Mom's Wicked Good Whoopie Pies

With the whoopie pie being proposed as Maine's official dessert I thought it would be fitting for me to post the recipe for my FAVORITE whoopie pies.

Note: These are not my mom's whoopie pies. I devoured them before I got a photo.

Image links back to where I stole it from.

Let me add here that I am extremely picky about my whoopie pies. I LOVE them, but they have to be just right. All of the stores around here sell Wicked Whoopies and Steve's Snacks whoopie pies, and they're okay, but they just don't cut it. They're too processed. Whoopie pies should look and taste like they just came out of grandma's kitchen. Now, my grandma doesn't make whoopie pies (that I'm aware of) but my mom does. And they're amazing. I hope she doesn't mind that I'm posting her recipe. (I copy and pasted it from facebook, so she probably doesn't. Haha)

Cookies
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup sugar
2 egg yolks
5 tbsp. cocoa
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup milk

Mix all ingredients together. Drop onto greased cookie sheet and bake at 350 for 10 minutes.


Filling
1/2 cup crisco
2 cups confectioners sugar, sifted
2 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt

Beat until fluffy and fill cookies.