Today I am sharing these cute and delicious pumpkin treats with cream cheese filling, perfect for lunch boxes or any time! I love everything pumpkin, and autumn is the perfect time to kick it into high gear.
Although, I will be honest, I make desserts with pumpkin in them all year long, because pumpkin is a great way to make those sweets just a little less unhealthy. It adds fiber to the dessert, and eliminates the need for oil. Gotta love it!
#PumpkinWeek is here again and we can’t be more excited. Hosted by Terri from Love and Confections, 19 Bloggers will be sharing 65 pumpkin-filled recipes over the course of the week.
Be sure to come back every day to see all the delicious creations – from muffins to cakes, cocktails, breakfast baked goods, savory pastas and stews, and gluten-free recipes too. You can also find these great recipes and more on Love and Confections’ #PumpkinWeek Pinterest Board!
#PumpkinWeek Day 1 Recipes:
Browned Butter Salty Pumpkin Sugar Cookies from The Spiffy Cookie.
Caramel Pumpkin Cake from Feeding Big and more.
Easy Pumpkin Donuts with Vanilla Cream Sauce from {i love} my disorganized life.
Gooey Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars from Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks.
Healthy Cinnamon-Apple Pumpkin Muffins from Simply Healthy Family
Homemade Pumpkin and Sage Pasta from Kudos Kitchen by Renee.
Pumpkin Cannoli from The Redhead Baker.
Pumpkin Chai Baked Donut from A Kitchen Hoor’s Adventures.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars from That Skinny Chick Can Bake.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Flourless Chocolate Cake Roll from Cupcakes & Kale Chips.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Whoopie Pies from Dizzy Busy and Hungry.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls from Gluten Free Crumbley.
Pumpkin Monkey Bread from Making Miracles.
Pumpkin Muffins from My Catholic Kitchen.
Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Crumby Cupcake.
Pumpkin Snack Cake from Recipes Food and Cooking.
Pumpkin Spice Muffins from A Day in the Life on the Farm.
Semi-Homemade Pumpkin Butter from Love and Confections.
Spiced Pumpkin-Bourbon Fizz from Culinary Adventures with Camilla.
Pumpkin Cheesecake Whoopie Pies
Ingredients
For the whoopie pies:
- 1 box spice cake mix
- 1 can pure pumpkin
For the filling:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese (1 package)
- 3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1.5 teaspoons vanilla
- Fall-themed sprinkles (optional)
Instructions
For the whoopie pies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, mix together the spice cake mix and pumpkin. The batter will be very thick.
- Using a whoopie pie pan, fill each cup about 3/4 of the way with batter.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Cool for 5 minutes and then remove the pies and transfer to a wire cooling rack.
For the filling:
- Using a hand mixer, beat the butter on high speed until fluffy.
- Combine the cream cheese and continue to mix until smooth and well-combined.
- Add the confectioner's sugar and vanilla and mix thoroughly. (For stiffer filling, use a little more confectioner's sugar.)
- Spread one half of each whoopie pie with about 2 tablespoons of filling (use more or less as desired).
- Place the other whoopie pie half on top of the filling.
- Sprinkle the fall-themed sprinkles around the outside of the filling (optional).
- Store in a tight container in the refrigerator.
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Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie says
Oh heck yes I need to make these. Love the sprinkles too!
Rachel @ {i love} my disorganized life says
I need these, STAT!
Liz says
I’d never turn one of these babies down! YUM!
Carlee @cookingwithcarlee says
I could certainly go for one of these right now!
annie says
They look so easy to make! I enjoy cookin’ from scratch, but I won’t turn my nose up at cake mix shortcuts — I’m even making my hubby a cake-mix cake for his b-day (shhhh don’t tell). You could even make them one day and assemble the next. And those bright sprinkles are such a fun touch.
veronica Gantley says
This looks wonderful. My mouth is watering.
Wendy, A Day in the Life on the Farm says
These not only sound delicious , they are adorable. I love the fall sprinkles!
Thalia @ butter and brioche says
These look so fun and delicious! I would LOVE to devour one (or two) right now.
Karly says
These look so good! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says
Ok, these look WAY too amazing! YUM!!!!!!
Carrie
curlycraftymom.com
Lisa Silfwerbrand says
These look soooo yummy Kristin! You were one of my Features this week over on Recreated Designs for our Bewitchin’ Projects Block party. Thanks for linking up and sharing this recipe! Hugs, Lisa
Maria Magdalena says
You right! It is perfect for lunch box! Thank you for your participation at Tasty Tuesday with Creative K Kids, I pin your recipe on Pinterest board
Veneta Britt says
Don’t have a whoopie pie pan could I just drop cookies from an ice cream scoop to get a equal size top and bottom. Not in a position to go out and spend money for one either.
Kristin King says
Thanks for stopping by! The ice cream scoop is a good idea! I think if you have a muffin tin, that might work best to help keep them from spreading too much while baking.
Veneta Britt says
I made some the other day and the ones i had did not spread just puffed up. I made just the cookies to see how it would work.
Kristin King says
Oh, OK, great! Sounds like it all worked out then, yes? 🙂
Veneta Britt says
Now I have to make another batch and hopefully they will last long enough to get made into whoopie pies…they ate all the first batch before I got the filling made.
Kristin King says
Haha! Same here, the kids never want to wait for the filling. You might have to make them when no one else is home! 😀
Veneta Britt says
Yeah that doesn’t happen often. Maybe I will make the filling first and keep it in the fridge so that I can take it out to warm up while the cookies are cooling. That might work.
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome says
Hard to believe we’re moving int pumpkin season already!! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party!
Beverly says
These pumpkin whoopie pies look so yummy! Stop by Over The Moon Linky Party since you are being featured.
Hugs,
Bev
Kristin says
Oh awesome! Thank you so much for the feature!
Sheri says
Thanks so much for sharing at our To Grandma’s House We Go DIY, Crafts, Recipes and more Link Party! Pinned this! Hope you join us again next week!
Jann Olson says
So fun for fall! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Amy says
Oh my, these look good. We love Pumpkin and cheesecake, so this has got to be a win win. Thank you for sharing at Dare to Share Saturday.
frugal hausfrau says
Thanks for sharing with us at Fiesta Friday!
Mollie
Miz Helen says
Hope you are having a great week and thank you so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Angelina says
These look soooo yummy! Thanks for sharing with Thursday Favorite Things – I’ll be featuring you tomorrow! Angelina at Petite Haus