So what did you guys do this Valentine’s Day? Me? I made whoopie.
Get your mind out of the gutter! Ay? No! Well, maybe, but that’s none of your beeswax!! 
teehee
No, what I meant was, I tried my hands at whoopie pies and hey, they were a hit!
When the “Love at First Bite” gauntlet was thrown for February’s Sweet Adventures blog hop challenge, I had a billion recipes running through my mind. Narrowing down those recipes to something I hadn’t tried before, and something that was really special to me and my new husband, I had a pretty tough decision to make. So like any food blogger who cant choose between two dishes, I took the only road I could, and did both. This post however, contains only one of those recipes (stay tuned for the other later in the month).
A quick welcome and thank you to those returning and also the new food bloggers who are partaking in this months Sweet Adventures Blog Hop. We wouldn’t be doing this without you and are very grateful that there’s been such a fab response. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to partake last month but we had a massive 49 people last months and for a hop that only started 4 months ago, we’re pretty impressed with the ever growing numbers. I cant wait to see what everyone comes up with this month 
Stud and I don’t really eat too much dessert at home. There’s only two of us so if I make a cake or anything, we’re eating it for days so I normally save my baking for when we have friends over. Thankfully, with recipes in mind, we actually had a Valentine’s Day bake off at work so it was perfect timing to bake, save a couple of slices and palm the rest off to my coworkers – who by the way, love my baking but are complaining that I’m going to make them fat haha.
So anyway, Whoopie pies! While we (Australia) went through the cupcake faze and then the macaron faze, America went from cupcakes to Whoopie pies. They’re basically two rounds of cookie like cake that’s sandwiched together with your favourite filling. My favourite filling (or topping, or base, or cake, or….anything really) is peanut butter. As you guys will know from my previous SABH for the humble pav, I’m obsessed with all things Reese’s so once I had my Whoopie Pie Maker, it was pretty much a given that there would be chocolate, and there would be peanut butter. It’s just how I roll.
Chocolate Whoopie Pies
Adapted from Sweet Treats
Ingredients
250g plain flour
70g coco powder
1 1/4 tsp bicarb
1/2 tsp salt
100 butter, softened
160g brown sugar
1 XL egg
1 tsp vanilla extract
300ml buttermilk
200g milk choc chips
Canola oil spray
Method
Whisk together the flour, cocoa, bicarb and salt into a bowl.
In a separate bowl in the stand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Scrape down the sides and add the egg. Mix well.
Add the vanilla and 250ml of buttermilk, beating until well combined. Slowly add half of the dry mixture, mix until just combined, then add the remaining half of the dry ingredients. Add the remainder of the buttermilk if its a little stiff (mine was).
If using the whoopie pie maker: Preheat whoopie pie maker and when green light is on, spray lightly with canola oil. Add a heaped tsp of the mixture in each mould and place down lid for 5-7 minutes or until springs back when touched. Remove whoopie pies and place on a wire rack, repeating the process until all of the batter has been used.
If using an oven: Preheat oven to 180°. Prepare a baking tray with non-stick paper and using a round cookie cutter (around 8cm-ish), trace out circles about an inch apart until the tray is full. Place a heaped tsp of batter inside each traced circle and place in the oven for around 10-12 minutes or until springs back when touched. Remove whoopie pies and place on a wire rack, repeating the process until all of the batter has been used.
Peanut butter cream
A Dining with a Stud original
Ingredients
1 cup crunchy peanut butter
1 cup thickened cream
2tbs icing sugar
Method
Using an electric mixer, beat peanut butter until soft. Gradually add cream and beat until creamy. Add icing sugar to taste and beat until no longer grainy.
Spread peanutbutter cream on the underside of a whoopie pie and sandwich together with another pie. Repeat until all pies have been sandwiched. You may lick the rest of the bowl of buttercream
Sweet Adventures Blog Hop – Love at First Bite
The SABH is brought to you by 84th & 3rd, Delicieux, The Hungry Australian, The Capers of the Kitchen Crusader, and moi, Dining With a Stud. This blog hop is open to all food bloggers. Please link-up any new, related posts published during February.
IMPORTANT - Please read the instructions below, they explain how to link up and how to get the hop to appear on your post. If you aren’t sure of something leave a comment or send me an email at nic@diningwithastud.com and I will help where I can.
- Click here for the Link Code – Grab the code and add it to the bottom of your Love at First Bite post, you will need to do this in HTML view.
* Adding the code will create the thumbnail link list on your post so people can hop from one entry to the next!
* REMEMBER – if you are on wordpress.com [not self hosted] the list will not show on your blog, please create a text link back to this post so others can hop through the entries! - Grab the SABH Love at First Bite badge and add it to your post – you can get it at the top of this post or from the Announcement page.
* Just right click on the image, ‘save as’, upload to your site and add it to your Love at First Bite post.
* Link the badge or a line of text to the hostess post [that's this page here] so that others can view the instructions on how to join. - Click here to Enter the Hop – This is the really important bit! The badge and thumbnail list are on your post, make sure to enter the hop so you appear in the list.
* On the entry screen, please add the link to your Love at First Bite Post [not your homepage].
* When asked for ‘your name’ please enter your blog name, not your name.
