I was meandering through the aisles at my local Kroger looking for a sweet treat to store in my freezer as an "emergency" and I came upon this Turkey Hill Whoopie Pie ice cream. I've had Whoopie Pies before, and while I've found them tasty, I've never really developed a strong feeling for them. I guess it's because I'm not a big marshmallow cream guy, but I'm not sure. Regardless, when something says "Limited Edition" on the packaging, I'm enough of a rube to grab it because I'm afraid that it might not be on the shelves next time I'm in the store. Why I allow myself to get affected by that is one of my life's great mysteries, but whatever. Anyway, as I said, I picked this one up at Kroger. It was on sale for $3.33 for a 48 ounce container. Each serving in the container contains 160 calories, which for something that is advertised as "Premium Ice Cream" is actually quite low and moderately healthy. I was actually very pleasantly surprised by this.
For the uninformed out there (that includes me), a Whoopie Pie is a cookie sandwich type concoction. It's usually made with two chocolate cake-like cookie pieces with a marshmallow cream in between. Also, its origin is kind of a controversy as both Pennsylvania and Maine claim to have invented them. Pennsylvania claims that they were invented in Lancaster County, which happens to be the home base of Turkey Hill, thus the claim on the packaging of this ice cream.
