red velvet whoopie pies

When we were in the middleeast in June, Jordan and I discovered this fantastic whoopie pie recipe. The filling is magical, especially if you are a frosting loving gal like me.

Fast forward a couple months to me planning a ‘Welcome Cutie Pie’ baby shower for some of our good friends (and by baby shower, I mean a backyard barbeque with really great food and a few garlands and balloons). Of course, I had to incorporate the Whoopie Pie recipe… it’d be unkind of me not to.

And why make one batch of whoopie pies when you can make three?

I ended up making Red Velvet Whoopie Pies, Meyer Lemon Whoopie Pies and Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies. My favorite were the red velvet, but the lemon ones were the crowd favorite for sure.

Here’s the recipe info in case you need to replicate (you probably do- just sayin’).

RED VELVET WHOOPIE PIES (modified from this whoopie pie recipe)

1 lg. box red velvet cake mix
1/3 c. water
3 tbsp. oil
2 eggs

Mix ingredients together, drop teaspoon-sized balls on greased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350.

FILLING-

1 c. shortening
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
1 c. marshmallows
1/2 tsp. vanilla

Soften the marshmallows by heating in the microwave for 15-20 seconds. Beat together with other ingredients. Pipe onto cooled cakes using a frosting bag and large tip.

MEYER LEMON WHOOPIE PIES (modified from this whoopie pie recipe)

1 lg. box vanilla cake mix
1/4 c. water

2 tablespoons meyer lemon juice

Meyer lemon zest (1 teaspoon)
3 tbsp. oil
2 eggs

Mix ingredients together, drop teaspoon-sized balls on greased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350.

FILLING-

1 c. shortening
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
1 c. marshmallows
1/2 tsp. meyer lemon juice

1 tsp meyer lemon lemon zest

Soften the marshmallows by heating in the microwave for 15-20 seconds. Beat together with other ingredients. Pipe onto cooled cakes using a frosting bag and large tip.

CHOCOLATE MINT WHOOPIE PIES (modified from this whoopie pie recipe)

1 lg. box chocolate cake mix
1/3 c. water
3 tbsp. oil
2 eggs

Mix ingredients together, drop teaspoon-sized balls on greased cookie sheets. Bake 8-10 minutes at 350.

FILLING-

1 c. shortening
1 c. confectioners’ sugar
1 c. marshmallows
1/2 tsp. mint extract

Several drops green food coloring (optional)

Soften the marshmallows by heating in the microwave for 15-20 seconds. Beat together with other ingredients. Pipe onto cooled cakes using a frosting bag and large tip.

Wonderful world of whoopie pies, indeed!

Also, in other fun news- Jenny and Shawn (our Cutie Pie Shower guests of honor) welcomed Baby Ethan this week! Can’t wait for that little guy to be big enough to come to babysitting swap!