Easy Red Velvet Whoopie Pies (with Cream Cheese Filling)

These Red Velvet Whoopie Pies showcase your classic red velvet cake in sandwich form. These are two moist, flavorful, and delicious disks of red velvet cake filled with cream cheese frosting. The cake is made in one bowl with simple ingredients, and the cream cheese filling can be whipped up in 5 minutes!

I have become a huge fan of red velvet. It has such a unique flavor, is so moist and fluffy, and that pop of red is just so fun. If you're like me and love red velvet, check out Red Velvet Cupcakes if you're looking for another 30 minute bake, my Red Velvet Layer Cake for a large celebration, or Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies for a twist on a classic candy cookie!

Tell Me About This Recipe

• Whoopie pies are two moist, fluffy, and flavorful cake disks filled with frosting

• These are made with a 4-ingredient, super simple frosting. It is made with cream cheese and marshmallow fluff to perfectly pair with the classic red velvet cake flavor!

• The whoopie pie cake disks are made in a bowl with a whisk in just 25 minutes

Whoopie Pie Ingredients

PLEASE NOTE: the full recipe and instructions can be found in the recipe card below

• All Purpose Flour: Regular, all purpose flour creates a light and fluffy red velvet cake! You absolutely NEED to measure your flour correctly- either by measuring in grams or by spooning flour into your measuring cups and leveling the tops with a spoon or knife. If you scoop and pack your flour into measuring cups, you will end up with dry, dense whoopie pies! 
• Cocoa Powder: Cocoa powder is where your classic red velvet flavor comes from.
• Vegetable Oil: Vegetable oil is the fat in this recipe and helps to create moist cake slivers.
• Granulated Sugar + Light Brown Sugar: A combination of plain granulated sugar and light brown sugar adds moisture, structure, and sweetness to these red velvet whoopie pies.
• Eggs: You'll need one large egg at room temperature for this recipe! Place your egg in a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes before using if you forget to leave it out ahead of time!
• Buttermilk: Buttermilk is so important for red velvet, specifically. It reacts with the leavening agents, vinegar, and food gel to help with a light texture and deep color. You'll want your buttermilk to be at room temperature.
• Distilled Vinegar: Use distilled vinegar in red velvet batter to help with rise and color! 
• Red Food Gel: I highly recommend using food gel rather than liquid food dye. You'll need just a couple of drops of food gel, where you will likely need quite a bit of liquid food dye to achieve a deep red color. My go-to red is Super Red from Americolor . I normally need less than a teaspoon of it to get a really nice red color.

Process

Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line baking sheets with parchment paper.

Step 2: Whisk dry ingredients together with a whisk: all purpose flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.

Step 3: Whisk vegetable oil, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, buttermilk, egg, and vanilla extract together until smooth.

Step 4: Carefully, mix dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and beat only until you see the ingredients disappear into the batter. You should not see any flour mixture poking through.

Step 5: Mix distilled vinegar and red food coloring into the batter.

Step 6: Divide the batter into slightly larger than ½ tablespoon size dollops onto your prepared baking sheet. Ensure the batter is at least 2 inches apart.

Step 7: Bake whoopie pies until slightly soft and set on top, domed, and until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

Step 8: Prepare cream cheese frosting by beating room temperature butter and cream cheese together on high speed until smooth. Beat powdered sugar into the frosting until combined on medium speed. Then, add marshmallow fluff into the frosting on high speed, beating for about 3 minutes until smooth, soft, light, and velvety.

Frequently Asked Questions

Marshmallow Cream Cheese Frosting

This Cream Cheese Frosting takes 4 ingredients total and 5 minutes of your time! It's the perfect filling for these whoopie pies because it is super simple, adds the perfect amount of sweetness, has a subtle tang from the cream cheese, and pays homage to the classic red velvet + cream cheese pairing! To make the frosting:

1. Mix room temperature butter and cream cheese together on high speed until smooth
2. Add powdered sugar to the mixture and carefully beat until combined
3. Stir powdered sugar into the frosting and beat for 2-3 minutes until light and velvety

Expert Tips and Tricks

• Room Temperature Ingredients: Room temperature ingredients allow the batter to come together properly and ensures that the ingredients properly incorporate. In this recipe, you'll need a room temperature egg and room temperature buttermilk
  • leave egg out 1-2 hours before baking or place it in a bowl of hot water for about 5 minutes before using
  • leave buttermilk out 1-2 hours before baking or microwave for 10-15 seconds

• Whoopie Pie Size: Do not make the whoopie pie batter dollops larger than 1 tablespoon. The recipe recommends slightly larger than ½ tablespoon measurements. Larger whoopie pies will not dome properly, meaning you could end up with flatter cake sandwiches!

• Storing: My most important tip on storing these is to individually wrap them. Plastic wrap, aluminum foil, or even plastic zippable bags will ensure that the whoopie pies do not stick to the surface they are placed on or to each other.

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