• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

A Wicked Whisk

Delicious and Easy 30 Minute Meals

  • Home
  • Recipe Index
  • About Me & Contact
  • Privacy Policy
    • Non-Fun Legal Stuff
      • Terms of Service
Home » Dessert Ideas » 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies

May 6, 2018

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies

  • Facebook276
  • Twitter
  • Yummly
Jump to Recipe Print Recipe
Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Red White and Blue Cheesecake Bars
4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are easy, fast and perfect for all of your 4th of July festivities!! Made using a box cake mix and butter cream frosting, these 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are delicious, festive and the perfect way to show off your red, white and blue! | A Wicked Whisk| https://www.awickedwhisk.com #cakemixwhoopiepie #4thofjulydessert #redwhitebluefood #redwhitebluedessert #July4thfood #redwhitebluecookies #july4thdessert

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are easy, fast and perfect for all of your 4th of July festivities!! Made using a box cake mix and butter cream frosting, these 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are delicious, festive and the perfect way to show off your red, white and blue!

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies stacked up

With July 4th right around the corner, it is time to start thinking about summer parties, 4th of July barbeques and most of all.. THE RED WHITE AND BLUE DESSERTS! It’s such a fun time of year to show your creative side and what better way to celebrate the 4th of July than with they super easy, super tasty 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies!

Land of the free and home of the brave, it’s a privilege and an honor to be able to celebrate our country each year.  The older I get, the more I understand that.  Most of us have family or friends who have served our country and sacrificed untold measures so that we are still able to grill our hot dogs and fire off our sparklers and as I watch the young men and women that I have know since they were babies carry on that noble tradition, July 4th now holds a new meaning closer to my heart.

All this being said, it’s a requirement for everyone to step up their game on America’s birthday.  Regular ol’ whoopie pies??  Heck no, they had better be screaming red white and blue 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies!!!

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies

WHAT IS A WHOOPIE PIE?

Traditionally, whoopie pies are a dessert that are made up of two cake-like cookies sandwiching a creamy, frosting-like filling. Making Whoopie Pies using a cake mix is a perfect solution and then filling the whoopie pies with buttercream frosting really takes them to the next level.

HOW DO YOU STORE 4th OF JULY CAKE MIX WHOOPIE PIES?

Store your 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies, covered with plastic wrap, at room temperature for up to three days if you are using homemade buttercream frosting.  If you are using store bought frosting, store your 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies in the refrigerator.

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies on a baking pan

HOW DO YOU MAKE 4TH OF JULY CAKE MIX WHOOPIE PIES?

Easy! Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray or line it with parchment paper. Melt the butter called for in a large bowl and then combine it with the vanilla extract, cake mix and eggs in a large mixing bowl. When you have your ingredients combined, split the batter evenly into two separate bowls. Add in several drops of red food coloring into one bowl and the blue into the other. Mix the food coloring so that you have one bowl of red batter and one bowl of blue. Drop a spoonful of the batter into your hand after spraying your hands with non-stick spray and roll it into a ball and set on your cookie sheet. You can also drop the dough directly onto the cookie sheet and shape it into a round ball shape with your fingers.

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies baked cookies

Cook cookies for 9 minutes. Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack. Once completely cooled, spoon frosting onto the back of one cookie and then top it off back to back with a cookie of the opposite color, making a 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pie.

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies frosting

Looking for even more 4th of July red white and blue desserts, check out my Red White & Blue Cupcakes and my Red White & Blue Cheesecake Bars… perfect red white and blue festive fun!!

ENJOY!!

If you like food as much as I do, obviously we should be best friends now! Be sure to follow me on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest … and yup, even Instagram to never miss a new recipe!

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies stacked up

Have you made this recipe yet? Your feedback, ratings and comments mean the world to me and help ME write recipes better recipes for YOU!

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies stacked up

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pie

4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are easy, fast and perfect for all of your 4th of July festivities!! Made using a box cake mix and butter cream frosting, these 4th of July Cake Mix Whoopie Pies are delicious, festive and the perfect way to show off your red, white and blue! | A Wicked Whisk | https://www.awickedwhisk.com
5 from 3 votes
Print Pin Rate
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 9 minutes
Total Time: 19 minutes
Servings: 24 sandwiches
Calories: 86kcal
Author: Heather - A Wicked Whisk

Ingredients

Whoopie Pie Cookies

  • 1 box French Vanilla cake mix
  • 8 tablespoons butter melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • Red and Blue gel food coloring

Whoopie Pie Filling

  • 3 cup powdered sugar sifted
  • 1/3 cup butter softened
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream

Instructions

To Make Whoopie Pie Cookies

  • Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and spray a cookie sheet with non-stick spray or line with parchment paper.
  • Melt the butter and in a large bowl, combine with the extract, cake mix and eggs.
  • When you have your ingredients combined, split the batter evenly into two separate bowls.
  • Add in several drops of red food coloring into one bowl and the blue into the other. Mix the food coloring in so that you have one bowl of red batter and one bowl of blue.
  • Drop a spoonful of the batter into your hand after spraying your hands with non-stick spray and roll it into a ball and set on your cookie sheet. You can also drop the dough directly onto the cookie sheet and shape it into a round ball shape with your fingers.
  • Cook cookies for 9 minutes.
  • Remove them from the oven, let them cool for one minute and then move them to a cooling rack.
  • Once completely cooled, spoon frosting onto the back of one cookie and then top it off back to back with a cookie of the opposite color, making a sandwich.

To Make Buttercream Frosting

  • In a large bowl combine sifted powdered sugar, vanilla extract, butter and milk and beat until light and fluffy.

