Chocolate Whoopie Pie with Peanut Butter Filling
Have you jumped on the whoopie pie bandwagon yet? If not you are seriously missing out. Last year the NY Times said they were having a moment and for a second there I thought they would dethrone the beloved (but sometimes overrated) cupcake.
My favorite whoopie pie is still pumpkin with a cream cheese filling. But what’s not to love about chocolate and peanut butter? It’s as classic as peas ‘n carrots and Burt ‘n Ernie. Anything chocolate and peanut butter in my book will stand the test of time, including these whoopies. The fluffy chocolate cookie cakes make an excellent canvas to enjoy the sweet creamy peanut butter filling.
My favorite way to enjoy this and all whoopie pies invloves lots of smooshing. No, no – not the kind the folks on Jersey Shore do 
Squeeze the cookie cakes between your fingers, let the filling ooze out, repeat and then take a bit.
So smoosh away! I promise you will like it.
Chocolate Whoopie Pie with Peanut Butter Filling
Ingredients:
For The Cookie Cakes
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
1 cup (packed) dark brown sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup milkFor The Filling
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extractDirections:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and position a rack in the center of the oven. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silcon mats.
Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt into a medium bowl and set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter, shortening and brown sugar on medium speed until fluffy and smooth, about 3-4 minutes. Add egg and vanilla and continue to mix until combined. Then add the flour mixture and milk alternately, begining and end with the flour until just incorporated. Finish by hand with a rubber spatula if necessary.
Using a small ice cream scoop, drop scoops of batter onto the prepared baking sheet spacing them 2 inches apart. Bake one sheet at a time for about 10-12 minutes, rotating the sheet halfway through baking. The cookie cakes wil be done when they spring back when pressed gently. Let them cool on the sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
For the filling, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and peanut butter until smooth and creamy on medium speed. Bring the mixer to low and slowly add the confectioners sugar followed by the vanilla extract and continue to beat until light and fluffy.
When the cookie cakes have completely cooled, spoon about 2 tablespoons of the filling on one, top with another and gently squeeze. The whoppie pies will keep in an air tight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Jessica @ How Sweet — September 29, 2010 @ 5:44 pm
Oh my gosh… these look incredible. I need them!
Abby — September 29, 2010 @ 5:49 pm
My favorite combination. Seriously. I made pumpkin whoopie pies a few years ago; it was my first time eating them! Down here we’re all about the Moon Pie.
Megan — September 29, 2010 @ 6:19 pm
I am always a full supporter of any peanut butter and chocolate combination. These look delicious and may finally convince me to dive my way into a scrumptious smooshy whoopie pie.
ingrid — September 29, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
No, no, no! Say it ain’t so..you’ve gone over to the chocolate side! LOL After two plus years of blogging I still haven’t made whoopie pies. I think it’s that thing I’ve got against cookies. Lotta work and not enough payoff, but with whoopies there is that yummy filling.
~ingrid
Tracy — September 29, 2010 @ 10:40 pm
Mmm. I really need to try making whoopie pies!
Joanne — September 29, 2010 @ 11:23 pm
I knew that whoopie pies were making a comeback. And man are they delicious little things! I love the sound of this PB filling. Totally makes the cupcake. I wonder if these are good for carb loading…?
Bonnie — September 30, 2010 @ 6:25 am
My preferred way to eat whoopie pies is to, as you say, squeeze the filling out. Then I lick that filling from all around the pie. And, how delicious the peanut butter must be!! Who knew, back in the day, that whoopie pies could be anything other than chocolate cake and vanilla filling. Thanks, not only for the recipe, but the memory.
Best,
Bonnie
Maria — September 30, 2010 @ 9:58 am
I love the pb filling! yum!
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Biz — September 30, 2010 @ 1:31 pm
Gotta love the peanut butter/chocolate combo – these look amazing Eliana!
Katrina — September 30, 2010 @ 11:06 pm
Great recipe! These look fantastic.
Shandy — October 1, 2010 @ 11:08 am
I love all things peanut butter and chocolate and these whoopie pies looking amazing and now my tummy is making hungry noises. I really want to bake a batch right now.
I have a question for you. I am making a coconut pecan frosting for Sweet Melissa Sunday and was thinking of sandwiching the frosting between whoopie cookies but I do not want to make the traditional German chocolate. Mom was thinking orange whoopie cake flavor, hubby was thinking carrot cake whoopie cakes, but I am not sure either grab me. Do you have any thoughts? Thank you in advance, Shandy
Flourchild — October 2, 2010 @ 8:29 am
These look fantastic! I love cookies filled with stuff, especially whoopies!!
Julie — October 2, 2010 @ 7:41 pm
Oh I wish I could reach in the screen and grab a bite of one of these. Chocolate and peanut butter…YUM!!!!
Lori — October 3, 2010 @ 8:15 pm
I have to try my hand a whoopie pies. I love that they are showing up more and more. Kind of like the new cupcake.
I’m so glad you linked to that pumpkin one. I love this pb filling, but I’ll be trying out the pumpking/cream cheese come too!
steph (whisk/spoon) — October 4, 2010 @ 4:04 pm
i have been daydreaming about whoopies pies, actually. the only thing stopping me from baking them is my fear of eating a whole batch. these look so good–a classically delicious combo!
Cristine — October 4, 2010 @ 9:07 pm
Looks amazing, but I’m with you… My fave whoopie pie is pumpkin!
Sarah — October 5, 2010 @ 12:08 pm
I will need to make these! I attempted making homemade devil dogs for a friend’s cookout last year, which were basically long whoopie pies. These pumpkin ones look amazing!
xo
Sarah
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Michelle — October 6, 2010 @ 11:52 am
Definitely one of the best flavor combinations EVER. They look delicious!
Islandia — October 7, 2010 @ 9:52 am
these sound delish but I think I’d choose the pumpkin with cream cheese over this one too. yum.
Mariko — October 8, 2010 @ 3:24 pm
You’ve spoken the magic words! Peanut butter and chocolate. I’ve been seeing whoopie pies but never wanted one until now.