Looking for another cute Halloween recipe? Check out this Batty Death by Chocolate Dessert Ball
These Black Cat Whoopie Pies are double the decadence with moist chocolate cakes sandwiched together with chocolate buttercream frosting for a cute Halloween treat!
I am no stranger to whoopie pies here. Arguably, they might be one of my favorite things to make and eat
Who can resist fluffy cakes sandwiched together with delicious filling?!
So I just knew I had to make a Halloween version and these Black Cats turned out so cute!
🍫Check out these other whoopie pies below:
Pumpkin Spice Latte Whoopie Pies
Hot Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Candy Cane Whoopie Pies
Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
For these whoopie pies I went with double the chocolate.
They are super easy to make, so please don’t be intimidated. However, I do recommend a whoopie pie pan for these.
You could even make little mini versions!
INGREDIENTS: What you need
- unsalted butter, soften to room temperature
- granulated sugar
- milk
- egg
- vanilla extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- espresso powder, optional
- baking powder
- baking soda
- teaspoon salt
For the chocolate buttercream
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, soften to room temperature
- 13 ounces powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
Decoration
- Eyeball candy
- white gel icing
- 12pink sixlets
- 24 pieces candy corn
- 2 ounces chocolate candy melts
Thank you to Dixie Crystals for sponsoring this event and for the sugar!
STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS
- In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Into a mixing bowl beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla. Slowly add in the dry ingredients, alternating with the milk. Beat until combined.
- Using a medium cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoons) place batter into wells of pan. Bake in oven for 8-9 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
Assembly
When the whoopie pies are cooled, pipe the chocolate buttercream onto the bottom of your whoopie pies and place on the top whoopie pie to create a sandwich.
Using gel frosting, add three dots, to secure the eyes and nose.
Draw “hooks” under the nose and whiskers with the white icing.
For the ears. I was going to use chocolate covered almonds but found they were too large.
Therefore, I made chocolate covered candy corn.
Just melt chocolate, stir in candy corn and allow excess chocolate to drip off. Place onto parchment paper to set.
Then insert into the frosting to create cat ears.
You can use any type of triangle chocolate/brown candy for the ears.
how do you store whoopie pies?
I recommend storing whoopie pies in the refrigerator, in an air tight container, because of the buttercream frosting.
Refrigerated whoopie pies will last up to 1 week.
COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT WHOOPIE PIES
I think it’s too much chocolate, what else can I fill these with?
- There are a few versions of whoopie pies on the blog. I would suggest either going with a vanilla frosting, which you can find here, or even the marshmallow frosting from these hot chocolate ones. Or how about peanut butter frosting? You can find a recipe here: here
can I use a box mix to make these?
- Sure! I totally get it. Sometimes it’s easier to use a boxed cake mix. Go for it!
can I make these into bats?
- Heck yeah! How cute would that be? I would make the whoopie pies and place on the eyeball candies. After that I would take a chocolate sandwich cookie, like an OREO and twist off one half. Cut the round into half, to make wings, and insert into the sides where the frosting is.
can whoopie pies be frozen?
- Yes, you can freeze whoopie pies.
You can either freeze the individual cakes, without frosting, by wrapping tightly in saran wrap, then aluminum foil and placed into a zip top bag or air tight container Or you can assemble the whoopie pies, with the buttercream frosting, individually wrap in saran wrap and then foil and when frozen, store in freezer bags or an airtight containers.
Frozen whoopie pies will last in the freezer for up to 3 months
RECIPE VARIATIONS
You could pour orange chocolate over the tops of these and make them into pumpkin whoopie pies and draw a face on them with black icing.
🎃 MORE HALLOWEEN RECIPES
Death by Chocolate Dessert Ball
Eyeball Cake Balls
Graveyard Skillet Brownies
Black Cat Whoopie Pies
These Black Cat Whoopie Pies are double the decadence with moist chocolate cakes sandwiched together with chocolate buttercream frosting for a cute Halloween treat!
Ingredients
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch-process cocoa
- 1 teaspoon espresso powder, optional
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, soften to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup milk
- Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons) butter, soften to room temperature
- 13 ounces powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons milk
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Decoration
- Eyeball candy
- white gel icing
- pink sixlets
- 24 pieces candy corn
- 2 ounces chocolate candy melts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a whoopie pie pan* with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Into a mixing bowl beat butter, sugar, egg and vanilla. Slowly add in the dry ingredients, alternating with the milk. Beat until combined.
- Using a medium cookie scoop (1 1/2 tablespoons) place batter into wells of pan. Bake in oven for 8-9 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Set aside to cool completely.
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
- Into the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment or in a large bowl, beat butter on medium speed until creamy, about 2 minutes.
- Turn the mixer down to low and start to add your powdered sugar and cocoa powder slowly. Add in milk, salt and vanilla extract and beat until fluffy, about another minute.
Assembly
- When the whoopie pies are cooled, pipe the chocolate buttercream onto the bottom of your whoopie pies and place on the top whoopie pie to create a sandwich.
- Using white icing gel, add three dots for the eyeballs and nose. Pipe on whiskers.
For the Ears
- Melt chocolate candy melts, stir in candy corn and remove with fork, allowing excess chocolate to drip off. Place onto parchment to set.
- Insert chocolate candy corn into chocolate icing for the cat ears.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 363Total Fat: 4gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 276mgCarbohydrates: 77gFiber: 2gSugar: 55gProtein: 5g
All information and tools presented and written within this site are intended for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and any nutritional information on strawberryblondiekitchen.com should only be used as a general guideline.
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Halloween Drinks:
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