Patriotic Whoopie Pies
These red, white and blue Patriotic Whoopie Pies make a festive treat for 4th of July. They are so delicious with lots of patriotic flair.
Servings: 20
Calories: 182kcal
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon Dutch process cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 box vanilla cake mix I used Betty Crocker’s
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 2 sticks 1 cup unsalted butter
- ⅓ cup milk room temperature
- Red and blue gel food color
Filling:
- 1 stick ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1¼ cups 141 g powdered sugar
- pinch of salt
- 2 cups Marshmallow Fluff
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F and line a large cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, empty the contents of the cake mix.
- Whisk in cocoa powder and sugar, removing any clumps
- Melt butter in a microwave-safe bowl, on high for about 30-45 seconds. Add eggs, and milk and stir to combine
- Pour the egg mixture into the dry ingredients and stir by hand, making sure that any clumps are dissolved
- Divide your batter evenly between two bowls and add red food color gel to one bowl and blue to the other until you have reached the desired shade (approximately ½ teaspoon of food color gel per bowl). Stir to evenly combine color.
- Chill for 15-20 minutes.
- Using a small-sized cookie scoop, drop batter onto the prepared cookie sheet spacing them about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 6 minutes or until the tops puff up and spring back when touched.
- Remove from oven and let completely cool on a wire rack while making the filling.
- To make the filling, cream butter, powdered sugar, and salt with a hand mixer until light and fluffy (about 3 minutes). Fold in marshmallow fluff and chill for 10 minutes.
- Spread marshmallow filling onto the underside of half the colored cookies and top with the remaining half. Make sure not to press down too hard so the filling doesn’t ooze out over the edges.
Nutrition
Calories: 182kcal | Carbohydrates: 40g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 33mg | Sodium: 194mg | Potassium: 36mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 58IU | Vitamin C: 0.01mg | Calcium: 67mg | Iron: 1mg