Your New Favorite Whoopie Pies
You’ve probably had classic whoopie pies, but have you ever had cookie dough whoopie pies? Today’s recipe takes those soft, cakey, and chocolatey cookies and pairs them with a chocolate chip cookie dough filling. It’s an unusual match, but it works, and I just know you are going to go crazy for them! If you’ve been a longtime follower, you may recognize this recipe–it’s one of my oldest ones! Today I’m updating it with just a few improvements:
perfecting the cookie shells to be more chocolatey, soft, and moist using real cookie dough as the filling
Previously, this recipe used a more traditional whoopie pie filling that included shortening. I wanted to use something that really tasted like chocolate chip cookie dough, which typically doesn’t include shortening. My edible cookie dough was the perfect solution! We’re just adding a splash more milk to make it spreadable, but otherwise, it’s perfect here. Let’s get started!
What You Need
Let’s go over a few of the important ingredients we’ll be using in today’s recipe:
Butter. You’ll need softened butter for both the filling and the cookies. Make sure you use unsalted butter since we are adding salt separately. Cocoa powder. I recommend natural cocoa powder here. Dutch process cocoa is not the same, not just because of the taste, but also because of its alkalinity. You can read more about this in my natural vs. Dutch process cocoa powder post! Buttermilk. Buttermilk adds flavor and tenderness to the chocolate cookies. If you don’t have any on hand, do NOT substitute regular milk; instead, use your milk to make my easy buttermilk substitute. Chocolate chips. I like a mix of regular and mini semisweet chips, but you can use all of one kind if that’s what you prefer!
SAM’S TIP: Since this cookie dough filling is eggless, there’s no need to worry about salmonella; however, raw flour can still cause food-borne illness. To eradicate the risk, I am including a step to heat treat the flour, as I do with my cookie dough dip and cookie dough pops. Make sure you let your flour cool completely after heat treating! Remember, this is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Cookie Dough Whoopie Pies
Chocolate Cookies
SAM’S TIP: Your water should be very hot, if not boiling, to help the cocoa powder bloom (which intensifies its flavor). Just be careful not to splash yourself when adding it to the batter!
Cookie Dough Filling
Assembly
Looking for more whoopie pie variations? Try my pumpkin whoopie pies or peppermint bark whoopie pies! Enjoy! Let’s bake together! I’ll be walking you through all the steps in my written recipe below! If you try this recipe, be sure to tag me on Instagram, and you can also find me on YouTube and Facebook
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