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Vegan Whoopie Pies

December 14, 2016 by lauren.kelly 26 Comments

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These classic treats are fluffier than your typical sandwich cookie, with a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

I just might be the only person who had never heard of a whoopie pie until a few years ago. Not even joking.

I never knew they were a thing.

I know! Who knew I was completely missing out?

Now I realize what I have been missing all of these years.

When I first tried one, I though they would be more like an Oreo cookie, but boy was I wrong. Absolutely nothing like an Oreo.

These are sooooo much better.

These are like little chocolate cakes with a sweet, creamy filling. Unbelievable delicious, sweet, creamy filling. Filling that is WAY better than an Oreo.

Better yet, they are just like devil dogs.

Remember those?

C’mon, who doesn’t remember devil dogs???

Sigh…I just might be aging myself here. Am I really that old? Don’t answer that.

Ok, maybe they aren’t as dry as a devil dogs (I used to drink at least two glasses of milk per devil dog) but they are similar.  I used to get so excited when my mom would pack me a devil dog in my lunch box.

These whoopie pies are so much more ridiculously delicious than those dry (yet crazy yummy) devil dogs.

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

These were such a huge hit with the kids too. This was their first time eating a whoopie pie too, so now there’s no guilt over here for depriving my kids (as if!)

They were confused why I was calling the cookies, when they said they were in face little cakes with frosting in between.

They’re kind of right.

Ok, maybe they’re totally right. But that just brings this question up. Are whoopie pies cakes or cookies?

Anyway you look at it, my kids loved them. They were thinking of all of the various flavors we could make with these.

Vanilla “cakes” with chocolate frosting, chocolate “cakes” with peppermint frosting, and my personal favorite…lemon “cakes” with lemon frosting!

The possibilities are endless, you just need to be a little creative. Man, I was really missing out all these years and I had no idea.

For now we will just still with the classic chocolate “cakes” and vanilla frosting.

Nothing beats a classic, right?

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

Check out his sweet face…

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

What you don’t see is the picture after he devoured it, chocolate all over his adorable face while he crazily licked every one of his fingers.  Smart kid.

And now he is absolutely in love with whoopie pies too.

I’ve received some questions from readers about the ingredients. Yes, you can absolutely use butter if you don’t have coconut oil.

Obviously they would no longer be vegan, but just as delicious.

If you do not have whole wheat pastry flour an all purpose flour will work fine too. It will have less fiber, but will be just fine and won’t change the texture or the flavor at all.

You can also use another unrefined sugar in place of the coconut sugar as well.

If someone makes the filling chocolate, can you please let me know how much cocoa powder you used? That sounds amazing for all of my fellow chocolate lovers out there.

I know you’re out there.

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.
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Whoopie Pies

Course Dessert
Servings 12 -16 whoopee pies, depending on the size
Author Lauren Kelly Nutrition

Ingredients

  • For the Cookies:
  • 1/2 cup coconut sugar
  • 1/3 coconut oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 cup ground flax
  • 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup almond milk
  • For the Filling:
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 3 tablespoons almond milk
  • 3/4 cup powdered sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven 350.
  2. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  3. In a large bowl, beat sugar, coconut oil, vanilla extract and applesauce in a large bowl until well combined.
  4. With a spoon, mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, flax, cocoa and salt together in a medium bowl.
  5. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, slowly adding milk.
  6. Beat until thoroughly mixed.
  7. Drop by spoonful onto prepared baking sheet.
  8. Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes.
  9. Remove from the oven.
  10. While cookies are cooling, beat the coconut oil, vanilla, almond milk and sugar for a few minutes on medium speed until light and fluffy.
  11. To assemble:
  12. Turn cookies bottom side up and spread 1-2 tablespoons of filling. Top with another cookie.

I hope you love these as much as we did! They are perfect for holiday baking too.  

And they’d make incredible gifts (if you are generous enough to share!)

I like to make a double batch because these whoopie pies freeze so well. I like to wrap them individually in parchment paper and then freeze in a ziplock bag and they defrost perfectly.

This also helps with portion control and to prevent eating too many in one sitting!

These Vegan Whoopie Pies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition have a cake-like texture and a sweet, whipped filling.

Now that I am a hug fan of whoopie pies, I thought I’d share some more with you:

Low Carb Pumpkin Whoopie Pies from Simply So Healthy

Vanilla Raspberry Cheesecake Whoopie Pies from Whole and Heavenly Oven

Peppermint Whoopie Pies from Brown Eyed Baker

Lemon Blueberry Whoopie Pies from A Spicy Perspective

And here are some more healthier cake and cookie recipes you might like:

Vanilla Layer Cake with Strawberry Chia Filling and Buttercream Frosting

Vanilla Layer Cake with Strawberry Chia Filling and Buttercream Frosting made with Nektar Naturals Honey Crystals (no eggs, no butter) from Lauren Kelly Nutrition

Healthy Chocolate Fudge Cake from The First Year

Vegan Peanut Butter Cake

Vegan and Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cake - Lauren Kelly Nutrition

Healthy Birthday Cake from The Detoxinista

Vegan Triple Chocolate  Cake

This decadent Triple Chocolate Cake is vegan and packed with protein! #ILoveSilkSoy #vegan #dairyfree

