But in the filling, we do not use shortening. “We have the traditional chocolate cake and it's a really nice chocolatey flavor. They look like what we think here in Maine a whoopie pie should look like, but we're a little more involved and we use a different take,” she says. For a pie that’s only about three inches in size, I quickly learned from her that there is an art to making them. Stacy Begin (who’s on Team Maine) is the owner of Two Fat Cats Bakery in Portland, Maine where whoopies are made fresh everyday. But whether you side with Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, or Maine, one thing is undebatable: whoopie pies are delicious when they’re made right. Maine even made them the official state treat in 2011. Even though multiple states are in disagreement over where they originated, whoopie pies are a mix between a cookie, pie, and cake from New England.
