Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies

Name: Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies
Prep time: 55 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 carrot, grated; 473 milliliters confectioners sugar; 454 grams cream cheese; 3 eggs; 118 milliliters raisins; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 237 milliliters finely chopped walnuts; 510 grams box carrot cake mix

Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies requires roughly 55 minutes from start to finish. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 37g of fat, and a total of 602 calories. This recipe covers 10% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. It will be a hit at your Easter event. If you have butter, carrot cake mix, raisins, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

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Oven

In a large bowl beat the carrot cake mix, butter, and eggs until incorporated. Stir in the grated carrot, and raisins. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours. Using a small ice-cream scoop drop the batter by 2 tablespoon mounds onto parchment lined cookie sheets.

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Carrot Cake Mix

Raisins

Butter

Carrot

Mounds Bar

Cream

Egg

Ice

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Baking Sheet

Bowl

Bake until golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes, rotating the pans halfway through.

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Oven

Remove and cool 5 minutes on the pan before moving to a wire rack and cooling completely.

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Wire Rack

Frying Pan

In a mixing bowl beat together the cream cheese, butter, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla with a hand mixer until well combined and light and fluffy.

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Powdered Sugar

Cream Cheese

Vanilla

Butter

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Mixing Bowl

Hand Mixer

To assemble the whoopie pies, put the filling into a resealable bag and snip the corner to make a 1/2-inch opening.

Put the chopped walnuts into a shallow dish or pie plate. Flip over 1 carrot cake cookie and pipe a dollop of frosting into the center. Top with another cookie and press gently to spread the frosting to the edges.

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Walnut Pieces

Frosting

Carrot

Spread

Roll the edges of the whoopie pie into the chopped walnuts and set aside. Repeat with the remaining cookies and frosting. Arrange the pies on a serving platter and serve.

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Walnut Pieces

Frosting

Roll