Hi! It’s Nikole, dessert contributor and busy mother of 4. I love to bake. The easier the better. I even sometimes have a young sidekick in the kitchen with me, eager to help.
These Red, White and Blue Whoopie Pies are a treat enjoyed by all. We are usually camping for Memorial Day and 4th of July, but that doesn’t stop me from baking! It may take me longer due to a very small oven, but I still manage to pull it off. I enjoy making festive desserts for my family. I made these Whoopie Pies for a big group last year, so I made most of them small, though I did make some bigger ones for the grown ups. 😉
These are the ones I made camping last year.
Red White and Blue Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
- Red Velvet Cake Box Mix
- Blue Velvet Cake Box Mix
- 4 eggs
- 12 tbs Butter
VANILLA FROSTING (make 2 batches)
- 4 cups confection sugar
- 1/3 cup butter or shortening
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Spray cookie sheets with non stick spray
RED VELVET CAKE
- Add 2 eggs to a bowl
- Add 6tbs of melted butter
- Add Red Velvet Mix
- Stir with fork until all mixed
BLUE VELVET CAKE
- Add 2 eggs to a bowl
- Add 6tbs of melted butter
- Add Blue Velvet Mix
- Stir with fork until all mixed
- Note: Blue Velvet batter will be more crumbly and thick and Red Velvet is a thick liquid batter.
- For smaller whoopie pies: make 1 inch balls/dollops (make the Blue Velvet a tiny bit bigger than red). Keep all blue pies on one tray and all red on another.
- Place in oven and bake until cooked, approximately 8 minutes - you'll know they are down when the tops start to turn brown
- NOTE: You may need to flatten red ones gently with a spatula.
- To make bigger whoopie pies make the balls/dollops bigger and bake longer.
- Cool on wire racks.
VANILLA FROSTING
- Add confection sugar and butter to a large bowl
- Beat really well with power mixer
- Add in vanilla, continuing to beat
- Add tablespoon of milk while beating, add small drops until you reach your desired thickness
FILLING WHOOPIE PIES
- When whoopie pies are cooled, fill with vanilla frosting. Or for a cooling treat fill with vanilla ice cream (let ice cream sit out for a few minutes to soften a little)!
- To fill, first match them up - find a red that matches a blue in size
- Put a big dollop of frosting or ice cream on flat side and gently press the flat side of other pie to create the red/white/blue whoopie pie!
Thanks so much for the recipe! Hugs and blessings, Cindy