Name: Red Velvet Peppermint Whoopie Pies Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 15½ oz red velvet cake mix; ½ cup Vegetable Oil; 2 eggs; 2 tsp Peppermint Extract; Cream Cheese filling:; 8 oz cream cheese; ½ cup butter; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 2 cups powdered sugar

red velvet peppermint whoopie pies recipe

How To Make Red Velvet Peppermint Whoopie Pies

These vibrant whoopie pies are the perfect holiday treats. The cookies made of red velvet flavored with peppermint sandwich a rich cream cheese filling.

Preparation: 20 minutes

Cooking: 10 minutes

Cool Time: 5 minutes

Total: 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

15½ozred velvet cake mix,(1 package)
½cupvegetable oil
2eggs,lightly beaten
2tsppeppermint extract

Cream Cheese Filling:

8ozcream cheese,(2 packages), at room temperature
½cupbutter,at room temperature
2tspvanilla extract
2cupspowdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Mix cake mix, oil, eggs, and peppermint extract together in a bowl.
Roll the dough into walnut-size balls and space about 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes until the tops of the cookies start to crack. Take out of the oven and let cool on the pan for about 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack.
Beat cream cheese, butter, and vanilla extract together in a bowl with an electric mixer. Add powdered sugar a little at a time to reach desired consistency, or to sweeten to desired level.
Spread filling between 2 cooled cookies.