If you haven’t experienced the joy that is a whoopie pie, let me enlighten you. It’s basically that cupcake hack that took Pinterest by storm about 10 years ago where you rip a cupcake in half and stack it with the frosting in the middle. Except you just make them purposefully convenient and you don’t have to manhandle your poor cupcakes. They are less messy than a cupcake and super fun to eat! I call that a win-win. You can make a ton of different flavor combinations. We went with a classic chocolate that ends up like a soft, fluffy Oreo, and added some cream cheese frosting for a little tang to break up the rich chocolate. You can also fill with any frosting you like! Just pop it into a zip top bag or piping bag to make it easier to squeeze onto your cute little cakes. Liven them up with your favorite type of sprinkle and you’re ready for a party.

Chocolate Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

Cake

1 cup whole milk

1 Tablespoon lemon juice

¾ cup brown sugar

¼ cup white sugar

½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

1 large egg

1 teaspoon vanilla

2 cups flour

¾ cup cocoa powder

1 ¼ teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

Frosting

½ cup unsalted butter (room temperature)

4 ounces cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Optional

sprinkles

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. 
2. Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat. 
3. Measure out one cup of milk in a measuring cup or bowl. Add your tablespoon of lemon juice to your milk. This will turn it into a great substitute for buttermilk. Let it sit while you prepare the rest of your ingredients. Don’t worry if it looks clumpy after a while, it’s supposed to! 
4. Cream together your brown sugar, white sugar, and butter until fluffy and smooth. 
5. Add your egg and mix to combine. Add your vanilla and mix to combine. 
6. In a large bowl, combine your flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. 
7. Add about half of your buttermilk to your butter mixture and then stir to combine. Add half of your flour mixture and stir to combine. Add the rest of your milk, stir to combine. Add the rest of your flour mixture, stir to combine. 
8. Scoop 2 Tablespoons of batter onto your cookie sheet and place your batter blobs at least an inch apart. They will expand when they bake! A cookie scoop is great for this, if you have the right size. 
9. Bake your tiny cakes for 10-12 minutes, or until they are no longer wet looking and spring back when you poke them. 
10. While they bake, combine all of your frosting ingredients in a large bowl and mix until they are combined. 
11. Scrape your frosting into a gallon sized plastic bag and snip the corner off to make a piping bag. 
12. Once your cakes are completely cool, pipe a large blob of icing onto the flat size of one cake. Gently place another little cake on top of the frosting and gently press to squish the frosting and stick the two sides together. 
13. Store your whoopie pies in the fridge.