would have saved my dishwasher and microwave from being light red and white polka dots.

Warning to whoopie pie consumers, the filling is sweet. Any filling that has sugar, shortening, a stick of butter, milk, vanilla, and flour in it - is going to guarantee you a sugar rush higher than the Rocky Mountains. Pies filled and assembled, I offered the finished product to the family. Success. Kids love them and Chris said, "These are really sweet. Not sure how many I could eat." I thought to myself, "oh really?!?!?" I only had one - they are too sweet for me. It was almost like a I got a sugar shiver when I ate it.

Later my mom called to ask what I was making and I told her the whoopie pies. She quickly pipes up, "Oh did you get a whoopie pie mold??" "A what, I asked? They make molds for these things???" She slowly answered, "YyyEeeSss." Like I was suppose to have known this. "What did you use to make the halves?", she asked. I replied, "I poured them by hand. All of them by hand." I thought I heard her snicker a bit when she said, "That must have taken a while." "Yup, sure as the hell did." And then I know for sure she laughed at me. She did tell me that I could borrow her mold the next time that I go to make them. Thanks mom - will do.

So 48 pies later, I can confirm that we only have seven pies left. Of which, I have still only had the one. I would definitely recommend this recipe to anyone who is getting ready to go to any mountainous location. Eat 3 or 4 of these right before you head up the mountain and you will have such a sugar rush there will be no concerns when it comes to getting altitude sickness. My other take-away from the Red Velvet Whoopie Pie recipe - I hope polka dots on appliances comes back soon!!!