Wicked Good Whoopie Pies

This Pennsylvania Amish treat has become one of the best-loved comfort foods in Maine and was first sold commercially in this state. Soft intensely chocolate cookies are sandwiched around a fluffy marshmallow filling making them truly deserve their title of wicked good.

Chocolate whoopie pies with cream filling and coated in rainbow sprinkles
Photo: Brie Passano
Prep Time:
20 mins
Bake Time:
10 mins
Total Time:
30 mins
Servings:
16

Ingredients

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour

  • ½ cup unsweetened Dutch-process cocoa powder

  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

  • ½ teaspoon salt

  • ½ cup butter, softened

  • 1 cup packed brown sugar

  • 1 teaspoon instant espresso coffee powder

  • 1 egg

  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

  • 1 cup buttermilk

  • cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

  • 1 recipe Marshmallow Filling

  • Colored sprinkles or jimmies or crushed striped round peppermint candies

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. In a medium bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.

  2. In a large bowl beat butter with a mixer on medium 30 seconds. Add brown sugar and espresso powder. Beat until light and fluffy, scraping bowl as needed. Beat in egg and vanilla. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk, beating after each addition until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.

  3. Drop dough by 1 1/2-Tbsp. portions on prepared cookie sheets. Bake about 10 minutes or until cookies spring back when lightly touched. Cool completely on cookie sheets.

  4. Spread bottoms of half of the cookies with Marshmallow Filling. Top with bottoms of remaining cookies. Roll edges in sprinkles.

Marshmallow Filling

In a medium bowl beat 1/2 cup softened butter with a mixer on medium 30 seconds. Beat in one 7-oz. jar marshmallow creme and 2 tsp. vanilla until combined. Beat in 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar until light and fluffy.Maine/New England

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

356 Calories
14g Fat
55g Carbs
3g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 16
Calories 356
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 14g 18%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 43mg 14%
Sodium 284mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 55g 20%
Total Sugars 38g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 0%
Calcium 42mg 3%
Iron 1mg 6%
Potassium 154mg 3%
Folate, total 33.5mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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