Whoopie Pie – Easy Recipe with Cake Mix

This easy whoopie pie recipe is the best!! This recipe uses store-bought cake mix and you can whip these up fast. These whoopie pies are super chocolatey and can be filled with any store-bought frosting or my special cream cheese flavored buttercream.

What is a whoopie pie?

A whoopie pie is an American dessert made from two soft rounds of chocolate cake with creamy fillings sandwiched in between.

Whoopie pie with cake mix

For this whoopie pie recipe, I really wanted to make it as easy as possible so I used a store-bought cake mix. Using cake mix saves time in measuring and shopping for a bunch of ingredients. Baking everything from scratch is nice, but when these super easy whoopie pies taste so good, what’s the harm in cutting corners? 🙂 I adapted this recipe from bettycrocker.com and add my own twists.

Whoopie Pie Filling Options

Traditionally, whoopie pie fillings are vanilla buttercream frosting and marshmallow fluff but we can experiment with frosting options. For this recipe, I have two options depending on how much time you are willing to spend.

Option 1 – Use store-bought cake frostings to save time

There’s no shame in wanting to save time. Store-bought frostings are easy to use and come in lots of flavor options.

I also tried whoopie pies with store-bought marshmallow filling by itself, but the cream will melt away from the cake very quickly so it is not recommended unless you eat them immediately.

Option 2 – Make your own buttercream frosting

If you love cream cheese, you’ll love my cream cheese flavored buttercream. It takes extra effort but it’s still easy enough to whip up. Of course, you can make your favorite kind of buttercream as well 🙂

Ingredients

For the chocolate cake

• 1box Betty Crocker Super Moist Devil’s Food cake mix
• 3/4cup milk
• 1/2cup butter, melted
• 3 eggs
• 1box (4-serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix

For the filling

Option 1 – Store-bought cake frosting

• 2 containers Betty Crocker Whipped Fluffy White Frosting or any other flavor of your choice

Option 2 – Homemade cream cheese buttercream

• ½ cup butter, softened
• 8oz cream cheese, softened
• 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

For the decoration

• Wilton Valentine’s Day Assorted Shimmer Sprinkles

Instruction

For the chocolate cake

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, silicone baking liners, or lightly spray with cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl, beat the cake mix, milk, butter, eggs, and the instant pudding mix with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 1 minute longer on high speed.

4. Pour batter into a 1-gallon Ziploc bag. Seal the bag and cut a small hole off of one of the bottom corners.

5. Pipe batter into 1 to 2-inch circles onto cookie sheets. Then make sure to pipe it at least 1-inch apart to allow spreading. (I piped about 1.5-inch circles and made 40 whoopie pies at the end)

6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until set. Be careful to not overbake. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets and place on a cooling rack. Cool completely before filling.

For the cream cheese buttercream filling (If you chose to use store-bought frostings, skip to the assembly instruction)

1. In a large bowl, beat softened butter, softened cream cheese, powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed for 2 to 3 minutes or until smooth. Cover the bowl and refrigerate until ready to assemble.

For the assembly

1. Once the chocolate cakes are cooled, fill a piping bag or a large Ziploc bag with the filling. Cut a small hole off of one of the bottom corners.
2. Pipe filling on the flat side of one cake. Top with the second cake, flat side down to make a sandwich. Continue until all cakes are used.
3. (Optional) Decorate the whoopie pie with cute sprinkles.

Do whoopie pies need to be refrigerated?

Yes. To avoid the filling melting and keep the whoopie pies fresh, they should be refrigerated in an airtight container. If properly refrigerated, whoopie pies last up to 7 days. If you choose to freeze them in an airtight container, They will last for up to two months.

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