Wait until the sun is summer high,
On an orange day after someone has said,
“Tomorrow,
Let’s go to the beach!”
Then, whir the mixer
And scrape the bowl.
Alternate wet and dry.
Breathe cocoa dust and fire up the oven.
Grease every pan you own —
Every one, because you will need them.
When warm chocolate air is pouring
Out your open kitchen window;
When every horizontal surface is hidden
Under cooling pans;
It is time to make the filling,
To pile it with mathematical precision
In a ratio of one to three:
Brown
on White
on Brown,
And everybody smiles.
“We need one now,” they say,
And I know
As surely as I know that there are
A finite number of summer beach days
That these smiles are the sweetest thing of all.
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YUM! So glad I already had plans to get whoopie pies tomorrow : ) This makes them even more delightful! Blessings from #DanceWithJesus
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This made me smile! What a fun way to spend the day.
Thank you Michele!
Blessings,
Dawn
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Love this description that you can taste and smell. I had to smile. I don’t make whoopie pies, but I bet yours are delicious. God bless you for this cheerful prose.
Gail
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Sounds yummy! Can’t wait to have you! Have a blessed week-end!
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Um, Yum! I’ve never made those before, but now…I think I need them. 🙂
Cute post, thank you for sharing. Happy to be visiting you from the weekend brew linkup today. ~ Happy shell finding, and wave catching to you. ~
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what a great post!! I want one and whoopie pies aren’t even my favorite.
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Funny, they’re not my favorite either, but my family and all their friends love them!
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Whoopie pies and the beach – Wow, what a match made in heaven. And I thought our peanut butter sandwiches were the bomb. Thanks for sharing and have a blessed time at the beach !!! Visiting from The Weekend Brew.
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Love this! I’ve never made a whoopee pie, but now I want to!
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Easy to make and kids love ’em. Just time consuming . . .
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Sounds delicious!
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Oh, if only it wasn’t so HOT in my kitchen! Your description (esp the chocolate smell) makes me hungry!
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We love whoopie pies, even baking them 🙂 Thank you for reminding me of a favorite recipe.
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Michele! I love your post. I’ve never made a whoopee pie, but they sound good. Any recipe? I guess I could look on allrecipes.. 🙂
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Visiting from Jennifer’s today, in #48!!! Whoopee Pies and Mountain Dew, the food our neighbors eat during hay-cutting season!!!!
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Energy food!
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Love the reminder to savor these precious days and make time together special.
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Yes, a finite number of beach days makes us realize how fast they go by.
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YUM! Now I’m incredibly hungry, feeling like baking something chocolate instead of folding those clothes calling out from the dryer! BUT–if I don’t bake EARLY in the day, it’s too hot. A day at the beach sounds lovely!
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Chocolate and the beach? Two of my favorite things wrapped up in one cute post. Fun, Michele!
;-}
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What a fun day we’d have at the beach — talking books and blessings!
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Visiting from The Loft….I’ve never made a whoopie pie, but the name alone makes me grin! Thanks for linking with us!
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They are a tradition here in Maine. I make dozens and dozens of them every summer for bake sales and picnics. I’m very thankful for the fact that they don’t really tempt me . . .
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I grew up in Florida and saw nary a whoopie pie at the beach, but it sounds like a yummy tradition. I’ve never been to New England – it would be interesting to see the differences between the beaches.
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I am not a fan of whoopie pies but my husband and boy love them!
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Ha! I don’t care for them either, but for some reason they are a hit with just about everyone I know. I guess I’m glad that I am not tempted by them, because I make them quite frequently in the summer.
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Yum! I have a pumpkin whoppie pie recipe.
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I think that sounds wonderful — especially with cream cheese frosting. However, this crowd is particular — practically whoopee pie fundamentalists! I long ago gave up trying to “convert” them to broad-mindedness in their whoopee pie opinions. 🙂
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Dear Michele,
Oh dear, this brought tears to my eyes today! I am so thankful for all of the memories of baking days and greased pans filling the counters from those days when children were small and my strength was large–even when I didn’t know it! 🙂 Thank you for bringing such sweet memories to fill my heart today. Blessings to you!
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So sorry to hear about your recent flare up with the RA. I’m glad that this post reminded you of good things.
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[…] prepare meals, and can our garden produce on a much smaller scale than ever before. A batch of whoopee pies makes about two dozen. That’s approximately one picnic’s worth in the days of four sons […]
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