Yu’le Whoopies from Maura Karow dishes as eaten around the world Holiday Dessert bake-off Christmas Special recipe. Best Misc dessert 2010 recipe.

Ingredients 

20 large or 40 mini whoopie pies

Ingredients

1/3 c apple sauce

3 tbsp vegetable oil

1 c brown sugar

1 egg

1 c milk

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

2 c flour

2/3 c cocoa

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c ground pecans

1/2 c ground chocolate chips

Method 

Preheat oven to 350. Mix apple sauce through vanilla & set aside. Then mix dry ingredients flour-ground chocolate. Add both mixes together. 

Place dollops of batter on lightly greased cookie sheets & bake for 10 minutes, let sit for 10 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack.

Filling

1 c butter

2 c powdered sugar

7 oz marshmallow creme

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp peppermint extract

Beat butter until light & airy, add sugar, marshmallow, vanilla & peppermint. 

Once buns are cooled place large spoonful of filling in between two buns, roll sideways in 1 c crushed peppermint hard candies so the creme filling is decorated with crushed mint.