I was walking past store the other day and they had whoopie pies in their window. Of course the first thing I thought was, we need a raw food version of those! I got home and set to work, coming up with a cinnamon pecan filling instead of the traditional vanilla one. Full of nutritious ingredients, these make a wonderful treat or dessert. The filling is fast and easy and the actual cookies are easy, too. They do require rolling out and dehydrating so leave yourself time for that.
Equipment needed: food processor, dehydrator
Cacao Cinnamon Pecan Whoopie Pies
Cookies:
- 2 C Oat Flour
- 1/2 C Cacao Powder
- 1/4 C Coconut Butter
- 1/4 C Agave
- 1/4 C Maple Syrup (not raw but used frequently in raw desserts)
Place all dry ingredients in food processor. Pulse to combine. Whisk together wet ingredients. Add to dry and process until very well combined. If needed, you can add 1 T of water. Flatten out to a disk shape on non-stick dehydrator sheet. Cover top with wax paper or parchment and roll out to 1/4″ thick. You can pat these into shape also but the dough is really sticky. Cut with a ring cutter. Peel away extra dough leaving circles on tray. Repeat until you have used up the dough.
Place in dehydrator at 116 for 4 hours. Peel off of non-stick sheet and dehydrate 2-4 more hours. These should be dry but not brittle. A little softness should remain.
Filling:
- 2 C Soaked Pecans, Drained (these should be wet for this recipe)
- 1/4 C Agave
- 1/3 C Coconut Butter, softened
- 1 t cinnamon
Mix in food processor until very well combined. Use for filling between two cookies.
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Wow these are absolutely lovely! And they don’t sound too complicated either… which is a huge bonus for all the busy folks out there.
(Isn’t that all of us?!)
I have a thing for raw cookies, and yours are just mouthwatering!
Susan you have totally outdone yourself, these look amazing…even without the filling,wow, and I bet dehydrating them makes your house smell AMAZING!!! I am gonna try to get on these, soon!
Looks great Susan!
xo
Eco Mama
Oh yummy. My sweet tooth thanks you for this! xo
Looks delicious. So many yummy desserts being posted lately
You have got to be kidding me–raw Whoopie Pies? Is this heaven or what? Can’t wait to try these and see how my kids like them!
Wow Susan, you make such incredible raw goodies! Such a beautiful, and tasty blog! =)
You had me at whoopie pie….
your photos are just perfect. mouthwatering.
They look AMAZING! You just inspired me to create some raw dessert today. Yum!
Thanks!
Yum! Sounds delicious and easy!
Oh my goodness, these look delicious! thank you
OH MY!! When I get off this fast ….these babies are going to be coming out of my dehydrator! Thanks for sharing!
Wow do these look delicious! Anything with cocoa powder works for me!
WOW! These look Supper good!
WOW these look Supper good
These look amazing and kinda easy too! Love it!
Ready to try this- a few questions first. For oat flour, could I just put 5 min. oats in my Vitamix dry container to make flour? Is coconut butter the same as coconut oil? Alright, the rest looks easy.
Coconut oil is not the same as coconut butter. But could be substituted. You won’t get the same flavor. If you can get your oats flour to a silky consistency. I usually sprout and then dehydrate the oats before making the flour.
Hi Susan,
i just love your pictures and receipes. Again you are Rawazing!!!!!
Where can I buy coconut butter? I have look in Whole foods and other health food stores.
If your whole foods or coop doesn’t have it…you can order it through the rawmazing store. Click on the store tab.
If you don’t have a dehydrator can you use a oven? And if you can at what temperature and for how long?
You could try but you wouldn’t be able to keep the temp low enough to keep it raw. But it would still be healthier than the “traditional” version. Since I don’t make these the traditional way, but use the dehydrator, you will have to experiment with times, etc.
Had to comment again! You are an amazing “creator” of yummy goodies!
Thanks for being such an inspiration!
Thanks, Kelly!
These look really delicious! I was wondering if you have any suggestions on substitutes for agave? I have read that the fructose content is higher than high fructose corn syrup and that it is actually not raw or unprocessed.
You can read more about agave here: http://www.rawmazing.com/articles/agave-hero-or-villain/
These look tasty.. I’ve been close to transitioning into raw foods for awhile now. This website made me happy with its available recipes! This one is on a to-do list now. I read some of the comments asking about coconut butter, and as a little DIY tip, there is a video on YouTube where a guy has made a video on making your own coconut oil and coconut butter, etc. Which is always terrific since it is so very expensive.
I have seen those but wonder if the taste comes anywhere near the quality of the ones that are made. I will have to experiment because after all, your finished product is only as good as the ingredients.
After I peel them off the non-stick sheet, do I then place them on the mesh tray? Thanks for the great recipes!
Yes to the mesh sheets.
I made these exactly to the recipe, with all fresh quality ingredients and experienced some sort of chemical reaction in the dough, between the coconut oil and possibly the oats, that has resulted in them smelling and tasting rancid – before dehydrating even (the coconut oil is certainly not rancid)… Any ideas on this Susan? Very disappointing
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