Whether a dessert or a treat, the Whoopie Pie was the center of quite the food fight in Maine. Lawmakers nominated the pie (two cakes with frosting in the middle) to be the official state dessert, but changed that to the official treat because of health concerns around childhood obesity. Supporters hope the official designation will promote tourism and benefit the state's Whoopie Pie businesses.
Others wanted the blueberry pie to receive the title and marketing attention. Lawmakers may need to act fast before Pennsylvanians. who allege it was invented in their state in the 1960s, claim it as theirs first. Mainers counter that a place in Lewiston has been making Whoopie Pies since 1925.
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