English Explanatory Dictionary

whoopie pie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A baked good consisting of two round, mound-shaped pieces of cake (typically chocolate cake) with a sweet, creamy filling or frosting sandwiched in between.

Word forms

whoopie pie whoopie pies whoopee pie

Etymology

One theory regarding the origin of the name whoopie pie is that it arose from a production of the musical play Whoopee! in Boston in the late 1920s in which chocolate pies were thrown out to the audience during the song "Makin' Whoopee". Alternatively, the pie (which is believed to have originated in Pennsylvania Dutch Country) is said to have gotten its name when Amish women made them for their husbands and children, and they were so delighted that they exclaimed, "Whoopie!"

Synonyms

black-and-white black moon bob creamy turtle gob hucklebuck
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