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Gluten Free Chocolate Peppermint Whoopie Pies Recipe 720p 24fps
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Jul 23, 2025
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I'm excited to show you how quickly and
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easily you can make my gluten-free
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chocolate peppermint whoopy pies.
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They have a cream cheese and white
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chocolate filling sandwiched between two
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pillowy double chocolate chip cookies.
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The cookies are made gluten-free with
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almond and oat flour, and they're
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naturally sweetened with maple syrup and
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coconut sugar. Then, they're rolled in
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crushed peppermint candy, which takes
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them to another level of deliciousness.
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We're going to start by creaming
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together our butter and our natural
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sweeteners. And start with half a cup of
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coconut sugar, 2 tbsp of maple syrup,
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and 1/3 of a cup of butter. Then I'll
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simply mix these together until well
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combined.
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And next, we'll add our wet ingredients,
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which includes two eggs, 1 teaspoon
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vanilla extract, and a teaspoon of apple
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cider vinegar. And then we'll mix these
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together just until the eggs are
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incorporated.
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Now we can add our dry ingredients which
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includes 1 and 34 of a cup of almond
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flour, 1 cup of oat flour. I find that
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this combination of flour makes a really
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delicious tender cookie. Then I'll add
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1/3 cup of cocoa powder and then I have
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half a teaspoon of cinnamon, half a
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teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of
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baking powder, and half a teaspoon of
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baking soda. I'll just dump those right
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in. Now, as an option, if you'd like to
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get more peppermint flavor in your
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cookie, you can go ahead and add some
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peppermint extract. So, I'm going to add
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about three drops cuz a little goes a
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long way. And I'll just mix these
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together until well combined.
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Now, it smells like chocolate and
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peppermint, my favorites. Now, we can
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add half a cup of mini chocolate chips.
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And you can use any variety that you
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like that meets your dietary preference.
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And then I'll just very gently mix these
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in.
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Well, my kids aren't home right now, so
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that means I get to clean off the beers.
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Now, I'm just going to use a mediumsized
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cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto
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my tray. And I love lining my tray with
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parchment paper first because it makes
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it super easy for getting the cookies on
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and off the pan. And it also makes for
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easy clean up.
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Now, one of the defining characteristics
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of a Whoopi pie is having that really
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smooth, pillowy cookie. But using almond
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and oat flour are going to give you a
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little more texture to your cookie
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dough. So, a really simple hack for
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getting that smooth finish on your
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cookie is to have just a very small bowl
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of water and then just get your
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fingertips lightly damp. You can keep a
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paper towel close by just so they're not
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too wet. And then you can just go over
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the cookie and kind of smooth it down.
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And you can also push it down just a
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little bit cuz they're not going to
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spread much while they bake. And this is
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going to help give it that smooth
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pillowy finish. Just a little water on
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your fingertips so the dough doesn't
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stick to them. And then gently press
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down your cookie all the way around so
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it's nice and round. While I smoothed
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and shaped all my cookies, so now
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they're ready to go into a 350°ree oven
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for 10 to 12 minutes. While our cookies
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are baking, we can make the cream cheese
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white chocolate filling. What I love
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about this recipe is that it doesn't
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require any additional sugar or powdered
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sugar to sweeten the cream. We're going
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to rely on the chocolate chips that we
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choose, and there's lots of different
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varieties available with lots of
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different sweeteners. I'm going to go
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ahead and just use some vanilla melting
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wafers. We'll begin with 1 cup of the
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white chocolate chips or wafers. Then
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we'll add a teaspoon of coconut oil. And
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then I'm going to melt this in 25 second
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intervals in the microwave, taking it
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out to stir in between until it's creamy
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and smooth.
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So after our first round of 25 seconds,
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you can see that it's just starting to
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melt. So I'm just going to stir it
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around and then put it back in the
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microwave for another 25 seconds. So,
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after our second round of 25 seconds,
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you can see that it's starting to melt.
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So, I'm going to go ahead and stir it
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and see if I can get all those chips to
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melt down completely. If not, we'll put
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it in for just a little bit longer.
