Chocolate Whoopie Pies Recipe
This chocolate whoopie pies recipe is super easy to make yourself, so the next time your kids have friends over or you just have a craving for a decadent creamy chocolate dessert, pop these in the oven and you’ll have a terrific sweet treat! It’s quick and easy with just 5 minutes work!
Ingredients
½ cup sugar
¼ cup shortening
½ cup dark corn syrup
1 egg
½ cup cocoa
½ cup sour milk
½ tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups all purpose flour
nuts (optional)
Whoopie Pie Filling
2¾ cups powdered sugar
¼ cup half and half
¼ tsp. salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.
- Using a ¼ cup ice cream scoop, drop onto a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake 5-10 minutes.
- When cool, mix filling ingredients.
- Spread on half of the cookies.
- Then top with the other half of the cookies.
Notes
Whoopie Pie Variations
- Mint Chocolate: Add ¼ tsp. peppermint extract and a few drops green food coloring in the filling.
- Marshmallow: Use marshmallow creme for filling.
- Peanut Butter: Add 2 Tbsp. peanut butter to filling.
- Chocolate: Add 1-2 Tbsp. baking cocoa to filling.
- Cherry: Add 1 Tbsp. cherry gelatin powder to filling.
- Strawberry: Add 1 Tbsp. cherry gelatin powder to filling.
- Cheesecake: Add 3 Tbsp. cream cheese to filling.