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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Welcome to Halloween Treats Week, a yearly blogging event that is hosted by Angie from Big Bear’s Wife . This spooky event is an online, week-long event that is filled with some frightfully fun treats and recipes from some fantastic Halloween loving bloggers!

Being from New England, we're big fans of whoopie pies. I saw these Pumpkin Whoopie Pies on the King Arthur Baking Company website and I knew they'd be a great choice for this event. I know it looks like a lot of ingredients, but if you lay things out they come together easily.

First up is the base.  Some call them cookies, to me, they're more cake-like. I didn't use the specialty products called for and all the rest of the ingredients are pretty standard pantry staples.  If you have homemade pumpkin pie spice on hand you can substitute it for the separate spices.  

You can scoop the batter onto sheets but I have my mom's vintage Wilton pumpkin pan. I sprayed it very well with some Baker's Joy, scooped in the batter and crossed my fingers.

Sadly, only a few turned out that had nice definition to them and they got pretty crispy on the outside so I pivoted and went with scooping them onto baking sheets lined with parchment.

I did 8 per sheet and they baked at 375º convection for about 14 minutes. Let them cool on the sheets a bit and then move them to wire racks to cool completely.

The filling called for xanthan gum as a stabilizer. It's not something I keep on hand so I wound up adding 3 tablespoons of Marshmallow Fluff to it. This also made the filling taste more like the style we are used to and not so cream cheese heavy.

Thank you to Angie for hosting #HalloweenTreatsWeek and to all of the other bloggers sharing their recipes!  You can find them by using the links down below!


Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Ingredients

  • 8 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 cups light brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon table salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
  • 2 large eggs
  • 15 ounces canned pumpkin purée
  • 3 1/4 cups flour
For the Filling:
  • 8 ounce package cream cheese, room temperature
  • 4 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 to 3T Marshmallow Fluff

Instructions

To make the cookies
  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease two baking sheets or line with parchment paper.
  2. Beat together the butter, oil, sugar, molasses, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.
  3. Scrape the bottom and sides of the bowl, then beat in the eggs one at a time, until fluffy.
  4. Stir in the pumpkin.
  5. Add the flour in two additions, mixing well after each addition.
  6. Use a muffin scoop to deposit the thick batter onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving about 2" around each mound.
  7. Bake until the cookies feel firm; a slight indentation will remain when you gently press them in the middle, about 16 to 18 minutes.
  8. Remove from the oven, cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes, then move to a rack to cool completely.
To make the filling:
  1. Beat the cream cheese and butter until smooth and fluffy.
  2. Beat in the powdered sugar in two additions.
  3. Add the vanilla and Marshmallow Fluff. Beat for 2 to 3 minutes, until very fluffy.
  4. Load filling into a piping bag.
To assemble:
  1. Sandwich 2 tablespoons of filling between two cakes. For best storage, wrap each whoopie in plastic wrap. Keep refrigerated, removing to room temperature about 15 minutes before serving

Notes

Slightly adapted from: https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/pumpkin-whoopie-pies-recipe

Recommended Products

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Other recipes you may enjoy:

Caramel Apple Whoopie Pies

Lemon Blueberry Whoopie Pies

Old Fashioned Whoopie Pies

Pumpkin, Whoopie Pies,
Dessert
American

 

#HALLOWEENTREATSWEEK

Welcome to 2024’s #HalloweenTreatsWeek event!

For this year's 7th annual Halloween Treats Week event we have 12 hauntingly talented bloggers who are sharing their favorite Halloween recipes throughout the week! You can follow the hashtag #HalloweenTreatsWeek on social media to collect all of these frightful recipes to use at your own Halloween parties and events!





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Angie - Big Bears Wife said…
oooo I have had that problem with designed cake pans too but they still look great! I love whoopie pies!
October 14, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Karen said…
These look so perfectly fluffy! Adding marshmallow fluff to the filling sounds like a great way to replace the xanthan gum.
October 14, 2024 at 5:30 PM

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