Patriotic Cake Mix Whoopie Pies
Celebrate your 4th of July with these festive and colorful red, white, and blue cake mix cookies sandwiched around fluffy icing
Ingredients
- 1 box white cake mix about 13oz
- 1 box strawberry cake mix about 13oz
- 1 box (3oz) blue raspberry jello mix
- 1 box (3oz) strawberry or cherry jello mix
- 2 large eggs
- 8 oz softened cream cheese
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- red and blue food dye gel to liking
- 2 containers white or cream cheese frosting 16oz each (4 cups total)
- red, white, and blue sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325℉
- Grab 2 mixing bowls. In one bowl, add the white cake mix, blue raspberry jello powder, 1 egg, 4oz cream cheese, and ¼ cup of softened butter, plus blue food dye gel (optional, based on color preference). Mix until a thick dough forms.
- In a second bowl, add strawberry cake mix, strawberry jello powder, 1 egg, 4oz cream cheese, and ¼ cup of softened butter, plus red food dye gel (optional, based on color preference). Mix until a thick dough forms.
- Using a cookie dough scoop or large tablespoon, form golf ball sized rounds of cookie dough, placing each ball about 1-2 inches apart on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
- You can alternate colors or bake separately
- Bake for 12-14 minutes or until the bottoms begin to brown slightly
- Remove from heat, then leave on baking tray for 10 minutes to cool and continue cooking though. Transfer to a flat plate or tray to cool completely .
- Once cooled completely, grab one cake cookie, pipe one or two heaping tablespoons onto the bottom, then sandwich another cake cookie on top.
- Spread sprinkles on a shallow plate and roll the exposed frosting of each cookie sandwich into the sprinkles.
- Chill until serving or serve at room temperature right away.