Whoopie Pies Recipe | With Cake Mix | In The Kitchen With Matt (2024)

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I just love these homemade whoopie pies. These chocolate sandwich cookies are filled with a delicious cream cheese frosting and are soft and delicious.

Did you know this American baked product goes by these other names: Black Moon, gob, black-and-white, Bob, BFO, or Big Fat Oreo? Growing up my sister used to make them and she called them homemade fat Oreos instead of whoopie pies.

One thing I love about these is for this particular recipe you use a cake mix! Traditional whoopie pies are made completely from scratch. These are very similar to the Red Velvet Whoopie Pies here on my website. They are super easy to make with just a handful of ingredients. If I can do it, you can do it. Let’s get baking!

Step 1: Gather the ingredients

To make this amazing cake mix whoopie pie recipe you need the following simple ingredients:

• Cake Mix – I usually use Devil’s food cake mix but any chocolate cake mix will work. With the cake mix, you don’t have to worry about adding flour, baking soda or baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.
• Cooking Oil – Vegetable oil, Olive oil, Canola, Coconut, etc.
• 2 Large eggs
• Powdered Sugar – Also known as confectioner’s sugar or icing sugar.
• Room Temperature Butter – Use unsalted or salted butter. Just leave it out on the counter a few hours before making the cookies.
• Cream Cheese – Use softened room-temperature cream cheese, again just leave it out along with the butter.
• Vanilla extract

Tools

• Electric Mixeror Stand Mixer with a paddle attachment
• Bowls
• Spatula
• Spoon orcookie/melon scoop
• Cookie sheets
• Wire rack

Step 2: How to make chocolate whoopie pies at home

Preheat the oven to 350 F/176 C.

Begin by making the cookie dough. In a medium bowl to a large bowl combine the eggs and the vegetable oil, regardless of what it says on the cake mix box, don’t follow those instructions.

Now just pour in all of the cake mix and blend with a hand mixer on medium speed or you can use a wooden spoon as well. It will form a nice thick dough and resemble brownie dough.

Now it is time to form the cookies. I like to use a small melon scoop, ice cream scoop, or medium cookie scoop to ensure I make all the same sizes, but you can use a spoon as well. They should be the size of ping-pong balls.

Make sure to wear gloves or wash your hands if you are going to be rolling the dough in your palms to make the balls.

Place the balls of whoopie pie cookie dough onto an ungreased cookie sheet no need for parchment paper. Make sure they are about 2 inches apart because they will spread. Only place 12 cookies per pan.

Step 3: Bake the sandwich cookie whoopie pies

Bake the cookies in the oven, middle rack position, for 10 to 12 minutes, one pan at a time. If you want them soft only bake them for 10 minutes, if you want them more crunchy you can bake them for 12 minutes.

Once they come out of the oven allow them to cool for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack or cookie rack to cool completely.

Step 4: Make the cream cheese frosting filling

Now you can’t have whoopie pies without some sort of filling to go in between the cookies. I like using a yummy cream cheese and butter frosting. But you can certainly use a different filling recipe if desired.

Add the softened cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract to a large bowl and blend until smooth. Then add in the powdered sugar and blend until combined. If you want to bring out that cream cheese flavor add another 4 oz of cream cheese.

Now place the frosting in a large plastic bag or professional piping bag. Snip off the corner of the bag and twist the top, pushing the frosting to the corner. You can also use a large round tip as well.

Take two cookies that are about the same size, and turn them over. Then pipe enough frosting to almost cover the entire cookie. I usually go in a circular motion starting on the outside and going in towards the middle, but it doesn’t matter how you do it.

Then just place the other cookie on top, and there you have it homemade whoopie pies. Now just do that with the rest of them, you should be able to make about 12 whoopie pies from one cake mix.

Cover them with plastic wrap and place in the fridge until ready to serve them. Enjoy!

How long do whoopie pies last?

They will last about 10 days in the fridge if covered or placed in an airtight container. You can also freeze them for a few months.

Here are some other recipes you may like:

Homemade Applesauce

Homemade Soft Pretzels

Gingerbread Cookies

Homemade Milkshake

Cinnamon Roll Twist Bread

Do you like this cake mix whoopie pies recipe? Please give it a rating and comment down below, I really appreciate it.If you make it tag me on Instagram @inthekitchenwithmatt. Also, sign up for the newsletter so you won’t miss out on any of my new posts and recipes.

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chocolate cream cheese frosting

14 Comments

1. Farooq ansari

   January 9, 2023 at 6:01 am·Reply

   See Also

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   • Matt Taylor

     January 9, 2023 at 8:42 am·Reply

     Thank you!!

2. Farooq ansari

   January 9, 2023 at 6:00 am·Reply

   
   Ur recipes r so much better perfect recipes

   • Matt Taylor

     January 9, 2023 at 8:42 am·Reply

     Thank you, I appreciate it!

3. Mary

   October 25, 2020 at 8:37 am·Reply

   I made the cookie part; is it possible to freeze them w/o filling them? I want to use them later in November at the holidays. Thanks.

   • Matt Taylor

     October 25, 2020 at 8:54 am·Reply

     Hello, Mary, sure! I would lay them flat on a cookie sheet first in the freezer for 1 to 2 hours, then they could be placed in a freezer bag, that will help them to not stick together. 🙂

4. Natasha

   September 4, 2020 at 5:17 pm·Reply

   
   This is a great recioe! My kids loved these cookies, in fact I am making a new batch again today! It’s so much better than store bought too.

   • Matt Taylor

     September 4, 2020 at 5:21 pm·Reply

     Thanks!!

5. Natasha

   September 4, 2020 at 5:16 pm·Reply

   
   This is a fantastic recipe. My kids loved these cookies, in fact I am making a new batch again today! It’s so much better than store bought too.

   • Matt Taylor

     September 4, 2020 at 5:20 pm·Reply

     Thank you, Natasha!

6. Betsy

   September 4, 2020 at 10:01 am·Reply

   
   Yummy! These cookies are so delicious! Whenever I visit an Amish town I see Whoopie Pies for sale in the bakeries and stores. It’s so great to be able to have these outside of an Amish town!

   • Matt Taylor

     September 4, 2020 at 10:06 am·Reply

     Thank you Betsy! I haven’t been to an Amish town, not many Amish here in Arizona. I would love to go to an Amish town sometime.

7. Kristyn

   September 4, 2020 at 9:45 am·Reply

   
   I don’t make these enough, but your recipe looks super easy & I love the cream cheese frosting in the middle!

   • Matt Taylor

     September 4, 2020 at 10:05 am·Reply

     Thanks, Kristyn! 🙂 Yeah the cream cheese frosting is yummy!

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