Local treats for a sweet mom
Teresa Taylor
If Mom has a sweet tooth, you can make her day with a local goody.
--Charleston Cookie Company recently came out with Charleston Whoopies, the Holy City's version of a Whoopie Pie.
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A batch of Eric Battles' truffles.
A Whoopie Pie is a cake-cookie-sandwich hybrid: rich, thick frosting 'tweenst cookie or cakelike layers on the top and bottom.
For years, they were a regional specialty of Pennsylvania's Amish country and Maine. Now, like cupcakes, they've been discovered and made trendy by bakeshops in New York and beyond.
As for the name, Amish farmers are said to have shouted, "Whoopie!" when they found one in their lunch pails.
Charleston Cookie Company makes two Whoopie pies, a chocolate chip and an all-chocolate.
The cookies are 4 inches across, the filling is butter cream frosting and the whole thing weighs about 3/4 of a pound. A decorative bag of two is $17.95.
Order online at www.charlestoncookie.com or purchase from the bakery at 1750 Signal Point Road in the James Island Business Park. The bakery is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call 762-4185.
Charlest on Cookie Company
Charleston gets its own Whoopie Pie.
--Meanwhile, chocolate artisan John Eric Battles will be giving out samples of his gourmet confections 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the Coastal Cupboard in Mount Pleasant.
His business, SweetTeeth, specializes in handcrafted truffles and chocolates with innovative, exotic flavor pairings such as Maple Smoked Bacon Dark Chocolate, Local Strawberry and Red Wine Dark Chocolate and Parmesan Sweet Basil White Chocolate.
The chocolates will be available for purchase at Coastal Cupboard in the Belle Hall Shopping Center off Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant. Call 856-4321.
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