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Chocolate Coconut Whoopie Pies on a cooling rack.

Overhead view of Chocolate Coconut Whoopies on a cooling rack.

How to make Whoopie Pies

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Chocolate Coconut Whoopie Pies

5 from 1 vote
By: Alyssa Rivers
A delicious chocolate cookie made with a cake mix and stuffed with a delicious coconut cream filling!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 7 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Servings: 12 Whoopie Pies

Ingredients 

Chocolate Cookies:

Coconut Cream Filling:

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line pans with parchment paper.
  • Sift cake mix into a large bowl to remove any lumps.
  • Add eggs, butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract and stir until combined well.
  • Make dough balls the size of 1 or 1 ยฝ Tablespoons (depending on how large you want to finished product to be) and place on the cookies sheets 2 inches apart from each other. Gently pat down the cookies a little bit to that they donโ€™t bake too tall.
  • Bake for 7-12 minutes, depending on how fudgey or cakey you like your cookies.

Filling:

  • Beat cream cheese and butter for 2 minutes. Add coconut extract and slowly add powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency.
  • To assemble, frost the bottom of half of your cooled cookies. Then take the unfrosted cookies and pace them on top of the frosted ones creating your cookie โ€œsandwiches.โ€ Roll exposed edges in shredded coconut for added decoration.

Nutrition

Calories: 424kcalCarbohydrates: 58gProtein: 4gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 68mgSodium: 440mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 1gSugar: 45gVitamin A: 521IUCalcium: 72mgIron: 2mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
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About Alyssa Rivers

Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.

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  1. 5 stars
    Love these! I’ve made them 3 times, and they’re always a hit, but, only the second time did they NOT go flat. Can’t figure out why they are doing that or what I did different that time. They were still delicious, I just called them whoopie cookies ๐Ÿ˜Š But do you have any suggestions or ideas why mine keep going flat?
    Thanks!
    Cathy

    1. I am so glad that you like them! I am sorry they are not setting up for you! I will make them this week and see if there needs to be any changes.