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whoopie pie

Whoopie Pie Recipe

My hubby is from Maine, and it's my understanding that these chocolatey goodness cakes with a frosting/cream/marshmallow filling are the favorite treat there!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 29 minutes
Serving Size 15

Ingredients

Whoopie Pie Chocolate Cakes

  • ⅔ cup cocoa powder
  • 1 ⅔ cup flour
  • 8 tbsp butter I like salted butter, if you use unsalted increase salt to 1/2 tsp.
  • 1 ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 ¼ cup buttermilk make your own with 1 Tbsp lemon juice or vinegar added to your 1 1/4 cups regular milk

Marshmallow Filling

  • 1 13 ounce container of marshmallow creme
  • 1 stick + 7 tbsp softened butter or 15 tbsp in total
  • 1 ⅛ cup powdered sugar
  • 1 ½ tbsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

Chocolate Cakes

  • Line 3 baking sheets with parchment paper, and preheat oven to 375℉
  • Beat together butter and brown sugar with mixer till fluffy - a couple of minutes.
  • Add vanilla and egg and beat a couple more minutes till completely combined.
  • Stir dry ingredients together in one bowl (cocoa, flour, baking soda and salt).
  • Slowly add dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture, alternating with the buttermilk and beat till combined.
  • Either using a large spoon, or piping with a ziploc bag with tip, or an icecream scoop evenly create 30 even sized circles of batter, spaced an inch and a half between each on your parchment paper covered baking sheets.
  • Bake for 10 to 11 minutes or till the cakes lightly spring back. Let cool thoroughly.

Marshmallow Filling

  • In mixer beat together on low the marshmallow cream and the butter till fluffy.
  • Add in the powdered sugar, vanilla and salt and beat for a couple of minutes more till silky looking. Cool in refrigerator while waiting for the cakes to cool.

Putting the pies together:

  • Turn 15 chocolate cakes over one at a time to add the filling, and either using a spoon or a piping bag put two tbsp of the filling mixture on each one and top with another chocolate cake to make the whoopie pie.
    • Don't try to spoon it all around the cake. It works much easier putting each top over filling to create a sandwich and gently pressing the filling will spread nicely without tearing up your cakes.
    I keep mine covered with plastic wrap or in a sealed container, and in the refrigerator so they'll last longer.