Flying Monkey Bakery

We visited this place while on vacation in May of 2016 and I fell head over hills in love with something called the «Whoopie Pie.» It was probably the best thing that I have ever had. I want to travel back to Philly, just to visit this place again. Located in Reading Terminal Market, this shop is right in the center and there’s a ton of dessert competition around the whole place. They also had a few other desserts such as pies, pumples, and cakes in addition to coffee and teas, but all you need to know is the whoopie pie, since that’s what they’re known for.

I unfortunately didn’t get to try the whoopie pies, but the butter cake is delicious.

Bought 2 of their cupcakes to try but after reading some of the reviews below, what I should have tried were the whoopie pies instead. Had the piña colada and lavender cupcakes and both were great — icing was so creamy and rich and definitely satisfied my sweet tooth. Will be back to try some of their other desserts now too!

Thanks to a mini fried dough orgy that included both Federal Donuts and Beiler’s, we could not bear the thought of eating more sugar. And yet, the Whoopie Pies beckoned at this spot. Luckily, that’s why G-​d invented takeout boxes. So Hubby and I got a Guinness filled one to share later, and the kid got a Chocolate-​Mint.
Back home in Brooklyn, we promptly put our Whoopie Pies in the back of the fridge and forgot all about them for days. Several days. When we finally remembered, I was surprised by how moist the cake was after all that time. Brought to room temperature, I could taste the Guinness in the filling, but its flavor could have been more prominent. Goes without saying, the kid gave a thumbs up to his Chocolate-​Mint.
While we were at Flying Monkey, I spotted a Blood Orange Brownie that looked promising, but I resisted. Love that this place does some more «adult» bitter flavors like blood orange and Guinness. I will be back to try that brownie.

They have a big selection of whoopie pie, but that’s not what I went caught my attention. Came here to grab my sister in law a vegan chocolate chip cookie and she loved it. I only see two items that are vegan. They had the chocolate chip cookie and as well as the lemon poppy seed whoopie pie. For myself I got the smores bar. It was quite sweet but kind of expected since it is marshmallow. The marshmallow was so soft and it’s homemade and along with that there was a layer of dark chocolate. My grandmother really like their banana walnut cake but unfortunately they did not serve that yesterday and that is one of the reason why a star was taken out because I wish they serve the same variety of pastry each day.

The oreo whoopie pie was delicious! My sister had the classic before, and she thought the oreo was better. The whoopie pie was so soft and fresh with a perfect amount of sugar and right balance between cake and cream filling.

Flying Monkey delivers whoopie pies galore. Located in Reading Terminal Market, this shop is right in the center and there’s a ton of dessert competition around the whole place. They also had a few other desserts such as pies, pumples, and cakes in addition to coffee and teas, but we went with the whoopie pies since that’s what they’re known for.
We purchased 6 out of 8 flavors (buy 11, get 1 free at a cost of $ 2.50 each). They survived our 2.5 hour drive and still tasted super fresh when we dug into our box once we got home. I was a big fan of the peanut butter and classic flavors. The cakes were soft and chewy and the fillings were fluffy.
The line may seem long, but it goes by fast. They also accept credit cards via Square.

I’m addicted. Once a week I make it my business to head to the Flying Monkey. My father loves the coconut macaroons. I pick up brownies and Jesus the cake of the day… doesn’t matter if have to get a slice. Love the Monkey.

Do you like PB&J??? I Love PB&J!
Say it with me… PB&J!!!
But PB&J Whoopie Pie? Who came up with that?!
I need to thank that person!!!
I only ordered one because I wasn’t sure if a PB&J lover like myself could enjoy such a thing but I really should of ordered the WHOLE TRAY!
I’m telling you. don’t miss out on this my fellow PB&J lovers!
Oh and ordering such a delightful treat from a delightful staff is a delight in itself! Lol

Any bakery that carries any vegan baked goods gets 5 stars. Most vegan baked goods have a chocolate component that I cannot eat, even if it’s vegan chocolate.
So I was thrilled to find vegan whoopie pies and vegan lemon coconut mini bundt cakes.
I think the whoopie pie is a poppy seed type cake.
Anyway I bought 2 of each and they’re not gonna make it through the night.
Awesome!
Oh, one bad thing was that the dude handled money then boxed my baked goods. No gloves. A little skeevy, but I mentally went to my happy place.

Awesome bakery with lots to offer! I am not a chocolate fan but there were plenty of options which left me satisfied! We enjoyed the apple butter cake, sugar cookies, pumpkin seed and apple oatmeal cooking, etc. go and join the offerings. however, the employee will insist on taking your pic if you ask to photograph him.

I’m kind of upset I haven’t done a review on this bakery already! This my favorite place to stop at for sweets at Reading Terminal (Other favorite — famous 4^th street deli chocolate chip cookie). I love their whoopie pies, they are my favorite. I’ve had the cupcakes/​brownies but the whoopie pies are the best. Just enough filling. My favorite is the pumpkin!
This past weekend I tried the cookies & cream marshmallow treat, AMAZE.

