Whoopie Pies

Sorry there's no picture yet, but I had a request for the recipe. I guess that means it's time to make them again and take a picture! Edited 2/16/2010 - I still haven't made these cookies recently, but Megan did, so now there's a picture - and a name change!

Whoopie Pies (aka Homey-O's)

2 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 egg
¾ cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup butter or margarine
2 cups powdered sugar
6 heaping Tbls marshmallow fluff
2 tsp vanilla

Combine flour, sugar, soda, salt and cocoa. Stir in egg, milk, oil and 1 tsp vanilla. Drop by spoonfuls onto well greased cookie sheets. Bake at 350° for 9 minutes. Cool. Combine butter, powdered sugar, marshmallow fluff and 2 tsp vanilla for filling between two cookies.

12-11-2015
Still haven't made the cookies, but we did try this Whoopie Pie Cake and it was delicious!

03-19-2019
We're making the cookies today in honor of Brad's birthday! Last week I saw a recipe for an "adult" version of Whoopie Pies. It included stout beer in the batter, which isn't a variation we're interested in trying; however, it also suggested adding cream cheese to the filling to mitigate the cloyingly sweet taste of the original recipe. It's a great suggestion, but their version just didn't seem like it would work for us, so I did some searching and found another here.

Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting

4 ounces cream cheese, softened
1/4 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup marshmallow creme
1 tablespoon milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar

Cream butter and cream cheese, then mix in marshmallow creme, along with milk and vanilla. Stir in powdered sugar until desired consistency.


3-20-2019
That recipe didn't turn out the way I expected, and in trying to improve it, I used the entire 7-ounce jar of marshmallow creme (instead of just 1/2 cup) and added another brick of cream cheese (so 8 ounces more). It was still too sweet, maybe because I also had to add more powdered sugar to thicken it up a bit. I still used it to make the cookies and no one else complained at all, and it even made a great frosting for cinnamon rolls. However, I'm still on the lookout for a better Whoopie Pie filling.


Comments

  1. These are very popular in Maine and most every little Mom and Pop store has them for sale. My Mom and I used to make them quite a bit. We even made Molasses ones with Ginger filling once! It sounded ok, but they tasted awful, lol. I am going to have to make some with the girls!

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  2. Thanks Mom! Someone's going to be really happy now! :)

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