Jack-o’-Lantern Whoopie Pies

By carvalhohm

Ingredients

• 1 box spice cake mix
• 1 cup canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon orange gel food color
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 4 oz (half of 8-oz package) cream cheese, softened
• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon maple extract
• 1 tube (4.25 oz) black decorating icing
• 1 tube (4.25 oz) green decorating icing

Details

Servings 16
Adapted from bettycrocker.com

Preparation

Step 1

Heat oven to 375°. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat cookie ingredients with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Using (2 tablespoon-size) ice cream scoop, drop batter 2 inches apart onto cookie sheets. With damp hands, gently smooth out dough.

Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set. Cool 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.

In medium bowl, beat 1/4 cup butter and cream cheese with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually add powdered sugar; beat until blended. Stir in maple extract.

For each pie, spread about 1 generous tablespoon filling on bottom of 1 cooled cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down; gently press cookies together.

Using black decorating icing, pipe jack-o’-lantern faces. Using green decorating icing, pipe jack-o’-lantern stems on tops of pies.