Description
These Easter Whoopie Pies are a delightful springtime treat featuring soft vanilla cake cookies studded and coated with colorful Easter sprinkles, sandwiched with a creamy pink vanilla frosting. Perfect for festive celebrations, they combine a fun and vibrant look with a deliciously tender texture and sweet, smooth filling.
Ingredients
Scale
Cookie Dough
- 1 box French vanilla cake mix
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 3 cups Easter sprinkles
Vanilla Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- Pink gel food coloring (a few drops)
Instructions
- Prepare the oven and baking sheets: Preheat your oven to 375°F (190°C). Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats to prevent sticking and help with cleanup.
- Mix the dough: In a standing mixer fitted with a whisk attachment, combine the French vanilla cake mix, egg, and ½ cup of unsalted butter. Beat until a soft, well-incorporated dough forms.
- Add sprinkles to the dough: Gently fold 1 cup of Easter sprinkles into the dough, distributing them evenly but carefully to avoid melting or bruising the sprinkles.
- Shape the cookies: Using a small cookie scoop, portion the dough into balls. Place the remaining 2 cups of sprinkles in a bowl and roll each dough ball through the sprinkles until thoroughly coated.
- Bake the cookies: Arrange the sprinkle-coated dough balls on the prepared baking sheets, spacing them apart. Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until the edges start to turn lightly golden.
- Cool the cookies: Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool completely on the baking sheets to firm up and be ready for assembling.
- Prepare the frosting: In a standing mixer, beat the softened butter, powdered sugar, vanilla extract, heavy whipping cream, and a few drops of pink gel food coloring until creamy and fluffy, capable of holding peaks.
- Assemble the whoopie pies: Match up the cooled cookies in pairs of similar size. Pipe a generous amount of pink vanilla frosting onto the flat side of one cookie, then gently press another cookie flat side down on top to create a whoopie pie sandwich.
Notes
- Make sure to cool the cookies completely before assembling to prevent the frosting from melting.
- You can use any color gel food coloring to customize the frosting.
- Store the assembled whoopie pies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- If you want a firmer frosting, chill it briefly before assembling.
- Using parchment or silicone mats helps prevent sticking and makes cleanup easy.
