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was selling "Whoopee Pies" as early as the 1920s, but officially branded the
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all claim to be the birthplace of the whoopie pie. The
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considered naming the whoopie pie the official state pie. The proposal received bipartisan support. L.D. 71, officially known as "An Act to
Designate the Whoopie Pie as the State Dessert", read "The whoopie pie, a baked good made of two chocolate cakes with a creamy frosting between them, is the
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