Dessert :: Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Boy oh boy! These are just dangerously delicious! I've been wanting to make these for a few weeks. I researched a lot of different whoopie pie recipes and this one seemed to be the best.

I did use half whole wheat flour and half regular. I really wanted to do the entire batch with whole wheat but I was afraid. It also calls for a cup of oil. I thought about doing the 'ol switch-a-roo and use applesauce, but I chickened out. Since I made them this way once and they were awesome,  I will experiment with the applesauce next time. You have to try these! You won't be able to eat just one!

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Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling {recipe copied from here}

Makes 12-14

3 cups AP Flour

1 Tablespoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground cloves

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup Splenda (use could white sugar if you like)

1 cup vegetable oil

1 - 15 oz. can of pumpkin

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Beat together brown sugar, Splenda, oil and pumpkin. Add eggs one at time, mixing well after each addition, followed by the vanilla. In a separate bowl, shift together the dry ingredients. Slowly incorporate the dry ingredients into the wet until just combined. 

Line cookie sheet with wax or parchment paper. Using a pastry bag with a round tip, or a big zip top plastic bag with one corner snipped, squeeze out concentric circles of batter, starting from the middle and working outward until the circles are about 2 inches in diameter. Bake for 11 minutes and cool on a rack.

Cream Cheese Filling

1 - 8 oz. package of cream cheese, softened

1 stick of unsalted butter, room temperature

1 - 16 oz. package of powdered sugar

about a capful of vanilla extract

a pinch of cinnamon (to taste)

Beat together cream cheese and butter. Add powdered sugar, vanilla and cinnamon. Frost flat side of half the pies and top with another piece. 

Enjoy right away or chill overnight.