Each year, come March, I ask our oldest daughter what she’d like for a birthday treat. Never once has she requested any kind of a traditional birthday cake. In recent years, we’ve done Fudgy Mini Brownie Fruit Pies with Almond Cream Cheese, Snickerdoodle Cupcakes, brownie towers, and make-your-own ice cream sundaes. I love the variety and fun that Hatti’s ideas bring to our table of celebrating.
Hatti has been wanting to make whoopie pies for a number of years now, and I have no idea why it took so long to finally make some in our own kitchen. This Whoopie Pies Recipe with Fluffy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cream, Hatti’s 2013 birthday treat of choice, is some kind of milk guzzlin’ fun!
The chocolate cakes are soft and tender, and not particularly sweet. They make the perfect means to deliver that fabulous sweet and marshmallowy peanut butter filling to your mouth. We even made our own homemade marshmallow cream for the filling… this whoopie pies recipe was so much fun!!
It seems like only yesterday that Hatti fit into the palm of her daddy’s hand…
…those sweet dark eyes, all Daddy, gazing back at us.
We love you, girl.
Oh, how we love you.
Happy Birthday!
Whoopie Pies with Fluffy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cream
Ingredients
- For the Chocolate Cakes:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1.25 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup well-shaken buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- For the Fluffy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cream:
- 1 cup marshmallow cream homemade or store bought
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
For the Chocolate Cakes:
- Preheat oven to 350º F. Line 2 baking sheets with Silpats or butter the baking sheets. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt until combined.
- In a small bowl, stir together buttermilk and vanilla.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, on medium-high speed, beat together butter and brown sugar until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. If using a handheld mixer, beat for a couple extra minutes. Then add egg and beat until well combined. Reduce speed to low and alternately mix in flour mixture and buttermilk mixture in batches, beginning and ending with flour, scraping down side of bowl occasionally, and mixing until smooth.
- On your prepared baking sheets, spoon mounds of batter (equalling a generous 2 tablespoons each – this will give you a nice large pie that isn’t overly huge), leaving close to 2 inches between mounds. Bake in upper and lower thirds of oven, switching position of sheets halfway through baking, until tops are puffed and cakes spring back when touched, about 11 minutes. Remove from oven and let cakes cool on baking sheet for 1 to 2 minutes before transferring with a thin spatula to a rack to cool completely.
For the Fluffy Peanut Butter Marshmallow Cream:
- In a medium bowl, with a mixer at low speed, combine marshmallow cream, peanut butter, butter, and salt until well blended.
- On low speed, beat in powdered sugar, alternately with cream, until smooth and fluffy. Beat in vanilla.
To Assemble the Whoopie Pies:
- Place a tablespoon of peanut butter marshmallow cream onto the center of one of the flat sides of a cake, and then spread the cream almost out the edge.
- Top with another flat side of cake and press very gently, spreading the frosting out just a bit more to the edge. Repeat with remaining cakes.
Notes
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Stay tuned! Later this week I’ll share the easy and delicious recipe we used to make homemade marshmallow cream!
I really could go for about a dozen of these right now, YUMMY peanut butter :)
What a lucky little girl!! And Oh my gosh, those are the BEST whoopie pies I have ever seen!
I’m trying not to blink too much, I’m afraid this will be mace in no time! although, I’m excited for all the different stages. Happy (belated) birthday to your sweet girl!
Happy birthday to your oldest!! Such cute pictures!! And I want three of these whoopie pies right now!
It’s so hard to watch them grow up so fast isn;t it? Love these whoopie pies. :)
Happy Birthday to Hatti and my baby too! Mine turns 31 today so cherish all your years together now! ;0)
Happy Birthday to your house, too!!
Happy Birthday Hatti! She is a smart girl to request these whoopie pies, they look delicious.
Happy birthday dear Hatti! It seems like only a year or two ago when those pictures were taken.
Love your choice of a birthday treat.
Can you believe it? 11 years old?!
So sweet! Happy Birthday to your beautiful daughter! These whoopie pies look like the perfect way to celebrate!
Brenda,
Not only do these look delicious, but I love your photography. The polka dots, the orange ribbon, the whole thing. So great!
Thanks, Blair – Hatti loves navy and orange together, and clapped her hands when I showed her the props. :)
Ooooh, what a fabulous birthday treat! These look absolutely amazing. Whoopie pies are a perfect birthday goodie, I say! Hatti made a great choice. :)
What a precious baby and pretty daughter you have Brenda! I know she enjoyed her special day with a mama like you to make her something special she chose. Hatti is a lucky gal to have you as one of her parents! :-)
Your Whoopie Pies looked awesome and I will be watching for your homemade marshmallow cream recipe.
What a sweetheart. Happy Birthday!! I wish I had one of these whoopie pies right now.
Happy Birthday Beautiful Hattie! I wish you a wonder-filled year.
P.S. The whoopie pies look delicious. I’ve had many, many more birthdays than I’d care to count but I still have not eaten a whoopie pie. Must work on changing that :)
How cool. I never even thought about making homemade whoopie pies. You can bet they’re on my to-do list now! And Happy Birthday to your beautiful Hatti!
The little candle make these so cute! What a perfect little birthday treat for a little lady. and Uh….yum! I’m looking forward to that homemade marshmallow cream! Happy Spring!
Thanks, Brianna – happy spring to you, too! :)
Hello, gorgeous little peanut butter treats. What a lucky daughter you have! Happy Birthday to her!
Beautiful photos and those pies look so tasty!
They grow up way too fast! I hope Hatti enjoys her day and these whoopie pies!
Happy birthday, Hatti! What a great way to celebrate. I love these, Brenda!