Whoopie Pie Cookies - Snowy the Mouse

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine (1/2 stick), softened
• 1/4 cup shortening
• 1 cup marshmallow creme
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup maraschino cherries, chopped, well drained (optional)