These pillowy, sweet Red Velvet Whoopie Pies make for a great holiday gift, or gift to yourself while you watch Christmas Vacation in your pajamas. Both are acceptable.
As I’ve said before, one of the many reasons I love blogging so much is the fact that it has connected me with so many wonderful, inspiring ladies. I could be coming to you today with one, delicious holiday cookie recipe, but instead, thanks to these superstar foodie bloggers, I’m coming at you with SIX.
If I haven’t said this enough, the holiday season is my favorite time of year. Especially because, COOKIES. I love, love, love holiday cookies. Not even just the cookies themselves, but the process of making them. I love to play Christmas music, put a cute apron on, and forget all of my problems while baking. It’s just that powerful.
These particular cookies are unlike any other Christmas cookie that I’ve made. I usually go for the traditional sugar cookie with decorative icing, but I just wasn’t feelin’ it. I needed something more. I needed…pie… but a cookie. A pie cookie. A whoopie pie.
These cookies are:
Soft
Creamy
Sweet
Pillowy
Addictive!
Ingredients
- 2 cups whole wheat flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 cup coconut sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2/3 cup fat free milk or almond milk
- 2 tbsp red food coloring
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3 tbsp marshmallow fluff
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375.
- Combine wet ingredients in a bowl (I used a stand mixer) and mix well.
- Mix together dry ingredients in a separate bowl and incrementally add into the dry ingredients while mixing with electric mixer or stand mixer.
- Grease a baking pan.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop cookie dough onto baking pan with at least 1 inch separation between each cookie.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. When done, move to a cooling rack to let them completely cool.
- In either your stand mixer bowl (clean it first!) or another bowl, combine the filling ingredients until completely smooth and there are no powdered sugar clumps.
- Using a butter or spreading knife, spread the icing onto the bottom of half of the cookies, placing another cookie on top to form a sandwich.
- *Optional: fill a shallow bowl with red and green sprinkles, rolling the pies in the sprinkles causing the icing to be covered in sprinkles on the outside!
Pin for later!
As promised, here are SIX MORE holiday cookie recipes for you to share with friends this season!
Caramel Thumbprint Cookies from Fit Mitten Kitchen
Cute, bite-sized, grain-free thumbprints with salted caramel centers and chocolate drizzle, these cookies are the perfect treat for your paleo peeps!
Gluten Free Peanut Butter Blossoms by Rachlmansfield
Dreamy peanut butter cup blossoms filled with dark chocolate peanut butter cups, creamy peanut butter, and made with all gluten free and organic ingredients. Ready in less than 15 minutes!
Toffee Almond Butter Cups by The Almond Eater
Ooey, gooey chocolate cups filled with toffee AND almond butter. These Toffee Almond Butter Cups require just 8 ingredients, take 30 minutes to make, and they’re vegan-friendly, too!
Ginger Doodles by In It 4 the Long Run
Spicy, sweet gingerbread meets chewy cinnamon snickerdoodles in these delectable bite-sized holiday cookies covered in coconut sugar.
Cranberry Bliss Bars by The Balanced Berry
Your classic cranberry bliss bar got a gluten free makeover! Grain-free shortbread is loaded with cranberries and white chocolate chips then covered with cream cheese frosting, dried cranberries and a generous drizzle of white chocolate.
what a fun little round up! Whoopie pies are my favorite. I loveee the soft cookie part! Can’t wait to try these.
Pragati // Simple Medicine recently posted…Let’s Talk Cents: Saving Through the Holidays
so soffttttt I couldn’t stop eatin’ em!
This is such an all-star roundup! My mouth is watering for something sweet and it’s only 8:30 a.m. I love red velvet everything and your whoopie pies look like the perfect balance of light and rich I want them now!!
Margaret @ Youngandrungry recently posted…St. Jude Marathon Recap + Craft Giveaway Results
Thanks so much Margaret!! They’re super easy too, highly recommend!
I haven’t had a whoopie pie in SO long, but I just absolutely love them!! So puffy and delicious – its like a cake in cookie form
Kat recently posted…Mint N’ Chip Energy Bites [Raw, Vegan & Paleo]
It had been forever for me too! So glad I made the reunion happen ;D
Ok so whoppie pies remind me of being a kid and getting the frosting all over my face from eating them way to quickly! I love that these are red velvet too, one of my favorite flavors, especially this time of the year! They are just gorgous
Sam @ PancakeWarriors recently posted…Secretly Healthy Macaroni and Cheese
I may or may not have frosting all over my face when I eat them NOW 😀
You’re making everyone who forgot about whoopie pies suddenly crave them. These are so beautiful–both the pies and the photos<3
Erin @ The Almond Eater recently posted…Toffee Almond Butter Cups+Holiday Cookie Exchange
Thank you so much Erin!! <3 Your photos are AMAZING!
Soooo my mom was just telling me we need to figure out what to make for you annual baking day we have before Christmas and I am pretty sure I can just send her this whole list & call it good. These look INCREDIBLE!
Brie @ Lean, Clean, & Brie recently posted…Fitness Holiday Gift Guide
Didn’t these ladies deliver!?! I hope you have fun with your baking day! That sounds so awesome!
Still can’t get over how amazing those whoopie pies look!!!
Ashley @ Fit Mitten Kitchen recently posted…Grain-Free Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies + holiday cookie exchange
Thanks Ashley!!! Yours are amazeballs too
HOLY YUM! I remember going with my mom to the store and tugging at her hand, begging her to buy a package of whoopie pies. Now I think she will be tugging on mine asking me to make more! 😉
d’awww thanks Maddie <3 so sweet.
I totally cracked up when I read “I needed…pie… but a cookie. A pie cookie. A whoopie pie.” lol pie cookie.
Absolutely obsessed with these photos. So glad that marble slab is in your life <3
Georgie recently posted…Gingerdoodles – The Holiday Cookie Exchange
I pledge allegiance, to marble slab
mmm. Red velvet?! Cream cheese?! you read my mind. That is truly the best combination. I am obsessed with how pillow-y these are
Beverley Cheng recently posted…3 X 5 AMRAP Hamstring & Glute Workout
Those look so good! Where to I pick up coconut sugar?
Amanda Elizabeth – Meet at the Barre recently posted…Holiday Workout Playlist
You’re killin’ me ova here!!! My favorite food photographers/bloggers, all in one place?! Say it isn’t so.
Jess @hellotofit recently posted…How to Live in the Present Moment
Whoopie pies = happiness. Then you had to go and make them red velvet. I must have these <3333
Les @ The Balanced Berry recently posted…Gluten-Free Cranberry Bliss Bars + Epic Holiday Cookie Exchange
You are making me swoon with these! Whoopie pies are a favorite so these need to get in my belly asap! Pinning now.
These look amazing!