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Whoopie Pie Recipe

Soft cake cookies with creamy filling — pumpkin whoopie pies, peanut butter, classic chocolate, and maple frosted ones for bake sales and lunchboxes.

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Enjoy these soft and creamy Pumpkin Whoopie Pies as a delicious fall dessert!

12 min180 cal2.55 g proteinServes 1222 saves
Alyssa CooleyAlyssa Cooley

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 tbsp ground cloves
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin purée
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. 1Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
  2. 2In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the brown sugar and vegetable oil until well combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract and pumpkin purée. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, mixing until just combined.
  3. 3Drop spoonfuls of the cookie batter onto the prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the cookies are set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
  4. 4In a medium bowl, beat together the softened butter and cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add the powdered sugar, mixing until smooth and creamy. Stir in the vanilla extract.
  5. 5Spread a generous amount of filling on the flat side of one cookie, then top with another cookie to create a sandwich. Repeat with the remaining cookies and filling.
  6. 6Enjoy these soft and creamy Pumpkin Whoopie Pies as a delicious fall dessert!

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Two Soft Cookies And A Cloud Of Filling

A whoopie pie isn't fussy. You scoop rounds of soft cake batter onto a sheet pan, bake them until they spring back, and sandwich them with filling while everybody stands around the counter waiting.

Cooks on Pepper reach for these when there's a bake sale Friday, a church potluck, or a kid who wants something homemade in the lunchbox that isn't another brownie.

Every recipe here is a version worth making twice: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies, Peanut Butter Whoopie Pies, plain old chocolate Whoopie Pies with dark cocoa, Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Maple Frosting, creamsicle whoopie pies, and Chocolate Football Whoopie Pies for game day.

Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Scoop them the same size

    Use a cookie scoop, about 2 tablespoons per round, so every cake finds a partner that matches. Uneven scoops make lopsided sandwiches.

  2. 2

    Bake just until springy

    Pull them at 10 to 12 minutes, when the tops bounce back under your finger. Overbaked cakes go dry and crumble when you press the filling in.

  3. 3

    Cool completely before filling

    Give the cakes at least 30 minutes on a rack. Warm cake melts buttercream right out the sides.

  4. 4

    Whip the filling longer

    Beat the butter and sugar 3 to 5 minutes until it's pale and fluffy, so the filling stays soft instead of stiff and grainy.

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