Description
This Easy Christmas Whoopie Pies recipe features soft and moist devil’s food cake cookies sandwiched with a fluffy cream cheese and marshmallow filling tinted with festive red and green colors. Perfect for holiday celebrations, these delightful treats are fun to make and sure to impress family and friends with their vibrant colors and delicious flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookies:
- 1 15.25 oz box devil’s food cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- ⅓ cup oil
Marshmallow Filling:
- 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
- 7 oz marshmallow fluff
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
- Red gel food color
- Green gel food color
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two large cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside to prepare for baking.
- Mix Cookie Batter: In a large bowl, stir together the devil’s food cake mix, eggs, and oil until the batter is well combined. The batter will be thick, which is normal.
- Form Dough Balls: Scoop 1 tablespoon of cookie dough and roll into a ball. Place the dough balls on the prepared cookie sheets, spacing them about 1.5 inches apart to allow for spreading during baking.
- Flatten Dough: Slightly flatten the dough balls using the palm of your hand or gently press with the bottom of a non-stick sprayed glass to even out the shape.
- Bake Cookies: Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the edges are set. Remove from oven and allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the cookie sheet before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Prepare Filling: In a stand mixer bowl or using a hand mixer, beat together the cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, vanilla extract, and salt until the mixture is smooth and well combined.
- Color Filling: Divide the filling into two portions. Add 4-5 drops of red gel food coloring to one portion and mix until fully incorporated with no white streaks. Repeat with green food coloring for the other portion.
- Pipe Filling: Place each colored filling into separate piping bags. Pipe the red filling onto the bottom side of six cookies, the green filling onto six more cookies, then sandwich with the remaining 12 cookies.
- Serve and Enjoy: Serve immediately or store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Notes
- Storage: Store whoopie pies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days to maintain freshness.
- Make Ahead: Cookies and filling can be made a day ahead and assembled just before serving.
- Color Variations: You can customize the filling colors to match any holiday or theme by selecting different gel food colors.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 whoopie pie (1 sandwich)
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 26 g
- Sodium: 230 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 38 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg
