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    Home » Our Whole Wheat Whoopie Pie Adventure!

    Our Whole Wheat Whoopie Pie Adventure!

    Updated: Jun 11, 2023 by Veronica Noone · This post may contain affiliate links · 2 Comments

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    This post may come as a surprise to some long time GreenLiteBites readers. I rarely share traditional dessert recipes as my cooking inspiration has always come from making things lighter and staying away from traditional ingredients like butter and white flour.

    However, my intention with this recipe wasn’t to make myself a super light dessert. It was to get my 8-year-old excited to be in the kitchen with me again.

    As he’s gotten older, I’ve noticed a lack of interest in cooking (despite involving him as a really young age) while seeing an increase in his attraction to Dad’s junk food, like store-bought chocolate cupcakes and donuts.

    Well, this month's Food Network magazine had a Kids Mag insert and you should have seen his eyes light up at the Whoopie Pie feature.

    That’s when it hit me! I need to let him cook things he’s interested in cooking! So this weekend we spent some time in the kitchen together, just like the old days, except now he does most of the cooking himself!

    He measured most things himself.

    The Whoopie Pies came out amazing! GIANT (too big, more later on that later) but so good even The Husband ate one!

    You have NO idea how huge that is. He NEVER eats anything I bake because it’s always too untraditional for him, but these he loved. The Whoopie Pies even sparked a conversation that we should make our own desserts instead of buying store-bought because they have fewer ingredients and he TOTALLY agreed.

    This is a big step toward making my pantry look less like a convenience store and I’m SO on board.

    Anyway, my mission was accomplished. Little Guy was again interested, engaged and having fun in the kitchen (not to mention learning.)

    I made sure to let him read the ingredients and steps instead of just telling him what to do.

    Now his brother will have both of us as teachers. 🙂

    Here’s how we made them (with original Food Network ingredients in parentheses). You should know by now I canNOT follow a recipe. I just had to put a GreenLiteBites spin on them. You’ll see.

    Ingredients

    • 2 Cups (240g) white whole wheat flour (original just called for "flour")
    • â…” cup (53g) unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 10 tablespoon softened butter
    • 1 cup organic coconut palm sugar (original called of 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar)
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk (original called for Buttermilk)

    Instructions

    Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

    Put the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and whisk until well combined.

    In another bowl, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Once fluffy, beat in the egg.

    On low speed, beat in the flour in 3 batches alternating with the almond milk until just combined.

    Spray non-stick cookie sheets with non-stick cooking spray. Scoop 18 mounds of the batter on the sheets about 2 inches apart. This is where we went wrong and made ours about double the size we should have.

    Umm, yeah, these are the size we wanted them to be after cooking. Little did we know they would almost double!

    It was all good though; we decided to just make giant whoopie pies.

    Shape and smooth the mounds of batter with wet fingers.

    Refrigerate for a few minutes to set (original said 30 minutes -- we waited 10, tops) and then bake for 10-12 minutes until firm.

    Cool for 5 minutes on the sheets and then remove and let cool completely before adding the filling.

    The Filling

    Ingredients

    • 1 stick of butter, softened
    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar (original recipe called for 2 cups)
    • 1 tablespoon almond milk (original called for 2 tablespoon milk)
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla

    Instructions

    While the cookies are cooling, beat one stick of butter until fluffy then gradually beat in the powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time. Add the milk about halfway through.

    The 8-year-old tried to teach his little brother the art of spoon licking but he was not interested!

    Once the cookie parts are cool, smear on the filling, top, and enjoy!

    He REALLY liked them. A lot.

    And when an 8-year-old can't finish one you know you made them too big!

    I'm supplying the nutritional information for those interested based on how many whoopies pies you'd get when making them normal size.

    I'm not claiming these are "healthier" or "light", I just like to make a few small modification to the ingredients so there's at least SOME value there (whole wheat flour vs bleached, coconut palm sugar vs white sugar, less sugar overall, etc.) Remember my goal was an 8-year-old excited in the kitchen and in that sense my mission was accomplished. He's already asked to make them again.

    That being said... HOLY SUGAR! I may try to reduce it even more next time.

    📖 Recipe

    whoopie pies featured

    Our Whole Wheat Whoopie Pie Adventure!

    Love whoopie pies but avoiding gluten? Try our wheat whoopie pie recipe for a healthy alternative that doesn't compromise on taste.
    5 from 1 vote
    Print Recipe Pin Recipe
    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Cook Time 50 minutes mins
    Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American
    Servings 9 pies
    Calories 376 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 Cups 240g white whole wheat flour (original just called for "flour")
    • â…” cup 53g unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 10 tablespoon softened butter
    • 1 cup organic coconut palm sugar original called of 1 ¼ cups light brown sugar
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • 1 egg
    • 1 cup unsweetened almond milk original called for Buttermilk

    The Filling

    • 1 stick of butter softened
    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar original recipe called for 2 cups
    • 1 tablespoon almond milk original called for 2 tablespoon milk
    • ½ teaspoon vanilla

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
    • Put the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and whisk until well combined.
      â…” cup 53g unsweetened cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 2 Cups 240g white whole wheat flour (original just called for "flour")
    • In another bowl, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla until fluffy. Once fluffy, beat in the egg.
      10 tablespoon softened butter, 1 cup organic coconut palm sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla, 1 egg, ½ teaspoon vanilla
    • On low speed, beat in the flour in 3 batches alternating with the almond milk until just combined.
      1 cup unsweetened almond milk
    • Spray non-stick cookie sheets with non-stick cooking spray. Scoop 18 mounds of the batter on the sheets about 2 inches apart. This is where we went wrong and made ours about double the size we should have.
    • Shape and smooth the mounds of batter with wet fingers.
    • Refrigerate for a few minutes to set (original said 30 minutes -- we waited 10, tops) and then bake for 10-12 minutes until firm.
    • Cool for 5 minutes on the sheets and then remove and let cool completely before adding the filling.
    • While the cookies are cooling, beat one stick of butter until fluffy then gradually beat in the powdered sugar ¼ cup at a time. Add the milk about halfway through.
      1 stick of butter, 1 tablespoon almond milk, 1 ½ cups powdered sugar

    Nutrition

    Calories: 376kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 5gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 52mgSodium: 489mgPotassium: 138mgFiber: 3gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 418IUCalcium: 81mgIron: 2mg
    Keyword pie, Wheat, whoopie
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    1. KristaS

      September 03, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      BRILLIANT, Roni! Letting Ryan get excited to make something he is interested in looks like it was exactly what he needed! Really cool to see him reading the recipe and making it himself. Seriously, awesome.

      The whoopie pies look delish, too. I like to fill them with a marshmallow cream/buttercream hybrid.

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    2. Eileen

      September 03, 2013 at 8:07 pm

      Great job getting him back in the kitchen! I know you're not huge into baking, but if that's what it takes to keep him interested, it's lots of fun, and using fruits you can always make healthy desserts.

      Reply

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