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Well, that looks nice and creamy. So,
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we're good to go. We're going to blend
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this together with our cream cheese. And
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you can use a food processor or I'm
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using the chopper cup that comes with my
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immersion blender. Now, you want your
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cream cheese to be room temperature
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because if you take it right out of the
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fridge and we combine it with that
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chocolate, the white chocolate is going
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to harden on us a little bit quicker
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than we want it to. So, a really simple
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hack for warming up cream cheese if
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you've just taken it out of the fridge
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is to slice it into these thinner
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slices, spread it on a microwave safe
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plate, and then microwave it for about
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20 or 25 seconds. And then it softens it
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just enough that it's real easy to use.
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So, I'm going to add one brick or 8 oz
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of cream cheese to my chopper cup. Then
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I'll add 1 teaspoon of vanilla and 1/4
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teaspoon of salt. And now I'll first mix
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down just the cream cheese by itself
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until it's smooth and creamy.
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Perfect. Now we can pour in our melted
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white chocolate. And then we'll put on
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the lid and mix this until well
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combined.
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So as this cools off, it's going to
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thicken with all of that white
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chocolate. So, at this point, it's
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probably a little bit too soft for us to
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pipe it onto our cookies. So, we'll want
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to put this into our fridge for about
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maybe 15 to 20 minutes until it has a
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chance to set. And to help it cool off a
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little quicker, you can pour it into a
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shallow container, which will allow more
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of it to be exposed to the cool air at
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once. So, I'm just going to spread this
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around and then it will go into my
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fridge for about 15 minutes. So, after
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about 10 minutes in the fridge, our
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cream cheese and white chocolate mixture
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is now the perfect consistency that we
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can pipe it into our cookies. Once my
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cookies came out of the oven, I allowed
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them to cool on my counter and then I
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put my tray in my fridge for a few
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minutes just so the cookies are nice and
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cool. So, you can either spread the
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frosting right onto the cookies or I
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have found it works really well to pipe
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it on. And you can use just a sandwich
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bag. And I'm going to poke it down
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inside of a jar here. And then just push
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the bag down inside. And that will hold
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it in place so that I can spoon in the
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cream. And then we can pull it up out of
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the jar, press out the air, seal the
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bag, and then I'm going to clip it off
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about a/4 of an inch. And then we can
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simply turn one of our cookies upside
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down. Press our cream down in the
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corner. And then we're going to want to
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make a circle around the outer edge of
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the cookie. And then we'll fill in the
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center. Here we go. that just has the
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perfect consistency which makes it
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really easy to pipe. So, we're going to
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make a nice smooth circle around the
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outside and then we can fill in the
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middle. We want the cream to be thick
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enough that we have enough surface area
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to add our peppermint candy to. So, now
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I'll just take another cookie and then
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very gently press it on top. Oh, that is
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so cute. So, you can also hold it in
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your hand. And again, you'll just want
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to press a nice thick bead around the
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outer edge of your cookie without going
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over the edge. And then you can fill in
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the center. Then find another cookie and
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press it right on top. Now, you can
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absolutely enjoy them as is or you can
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add the peppermint candy to the cream.
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And I find it works best to just do it
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by hand. Now, you can use some
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peppermint candies or some candy canes
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or even buy some precushed peppermint
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candy. I have a bowl here of some
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crushed candy, and I find it works best
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to actually just take the candy in my
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fingers and then sprinkle it over the
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cream. I find that's a little bit neater
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than just pressing the cookie down into
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the candy. Oh, that looks so good. Now,
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if you want the height to be a little
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bit taller, just pipe a thicker bead of
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the frosting on your cookie. Now, you
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can store these in your fridge if you
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want to set that frosting completely, or
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they can be enjoyed right away. I like
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that idea better.
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crunchy.
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That tastes amazing. That cookie is just
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soft and pillowy and has so much amazing
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flavor coming in from the oats and the
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almonds as well as the maple and the
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hint of cinnamon. And then the cream on
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the inside is just the perfect amount.
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And I get that cream cheese flavor. And
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then having those little crunchy pieces
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of peppermint candy just makes me feel
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like a kid again. Now, of course, this
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is a treat and needs to be eaten in
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moderation, but I love the fact that
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it's made with clean, natural
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ingredients that are going to leave me
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feeling great even after I eat it. And
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it has a fraction of the sugar of a
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traditional Whoopi pie recipe. Well,
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thank you so much for hanging out with
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me today in my kitchen. And I've
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included a link to the full recipe and
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it's in the video description below. And
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