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Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies Recipe
These carrot cake whoopie pies are chewy spiced cookies sandwiched together with a sweet and tangy cream cheese frosting.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 12 whoopie
Calories: 477 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
North American
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 1 cup butter room temperature
- ¾ ¾ cup brown sugar packed
- ½ ½ cup white sugar
- 2 2 large eggs
- 2 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 ½ 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1 teaspoon EACH: cinnamon and sea salt
- ½ ½ teaspoon EACH: allspice and nutmeg
- 2 ½ 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- 1 1 cup carrot finely shredded
- ¼ ¼ cup raisins
- ¼ ¼ cup walnuts toasted and chopped
Cream Cheese Frosting
- ¾ ¾ cup cream cheese softened
- 2 2 tablespoons butter room temperature
- 1 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. In a large bowl, cream the butter and both sugars. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat until very creamy, about 2 minutes.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, allspice, and nutmeg.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and beat until just combined. Stir in oats, carrots, raisins, and walnuts.
- Drop by heaping tablespoons onto an un-greased cookie sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the cookies are just starting to get brown along the edges.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 5 minutes before transferring the cookies to a cookie sheet to cool completely.
- For the frosting, beat the ingredients in a medium-sized bowl. Once the cookies are completely cool spread the frosting onto the bottom half of half the cookies. Top each with the remaining half of the cookies.
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Notes
- It is best to assemble these cookies within a few hours of the time you are going to eat them. If you are going to make them ahead of time store the frosting in the fridge and the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. Take the frosting out of the fridge 10 minutes before you assemble the cookies to let it soften slightly.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1 whoopie cookie
Calories
477kcal
(24%)
Carbohydrates
57g
(19%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
26g
(40%)
Saturated Fat
14g
(70%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
7g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
92mg
(31%)
Sodium
550mg
(23%)
Potassium
188mg
(5%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
30g
(60%)
Vitamin A
1659IU
(33%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
54mg
(5%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12whoopie
Amount Per Serving
Calories 477
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 whoopie cookie | |
| Calories | 477kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 57g | 19% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 26g | 40% |
| Saturated Fat | 14g | 70% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 92mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 550mg | 23% |
| Potassium | 188mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 30g | 60% |
| Vitamin A | 1659IU | 33% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 54mg | 5% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.