Mini Gluten-Free Salted Caramel Chocolate Whoopie Pies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)

Name: Mini Gluten-Free Salted Caramel Chocolate Whoopie Pies (Vegan, Allergy-Free)
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 11
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: Cake Batter:; 1 Cup Gluten-Free 1-To-1 Baking Flour; 1/2 Cup Arrowroot Starch; 1/2 Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder; 1/2 Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener); 1 TB Psyllium Husk Powder; 1 Tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 Tsp Sea Salt; 1/2 Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract; 1/2 Cup Unsweetened Applesauce; 3/4 Cup Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk; Filling:; 1 Batch of Sugar-Free Marshmallow Fluff; Salted Caramel Topping:; 1 Bag Cocomel's Original Coconut Caramels; 1 Tsp Sea Salt (plus more for finishing the pies)

January 24, 2018 by Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine 60 Comments

A fun flavor combo for your favorite American cream-filled “cookie-pie-cake”! These Mini Gluten-Free Salted Caramel Chocolate Whoopie Pies are vegan, top-8 allergy-free, and a perfect adult & kid-friendly dessert recipe!

WHOOPIE PIES! I just love saying it (and eating them). Wikipedia says the Whoopie Pie has a contested origin/region. Between Pennsylvania, Maine, Virginia, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. All we can say is they are an East Coast American delicacy! Wikipedia also describes a Whoopie Pie as a mash-up between a cookie, pie, and cake. Which, they totally are and pretty close to these “cookie pies“, just a whole lot more cakey!

Now, Whoopie Pies are one of those things that I’m pretty fuzzy on whether I’ve actually eaten (a real one) or not. They’ve always sounded SO appealing and delicious to me. Two soft cakey cookies with a creamy/marshmallowy filling? Sign me up, baby! I needed a gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, and soy-free version, stat! Plus, this gave me another reason to whip up a batch of my favorite marshmallow fluff!

Where did the idea of salted caramel & chocolate come from? I wish I could tell you, but I do not remember (i.e. this recipe isn’t recently created!). Pretty sure it had something to do with the Cocomels Coconut Milk Caramels I had finally bought to try awhile ago. I used the original candies in this recipe, but apparently, they had an actual Sea Salt Caramel version too! Wish I’d have known! ….next time….there will always be a next time.

And the chocolate portion stemmed from the fact that Whoopie Pies MUST be chocolate. When I think of “Whoopie Pies” in my mind, all I see are chocolate cakes, not vanilla, not funfetti, not carrot cake, but CHOCOLATE. Sure, any flavor would probably be delicious, but if I was going to make my ultimate dream Whoopie Pie, it had to be all about the chocolate. The salted caramel is just the “icing” on the top.

These chocolate Whoopie Pies are a slightly smaller version that the “traditional”. Mini things are always cute and you can eat more than one while having it still be acceptable. They’d make a perfect fancier party treat for adults and kids alike! A sophisticated Whoopie Pie? Why not! Anything “salted” caramel and/or chocolate always has that fancy little pop to it, don’t you think? They sure taste “fancy” and decadent, but you don’t have to take my word for it…try them yourself!

Mini Salted Caramel Chocolate Whoopie Pies