In his interview last weekend on Good Food, Steven Gdula described gobs as "cupcake sandwiches." Say no more, Mr. Gdula! And just wait until you hear some of the flavors.
You might be thinking that gobs bear a strong resemblance to whoopie pies, and you wouldn't be far off base. Both are (or rather, were) relatively obscure East Coast confections. Both are made with sandwiched "cookies" made from cake batter, and both are roughly the size of your palm.
The crucial difference comes in the filling, Gdula explained. Whoopies pies have a marshmallow filling where gobs have a frosting filling. This might seem like a minor detail, but it really makes all the difference. Especially to those of us who have a deep love for creamy frosting.
Gdula has built a company around the gob, Gobba Gobba Hey in San Francisco, and has recently published a cookbook under the same name. His flavors range from traditional chocolate and vanilla to matcha-lemongrass, pumpkin spice, and orange cardamom ginger.
I, for one, can't wait to get a batch of gobs in my oven. They'd be perfect for a fall bake sale or birthday party, don't you think?
• Hear the Full Interview: Gobba Gobba Hey! on Good Food
• Get the Book! Gobba Gobba Hey: A Gob Cookbook by Steven Gdula, $11 from Amazon.
If you can't wait to get your hands on a copy of his book, there are a few recipes floating around the internet:
• Root Beer Float Gobs by Steven Gdula on Epicurious
• Two Brothers Chocolate Gobs from Paula Dean on the Food Network
• Pumpkin Gobs from Food.com
Have you ever heard of this cookie?
Related: Need a Party Dessert? Try a Whoopie Pie!
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You bet! My old boyfriend's Aunt Babe made the BEST gobs on the planet. She is no longer with us, but I do hope that her daughter is continuing her legacy. East Coast-Pittsburgh area if you are looking for geographical markers...
Whoopie pies I'd had have always had frosting not marshmallow, I'm in Boston. I think these are just the same thing.
LOL, yeah "Gobs" vs. "Whoopie Pies" is the equivalent of "Hoagies" vs. "Subs".
As a native Pennsylvanian I can tell you that the dessert known here as "Whoopie Pie" often has frosting filling.
All this is fine and I have nothing against this guy, but a spade is a spade.
Love the idea of a carrot cake one - my mother always makes chocolate gobs for Christmas, using my dad's mother's recipe. Does anyone know the best way to keep them from sticking to one another? They're so pretty when they come together, but after a couple days their moistness makes them all clingy to each other and they look kinda gross.
Yeah, I'm in Maine and whoopie pies here have a creamy (typically shortening- or butter-based) filling, not marshmallow. Marshmallow is for Moon Pies.