These Football Whoopie Pies are chocolate whoopie pies shaped like footballs with a fluffy marshmallow buttercream filling for a festive game time treat that’s sure to be a winner!

Football Whoopie Pies

Perfect Treat for Watching a Football Game!

The big game is this weekend and every game day spread deserves a great dessert that’s easy to eat and that everyone will love. These festive football-shaped chocolate whoopie pies are sure to be a winner no matter the outcome of the game.

Two football-shaped chocolate cake-like cookies are sandwiched together with a sweet and simple marshmallow buttercream and decorated to look like footballs for a fun treat that nobody would even think about throwing anywhere but into their mouths. So so yummy!

Football Whoopie Pies

For the Football-Loving Sweet Tooth

These Football Whoopie Pies are perfect for the big game this weekend, but would also be super cute for a sports-themed birthday party, snacks after football practice or just a fun treat for any football loving fans. Who doesn’t love a good chocolate whoopie pie?!

They’re so easy to bake and decorate! You just mix the batter together and place it in a resealable bag so you can draw the football shapes on the parchment-lined cookie sheets before baking them. Once they’ve baked into little football shaped pillows, you’ll let them cool and then sandwich them together with the fluffy filling.

This is such a great classic chocolate whoopie pie recipe that you could even bake into rounds, hearts or any shape for a festive occasion. They’re always a hit!

Football Whoopie Pies

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What Do I Need to Make Football Whoopie Pies?

  • Unsalted butter
  • Granulated sugar
  • Brown sugar
  • Egg
  • Vanilla extract
  • All-purpose flour
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Baking soda
  • Salt
  • Whole milk
  • Marshmallow fluff
  • Powdered sugar
Football Whoopie Pies

How to Make Football Whoopie PIes

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well combined.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and then half of the milk, mixing on low speed until just combined. Add another 1/3 of the flour mixture and the remaining milk, continuing to mix on low speed until combined. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat until batter is smooth.
  4. Scoop the batter into a large resealable baggie and snip a small piece off of one lower corner of the baggie with scissors. Draw a football outline with the batter onto the parchment-lined cookie sheet. Fill in the football shape with more batter and spread into a flat football shape with a small spatula. Repeat with remaining batter spacing each football a couple of inches apart.
  5. Alternately, you could draw football shapes with a pen on one side of the parchment paper and then flip it over on the cookie sheet and draw the batter onto the outline, filling it in and spreading it out to make sure it’s smooth and in a football shape.
  6. Bake for 12-14 minutes, rotating cookie sheets halfway through, until cookies are set and spring back when lightly touched. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  7. Meanwhile, make the filling. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the butter and marshmallow fluff until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until well combined. Turn the mixer on high speed and beat until filling is fluffy, about 5 minutes. If the filling is too thick, add a teaspoon or two of milk to thin it out a bit. If it’s too thin, add more powdered sugar. It should be thick yet spreadable.
  8. Turn half of the football cookies over and place a few tablespoons of filling on them. Top with another cookie and press gently together. Scoop remaining filling into a small resealable baggie and snip a tiny corner off of the bottom of the baggie. Draw lines of the top of each sandwich with the filling so they look like footballs.
  9. Store in an airtight container.
Football Whoopie Pies

Enjoy and may the best team win!

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I hope you and your crew enjoy these and game day ideas as much as we do! If you make these Football Whoopie Pies, be sure to snap a picture and share it with me on Instagram @thebakermama so I can see.  I just love seeing you enjoy the inspiration I share. Enjoy!

xoxo,

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Football Whoopie Pies by The BakerMama

Football Whoopie Pies

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  • Author: Maegan – The BakerMama
  • Prep Time: 30 mins
  • Cook Time: 12 mins
  • Total Time: 42 mins
  • Yield: 16
  • Category: Dessert

Description

Chocolate whoopie pies shaped like footballs with a fluffy marshmallow buttercream filling for a festive game time treat that’s sure to be a winner!


Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 13/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 11/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup whole milk

Filling:

  • 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
  • 1 cup marshmallow fluff
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 12 teaspoons milk, if needed

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until well combined.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and then half of the milk, mixing on low speed until just combined. Add another 1/3 of the flour mixture and the remaining milk, continuing to mix on low speed until combined. Add the remaining flour mixture and beat until batter is smooth.
  4. Scoop the batter into a large resealable baggie and snip a small piece off of one lower corner of the baggie with scissors. Draw a football outline with the batter onto the parchment-lined cookie sheet. Fill in the football shape with more batter and spread into a flat football shape with a small spatula. Repeat with remaining batter spacing each football a couple of inches apart.
  5. Alternately, you could draw football shapes with a pen on one side of the parchment paper and then flip it over on the cookie sheet and draw the batter onto the outline, filling it in and spreading it out to make sure it’s smooth and in a football shape.
  6. Bake for 12-14 minutes, rotating cookie sheets halfway through, until cookies are set and spring back when lightly touched. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes on the cookie sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
  7. Meanwhile, make the filling. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat the butter and marshmallow fluff until smooth. Add the powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, until well combined. Turn the mixer on high speed and beat until filling is fluffy, about 5 minutes. If the filling is too thick, add a teaspoon or two of milk to thin it out a bit. If it’s too thin, add more powdered sugar. It should be thick yet spreadable.
  8. Turn half of the football cookies over and place a few tablespoons of filling on them. Top with another cookie and press gently together. Scoop remaining filling into a small resealable baggie and snip a tiny corner off of the bottom of the baggie. Draw lines of the top of each sandwich with the filling so they look like footballs.
  9. Store in an airtight container.

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    1. Hi, Monica! Yay! So fun! Mine are probably about 4-inches long, but I haven’t ever measured them, so that’s just a guess! Have fun and enjoy!

  1. Thanks for the recipe. Made these last night and people at work loved them today. Quite easy to make (even for me) and they tasted awesome!

  2. These are so cute! I love the marshmallow buttercream. Thanks for sharing the technique – I see some heart shaped whoopie pies in my future, too 🙂