Healthy Vegan Carrot Cake from Chocolate Covered Katie

Lightened Up Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Coffee Cake from The Greek Yogurt Cookbook ~ Lauren Kelly Nutrition #greekyogurt

And I thought I’d share some healthy cookie recipes too, just in case you are like me and consider Whoopie Pies cookies ๐Ÿ˜‰

Gluten Free Butter Pecan Cookies

Gluten Free Butter Pecan Cookies

Healthy Oatmeal Cookies from Well Plated

Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies 

Birthday Chocolate Chip Cookies from Lauren Kelly Nutrition #healthier #fun

Healthy Banana Nut Cookies from Skinnytaste

Carrot Cake Breakfast Cookies with Cream Cheese Icing

These Carrot Cake Cookies are delicious and nutritious enough to eat for breakfast! www.laurenkellynutrition.com

Please come back and let m know if you made these whoopie pies or any of the other recipes I shared above. I would love to hear what you think and I always like to hear how substituting different ingredients turn out.

Thanks for stopping by!

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  1. Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says

    December 14, 2016 at 2:58 pm

    I’ll be craving these all day now! They look amazing!

    Reply
  2. Shashi at RunninSrilankan says

    December 14, 2016 at 3:34 pm

    Wow! What a wonderfully healthy take on the whoppie pie! So, don’t laugh, but I’ve had a devil dog but never a whoppie pie – but am all on board for trying one of these! And you snuck some flax in there too! Phenomenal!

    Reply
  3. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    December 14, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Fluffier?! I want some! Save me a stack. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  4. Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says

    December 14, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    Whoopee pies are so much fun! Fun to eat too. Your kids are so cute!

    Reply
  5. Brandy | Nutmeg Nanny says

    December 15, 2016 at 12:47 am

    We love whoopee pies! Cannot wait to try these out!

    Reply
  6. Molly says

    December 15, 2016 at 4:24 am

    Do you think I could sub a gf flour mix from Costco for the whole wheat?

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      December 15, 2016 at 11:31 am

      Hi molly! I bet you can use the Bob’s Red Mill 1:1 Gluten Free flour! Let me know how they come out! Have a great day!

      Reply
  7. Taylor Kiser says

    December 15, 2016 at 4:25 am

    These look so addicting!! I bet it’s hard to stop at just a couple!

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    • lauren.kelly says

      December 15, 2016 at 11:31 am

      YES! The struggle is real Taylor ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. Kristen @A Mind Full MOm says

    December 20, 2016 at 1:02 pm

    These look amazing. My kids have never had a treat like this, but with these healthier ones, I can totally let them have one without a care. Fabulous recipe

    Reply
  9. Megan @ MegUnprocessed says

    December 21, 2016 at 1:59 am

    Fantastic comfort food!

    Reply
  10. Jennifer @ Delicious Everyday says

    December 21, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    5 stars
    Your gorgeous whoopie pies aren’t helping my chocolate cravings at the moment! ๐Ÿ˜‰ I’m trying to be good until Christmas! Ok was! ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      December 21, 2016 at 10:34 pm

      These are made healthier, Jennifer so no guilt ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  11. mira says

    December 23, 2016 at 2:29 am

    Love that these Whoopie pies are healthy!Pinned to they them!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      December 23, 2016 at 11:27 am

      Thank you Mira!

      Reply
  12. Agness of Run Agness Run says

    January 20, 2017 at 7:09 pm

    5 stars
    What a lovely recipe Lauren. I have all of the ingredients, can’t wait to prepare this .

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      January 20, 2017 at 8:38 pm

      I hope you like them! Thank you for stopping by!

      Reply
  13. Vicki Karschner says

    April 7, 2017 at 12:06 am

    I made these today and had to toss them all. The icing will not whip up and the oil separates. Yuck!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      April 7, 2017 at 12:10 am

      Oh no, I am sorry to hear that! Did you beat the filling? They should whip together!

      Reply
  14. Vicki Karschner says

    April 7, 2017 at 12:22 am

    Yes Lauren I did beat for a few minutes like you suggested, then kept watching it and it never mixed together. How long did you mix the icing? I noticed the longer it sat while I tried to fill them, the runnier it became.

    Reply
  15. Fitoru says

    January 7, 2020 at 3:22 am

    This vegan whoopie pies, looks delicious. Great blog, nice post, good read and informative.

    Reply
  16. Susan says

    May 24, 2020 at 10:33 am

    Question for you: is the coconut oil you use in the filling the liquid kind or the solid kind? Thanks!

    Reply
  17. Beth says

    February 9, 2021 at 9:18 am

    5 stars
    These look so delicious and tasty! I can’t wait to give this a try! So excited!

    Reply
    • lauren.kelly says

      February 9, 2021 at 9:19 am

      Thanks Beth!

      Reply
  18. Matt Taylor says

    February 9, 2021 at 10:56 am

    5 stars
    Nice! A great way to turn a classic sandwich cookie into something more healthy. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  19. Toni says

    February 9, 2021 at 11:38 am

    5 stars
    These are really nice and delicious treats! I really love that it is so easy to make!

    Reply

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