Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies are created by filling two soft carrot cake cookies with a generous swirl of cream cheese icing! The soft carrot cake cookies are packed with coconut and pecans, making a delicious whoopie pie, full of texture and flavor.

This whoopie pies recipe makes the perfect sweet treat for spring, Easter, or any other time of the year. Using my tried and true Moist Carrot Cake Recipe was key to making this fabulous treat.

Why You Should Make These

• If you love carrot cake, these gems will rock your world!!
• They have built in portion control!!
• A slice of carrot cake enveloped in cream cheese frosting has many more calories than one of these frosting-filled sandwich cakes.
• They freeze well so you can get temptation out of your sight and save some for lat

Reader Endorsement:

From Amy: Delish! Many compliments. Made mini versions. Added chopped toasted nuts and toasted coconut to the outside of the filling. Added nice color and texture.

Ingredient Notes

• Eggs, Butter, Cream Cheese should be at room temperature for the best blending and incorporation. Set them out for 1-2 hours, but not longer, before you plan to use them.
• Nuts should be toasted, cooled then chopped. Roasting brings out the natural oils and makes the nuts more flavorful. Cook for about 5 minutes at 350 degrees, shaking the pan at the halfway point and watching carefully as they can easily burn.
• Sift the powdered sugar to prevent lumpy filling.
• Always use real, not imitation, vanilla extract. There is a world of difference in the flavor, and imitation won’t provide the best results.

Expert Tips

• I’ve used a Whoopie Pie Pan (affiliate link) for baking up my chocolate whoopie pies and red velvet whoopie pies, but I found these worked just fine baked on a baking sheet.
• PRO-Tip: To make them consistent sized,  use a 2 1/2-3-inch diameter biscuit cutter and draw circles, leaving 2 inches of space between them, on a piece of parchment. Flip it over and place it on a baking sheet. Use that template to drop and spread out your dough.
• Let the carrot cake “cookies” completely cool before filling them. If you want to get fancy, you can use a piping bag and a star tip to swirl the frosting on the flat bottom of one of the whoopie pies, then add the top with the flat side down.
• If the nuts are the only thing keeping you from trying this recipe, it’s perfectly fine to omit them!

Frequently Asked Questions

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The Recipe:

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

Prep Time 30 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Additional Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 50 minutes

Yield 18 whoopie pies

All the spectacular flavors of carrot cake in whoopie pie form!

Ingredients

For cookies:

• 2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 11/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups grated carrots (2-3 carrots)
• 1/2 cup chopped, roasted pecans or walnuts
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut

Cream Cheese Filling:

• 6 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350º. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and set aside.
3. In the work bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and both sugars until light. Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
4. Add the eggs and the vanilla and beat until combined. Mix in the flour mixture just until combined, then add the carrots, nuts, and coconut. Chill the batter for an hour before scooping.
5. Using a medium cookie disher, drop about 2 tablespoons of dough onto the prepared baking sheets, spacing them 2 inches apart.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes each or until the cakes spring back when pressed with a finger. Remove from the oven. While they're hot, use a spatula to tap them into nice rounds if they look misshapen.
7. Allow them to cool completely before filling.
8. To make the filling, beat together the cream cheese and butter till combined. Slowly mix in the powdered sugar. Add the vanilla and lemon juice, and beat until smooth.
9. To assemble the whoopie pies, spread or pipe the filling onto the flat side of one cake. Top it with another cake, flat-side down. Repeat with the rest of the cakes and filling.

Notes

You may need to add a little more powdered sugar if your filling isn't thick enough to pipe.

Adapted from Serious Eats.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

18

Serving Size:

1 whoopie pie
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 273Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 287mgCarbohydrates: 33gFiber: 1gSugar: 20gProtein: 3g

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