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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Enjoy these soft and creamy Pumpkin Whoopie Pies as a delicious fall dessert!
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Open in Pepper →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.
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.
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.
Cool completely before filling
Give the cakes at least 30 minutes on a rack. Warm cake melts buttercream right out the sides.
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.