Hungry Girl's Mini Red Velvet Whoopie Pies
- 2 tablespoons jet-puffed marshmallow creme
- 14 cup Cool Whip Free, thawed
- 18 teaspoon vanilla extract
- one 25-calorie packet hot cocoa mix (like Swiss Miss Diet or NestlA Fat Free)
- 1 dash salt
- 1 tablespoon mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
- 2 drops red food coloring
- 13 cup devil's food cake mix
- 13 cup yellow cake mix
- 2 12 tablespoons fat-free liquid egg substitute (like Egg Beaters Original)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- To make the filling, place marshmallow creme in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave for 5 - 10 seconds, until soft and easy to stir.
- Let cool slightly.
- Add Cool Whip and vanilla extract, and stir until completely mixed.
- Refrigerate until your pies are ready to be assembled.
- Place cocoa mix, salt, and 1/2 tablespoons chocolate chips in a glass.
- Add 1/4 cup very hot water, and stir until ingredients have dissolved.
- Add food coloring and 1/4 cup cold water, and mix we ll.
- Pour cocoa mixture into a bowl.
- Add cake mixes and egg substitute.
- Using a whisk or fork, mix batter for about 2 minutes, until smooth and blended.
- Batter will be thin, but your pies will puff up once baked.
- Add remaining 1/2 tablespoons chocolate chips and lightly stir.
- Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with nonstick spray.
- Spoon batter into the pan, evenly distributing it among all 12 cups (only about 1 heaping tablespoons per cup).
- Bake in the oven for 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a "pie half" comes out clean.
- Let cool completely.
- Once cool, use a knife to carefully loosen the pie halves and remove them from the pan.
- Place 6 pie halves flat-side up on a plate.
- Spoon filling on top of the plated halves, evenly distributing it among them.
- Place one of the remaining pie halves, flat-side down, on top of each filling-covered pie half.
- Whoopie, you're done!
jetpuffed marshmallow creme, vanilla, cocoa, salt, semisweet chocolate chips, drops red food coloring, cake mix, yellow cake, liquid egg substitute
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hungry-girls-mini-red-velvet-whoopie-pies-434486 (may not work)