Apple Spice Whoopie Pies
These homemade apple spice whoopie pies are filled with cinnamon spice and baked apples. These sweet apple cookies are filled with a rich, cinnamon cream cheese filling. These apple whoopie pies are soft, sweet, and taste like fall! They're my current obsession. One of the best fall desserts, my friends.
Servings: 14 Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
Apple Spice Cookies
- 1 box Spice Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup canola/vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup apples, finely diced (I left the peel on)
- 2 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 4 Tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a small saucepan over med-low heat, cook apples, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla together, about 5 minutes. Once the apples have softened, take the mixture off the heat and allow to cool to room temperature, about 5-10 minutes.
- Pour cake mix into a large bowl, and mix with canola oil and eggs. Add in apple mixture, and mix until combined. Batter will be thick.
- Chill in the fridge for 15-20 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Drop cookies by rounded Tablespoons onto a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper (for a smooth cookie surface when baked, make sure the cookie dough balls are smooth on top before placing in the oven).
- Bake for about 10 minutes, or until cookies look set (barely golden brown, and do not look doughy in the centers). Whoopie pies are traditionally a soft-baked cookie with a cake-like texture, thus you don't want to over bake them.
- Allow cookies to cool completely.
- Cream butter and cream cheese together, until well combined, about 1-2 minutes. Add in vanilla and cinnamon. Mix. Add in powdered sugar, and mix until well combined.
- With a spoon or a piping bag with a circular tip, add about 1 Tbsp (more or less, depending upon your preference) of filling to half of the cookies. Top with the other halves.
- Enjoy!
- For best results, store leftovers in the fridge.