Nutrition

Serving: 1each | Calories: 86kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.8g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.35g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 37mg | Potassium: 28mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 220mg | Iron: 0.1mg
Tried this recipe?Mention @AWickedWhisk or tag #AWickedWhisk!

 

 

Salted Caramel Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups
Red White and Blue Cheesecake Bars

  • Facebook276
  • Twitter
  • Yummly

Filed Under: Cookies Barks & Bars, Dessert Ideas, Fourth of July Tagged With: 4th of july cookies, cake mix whoopie pies, cookie, July 4th, memorial day, red white and blue, red white blue cookies, seasonal, whoopie, whoopie pie

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Cassandra says

    July 5, 2016 at 7:22 am

    Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe. They went like hotcakes and took maybe an hour and a half of my time to make start to finish. My family has requested a batch for the house already,lol. Hope your 4th was as wonderful as ours.

    Reply
    • Heather says

      July 10, 2016 at 9:55 pm

      YAY!! I love to hear when my recipes are crowd favorites 🙂 I’m glad your family loved them and that you ‘brought me along’ for your festivities!!! <3

      Reply
  2. Frank Casey says

    July 1, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    Is it wise to make these day before the event or recommended to make the day of event

    Reply
    • Heather says

      July 1, 2016 at 7:12 pm

      I like to make them the day before. The vanilla flavor comes our more the next day 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cassandra says

    June 29, 2016 at 3:20 pm

    Can you tell me how many cookie how many cookies this 1 box makes? I want to make these as minis for a potluck on the 4th and need at least a tray full. So if i know how big and how many this recipe makes i can adjust accordingly. Also wanted to add that if you mix frosting with a jar of marshmallow whip it tastes almost just like whoopie pie filling! Thanks for a reply, the insiration and the smiles from totally *understanding* the over love of certain holidays!!

    Reply
    • Heather says

      June 29, 2016 at 6:09 pm

      Hi Cassandra!! I usually use one box and if I roll the cookies into the size a bit larger than a quarter, I usually get around 20 whoopie pies so if you need more than that, you might want to grab two boxes and make two batches. It really depends on the size of cookies you want.. little minis will definitely go farther and these are pretty rich so unless you want people hanging from the ceiling (like I do to MY co-workers), mini are the way to go! And wow!! .. thank you for the marshmallow tip!!! .. I had no idea!!! Learning these things from my readers is my favorite part of running this blog.. besides, us ‘Holiday Girls’ need to stick together 🙂

      Reply
  4. allie @ Through Her Looking Glass says

    September 16, 2015 at 11:35 pm

    Awesome whoopie pies!!! Love these Heather. You’ve got four crazy dogs. I’ve got four crazy kids. Four crazy kids who will love these whoopee pies!

    Reply
    • Heather says

      September 23, 2015 at 10:08 pm

      Hahaha Allie.. you are my HERO!! I can’t imagine running after little humans all day.. forget the kids!!! .. MOMMY needs whoopie pies!!!! lol

      Reply
  5. Ramya Menon @ War and Cheese says

    September 16, 2015 at 1:20 am

    Love your storytelling style. So engaging, and that recipe looks just perfect for the occasion. Going to try a version of this in white and red alone for valentines day 😉

    Reply
    • Heather says

      September 23, 2015 at 10:07 pm

      Awe.. thank you Ramya! You will love this recipe, it’s my go to for whoopie pies and since you can change the color for any occasion, they are perfect!

      Reply
  6. LLB says

    June 25, 2015 at 8:04 am

    Whoopie Rocks!!! Great site and great recipes and narrative.. Thanks

    Reply
    • Heather says

      June 27, 2015 at 3:07 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

About A Wicked Whisk

Hi there!
I am Heather and I love to create easy, family friendly recipes that anyone can make, regardless of their expertise in the kitchen.
Here at A Wicked Whisk, I share easy 30 minute meal ideas and delicious comfort food recipes.
.. because great food doesn't always need to be complicated.
more

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

CATEGORIES

EASY 30 MINUTE MEALS

Pasta Primavera on a serving spoon

Easy Pasta Primavera Recipe

Potato Beer Cheese Soup is beer cheese soup made better with chunks of ham, bacon and potatoes.  Hearty and the perfect bowl of comfort food, this creamy Potato Beer Cheese Soup is ready to eat in just 30 minutes! | A Wicked Whisk

Beer Cheese Potato Soup

30 Minute Stuffed Chicken Roll Ups in a skillet

Chicken Rollatini

breakfast egg scramble on a fork

Breakfast Egg Scramble

baked lemon chicken with lemon slices

Easy Baked Lemon Chicken

chicken rice skillet

Cheesy Chicken Broccoli Rice Skillet

More 30 Minute Meals

GAME DAY MUST HAVES

Loaded Sheet Pan Beef Nachos

Loaded Sheet Pan Beef Nachos

Quick and Easy Pickled Red Onions

Quick and Easy Pickled Red Onions

Ham and Cheese Stromboli recipe

Ham and Cheese Stromboli Recipe

Sweet Hawaiian Crock Pot Pulled Pork

Sweet Hawaiian Crock Pot Pulled Pork

Apple Slab Pie

Apple Cranberry Slab Pie

Pineapple Jalapeno Salsa

Fresh Pineapple Salsa

More Game Day Recipes

COMFORT FOOD

Cajun Chicken Alfredo

Cajun Chicken Alfredo

easy apple crisp recipe

Easy Apple Crisp Recipe

Slow Cooker Burrito Bowl

Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowl

pesto ravioli on a spoon

Baked Pesto Chicken Pasta

Cajun 15 Bean Soup

Cajun 15 Bean Soup (Slow Cooker/Crock Pot)

irish beef and guinness stew

Irish Beef and Guinness Stew

Comfort Food Recipes

Footer

Copyright© 2022 · Brunch Pro Theme by Shay Bocks