Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

This post may contain affiliate links.Please read our disclosure policy.Why eat one cookie when you can eat two with fluffy vanilla frosting in the middle? These Red Velvet Whoopie Pies are soft, fluffy, and completely irresistible.

Make these for the true red velvet lover in your life.(The recipe only makes 4 cookie sandwiches!) Please disregard the name of this recipe if you’ve never heard of a ‘whoopie pie.’ All you really need to know about whatever a ‘whoopie pie’ is, is this: it’s a way to eat two cookies at the same time! With fluffy frosting in the middle! To be honest, you could call it literally anything, and I would eat it because, again: it’s two soft fluffy cookies with frosting in the middle.I know I’m the last one on earth to discover the soft version of Oreos called ‘cakesters,’ but to be honest, they are nothing but packaged whoopie pies.

And whenever we find something pre-made and packaged, we always try to make it at home, don’t we? Ingredients Butter.Three tablespoons of unsalted butter, softened.This is a small batch whoopie pie recipe, so we’re only making 8 cookies (or 4 cookie sandwiches total).

We also need 2 tablespoons of softened butter for the frosting filling.Sugar.One-quarter cup of granulated sugar plus 2 tablespoons, which is 6 tablespoons of sugar total.

Vanilla.One-quarter teaspoon of vanilla extract for the cookies, and another 1/4 teaspoon for the frosting filling.Egg