Rich cocoa whoopie pies filled with a creamy cookie dough frosting. Yum.
One of the benefits of being a food blogger is that all of your friends see cool kitchen stuff and get it for you! My sweet friend Danielle gave me a Whoopie Pie Pan
A few months ago I made a cupcake that is my FAVORITE recipe on this blog (yes, I have a favorite!) It’s a cookie dough cupcake and I so wanted an excuse to make that frosting again, so I made it for these! Perfect! Everyone loves them….and I am eating the leftover frosting out of a bowl while I write this post…really– right out of the bowl {sigh of pure joy}
You know you want to try these….here’s how: (printer friendly recipe)
INGREDIENTS: (makes 16-18 whoopie pies)
Whoopie Pie:
- 2 sticks (8 oz) salted butter (softened)
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2 Tablespoons vanilla
- 3 1/2 cups flour
- 1 1/2 cups cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 Tablespoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
Cookie Dough Filling:
- 2 sticks (8 oz.) unsalted butter(softened)
- 2 sticks (8 oz.) salted butter(softened)
- 2 cups powered sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 3 Tablespoons vanilla
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1 12 oz bag of mini chocolate chips.
Directions:
Whoopie Pie:
This recipe can be made on a cookie sheet, but to get that perfectly shaped, every-one-is-the-same-size look you really should invest in a Whoopie Pie Pan
- Preheat oven to 400F degrees
- Spray a whoopie pie pan with non-stick cooking spray.
- Use a mixer to cream together butter and sugar.
- Add milk, eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
- Add dry ingredients (add flour last and gradually) and beat until smooth. (My mixer had a hard time with this, as it is a thick cookie-like mixture. My mixer is 15 years old though and died the next day….so …? I finished mixing by hand…)
- Use a large Cookie Scoop
(2-3 Tablespoons) to drop dough into each whoopie pie cavity. Gently press dough into cavity.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes- don’t overbake- cake should be springy to the touch, not hard like a cookie.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Filling:
- Place all filling ingredients except mini chips into a large mixing bowl and beat with mixer on low until combined and then high until light and fluffy.
- Add half of mini chips and blend in well.
- Scoop about 2 Tablespoons of filling onto one half of a whoopie pie.
- Press the other half on top very gently until filling spreads to edges.
- Pour remaining mini chips into a bowl and roll edges of filling in them to coat the sides.
My thoughts: These are just exactly right, in my book. I love the deep cocoa flavor in the cake and that FROSTING….!
If you want to reduce the amount of filling you can certainly cut the recipe for it in half. I was very generous with the filling and had just a little left at the end. I hope you get a chance to try these– and if you want a similar flavor in smaller bites hop over to the cookie dough cupcake recipe and give them a try. Happy baking, friends!!!
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They look awesome 🙂
Thanks!!!
Damnit! Now I have to go get a whoopie pie pan! 😀 These look great!
At least its an inexpensive investment 😉 Thank you!
Those whoopie pies look so good. Love the cookie dough filling!!!
Thank you!!
mmm love everything cookiedough!
Me. Too. 🙂
Glad you’re back! How was Macchu Pichu?? And…these look incredible, but the best part – they actually look doable! I don’t have a whoopie pie pan, (not sure it’s avail in Argentina) but i think I could make them like cookies! BIG HUG!
Hi!!! It was a wonderful, wonderful trip— I loved it! You can make these like giant cookies. Use a scoop to keep them the same size. Big hug back at ya! I need to do some serious catching up with all my blogging friends– I’ve been so busy I haven’t been online much– I hope all is well with you!!!!!! 🙂
yes yes YES! More cookie dough fillings! These look like the perfect way to satisfy my cookie cravings 😀
Lol! The more the better with cookie dough, I always say!!!
Oh.My.Word. I’m getting a whoopie pie pan STAT!
I am so glad my friend thought to give me one– or I’m never have stumbled upon the joy of whoopie pies!!!
I really love the idea of cookie dough whoopie pies, these look so delicious!
Thank you!!!
looks DELICIOUS!!!!
Thank you!!!!
OMG YUM!!!! I want one right now!! Love how you’ve put the mini choc-chips around the side! Going to add this to my to-do list =D
Hope you get a chance to try them!!! 🙂
Wow, they are beautiful!
Thank you!
Love Whoopie PIes and these look wonderful! Love that you rolled the filling in chocolate chips too-looks great!
I need to get off your site now before I die of temptation. These are just delightful.
Lol! I do too– I feel like blogging makes me so hungry!!!! Thank you!!
How do you store them and how long do u think they will last. Would like to give as gifts should I wrap in plastic wrap or just box up?
Fun gift idea! They are similar to cake in storage life- best the same day or maybe the next. Edible after a week, but stale. I would make them, put them in cute boxes and deliver them the same day- or maybe the next morning. If they aren’t going to eat them for awhile they could pop then in the fridge to help them last a bit longer.