Here in Pennsylvania you can walk into hundreds of different bakeries and find a delicious confection called the Chocolate Whoopie Pie. If you’ve never had one before, it’s basically two halves of a chocolate cake-like cookie with a creamy vanilla filling inside. Whoopie Pies take quite some time to make, but they’re oh so good!
Delicious Chocolate Whoopie Pies Recipe
1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
1 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 medium egg
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup buttermilk
Prepared whoopie pie filling (see below)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Light spray a whoopie pie baking pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a mixing bowl beat together the butter with the brown sugar until creamy. Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Beat again until smooth.
In another mixing bowl sift together the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda & salt. Beat half of the dry ingredients into the first bowl until combined. Pour the remaining dry ingredients & the buttermilk into the first bowl & beat with an electric mixer until well combined.
Fill each cavity of the Whoopie Pie baking pan 2/3 of the way full. Use a spoon to level off the batter in each cavity. Place baking pan into the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes or until they are done. Remove and let them completely cool.
Whoopie Pie Filling Recipe
6 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
1 1/2 cups. confectioner’s sugar
1/8 tsp. salt
7 oz. marshmallow creme
1 tsp. vanilla extract
In a large mixing bowl beat the butter until creamy. Add in the confectioner’s sugar and salt, beat again. Beat in the marshmallow creme and vanilla extract. Keep beating the mixture until it gets more firm and thicker. It should be light, fluffy and spreadable. If needed, you can refrigerate it for an hour or two to get it to thicken up.
Spread the filling in between two of the cake halves. We add about 1 1/2 tablespoons of filling per whoopie pie. Once you have them filled and assembled, store them in an airtight container.
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I have never made a whoopie pie. I think it would be a lot of fun, especially with a whoopie pie pan.
I always wondered what was in the filling – looks like marshamallow cream is the secret ingredient. These would certainly make a special treat and they don’t look to difficult to make.
These look very yummy. Much more work than I’m up for.
These look so good! I really need to get the right pan so I can make some!
I need to get a pan so the girls can make these. One has food allergies and this way we can control what is in them and she still gets treats. Thank you for the idea.
I know I have never had a homemade whoopie pie! For years I hadnt tried them and now I have foud I just love them. Yours look so light and the filling looks good too. This is again something I would have to make knowing others would be here to help eat them.