Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
For this project, you will need:1. A cookie/ frosting recipe. 2. Lunch sacks3. Paint4. Clothespins5. Number stencils (found at art supply or hardware stores)
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
While the cookies bake, whip up that frosting!
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
A few tips: Make sure when you put the scoops of dough on the cookie sheet, you place them in tall mounds.
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
You will also need a little helper! For younger kiddies, we recommend making the cookies and frosting first, then letting them assemble the pies.
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
Beware of little cookie monsters that like to eat the project!
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
Have kids help scoop the frosting on the flat side of one cookie. Place another cookie on top of it, with the flat side facing in. Voila! You have a whoopie pie!
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
With your whoopie pies completed, it's time to make them favor ready...
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
Place the stencil on the bag, and hold it while your child paints inside the stencil. You can stencil names, "Happy Halloween", or other fun messages!
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
Use a clothespin for a cute bag topper, and wrap your pies in a lunch sack with string.
Halloween Treats: Whoopie Pies
This is a great cooking and art project to share with your kids! Enjoy! Created and photographed by Chelsea Fuss.