The originally scheduled post on French Press Coffee has been postponed for something much more important and, ahem, pressing.
I think you will see why I had to get this off my chest…

Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies are my new favourite Fall treat.

WHOOPIE!
I have always been a huge fan of whoopie pies. They are the perfect combination of whoopie and pie, don’t you think?
A bit spongy, a bit cakey, with a fluffy and sweet middle. How could you go wrong? When I became a vegan, I thought my whoopie pie days were long over, but today I realized I could make whoopie like the rest of ‘em. ;)

Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies (Vegan)
I’m not sure why, but I was expecting these vegan pumpkin spice whoopie pies to be a huge flop. However, they turned out delicious. The combination of spices and pumpkin was spot on. They would make a wickedly delicious Halloween dessert or a fun treat to bring to a Thanksgiving potluck!
Inspired by Martha and Vegan Yum Yum.
Ingredients:
- 1 heaping cup pureed pumpkin
- 1.25 cups almond milk
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 cup whole-grain Kamut flour
- 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 tsp ginger
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp sea salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup Earth Balance buttery spread
- 1/4 cup organic sugar
- 1/2 cup Sucanat sugar (or brown sugar)
- 1/2 tsp blackstrap molasses
- Spiced Butter Cream Frosting (without almond milk)
Directions: Preheat the oven to 350F. Line two baking sheets with a non-stick mat or parchment paper. In a small bowl mix together the almond milk and apple cider vinegar and set aside. In a mixer, mix together the Earth Balance and sugars until fluffy. Now add in the heaping cup of pumpkin, molasses, and vanilla extract and mix until fully combined. In a medium sized bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients (flours, spices, baking powder + soda, and salt). Grab the almond milk mixture and slow add about 1/3 of it to the mixer. Mix for a few seconds, stop and now add some dry ingredients. Alternate until everything is mixed well. Scrape sides of bowl as necessary. Now grab your baking sheets and scoop 1-2 tbsp of dough onto the sheet, making sure to leave about 1.5 inches between each cookie. Once you have scooped all your dough onto the pan, wet fingers very well and gently smooth out the dough into a round circle and flatten slightly. Don’t worry if it isn’t perfect! Bake for about 9-10 minutes and remove from oven, allowing to cool. While cooling, mix your spiced buttercream icing (make sure not to add the almond milk or it will be too runny!). In a baggie or a piping bag, pipe on a thick coating of icing onto one cookie/pie and then take another cookie/pie and press over top. Repeat for all whoopie pies. Makes 12-30 whoopie pies depending on how big you make them.
First things first, mix your sugars and Earth Balance:
Add in pumpkin, molasses, and vanilla extract…


Mix, mix, mix!

In another bowl, mix your dry ingredients together.

Slowly add in the almond milk mixture alternating with the dry mixture and mix well.

Scoop on 1-2 tbsp of dough per pie. Wet fingers and flatten + smooth out the dough.

Don’t worry, they don’t have to be perfect! You can make the pie/cookie thicker than I made it. It really can be adapted to how you like your pies. Personally, I prefer a very high ratio of frosting to pie. ;)

Now mix the Spiced Buttercream Icing! Mmmm. My favourite frosting.

After baking pies for about 9 minutes at 350F, remove from oven and cool.

While cooling, grab a baggie or pastry bag and fill interior with frosting.


Of course you can spread on the frosting with a wet knife too. I just happen to think piping it on is more fun. :)


Now smoosh another cookie on top!
Stuff the first one in your mouth. I hope I didn’t need to tell you that, though.

Almost too cute to eat. ;)
You can make huge pies or itty bitty ones!

You can even sprinkle on some chopped pecans before baking.

