Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies
Catherine Olson
Old Fashioned Chocolate Whoopie Pies filled with Pink Peppermint Frosting
Prep Time 45 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Whoopie Pie Cookies
- 1 cup butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 4 cups flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- 2 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups buttermilk
Frosting
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 stick butter
- 6 oz. sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Red Food Dye
- ¼ cup cocoa powder for chocolate frosting
Whoopie Pie Cookies
Cream together butter and sugars several minutes until light and fluffy
Add vanilla and eggs
Mix until just incorporated
Sift dry ingredients and add to butter and sugar alternately with buttermilk in 4 segments, mixing just until combined with each addition
Let dough rest for 10 minutes
Spoon even sized dollops onto baking sheet
Leave space between each dollop and use fingers to round out each cookie round
Bake at Fahrenheit 350°, 13-15 minutes until cookies have a defined dome
Transfer to wire rack to cool
Finalè
When cooled, add a large spoonful of frosting to the bottom of one cookie
Cover with another cookie and gently squeeze until cookies are firmly attached
Optional: Dip chocolate filled whoopie pies halfway in melted Peppermint Hershey's Kisses
Optional: Dunk outside of cookie frosting in crushed peppermint
Keyword Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies