It is officially fall which means the holiday season is upon us.

Every holiday needs a celebration and every celebration needs dessert.

This season’s party treat is pumpkin spice whoopie pies guaranteed to give you that fall fuzzy feeling and impress your guests.

For the next get-together with friends, dinner shindig or Halloween party you are planning, give this pumpkin spice whoopie pie recipe a try. These gooey and buttery treats will be a hit no matter what the occasion.

Serve them with ice cream, coffee or by themselves. Really, these rich goodies can stand alone but extra helpings of frozen sugar and caffeine never hurt anyone. The ingredients are cheap and the baking process is short, so put on your apron and share the love of fall and pumpkin with your loved ones.

 

Pumpkin Spice Whoopie Pies

Serving: 15

1 cup canned pumpkin

1/3 cup butter, softened

1 box spice cake mix

1⁄2 cup milk

2 eggs

Line a cookie sheet with foil and butter to prevent sticking. Preheat the oven to 375 F.

In a mixing bowl, beat canned pumpkin and butter together. Add cake mix, eggs and milk to the mixture and beat together.

Being without an electric mixer, I resorted to mixing with a wooden spoon. It took a bit longer but did the trick just fine.

Place spoonfuls of the mixture on the cookie sheet – about three inches apart from each other.

Bake for 10 minutes until golden brown around the edges or until they have a solid, cake-like texture. While the pumpkin dough is baking, prepare the filling.

Marshmallow spice filling

1⁄2 cup butter, softened

8 ounces softened cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

3.5 ounces marshmallow cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg

Beat or stir cream cheese and butter together. Add all other ingredients and mix until it is a smooth texture. Refrigerate mix as pies bake.

After the pies are out of the oven, spoon a generous amount of the filling onto the inside of one pie and then top it with another pie. Do this until all the filling is gone.

These buttery and gooey treats are best right out of the oven but still decadent and delicious for hours, and even days, later. After tasting this dessert, your party guests are guaranteed to love its cake-like texture and creamy filling and come back for more.

Alex Mecredy can be reached at [email protected]