Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies Recipe

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These cute sandwich cookies from our Test Kitchen would be a pretty addition to any holiday goodie tray.

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Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies Recipe
  • Prep/Total Time: 30 min.
  • Yield: 18 Servings
25 5 30

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons fat-free milk
  • FILLING:
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1-1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon mint extract
  • 4 drops green food coloring, optional
  • 4 teaspoons fat-free milk

Directions

  • In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add egg; beat for 1 minute. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into sugar mixture. Add milk and mix well. (Dough will be sticky.) With lightly floured hands, roll dough into 3/4-in. balls.
  • Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with cooking spray.
  • Flatten slightly with a glass coated with cooking spray. Bake at 400° for 4-5 minutes or until edges are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool.
  • In a small bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar until crumbly. Beat in extract, food coloring if desired and milk. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies. Yield: 1-1/2 dozen.

Nutritional Analysis: One sandwich cookie equals 122 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 86 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.

Originally published as Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies in Light & Tasty December/January 2004, p55

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Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2012 by shelli1542

we had high hopes but these were just OK. Next time I'll try another whoopie pie instead.

Reviewed on Oct. 12, 2011 by Anne Oakes

Good flavor, runny batter

Reviewed on May. 24, 2011 by cynthiaelliott

We liked the taste of these cookies but I only used 2 tsp of fat-free milk instead of. 2 tbsp. It was too thin. I will try them again.

 
 

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