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Chocolate Mint Whoopie Pies

SUBMITTED BY: Taste of Home Test Kitchen 

"These cute sandwich cookies from our Test Kitchen would be a pretty addition to any holiday goodie tray."
RECIPE RATING:
This recipe has been rated 4 times with an average star rating of 3.5
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PREP TIME  25 Min
COOK TIME  5 Min
READY IN  30 Min

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tablespoons canola oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 tablespoons fat-free milk, divided
  • 2 tablespoons butter or stick margarine, softened
  • 1 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1/8 teaspoon mint extract
  • 4 drops green food coloring

DIRECTIONS

  1. In a bowl, beat sugar and oil until crumbly. Add egg; beat for 1 minute. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Gradually beat into sugar mixture. Add 2 tablespoons milk; mix well. With lightly floured hands, roll dough into 36 balls.
  2. Place 2 in. apart on baking sheets coated with nonstick cooking spray. Flatten slightly with a glass coated with cooking spray. Bake at 425 degrees F for 5-6 minutes or until edges are set and tops are cracked. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool. In a mixing bowl, combine butter and confectioners' sugar until crumbly. Beat in extract, food coloring in desired and remaining milk. Spread on the bottom of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

FOOTNOTE

  • Nutritional Analysis: One sandwich cookie equals 122 calories, 4 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 86 mg sodium, 21 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1-1/2 starch, 1/2 fat.
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REVIEWS

The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Nov. 11, 2008 by forgottenbetty 
I made these for the little monsters that show up at my house all the time ... They Loved them MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 2 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2008 by DEIRDRE2 
These are not whoopie pies! I grew up on whoopie pies and these are just little soft cookies... MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jan. 26, 2008 by BobandSally 
very good!!! tasted like mint oreos but with a soft cookie. MORE
The reviewer gave this recipe 4 stars. This recipe averages a 3.5 star rating.
Reviewed on Jul. 9, 2007 by Erin 
These were tasty cookies, The dough itself was not my favorite but with the minty filling made... MORE


 
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