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Whoopie Pies and Fudge and Cupcakes, Oh My!

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Last weekend, Clif and I took our books to the Waterboro Elementary School Craft Fair, a two-day event.  Because the fair started at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and was an hour and a half from our home, we had to get up at God-awful o’clock to get there in time to set up before the doors opened. Never mind. We had our thermoses of tea and coffee, which we drained dry, and we had a fantastic time where we sold lots of books.

This was a down-home craft fair with a broad range of items, from knitwear to handmade cutting boards to baked goods. One table in particular—Bluebird Baked Goods— caught my attention.

As I like to say, I don’t have a sweet tooth. Instead, I have a whole mouthful of them. Is it any wonder, then, that I stopped to gape at these gems from Bluebird Baked Goods?

Here’s a closer look.

Readers from New England will immediately recognize that these are whoopie pies, and I am a huge fan of this delectable treat. These particular whoopie pies attracted me because they were so neat and tidy and professional looking. Did I buy one? No, I bought two—one on each day.

Now, handsome is as handsome does, but as it turned out, the whoopie pie was as delicious as it looked. The cake was moist and chocolatey, and the filling was thick and creamy. The best I have ever had, and I have eaten my fair share of whoopie pies.

As the table was only three down from ours, I had ample opportunity to gaze lovingly at those beauties and sample other goodies from Bluebird Baked Goods.

Allie Owen, an extraordinarily gifted young baker, is the owner of Bluebird Baked Goods.

Before the fair started on Sunday, I had an opportunity to chat with Allie and—in Paul Hollywood fashion—shake her hand. She started her business when she was nineteen and has a commercial kitchen in her home. Allie’s mother is her inspiration and her teacher. One of Allie’s favorite pictures is of herself when she was a baby. Sitting on the counter, baby Allie is stirring batter in a bowl. Thus a young baker was born.

Allie told me that she loves playing with sugar. Laughing, she said, “Sugar is my medium.”

And Allie is certainly an artist who also designs custom cakes for weddings, birthdays, and other events.

If only we lived closer to Waterboro!

As we don’t, I’ll be dreaming of those whoopie pies and hoping that we go to another fair where Bluebird Baked Goods has a table.

 

 

46 thoughts on “Whoopie Pies and Fudge and Cupcakes, Oh My!”

  3. Whoopie pies are so yummy, I’m surprised you limited yourself to two. I probably would have bought half a dozen to last me a week. 😉
    Glad you had good sales – more Maya fans in the making. 🙂

  9. I’ve heard of whoopie pies, and I wondered if they were the same as our Southern moon pies. The short answer’s “No!” but if you’re interested, I found some of the fine details here. To be honest, the whoopie pie sounds better. I’ll have to put it on my list of foods to try, along with the fluffer-nutter.

  10. It’s so nice to hear of someone who has found their happy calling! And lucky you to get fresh whoopee pies. I had moon pies as a child and I have to say they were good, and I’m not about to eat both at this point to get a comparison. I will be looking up fluffed-nutter.

  14. Selling lot of books and eyeing up (and eating) whoopie pies! Must have been a most excellent weekend for a sweet toothed writer 🧁

  16. I’ve never tasted a whoopie pie, but have to say that Americans have the best names for confectionary. You hardly have to eat it to gather an impression of its deliciousness, just let your mind savour the word. Divinity is another example.

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