The Reading Terminal Market reminded me of the Granville Market in Vancouver, Canada, or the Grand Central Market in Los Angeles, and to some extent Pike Place in Seattle. I’m sure like those markets, this market changed over the years. Even though its semi touristy, the prices are not completely outrageous, and its a feast for the eyes and senses.
I did stop at Flying Monkey Bakery and was told I had to get the Butter Cake, which were amazingly good (but messy!). My boyfriend looked up the Butter Cake, and its of German decent. I can’t really describe it, but it’s soft, gooey, and well, buttery.
If I had a car (or more luggage space) I would have purchased more goodies.

The butter cake is a repeat treat. Like I would mail order this if I could because I don’t live in Philly. I mean you can buy these bad boys in sheets… So I had a sweet tooth craving and this is what the nice girl recommended. Sugarcrack it is. So yummy. You eat this in sittings though because it can be a bit sweet at times and then you want more. It will definitely cure your moment in need for a sugar rush

Flying Monkey is always shaking things up with their menu: seasonal cupcakes, whoopie pies, buttercake, cake truffles, vegan treats, Pumple, hand pies, Elvis cake… and now marshmallow wedges in flavors like Fluffernutter and Cookies ‘N Cream. If you’re not sure what you just read in that first sentence, you need to go to Flying Monkey and order all of these things now.

Termini Bros. is bland. Flying Monkey is where it’s at. Prices are right, homemade goodies are awesome, and portions of certain slices of buttery cake are enough to take some home for later. Teh noms.

Flying Monkey is the last of the well-​known vendors in RTM that I’ve been meaning to hit up, so I did so today. Given that I like to try items that vendors are best known for, I went right for a slice of the pumpple cake ($ 8). This cake, as the name might suggest, is a curiosity item comprising pumpkin pie embedded in a layer of chocolate cake, as well as apple pie embedded in a layer of yellow cake, frosted with a buttercream-​esque icing.
While the cake sounds awesome in principle, in practice, I must confess that I found it rather underwhelming. The pairing of chocolate cake and pumpkin pie didn’t work for me, given that pumpkin pie is rather delicate in flavor, making it seem bland when contrasted with chocolate cake, which is generally more strongly flavored than yellow cake. The pairing of apple pie and yellow cake was better – the moistness and layering of the apple, as well as its sharper flavor, contrasted well with the cake. My least favorite part of the cake, however, was the icing. Michelle C. hit the nail on the head when she said it tastes exactly like «bettercreme» (i.e., the commercial icing found on many grocery store cakes), which was a major disappointment as I’ve never been a fan (though at least I can say I was warned in this case!).
Unlike many of the other reviewers, I was asked if I wanted to eat the cake now or later, and was given a piece at room temperature when I specified that I wanted to eat it on the spot. The guy who helped me specified that if I decided to save some for later, I should put it in the refrigerator – however, as expected, I promptly and unabashedly housed the entire slice, so that wasn’t a concern. While the pumpple cake is worth trying once for curiosity’s sake, I won’t be going out of my way to get it again. Based on my own experience, as well as the other reviews, I’ll stick to Beiler’s to satisfy my baked good fixes when in RTM.

I love food, I am not a dessert person. I have never had a birthday cake, I do not eat donuts or cupcakes. Well one day working, one of my patients brought these cupcakes for me as a gift and demanded I try it, we’ll I fell in love with them. They are so moist and full of flavor and yet still not too sweet. I look forward to coming and buying myself some

We had a whoopie pie and a cupcake, both were really good. would love to go back to try more

This is my go-​to place if I want something sweet while in Reading Terminal Market (sorry, Termini Bros). They have such interesting and fun creations, and they are reasonably priced.
The first time I came here I got whoopie pies to bring back to my roommates. They had a flavor that I knew each one of them would enjoy; PB&J, Guinness, and Mint Chocolate Chip. The second time I got a lemon square, which is one of my favorite desserts. It was buttery, tangy, and delicious.
I look forward to trying the other baked goods they have here in the future (especially the Pumple Cake…)!

the whoopie pies are to die for! Heard so many good things about them I just had to try them! Line was long but it moves pretty quick.

This is a review solely of the pummple cake because it was the reason I went. After much deliberation, I went back to stand in line. Everything in the counter looked amazing but still decided on the cake. Apple pie portion was very good and the icing wasn’t terrible. Wouldn’t have even know there was pumpkin pie in it as it had no taste. Cake was very bland. Walk a few blocks and get a slice of cheesecake at the Cheesecake Factory for $ 8.

