Hahahaha! I crack myself up with my third grade humor. And now for an awesome transition....

Speaking of making the grade (badda bing!) my eldest sister's wee ones recently started school. Okay, technically it was like 3 weeks ago which is when I actually made these whoopie pies. I wanted to help my niece and nephew celebrate their return to school with a big whoopie... or hurray but that wouldn't have been such an awesome pun. Also I know for a while whoopie pies were supposed to be the new cupcakes. But I don't think that ever panned out. Actually, I think donuts may be the new cupcake now. I guess someone should tell those TV executives (zing!). In case you didn't get that food media joke let me hip you to it... As of late (a little too late) there's been an influx of cupcake themed tv shows. However cupcakes are at the end of their fadome according to some (moi). I still loves them though! So maybe my next blog post will be about putting some new cupcake wrappers to use. For now, here's me making whoopie (pies). It's not a sex tape folks!




As I've mentioned before I usually freeze all baked goods prior to shipping them. These whoopie pies were a bit trickier though due to the cream filling... So I bought a box with a bit of extra room, one of those chilly bags from the dollar store, and an ice pack. I pulled the whoopie pies out of the freezer post prepping the box, wrapped it up in the chilly bag, threw in the ice pack and shipped it all off priority mail. My sister reported they arrived in tact, fresh, and tasty! Here's a picture of the results... I had a couple extra that I shared with some more local friends.

So in my summer quest to keep busy baking... and not eating it all I sent some new cookies in the mail. A dear friend of mine took the bar exam this summer. Thus, the beginning of her "vacation" was filled with 10hr study days. I decided to send her some sweet 'n' salty cookies to celebrate the beginning of the end of her training as a lawyer and the beginning of the beginning of her chosen profession (lawyering).

I have always been a fan of the sweet and salty combo which usually ends up being chocolate and peanut butter in my book. However, I wanted to try something new. And since the bacon craze has died down a bit I felt it was okay for me to jump on that bandwagon without being accused of trying to be too trendy. I looked through my bookmarked food pages and came across an awesome recipe for peanut butter and bacon cookies at Joy the Baker.

What makes this recipe so awesome? It has no flour! How amazing is that?! As a result, the cookies were super easy and baked super quick. Which on a hot summer day makes for a GREAT time in the kitchen because I don't end up shvitzing into the batter.... Which I never do anyways (ever) b/c that'd be gross. That's what headbands are for people! Now without further ado....

A last note on the final pick... the cookies look foggy because my rule for sending baked goods in the mail without paying $30 to overnight them is to freeze them first. Then I send them priority mail for a lot less. This hopefully explains the wee bit of condensation on the bag/ The days following my friend's bar exam were kind of wild and crazy. I do know she got the cookies...and I think she enjoyed them. I had fun making them!