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.
Equipment
- Large bowls
- Cookie Sheets
- Parchment paper / silicone baking liners
- Electric mixer
- 1-gallon Ziploc bag
- Piping bag
Ingredients
For the chocolate cake
- 1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Devil’s Food cake mix
- ¾ cups milk
- ½ cups butter melted
- 3 eggs large
- 1 box 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
For the filling (Option 2 - Homemade cream cheese buttercream)
- ½ cups butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 2½ cups Powdered sugar
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the decoration (Optional)
Instructions
For the chocolate cake
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line cookie sheets with parchment paper, silicone baking liners, or lightly spray with cooking spray.
- 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.
- Pour batter into a 1-gallon Ziploc bag. Seal the bag and cut a small hole off of one of the bottom corners.
- 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)
- 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 cake frosting, skip to assembly instruction)
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- (Optional) Decorate the whoopie pie with cute sprinkles.