Pumpkin Shaped Orange Velvet Whoopie Pies

Enjoy fall flavors with these adorable pumpkin-shaped orange velvet whoopie pies. The soft and chocolatey orange cookies are filled with a creamy orange-flavored filling, making them a festive treat.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 tablespoon orange zest
• Orange food coloring
• For Filling:
• 4 oz cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Orange food coloring

Instructions:

Warm the oven up to 350F 175C and put parchment paper on baking sheets

Mix flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl

Mix the butter and sugar in a different bowl until the mixture is light and fluffy

Add the egg and beat well

Add the orange zest, buttermilk, and vanilla extract, and mix well

Add orange food coloring until the color you want is reached

Mix until smooth as you slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ones

Using a piping bag, pipe rounds in the shape of pumpkins on the baking sheets that have been prepared

Put it in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the edges are set

The cookies should cool for a few minutes on the baking sheets before being moved to a wire rack to cool all the way

Mix the butter and cream cheese together until they are smooth

Add the powdered sugar and vanilla extract slowly while beating the mixture until it is smooth

For a holiday look, add orange food coloring

Put the cooled cookies together based on their size and shape

On the flat side of one cookie, pipe or spread the filling

Then, put another cookie between them

Do this with all of the cookies to make the whoopie pies

Put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes before you serve it