SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine - They've made whoopie in Maine. A big whoopie pie.
In an effort to outdo Pennsylvania, a Maine radio station teamed up with a whoopie pie maker to create a massive one topping the scales at 1,067 pounds Saturday.
State Reps. Paul Davis and Emily Cain, sponsors of a bill to declare the whoopie pie Maine's official treat, were on hand as it was assembled at a South Portland mall.
The idea was to outdo Pennsylvania, where people created a 250-pound whoopie pie in September at an annual festival in Lancaster County.
"We're just stealing the title from them," said Randi Kirshbaum, program director of WMGX, which teamed up with Wicked Whoopies to make the huge treat.
A friendly competition has broken out since Maine tried to claim the whoopie pie, which consists of chocolate cakes filled with creamy frosting.
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A crowd that watched the event got to eat some samples. Other parts of the giant whoopie will be wrapped up and sent to Maine troops overseas.