I got some baked goods from here recently and I was very impressed. With the many choices at Reading Terminal it would be easy to overlook Flying Monkey but that would be a mistake. While it just looks like another small bakery the quality and selection of goods is amazing. The #1 thing to try is the whoopie pies. They do whoopie pies better than anyone else and have a great selection. If you can, eat them fresh because that is when they are the best. Their other baked goods are also pretty fantastic. The customer service was great too.
Overall I will definitely go back and try one of everything. Twice

Pumpple cake is NOT worth it. Dry cake and bland icing. Save the 1000 calories per slice and have another cheesesteak instead! The customer service was really good though

They have great cookies. My favorite is the peach ginger oatmeal. A delightful original combination for a cookie. Slightly sweet with a light ginger taste and a Georgia peach flavor. I will order this cookie over and over again, with a little exercising in between…

I stuck to the whoopie pies as per Unilocalers suggestions.
Good. The icing is not too cloyinglyy sweet.
The cake is moist enough without falling apart.
I dock a star for a certain lack of flavor, however, don’t let that deter you from trying one.
It’s not too bad a price at $ 2.50.

Stopped by today for a sweet snack after seeing a post on Instagram about some fall inspired desserts. I tried their maple pumpkin pecan hand pie and it was delicious — Sweet but not too sweet pumpkin filling with just a hint of maple and a few crunchy pecan pieces all wrapped up inside flaky, buttery crust… Yum! I will definitely be returning to try their whoopie pies — they looked awesome!

Ordered lavender cupcake and peanut butter whoopy pie. Each is $ 2.5, which I think is a little over priced given the quality of the food. The cupcake is very average cupcake, it doesn’t have any lavender flavor, instead, it tasted just like sugar cupcake. The whoopy pie tasted good, moist and delicious, but for $ 2.5, you can definitely expect better whoopy pie.
The service was ok, the lady let me standing at the counter for a little bit while she was busy cleaning the display window and getting ready to get out of work.

I love their woopie pies. I absolutely love their frosting. IDk what it is made out of but it is so addictive.
Their cupcake is amazing also. Their simple chocolate cupcake is fantastic. Lavender flavored cupcake is also fantastic.
The best thing about their goodies are not the bread or the cake part but their frosting.

THE WHOOPIE PIES GETS THIS PLACE 5 STARS AUTOMATICALLY.
And yes. I haven’t tried anything else. but I don’t need to. Because. Well. The whoopie pies are amazing.
The chipwich one is my favorite. The right amount of everything. So tasty.
The regular chocolate one with regular filling is second– amazing.
The guiness one is my third favorite– amazing. Guiness lovers will probably love it. I’m not really into guiness.
Fourth one I tried was the peanut butter one– thought it was kind of weak on the PB taste, probably wouldn’t get this one again.

5 stars for the amazing, delicious, I can’t get enough of the classic whoopie. Waited online since my boyfriend saw them making it and was dying to try it. I said I’ll try some of yours and I quickly ran back on line for my own. Soft chocolate cake shells with a creamy filling inside. I absolutely loved it. Before we left, we went back for more for the road. Must try!!!

Woohoo! Authentic Whoopie pies I had ever from this place of origin. Always many people here.
Pies were great and creative. They had Irish Guinness, pumpkin and others. Price was reasonable. We went there in the late afternoon, not many pies left.

While visiting Sank and Natasha in Philly this was a spot that we heard a lot about since Sank had been wanting to try the Pumpple Cake ($ 8/​slice). It’s a layer of each apple pie in vanilla cake and pumpkin pie in chocolate cake with frosting between and on top. Well turns out it’s only offered during certain times of the year (probably right now if you go quick) and it wasn’t in season when we visited in August.
Well no pumpple cake for us so we peered into the cases to determine what plan B would be. Sank picked out three different whoopie pie flavors for his family and Justin and I split a butter cake and chocolate brownie. I tried a smidge of Sank’s lavender whoopie pie and wasn’t nearly as impressed as his toddler was, but she was probably significantly more hungry than I was seeing as she’d thrown most of her lunch at her mom. The brownie was better and was a very generous portion size but all of the pastries suffered from having been refrigerated. It’s sorta like if beer is over chilled — it takes away all of the good flavors. A sign indicates that their product is chilled for freshness and transport but I fear that may also indicate that they wouldn’t otherwise be fresh at all (were they baked that morning? the day before?)
The competition at Reading Terminal is steep and I think I’d try out a lot of the other sweet shops before heading back to sample any more of Flying Monkey’s offerings.

The pumpple cake is the dessert for the indecisive. Can’t decide between pie or cake? Chocolate or Vanilla? No worries! This cake combines multiple flavors with a layer of chocolate cake with pumpkin pie embedded in it and a layer of vanilla cake with apple pie embedded within it, slathered with vanilla buttercream.
Overall, an awesome concept. I think the main problems we had with it was that we ate it immediately within Reading Terminal. Flying Monkey Bakery sells their cake and cupcake items cold. This meant that the frosting was a thick layer that just cracked and broke away in thick sheets each time a fork was used. So I would definitely recommend bringing back a slice to eat at home when it as reached room temp. So the texture was bit off since we ate it at the terminal. I understand why these items are cold (keeps better and transports better), but I wished that they had fresh pieces for customers that wanted to dig into their sweet purchases immediately within the Reading Terminal. Their vanilla cake definitely has great flavor and was our favorite out of all of the pieces of this cake slice.
Friendly service.