Halloween is right around the corner, let’s make some delicious Halloween whoopie pies. They are soft and fluffy with a delicious chocolaty marshmallow flavor.
These are a favorite for kids and adults alike. They taste delicious with the amazing dark chocolate flavor of the cookie and the marshmallow filling.
Ingredients you will need
- Black cocoa – also called Dutch process cocoa, you can use regular coco also if you dont have the dark kind, your cookie will not be as dark.
- Flour- use all purpose flour
- Baking powder – helps the cookie rise
- Baking soda – helps the batter rise and level out
- Salt – brings out the flavor of the rest of the ingredients
- Butter – adds flavor to the cookie
- Sugar – added for sweetness
- Egg – binds the ingredients together
- Milk – added to bring moisture to the whole batter
- Vanilla – adds a classic vanilla flavor to the cake batter
filling
- Marshmallow fluff – helps make a great thick filling.
- Icing sugar – used to make icing
- Butter – softened to make icing
- Vanilla – added for flavor.
- Milk – used only if the consistency is not right.
How to Make Whoopie Pies
Pre heat oven to 450°f
Mix dry ingredients, cocoa, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and whisk until combined. set aside.
in a separate bowl mix together softened butter, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla.
add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk until combined.
using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop spoon out dough 2 inches apart to allow for spreading.
bake for 6 minutes then transfer immediately to a cooling rack to cool.
Filling
add all ingredients accept for the milk to a bowl and using an hand beater mix until well combined.
add food coloring if you wish and stir it in.
spoon filling into a piping bag and in a spiral motion pipe a layer of filling onto the bottom of one cookie.
place the second cookie on to create a sandwich. repeat until all the cookies are filled.
store in the fridge to keep the filling from running. coved with plastic wrap or in an air tight container
Halloween Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
- ½ cup black cocoa
- 2 cup flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 2 tsp vanilla
filling
- 1 cup marshmallow fluff
- 1 cup icing sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp milk for consistency
Instructions
- Pre heat oven to 450°f
- Mix dry ingredients, cocoa, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a medium-sized bowl, and whisk until combined. set aside.
- in a separate bowl mix together softened butter, sugar, egg, milk and vanilla.
- add the wet ingredients to the dry and whisk until combined.
- using a 1.5 tbsp cookie scoop spoon out dough 2 inches apart to allow for spreading.
- bake for 6 minutes then transfer immediately to a cooling rack to cool.
Filling
- add all ingredients accept for the milk to a bowl and using an hand beater mix until well combined.
- add food coloring if you wish and stir it in.
- spoon filling into a piping bag and in a spiral motion pipe a layer of filling onto the bottom of one cookie.
- place the second cookie on to create a sandwich. repeat until all the cookies are filled.
- store in the fridge to keep the filling from running. coved with plastic wrap or in an air tight container.
