Whoopie Pies

Whoopie Pies are a rich chocolate cake cookie sandwich hybrid with creamy marshmallow fluff filling that are a classic American dessert favorite and EASY to make!

If you want delicious Chocolate desserts you HAVE to try my Easy Chocolate Cake and Chocolate Lava Cake recipes. They’re legendarily good according to the comments and emails I get about them. But back to these awesome Whoopie Pies…

Whoopie Pies are a traditional American dessert from New England with a chocolatey outside and a delicious creamy filling that are easy to make and absolutely delicious.

If you are a fan of rich, creamy desserts, you need to try my Whoopie Pie recipe. Not only is it really easy, you can make all of the components from scratch. You’ll impress your dinner guests, and yourself, with how fancy these simple desserts turn out.  It’s a great addition to the many great cookie recipes on the site!

Whoopie Pies look a bit like a mixture of an ice cream sandwich and a macaron, with a chocolate cake exterior and a light marshmallow filling that you can whip up in your electric mixer using a paddle attachment on medium speed. The whole thing takes about 15-20 minutes from start to finish.

HOW TO MAKE WHOOPIE PIES

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking pan with parchment paper.
• To your stand mixer add the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add in the egg, then alternate the dry and wet ingredients until just combined.
• Scoop 1/4 cup measured amounts onto baking sheet 2 inches apart
• Bake 12-14 minutes then let cool completely.
• Make the marshmallow fluff filling by adding the ingredients together until light and fluffy.
• Add 2 tablespoon amounts of marshmallow fluff to half the cookies then sandwich them together.

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VARIATIONS ON WHOOPIE PIES

• Dip them in chocolate: Once you’ve made your Whoopie Pies, you can dip the entire cookie in melted chocolate and let it cool for a Moon Pie kind of feel.
• Serve with: Serve up the Whoopie Pies with a scoop of Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream or Homemade Whipped Cream.
• Flavors: You aren’t just limited to chocolate Whoopie Pie. You can experiment with all sorts of different flavors for both the cookie and the filling. Try adding vanilla or caramel extract to the cake batter, or get festive by adding mint flavoring and green coloring to the fluff.

WHY ARE THEY CALLED WHOOPIE PIES?

Whoopie Pies, or “whoopee pies,” supposedly originate with the Amish, and the story goes that the name comes from the shout of happiness that Amish men would make when they opened their lunch pails and saw the dessert waiting inside. Whether or not it’s true, it’s certainly a cute story.

Pennsylvania, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Virginia all claim to be where the dessert originated, and Maine declared Whoopie Pies to be their state dessert, much to the outrage of the other states.

HOW LONG ARE WHOOPIE PIES GOOD?

• Serve: You shouldn’t leave Whoopie Pies out for longer than about 2 hours due to the dairy products in them.
• Store: Keep your Whoopie Pies in plastic wrap or a sealable bag and they’ll last you up to a week before you should make yourself a new batch.
• Freeze: Whoopie Pies are good frozen for about 3 months. Make sure that you let them fully cool down to room temperature before you wrap them up and store them to prevent bacteria from being sealed up with them.

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Whoopie Pies

Whoopie Pies are a rich chocolate cake cookie sandwich hybrid with creamy marshmallow fluff filling that are a classic American dessert favorite and EASY to make!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Whoopie Pies

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 17 minutes

Servings 12 Servings

Calories 413 kcal

Author Sabrina Snyder

Ingredients

Whoopie Pies

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter , room temperature
• 1 cup brown sugar , packed
• 1 large egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 cup dutch cocoa powder
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 2 teaspoon vanilla

Marshmallow Fluff Filling

• 8 tablespoons unsalted butter , room temperature
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 2 cups marshmallow fluff

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Whoopie Pies

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line baking pan with parchment paper.

2. To your stand mixer add the butter and brown sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy.

3. Sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.

4. Alternate in the wet and dry ingredients 1/3 at a time until just combined.

5. Scoop 1/4 cup measured amounts onto baking sheet 2 inches apart.

6. Bake 12-14 minutes then let cool completely.

7. Make the marshmallow fluff filling by beating the butter and powdered sugar together until well combined then add in the marshmallow fluff into fully combined.

8. Add 2 tablespoon amounts of marshmallow fluff to half the cookies then sandwich them together.

Nutrition Facts

Whoopie Pies

Amount Per Serving

Calories 413 Calories from Fat 153

% Daily Value*

Fat 17g26%

Saturated Fat 10g63%

Cholesterol 60mg20%

Sodium 344mg15%

Potassium 135mg4%

Carbohydrates 65g22%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 42g47%

Protein 4g8%

Vitamin A 525IU11%

Calcium 53mg5%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.