Yesterday’s weather was certainly an unexpected Halloween surprise! When I left the gym after an hour long elliptical session, I was greeted by wind, snow, and 33 degree wind chills!

By the time I made it to the NYRR headquarters on the Upper West Side to pick up my bib for the Poland Spring Kickoff there was snow everywhere!   

Don’t worry, the snow didn’t deter our Halloween plans a bit. Instead, it just made me want to rush home and enjoy a few hours of warmth in the kitchen baking pumpkin whoopie pies and staying out of the cold.

As soon as I saw these on Theodora’s blog last week I knew I had to make them for the Halloween party we were invited to Saturday.

The pumpkin whoopie pies were easier than I expected and a double batch only took two hours, start to finish, including an hour cooling period. The best part of the recipe was that I happend to have everything in the pantry so I didn’t have to leave the apartment for a grocery store trip in the snow and sleet.

The whoopie pies were moist and cake like cookies with sweet, delicious cream cheese frosting in between each cookie sandwich.

They were the hit at the party even though I only had 16. I cut each in half and shared with the rest of our friends who were decked out in some pretty awesome costumes.

I wish I took pictures of Mike and Liz’s apartment because it was fabulously decorated! They bought lots of baby pumpkins, Halloween decorations from Pier 1, and white lights which resulted in a spooktacular apartment. They even made a mini graveyard above their bookshelves!  My favorite costume of the evening was Michael’s Mad Hatter for the mere fact that he used items he already owned and looked spot on!

It’s safe to say that everyone had a blast as you can see from the pictures. I will say, being sober for a Halloween party is not my favorite thing but I was a trooper and stayed out with the gang until nearly 2am.

Here’s a glimpse of the costumes from last night.