Anyway, one of the motifs in the book was this quest to find whoopie pies. I'd never even heard of them (as had neither of the main characters) and was quite intrigued.
So yes. Pretty much ever since I read that book I've wanted to make whoopie pies.
I mean seriously. After even just hearing the name "whoopie pie" I wanted to make a whoopie pie.
This recipe is already quite intricate being two completely different parts and essentially two different recipes (the cookie/cake, then the filling). But I made it even more complicated by heavily modifying this recipe and making my own. It's not necessary to read the other recipe, because I modified the entirety so much, and am just going to respell it out here and claim it as my own!
The Cake/Cookie
The Ingredients
- 1½ cup sugar
- 1 stick butter (room temp.)
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- [optional] 1½ tbsp espresso powder
- 1½ cup milk
- [optional] shy ¼ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
The Process
Cream together the butter and sugar, until light and fluffy like Niall Horan's hair. Completely beat in eggs, one at a time. Then add the vegetable oil and vanilla and beat some more.
Preheat the oven to 315°F using convection, or 350°F on regular.
In a separate bowl, combine all the dry ingredients, and mix together with a fork.
Mix a third of the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, followed by a half of the milk.
Melt your chocolate chips. They don't really have to be completely liquid, just malleable, and thus mixable. For such a small amount of chocolate chips, I just microwaved them rather than going through all the trouble of using a double boiler.
Mix another third of the dry ingredients, then the remaining milk plus the chocolate chips. Finish up with the remaining dry ingredients!
Using a small ice cream/cookie scoop, place full scoops of the batter 3" apart on greased cookie or baking sheets. (For the picture on I spaced the dough pretty dramatically far apart; I could've fit another row.)
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5-10 minutes, then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.
Do note that when you take the cookies off the baking sheet, there will be some residue left. By greasing the sheets, you'll be able to easily scrape off this residue and use them again. (If you don't grease, the residue will require scrubbing and washing to get off, and you'll have to use a brand new sheet to cook any remaining batter you have, which you will definitely have!)
The Filling
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| I hope you're laughing at the little brother photo-bomb. |
The Ingredients
- 2 sticks butter (room temp.)
- 1 ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1½ cup marshmallow fluff
- 1½ tbsp vanilla extract
- ±½ cup milk
The Process
Cream the butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy like a cumulus cloud.
Mix in the marshmallow fluff and vanilla extract.
Add in the milk in small doses, until you reach the consistency you'd like for your filling.
Sorry for the lack of pictures! Since I completely changed the ingredients for the filling, I kept going back and adding a little bit more of this and a little bit more of that until I got the filling I wanted. In other words, I didn't have a direct and clear cut process to photograph!
The photograph to the right is what your filling should sort of resemble.
Putting It All Together
Spread a thick layer of filling on the underside of each cookie. I found using a butter knife worked best.
Squish the two cookies together, and voila!
Whoopie! A whoopie pie!!
The Final Product
Some Notes
The "cookies" are really more like cake. In fact, they're exactly like devil's food cake. To short cut the process, just use a box of devil's food cake mix.
The filling is pretty dense. Don't put it in either heat nor cold, because the filling will either melt or become super stiff and hard. These do just fine in room temperature.
This makes about 20 large whoopie pies.
The amount of filling made is absolutely plenty, for super-stuffed whoopie pies at that (even bigger than the one pictured)! If you'd like just a regular amount of filling, I'd half the recipe.
To make mini whoopie pies, grease the bottom of a muffin sheet, and put in only enough batter to cover the bottom. Also please drastically reduce the amount of batter/filling you make or else you'll have a zillion mini pies.
I just don't even want to think about the calorie count. If I don't know what it is, that means it doesn't count, right? Ignorance is bliss!
If I Could Do It Again....
I think it'd be cool to try to make a healthier version of the filling using yogurt, maybe some egg whites. I just think this would be super cool for some reason.
The Final Verdict
Oh my goodness these things are so good. I mean, I've never actually had a whoopie pie before, so I don't have anything to compare it to as far as this specific version. But seriously these are so good. Just. So good.
Please go make some. Please.
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