* When asked for a back link, link to this post.
* Your entry will be submitted when you click ‘crop’ on your photo.
PLEASE NOTE – your linked post WILL NOT appear straight away in the blog hop thumbnail list. To combat spam this is a moderated hop. Your post will be visible in the list after approved. Entries are approved in the order they are submitted during waking hours in Sydney. A girl needs to get her beauty sleep.
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What fun, whoopee pies and a whoopee pie maker too! Love it. Thanks so much for hosting the blog hop!
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I never knew there was such a thing as a whoopie pie maker! Your whoopie pies look fab Nic! Chocolate and peanut butter are such a great combination.
Hi Nic, thanks for hosting such a fun hop. I love the look of your whoppie pies and the whoppie pie maker – very cool! I have not heard of these before, thanks for sharing. Kyrstie
They look delicious! I wasn’t sure about that machine when I saw it, but looks good!
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Yay for chocolate and peanut butter – that is love!
I’ve been meaning to make whoopie pies for a while. Thanks for hosting this month!
Oh my! Anything with peanut butter cream is a winner for me too!
That looks so DELISH! Love the rugged and knobby look of those little things. Plus anything peanut butter is a sure hit with me
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I never knew there was such a think as a whoopie pie maker. Wow adding peanut butter cream to the center would be amazing. Yum yum yum!
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Chocolate and peanut butter is pretty much the only whoopie possibility in my life these days. Just as well the combination makes my heart soar!
Something about peanut butter always stops me in my tracks… and chocolate… Together? I can’t have rational thoughts. The pies look great! Thanks so much for hosting!
I SHOULD TOTALLY MAKE THESE!!!! They look AMAZING especially the PB icing.. YUM…
I’m drooling on the keyboard…
xox
There’s a machine for whoopie pies?? I’m originally from Maine in the US and the whoopie pie (and blueberry pie) are the official state desserts. Whoopie pie filling runs in my blood.
I haven’t met any Aussies who eat chocolate and peanut butter together. I have to spend a fortune to get peanut butter cups shipped here.
These whoopsters look fantastic!
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I do most of my baking for my work colleagues too; we’d be wearing a lot of elasticised pants if we ate it all at home!
Love your whoopie pies, they sound delicious.
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Your whoopie pies are so cute! Love the peanut butter and chocolate combo – always a winner!
I do love whoppie pies and like cupcakes the combinations are endless. Have not seen a whoopie pie maker before!
This is the kind of whoopie pie my husband would scream for. He loves the peanut butter chocolate combination. So cute and I want to make them.
You really can’t go past the peanut butter and choc combo. You make whoopie well
oOo, I just baked Reese’s Peanut Butter Cupcakes over the weekend, and I am hooked to peanut butter and chocolate combo. Your whoopie pie machine looks so cute. Wish I had one too.Am book marking this so I can make them for my family. Have a good week Nic!!! huggssss, Jo
Ooh what a magic flavour combo Nic! The sure way to anyone’s heart!
HI Nic,
Those whoopie pies look so good, I am trying to link my entry to the blog hop but linktools hates me and keeps telling me I am making an error and go away. I’ll keep trying I’vve followed your instructions and it works on my blog just won’t let me attach my post to the hop.
Oh yum. I’ve been wondering about the whole whoopie pie movement, as it were, and if I was game enough to get on board.
I think I’ll have to give it a go – thanks for a great recipe and thanks for hosting
If you weren’t already married…I would marry you for these. Just saying.
oh man they look delicious i love chocolate pb combo!
Great looking whoopie pies and that peanut butter cream is yum!
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Haha you’re funny
And these look amazing! I’ve never seen a whoopee pie maker before, very cool.
Wow, not a peanut butter and choc fan- I know must be weird- but this a combo I’m willing to try!
Chocolate and peanut butter, how could you go wrong? I haven’t made whoopie pies for a while as they were always so.. BIG but I think I might make a mini batch soon
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Your whoopie pies look epic – could you get any more chocolate in there?! Yum.
Hi Nic. Thanks for hosting this great blog hop and adding me to the list! I love the look of your whoopie pies (they remind me of Reese’s peanut butter cups!) and have never tried one so maybe it’s about time. Is the whoopie pie maker a must or is there a way to make them with that? Thanks!
They look amazing! I never seen a whoppie maker before but I suddenly want one.
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I’ve only had a whoopie pie once in my life and it was so delish! Hehe I’ve got the cupcake version of that whoopie pie maker, received it as a Christmas gift ^^
Oh wow! A whoopie pie maker! I’ve yet to try a real whoopie pie with the marshmallow filling and all. Can’t wait to try these though.
Hi Nic,
The thumbnails from the bottom of my post are gone, do they disappear at the end of the blog hop? Thanks!
Prue
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These whoopies look so good. I did not know there was something like a whoopie machine, but it makes sense it exists.
Awesome, i can almost taste them
can’t believe they have awhoopie maker! my friend made red velvet whoopies, they were amazing.
Fantastic job with the whoopies. The peanut butter cream does it for me. I am a big fan.
Wow wow wow – amazing whoopie pies. I just pinned your photo. Really gorgeous photos of chocolate whoopie pies and I love them!