And where are you from?
Is it anything like a moon pie, i.e alternating layers of marshmallow and softish graham cracker dipped in chocolate- or banana-flavored coating?
ETA: Wiki informs me that I am incorrect. I know what it is, but have only heard them called “gobs”. Pittsburgh, PA.
Yes, I do, and I love 'em.
I’m from New Jersey originally, have lived in California for 10 years, but I spent 3 years in Central Pennsylvania, where half of the people I knew called them gobs and the other half called them whoopie pies. I called them yummy. 
(Actually, they remind me most of a home baked and round instead of oblong Devil Dog.)
Yes I do. Born and raised in SoCal, but I’ve traveled a lot.
Interesting. I was inspired to create this thread by a friend from that area. The only people in her office that never heard of them are from VA.
A few years ago I was in a friend’s car and we were playing 20 questions about what she was bringing to her parents’ for dessert. When I finally said that I’d never heard of them, she literally brought the car to a screeching halt and made this face: :eek:
Raised in upstate NY, been living in eastern MA for about 28 years.
Never heard of it (Canadian). It looks kind of like an uncoated Jos. Louis.
From MA, but have lived in NH almost twice as long. Yes, of course. I love them. And I’m very sad that they average 700 calories apiece.
Yes. Originally Ithaca NY, right now Boston.
Like some other respondents, I grew up within the Pittsburgh sphere of influence (Altoona), and we called them “gobs” there. When I moved to Lancaster, I found out they were called “whoopee pies” here. Like psycat notes, they’re like round Devil Dogs. But way better, because most of the time they’re not made up of vile pieces of dessicated, chocolate-flavored sponge. Every whoopee pie I’ve ever had was much moister than any Devil Dog I’ve ever had.
No–but I like whoopee, and I like pies, so they’ve *got *to be good, right?
I’m from the Cleveland area and I know of them tangentially but I can’t say I’ve ever eaten one. Hmm maybe I have but didn’t know the name. They seem awfully familiar.
So yes I’ve heard of them but no I’ve never made one, known anyone that’s made one, or really remember eating one.
Yes. I moved to PA when I was 14.
No. Upstate NY (Rochester area).
I don’t know what a whoopee pie is (from Western Canada). I also don’t know what gobs or devil dogs are.
West central Indiana all my life, and I love the things! You can easily find them here, too.
Did you know about them when you were in Ithaca?
That fits the idea that they’re PA Dutch/Amish/Mennonite in origin. Isn’t that part of Indiana another Amish concentration area, like southeast PA and parts of Ohio?
Is that like a whoopee cushion?
Hmm, I’m in Puritan country. But I’m not sure how big they are here.
Only because I recently received a catalog that was offering specialty pans for making them. They looked like very wide, very shallow muffin pans. There was also a picture of an actual whoopee pie next to the pans. Until then, I had never heard of them (or gobs.) I’m 51, raised in the NYC suburbs.