Chocolate Sandwich Cookies

These Chocolate Sandwich Cookies make a great treat for a Halloween party. The cake and pudding mix is a shortcut that goes well with the colored filling.

Prep Time10

Cook Time12

Cool Time5

Total Time27

Servings:

Calories: 273kcal

Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

For the Cookie

1 box (13.25 oz) Devil’s food cake mix 375g
1 box (3 oz) chocolate pudding mix 85g
3 large eggs
¾ cup water 6fl.oz or 175ml
½ cup vegetable oil 4fl.oz or 125ml

For the Filling

¾ cup unsalted butter, softened 6oz or 175g
1 ½ cups powdered sugar 12oz or 340g
1 ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups marshmallow fluff 16oz, 454g tub
½ teaspoon green food coloring
½ teaspoon purple food coloring
½ teaspoon orange food coloring

Instructions

Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, water, and vegetable oil. The batter will be very thick.
Dollop the batter into tablespoon-sized scoops onto the prepared cookie sheet. Leave at least an inch and a half to two inches of space between each one. Bake in a preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for at least 5 minutes before moving to a cooling rack to cool completely.
The filling will need to be chilled for a little bit so while the cookies are cooling, we’ll start on the filling. In the bowl to your stand mixer, beat the butter, powdered sugar and vanilla extract on high speed until fluffy.
Add the marshmallow fluff and continue beating until smooth.
Divide the filling evenly into 3 separate bowls. Add orange food colouring to one bowl, green to the next and purple in the last. Stir to mix the colour in. Pop in the fridge to chill for at least 10 minutes while the cookies are finished cooling.
Once the cookies are cool, pipe approximately 1 tablespoon of the chilled filling onto the flat side of the cookie. Top with the flat side of a second cookie. Serve immediately.

Notes

Try Ziploc bags if you don’t have piping bags for the filling.
Place your extra cookie sandwiches into an airtight container and keep them in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Use gel food coloring over liquid so it doesn’t compromise the consistency of the marshmallow frosting.

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