How to Make Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling

This Gingerbread Whoopie Pie with Cream Cheese Filling recipe takes the tender, light, and airy cake-like gingerbread cookies and fills them with a tangy cream cheese filling. These cookies are a must for your holiday baking list and will quickly become your new favorite way to enjoy gingerbread!

Whoopie Pies. They aren’t really a cookie, and they definitely are not a pie. They are actually more like cake rounds sandwiched together with a delicious, sweet filling. They stem from a Pennsylvania Amish tradition of children exclaiming ‘whoopie!’ when they would discover these special treats, typically made from leftover cake batter, in their lunches.

This recipe begins with two gingerbread cake-like cookies and fills them with sweet cream cheese filling. With ginger, molasses, and allspice, these Gingerbread Whoopie Pies are packed with robust holiday flavors. Add in the creamy tangy filling and you have the perfect compliment to the cookies. If you enjoy a gingerbread cookie, you are going to love these Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling!

Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling

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You need just a few things to make the perfect whoopie pie. You definitely want to use a cookie scoop or small ice cream scoop. This ensures that your cookie portions will come out even and your sandwiches will be uniform. Also, it’s always a good idea to keep a few piping bags on hand to make the filling part easier.

Whoopie Pie Ingredients:

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 sticks of softened butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• Holiday sprinkles, optional

Frosting Ingredients:

• 2 sticks room temperature unsalted butter
• 4 cups confectioners sugar
• 1/2 cup room temperature cream cheese
• 1/4 cup half and half
• 1 teaspoon allspice

Directions with Video:

Step 1: In a mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ginger. 

Step 2: In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together the brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Slowly mix in the egg.

Step 3: Mix in the buttermilk and molasses to the butter mixture. Once incorporated, slowly add in the dry ingredients.

Step 4: Line a baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Step 5: Using a spoon or ice cream scoop, drop 1” balls onto your baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until they spring back. Cool on a wire baking rack.

Step 6: While the cookies are baking, beat together the cream cheese and butter for 1 minute or until light and fluffy.

Step 7: Add half of the creamer to the cream cheese mixture and slowly add in the confectioners’ sugar, 1/2 cup at a time until light and fluffy. If mixture is too thick, add more creamer, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add the allspice and incorporate completely.  

Step 8: Pipe or spoon the cream cheese filling onto a whoopie pie cookie and top with a second cookie. Now you have Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with cream cheese filling! If desired, roll in holiday sprinkles.

Easy to make and even easier to eat, these Whoopie Pies are the perfect holiday treat for your dessert table. The kids and adults will love them. Easy to make, and even easier to eat, these Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling are fantastic for Christmas baking!

Love whoopie pies? Be sure to give our delicious Patriotic Whoopie Pies a try too!

 

Yield: 12

Gingerbread Whoopie Pies with Cream Cheese Filling

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This Whoopie Pie recipe takes the tender, light, and airy cake-like gingerbread cookies and fills them with a tangy cream cheese filling. These cookies are a must for your holiday baking list and will quickly become your new favorite way to enjoy gingerbread!

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 12 minutes

Total Time 32 minutes

Ingredients

Whoopie Pie Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 teaspoons allspice
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 sticks of softened butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup molasses
• 1 egg
• Holiday sprinkles if desired.

Cream Cheese Filling Ingredients

• 2 sticks room temperature unsalted butter
• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1/2 cup room temperature cream cheese
• 1/4 cup half and half
• 1 teaspoon allspice

Instructions

For Whoopie pies:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and ginger. Whisk dry ingredients together.
3. In a small bowl, cream together the brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Mix in egg.
4. Mix in the buttermilk and molasses. Once incorporated, slowly mix in the dry ingredients.
5. Line a baking pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
6. Using a spoon or ice cream scoop, drop 1” balls onto your baking pan. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until they spring back. Cool on a wire baking rack.
   

For Cream Cheese Filling

1. Beat cream cheese and butter for 1 minute or until light and fluffy.
2. Add half of the creamer and slowly add in the confectioners’ sugar, 1/2 cup at a time until light and fluffy. If mixture is too thick, add more creamer, 1 tablespoon at a time. Add allspice and incorporate completely. Pipe or spoon filling onto a whoopie cookie and top with a second cookie. Now you have a whoopie pie! If desired, roll in holiday sprinkles.
   

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 574Total Fat: 31gSaturated Fat: 19gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 98mgSodium: 378mgCarbohydrates: 71gFiber: 1gSugar: 51gProtein: 4g

Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy, and may not be accurate.

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