Birthday Whoopie Pies
- Cooking spray
- 1 box yellow cake mix (for two 9-inch rounds), such as Duncan Hines
- 2 large eggs
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 4 ounces white chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- One 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup multicolored sprinkles
- For the cookies: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.
- Beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and 1/3 cup water in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and no bits of dry cake mix are left.
- Drop the batter onto the prepared baking sheets, using about a tablespoonful for each cookie (a small ice cream scoop will make this task easier) and spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart.
- Bake until set around the edges but still soft in the center, about 8 minutes.
- Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely (the rounded tops will sink slightly).
- Continue to bake cookies with the remaining batter.
- For the filling: Melt the chocolate and butter in a medium bowl in the microwave in 1-minute increments, stirring after each, until smooth.
- Beat the cream cheese, sugar and vanilla together with an electric mixer on medium-high speed in a large bowl until smooth.
- Pour the chocolate-butter mixture into the cream cheese mixture and mix until smooth.
- To assemble: Spread about 1 tablespoon of the filling on the flat side of half the cookies.
- Sandwich with the remaining cookies, pressing slightly so the filling squishes to the edge.
- Roll the filling edge in sprinkles to coat.
- Serve or refrigerate up to overnight.
cooking spray, yellow cake, eggs, unsalted butter, white chocolate, unsalted butter, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, sprinkles
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/birthday-whoopie-pies.html (may not work)