Valentine’s Day holiday season is coming up and our Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Sandwich Cookies is the perfect dessert recipe to make and enjoy with the perfect red velvet cookies paired with a delicious homemade cream cheese frosting.
The best thing about this recipe is that since you use a red velvet cake mix, not only do you not have to mess with red food coloring, but you will get great cakey cookies still with that beautiful red color.
So, if you love soft cookies with delicious cream cheese frosting, this red velvet recipe is the great recipe you need!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Sandwich Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:
Cookies
- 15.25 ounces cake mix Red Velvet
- 2 eggs lightly beaten
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup butter softened
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar more or less for consistency
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to make Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Sandwich Cookies
- Preheat the oven to 375 ℉.
- Mix together the cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops start to crack, about 8 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl combine cream cheese, butter, milk, and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing well with each addition. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
- Spread a generous amount of icing on the bottom of a cookie, sandwich it with another cookie, pressing firmly so that the icing comes all the way out to the edge. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Storage Suggestions
If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Sandwich Cookies store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:
- Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.
Tips for making the best red velvet sandwich cookies:
- Use a cookie scoop to keep the cookie size and shape consistent which makes it easier to make this red velvet whoopie pies recipe.
- Want to make these cookies even yummier? I added 1/2 cup of sweetened flaked coconut to my frosting the second time I made them and it was so good. If you love coconut, I highly recommend it!
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Red Velvet Whoopie Pie Sandwich Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 15.25 ounces cake mix, Red Velvet
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- ½ cup vegetable oil
Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- ¼ cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar, more or less for consistency
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 ℉.
- Mix together the cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl. Roll the dough into balls the size of walnuts. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the tops start to crack, about 8 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a large bowl combine cream cheese, butter, milk, and vanilla. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing well with each addition. If consistency is too stiff, add more milk.
- Spread a generous amount of icing on the bottom of a cookie, sandwich it with another cookie, pressing firmly so that the icing comes all the way out to the edge. Repeat with the remaining cookies.
Notes
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I don't see the bourbon in the ingredient list, but it is mentioned in the directions. Can't wait to make these!
As I kid, I couldn't eat enough Whoopie Pies!!!!
And these look and sound delicious!
But yes, these were so good and were a big hit!!