Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

52 Ratings

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Prep 50 min
Total 1 hr 15 min
Ingredients 12
Servings 9

Ingredients

Cookies

box devil’s food cake mix

1/2

cup water

1/2

cup vegetable oil

eggs

tablespoons red food color

box (4-serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix

Filling

cup butter or margarine, softened

cups marshmallow creme

1 1/2

cups powdered sugar

teaspoon vanilla

Topping

1/2

cup fresh blueberries

1/2

cup fresh raspberries

Steps

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1

Heat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with cooking parchment paper or lightly spray with cooking spray.
2

In large bowl, beat cookie ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 1 minute longer on high speed. Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets.
3

Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until set (do not overbake). Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
4

In large bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. For each sandwich cookie pie, spread about 1/4 cup filling on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with blueberries, raspberries and second cookie, bottom side down. Store covered in refrigerator.

Notes

Tips

Expert Tips

If you'd like smaller pies, use 2 tablespoons batter; bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set.
According to food historians, Amish women would bake these sandwich sweets and put them in farmers' lunch boxes. When farmers would find these treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"

Nutritional Information

Nutrition Information

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Sandwich Cookie

Calories: 700
Calories from Fat: 330

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 36g; 56%
Saturated Fat 17g 83% Trans Fat 1g
Cholesterol: 125mg; 42%
Sodium: 740mg; 31%
Potassium: 180mg; 5%
Total Carbohydrate: 88g; 29%
Dietary Fiber 2g 9% Sugars 63g
Protein: 5g

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 15%; 15%
Vitamin C: 2%; 2%
Calcium: 10%; 10%
Iron: 15%; 15%

Exchanges:

1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;

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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.