Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

Prep Time:50 Mins | Total Time:1 Hr 15 Mins | Makes:9 sandwich cookies

Try our whoopie pies, large red velvet, cake-like sweet sandwiches with a fluffy white filling and a berry bonus! Yum.

Cookies

1 box Betty Crocker* SuperMoist* Devil's Food Cake Mix

3/4 cup (175 mL) water

1/2 cup (125 mL) vegetable oil

3 eggs

2 tbsp (25 mL) red food colour

1 box (4 serving size) chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix

Filling

1 cup (250 mL) butter or margarine, softened

2 cups (500 mL) marshmallow creme

1 1/2 cups (375 mL) icing sugar

1 tsp (5 mL) vanilla extract

Topping

1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh blueberries

1/2 cup (125 mL) fresh raspberries

Heat oven to 350ºF. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or lightly spray with cooking spray.
In large bowl, beat cookie ingredients with electric mixer on low speed until moistened; beat 1 minute longer on high speed. Drop batter by 1/4 cupfuls 2 inches apart onto parchment-lined cookie sheets.
Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set (do not overbake). Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
In large bowl, beat filling ingredients with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy. For each cookie pie, spread about 1/4 cup filling on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with blueberries, raspberries and second cookie, bottom side down.

SuperMoist*Devil's Food Cake Mix

Variation: : If you'd like smaller pies, use 2 tablespoons batter; bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Did You Know? : According to food historians, Amish women would bake these sandwich sweets and put them in farmers' lunchboxes. When farmers would find these treats in their lunch, they would shout "Whoopie!"