Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies have the perfect amount of spice and a cream cheese filling inside. They start with a cake mix and are super easy!
PUMPKIN WHOOPIE PIE RECIPE
I made these Pumpkin Whoopie Pies the other day. They are incredibly moist and packed with pumpkin flavor.
When I eat pumpkin I like the smack you in the face, full of spices pumpkin flavor not just a hint of pumpkin flavor that has you wondering, “Is this pumpkin?”
I make a ton of goodies all the time; so much that my family has naturally weaned themselves from going hog wild on any of it for sheer survival purposes.
My kids have no idea how good they have it. The neighbor kids are pretty keen to it though and show up randomly to play (i.e. see what cookies are there to eat today).
Imagine a whole Tupperware full of these sitting in my fridge. I ate half of one, rationing myself, just to come back to it being mysteriously gone. This happened again. And again.
The culprit was my husband. Who has an amazing self control but apparently these were his kryptonite.
OTHER PUMPKIN RECIPES
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins
- Melt in Your Mouth Pumpkin Cookies
- Pumpkin Earthquake Cake
- Pumpkin Pancakes
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Cake Mix Spice
- 1/3 cup butter,, softened
- 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
- 2 whole eggs
- 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
Cream Cheese Frosting:
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or spray with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, add the cake mix, butter, pumpkin, eggs, and pumpkin pie spice. Mix slowly for 30 seconds or until combined, then beat for 1-2 minutes. Batter will be on the wet side.
- Drop tablespoon-sized dollops onto the cookie sheet. Try to make sure that they are all the same size.
- Bake one pan at a time for 10-11 minutes. Let them cool completely.
- To make the frosting: Combine the cream cheese and butter in a medium bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the powdered sugar and mix at low speed until combined. Stir in the vanilla and mix again for a few minutes until light and fluffy. You may need to add a little milk or cream to make it spreadable if your butter wasn't soft enough.
- Frost a cookie with a dollop of cream cheese frosting and top with another cookie. Store in an airtight container and refrigerate. Make 30 whoopie pies.
Made these for Thanksgiving as an alternative to pumpkin pie. They are absolutely delicious!
Under the Pumpkin Whoopie Pie, cookie part list of ingredients, WHY is a can of frosting listed??? Please answer this since I’d like to make these right away.
You already have all the filling ingredients listed for making the frosting from scratch.
I wrote this for Pillsbury so the original recipe had a can of their frosting
These look delicious and I can’t wait to make them. I was wondering if this recipe can be doubled. I will be having a large group over for Thanksgiving and I know these will go fast, so I want to make sure I have plenty on hand. Thank you
Of course. You can definitely double them.
I made these for Thanksgiving and they were so good! Perfect for kids too! A great alternative for pumpkin pie. Yum!
My friend made these last night and I could not believe how good they tasted. When I look @ the recipe today I also can not believe how easy these are to make. I will definitely be making these soon!
Don’t store in an airtight container in the fridge!!! I did this and they got soggy and wet – even thought I let them cool for several hours before packing them. 🙁 I had to put them under the broiler for a quick “dry off” but of course some fo the frosting melted. They still tasted great, but I put them on scoops of ice cream to hide the wet bottoms.
I’m sure my man would love if I baked treats all the time. But since I have no will power that just doesn’t happen. Or maybe it secretly does and I just eat everything before he has a chance to try it! Ha! ; )
Oh my…these look absolutely wonderful! It’s that pumpkin-y time of year 🙂
OH! They look good!
i LOVE the cake mix shortcut here! The cookies look incredible – so incredibly soft and irresistible. I’ve made homemade whoopie pies before but this is a good recipe to have on hand when I don’t feel like making them from scratch. 🙂
ooooo….these look sooooo good!!!!
I would like to taste them. They look yummy !
Wow, these look so moist and yummy!
These look amazing. I pretty much love anything having to do with pumpkin.
I made some a couple weeks ago but chocolate ad the “cake” and pumpkin ad the filling. Will have to try this version next 🙂
These are so pretty!!! I love pumpkin everything (hence the overload of pumpkin desserts on my blog lately)! Gorgeous pictures too.
I was just thinking about something like this. Thanks for saving me from wasting my much needed brain cells. These look really good…the kind of thing that satisfies my soul. And the souls of my coworkers.