Treat your Valentine to Simply the best Whoopie Pies! An adorable and oh, so yummy chocolate treat for your sweetheart.
Simply the Best Whoopie Pies
Make your hubby, kids or teacher smile with a Valentine's Day goodie they will l-o-v-e! Who wouldn't like to find one of these marshmallowy dreams in their lunch?? Whether you consider them a cookie, cake or pie, these whoopie pies are so yummy and cute - they would warm anyone's heart.
These whoopie pies can be made ahead and stored in the refrigerator until ready to assemble. Make sure to bring the filling to room temperature before you fill the pies.
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Printable Recipe
Whoopie Pies
Equipment
- Heart Shaped Pan
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter (softened)
- 1 cup firming packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
Whoopie Pie Filling
- 6 Tablespoons butter (softened)
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar (sifted)
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 1 jar marshmallow creme {about 7 oz.}
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pink food coloring {optional}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray Whoopie Pie pan with non-stick spray.
- In large bowl, beat butter and sugar with electric mixer on medium until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add egg and vanilla; beat until well combined.
- In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add half the dry ingredients into the butter mixture and mix on low speed.
- When dry ingredients are almost incorporated, stop the mixer and add the buttermilk.
- Continue mixing on low speed until all ingredients are almost incorporated. Stop the mixer and add the remaining dry ingredients. Mix on low until just combined.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons of batter into each cavity. Make sure batter is spread to the edges. Cavity should be about ⅔ full.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the top of the cake springs back when touched.
- Allow cakes to cook in pan for 5 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely before filling.
- To assemble pies, spread about 1 tablespoon filling on one cake and sandwich with another cake.
Filling
- In large bowl, beat butter with mixer until creamy.
- Add sugar and salt to the butter; mix well.
- Add marshmallow creme and vanilla; blend well.
- Add food coloring if desired.
- Use immediately to fill whoopie pies or refrigerate up to 1 week. Bring back to room temperature and beat lightly before using.
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Happy Valentine's Day friends!
If you're looking for more Valentine's Day treats, check out these Valentine Heart Chocolate Chip Cookies.
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Anita says
This recipe looks so delicious! Hi, I'm Anita visiting from Freedom Fridays.
Winnie says
These whoopie pies really look amazingly delicious. They are also very pretty!
Erin says
They disappeared in minutes, so I guess they were good! Thanks for popping by and checking them out, Winnie!
Christine says
These sound and look amazing! Thank you for sharing on Meetup Monday!
Sarah says
I have never made whoopie pies before and on Saturday I was browsing at the shops and saw a tray for them - was tempted but as I've no recipe didn't bother. I guess I have an excuse to go buy it now! 😀 #YumTum
Erin says
Glad you have a recipe now, Sarah! They are so good - the buttermilk makes them really moist. Thanks for popping by!
Charlotte says
These look amazing! we consider these as half and half biscuits! :p but let's be honest it's all about how they taste! and they look delicious!I've pinned these left right and center 🙂 #YumTum
Erin says
Thank, Charlotte! I read that these are an American thing, so I wondered what they'd be called elsewhere 🙂 They are yummy whatever you name them!
Katrin says
Erin, I've never made whoopie pies, but now I want to give it a try! They not only look amazingly Valentiny and lovely but I'm sure they taste terrific too!
Erin says
To me they are a quintessential Valentine's Day treat. Cute and quite tasty. Thanks for stopping by.
Lindsay says
They look almost *too* sweet. I think I'd overdose on sugar! Lol. I've never tried whoopie pies before, can you believe it?
Erin says
I'd never had them until recently. The kids really liked them. The buttermilk cuts the sweetness, so they are perfect!
Ilka says
Erin - these look fabulous! I'm pinning them to my Valentine's board and I will try them! Love it!
Erin says
Great! Thanks for the pin. Let me know what you think. They make such a cute Valentine's Day treat.
Michelle says
This looks like a great recipe! I don't bake very often but I will pass this along to someone I know who will love it!
Erin says
Yes, anyone who bakes would love them. Baking is a little like therapy for me, so every once in a while I bake and them give them all away! Makes everything better 🙂
Nikki Frank-Hamilton says
I am passing this on to my daughter, she loves to bake and this looks right up her alley, she was wanting to make her boyfriend something delicious for Valentine's Day, and I'm thinking that this is it!!!! Thanks, she will be so tickled with these. I'm sure he will be too!
Erin says
Yes, a great homemade treat for Valentine's Day. Thanks for passing the recipe along. There are so many ways to decorate them too!
Gina says
Yum yum yum! That looks so tasty! I've been on a bit of a cookie binge lately. I think it's been too long since Christmas. All I can think of is baking cookies! Haha! I've never tried to make whoopie pies before. But, these looks so good! I think that they'd be perfect for Valentine's Day! <3
Erin says
Yes, perfect for Valentine's Day or any day you want to send someone some fresh baked love!
Carol says
My daughter-in-law in Texas is always making whoopie pies and I've yet to ever do so. I'm printing your recipe and will have to try these. I had no clue they had pans in all those various shapes.
Erin says
Yes,the heart-shaped pan really makes these cute. You could certainly use the recipe in a regular shaped one too! Enjoy and let me know how they turn out!
Mary-the boondocks blog says
Ummm yum!! These look so delish! I'm getting hungry at 2 am in the morning just reading the recipe.
Jessica says
These are adorable, and I love whoopie pies! When my husband and I lived in California, most people had never even heard of them, and most of the ones that had heard of them, were familiar with impostor whoopie pies- with regular icing in them, not marshmallow creme goodness!I can't wait to try this recipe!!
Erin says
I think they are adorable too! Homemade goodness, not those store bought imposters!
Lynn says
Hi Erin, this recipe would surely make me immensely popular with my son and husband. Since I have done exactly ZERO in terms of Valentine's Day, it would seem the least i could do would be to make them these outstanding looking whoopie pies. You just might have rescued me from being a really slack mom!
Thanks!
Hugs and Kisses, Lynn