I don’t know why, but I thought they were going to be a huge flop. They actually tasted perfect to me. They weren’t the most beautiful Whoopie Pies I have ever seen, but I’m not too fussy about that as long as they taste good. :)
Next time, I think I would roll the frosting edges in chopped pecans instead of sprinkling it onto the cookie dough before baking. Other than that, I wouldn’t change much at all!
Are you a whoopie pie fan? What flavour combinations do you like?
I’d love to make a chocolate peanut butter variety next. Mmmm. Mint chocolate would be good too.
I WANT TO MAKE THESE!!! If I make them without the molasses, will they still taste ok? Or can do you think I can replace the molasses with another syrup?
oh yea making them without molasses will be just fine! I only used 1/2 tsp anyways.
haha, are we on the same wavelength or what, today?!
i was thinking about whoopie pies earlier today – i think i should make them for a family hallowe’en treat. don’t think i have had one since high school…so, i am overdue with a whoopie recipe!
my favourite flavour would be chocolate with a vanilla icing centre. but should you feel the desire to whip up a peanut butter and chocolate whoopie combo, well…i would only respond with, “whooooppieeee!!!!”
I was just thinking you should make chocolate with mint. I have been wanting to make these too! Namely Marly made some vegan whoopie pies too. http://www.namelymarly.com/2010/10/vegan-pumpkin-whoopie-pies/ I feel so left behind, but YET I made my own pumpkin vegan cinnamon rolls today. No regrets. Your post made me smile. Your pies look like they were smiling. :)
you cannot believe what this does to me. my biggest joy in life is whoopee pies.
OMG. I think these things may be the best thing to ever happen to me.
Please, someone come make them for me immediately!
I am not a huge whoopie pie fan, but I do love pumpkin spice ones!
I made very similar cookies last week without the filling and they were epic! I now wish I had any left so I could fill them :)
Noooo I really wanted to get back on track with eating better after Thanksgiving (your pumpkin pie and dinner roll recipes were fantastic by the way) and now you post these awesome looking whoopie pies that I just happen to have all the ingredients for. What is a girl to do? I obviously can’t not make them, sooo off to the kitchen I go. :P
p.s All your recipes are fantastic, well all the ones that I have tried anyway and there have been many. Thank you for being such a creative genius in the kitchen Angela! :)
hahah my pleasure!
Those look amazing. I’ve been seeing pumpkin whoopie pies at some local farmers’ markets, and they look delicious. Thanks for sharing this – I didn’t know it was so easy to make the cookie part.
I love the classic ones, and I bet a chocolate-peanut butter-banana one would be really good too.
mmm yes banana would be a wonderful addition to the choco PB version!
Those are ADORABLE! But probably better tasting than looking;)
Oh my every recipe you post makes me want to jump through the computer and try a bite! These look amazing; I can only imagine how great they taste. I love the fall and all things pumpkin. As always thanks for sharing your recipes and beautiful photos.
ohhhh!!!! this look delicious I cant wait to try and make them myself
I’ve never made whoopie pies but I am definitely missing out.
I love the little itty bitty ones — super adorable!
Ahh! PRINTING THIS OUT!
These look so YUMMY!!! I have to try them NOW!!
I was just ooggling the whoopie pies at our local vegan resturant today. I opted for a chocolate twinkel (twinkie)….but if there had been some of these I might have given them a go. Her frosting is the consistency of oreo cookie filling…is yours similar?
My frosting is not as hard as the oreo frosting I would say. Softer..I would think
I’ve never tried whoopie pies!! Isn’t that lame! Wah :( I really should try them..
If I were to pick a flavour I think these pumpkin one’s would be at the top of the list. But chocolate is always good too!
I just really, really enjoy saying WHOOPIE! For that reason (also, because these contain pumpkin) I am bookmarking the recipe…NOW!
Me too!
I had to restrain myself from saying WHOOPIE throughout the entire post.
These look great..I don’t have a stand mixer so hopefully it will still come out cakey and light if I mix by hand?
Mint chocolate OR Chocolate coconut….yummy!!!
im sure mixing by hand should be just fine :) I used to mix everything by hand before I got my mixer and it always turned out
Those are the most beautiful ones I’ve ever seen! I love the picture of the itty bitty one! So cute!