Crimson Velvet Whoopie Pies – Dessert for Two

31 de March de 2026

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Why eat one cookie when you may eat two with fluffy vanilla frosting within the center? These Crimson Velvet Whoopie Pies are comfortable, fluffy, and utterly irresistible. Make these for the true pink velvet lover in your life. (The recipe solely makes 4 cookie sandwiches!)

Horizontal image of red velvet whoopie pies stacked on each other.

Please disregard the title of this recipe if you happen to’ve by no means heard of a ‘whoopie pie.’ All you actually need to find out about no matter a ‘whoopie pie’ is, is that this: it’s a approach to eat two cookies on the similar time! With fluffy frosting within the center!

To be trustworthy, you would name it actually something, and I’d eat it as a result of, once more: it’s two comfortable fluffy cookies with frosting within the center.

I do know I’m the final one on earth to find the comfortable model of Oreos known as ‘cakesters,’ however to be trustworthy, they’re nothing however packaged whoopie pies. And every time we discover one thing pre-made and packaged, we at all times attempt to make it at residence, don’t we?

Stack of bright red cookies with white filling.

Elements

Lots of little white bowls of baking ingredients.

Butter. Three tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened. This can be a small batch whoopie pie recipe, so we’re solely making 8 cookies (or 4 cookie sandwiches complete). We additionally want 2 tablespoons of softened butter for the frosting filling.
Sugar. One-quarter cup of granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons, which is 6 tablespoons of sugar complete.
Vanilla. One-quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract for the cookies, and one other 1/4 teaspoon for the frosting filling.
Egg Yolk. Please break up the egg and simply use the egg yolk. Reserve the egg white for one more use.
Crimson Meals Coloring. To make these pink velvet whoopie pies vivid, use one-half teaspoon of pink meals gel. Meals gel is stronger than meals dye, so if you happen to’re utilizing the dye, you have to enhance the quantity to three/4 teaspoon.
Flour. Measure out 1/2 cup of flour and add one other 2 tablespoons for this recipe. Apologies–typically small-batch recipes require uncommon measurements.
Baking Soda. One-quarter teaspoon of baking soda.
Buttermilk. Anytime cookies are comfortable, it’s as a result of a small quantity of milk is within the batter. For these pink velvet whoopie pies, we’re utilizing 1/4 cup of buttermilk. In case you don’t wish to purchase a carton of buttermilk only for 1/4 cup, you should utilize 1/4 cup of milk with a really small splash of white vinegar in it. Nonetheless, please word that we are going to additionally use a small quantity of buttermilk for the frosting (however once more, you may swap in milk).
Cream Cheese. Nothing goes higher with pink velvet than cream cheese frosting. The filling for these whoopie pies begins with 3 ounces of softened cream cheese.
Powdered Sugar. One-half cup of powdered sugar to make the cream cheese filling.

The right way to Make Crimson Velvet Whoopie Pies

First, use a regular 6-ounce ramekin to hint eight circles onto parchment paper. (Flip the paper over so the batter doesn’t contact the pencil marks immediately).

Subsequent, beat collectively the softened butter, sugar, and vanilla extract till gentle and fluffy.

Add the egg yolk and pink meals coloring.

After mixing, sift the flour and baking soda on prime. Beat, whereas including the buttermilk slowly.

Use teaspoons to divide the pink velvet whoopie pie batter into every circle. Make them as uniform as doable. Bake 10 minutes; they are going to be comfortable, however a toothpick will inform you they’re carried out. Let cool on the pan.

Make the frosting: beat collectively the cream cheese, powdered sugar, butter, buttermilk, and vanilla. Divide into 4 parts to make 4 cookie sandwiches.

Two red velvet whoopie pies leaning on each other with one bite missing.

You may also like my pumpkin whoopie pies within the fall!

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