Awful, awful, awful. I was a fool and didnt read the comments below until after I tasted this awfulness. After making a batch of these horrible pies, I dont even want to spend my time making the another recipe of these. Dont waste your time with this recipe. Im sure Paula's version from the show is great, but this is not!

By Laurie on December 31, 2011

these whoopie pies were so easy and delicious.

By barbara marolf on December 29, 2011

First I have never made red velvet anything nor a cake from scratch for that matter. Was overall impressed with the cake part, but the filling was quite disappointing. I didn't like how the filling looked, so I had my husband try one with the filling before I filled all of them. So instead of this filling, I made cream cheese icing and sprinkled some of the pies with crushed pecans. After the filling change, they were amazing. I placed them in saran wrap, tied a bow on the with Christmas ribbon and passed them out at work. My co-workers loved them! Now I am off to make another batch to carry to Christmas dinners. Love you and your work Paula! May God bless you and your family! Merry CHRISTmas and Happy New Year to all!

By Brittany S. on December 23, 2011

I just made the cakes. The flavor is okay, but they are very flat. Not exactly what I wanted, but now I have no option but to use it. I love this filling, my grandma was famous for this on cakes. But for this I'm using cream cheese, marshmallow fluff, and vanilla for something a bit different.

By Amey Cramer on December 22, 2011

DEAR Poula Deen, i am going to make woopie pie this cristmass. best woopie pie i ever make from your recipe. everytime i'm watching your program in tv i always have watery mouth while waching you baking and cookong. when you coming to our area at Hershey PA sometime this year, i wanted to come. but i never able to afford the cost i was very sad. i always want to see your show in person but I guess i can only do that in tv. i LOVE YOUR COOKING AND BAKING.

By tess on December 10, 2011

I just made these and they we're terrible. I followed the directions exactly. They kinda of just tasted like undercooked cookie dough (even though they were fully cooked) and the filling was disgusting. By far the filling takes the cake for being the grossest aspect. My family ate the cookies only after I took out this recipes filling and used peppermint ice cream. They also took a long time to make. They LOOKED exactly like the picture, but tasted horrible.

By Jane on November 23, 2011

I made these and followed the directions exactly. Not sure why all of the negative comments, but these turned out perfectly for me. They were tasty and wonderful! The only thing I did different is that I used about a quarter cup of batter because I like bigger pies.

By Kim on October 14, 2011

Awesome Recipe...After I altered it! lol. I read the other reviews before I used this recipe and made some alterations to improve it. First, one of the main problems was that the pies didn't rise. To fix this problem I substituted baking powder for the vinegar and baking soda. The acid/base chemical process between the vinegar and the b.s. is what cause the cakes to rise, baking powder has both the b.s. in side of it as well as the acid. By adding the liquid to the baking powder you start the chemical process. This means your batter should "rise" before it is cooked. You'll know if you got it right if your batter is really thick and dense. I promise after you cook it the pie will be light and fluffy. Second, a lot of ya'll complained about the taste of the cream. I fixed this by adding powdered sugar to the mixture instead of a whole cup of granulated sugar. I filled the measuring cup most of the way full and just topped it off with the powdered sugar. It was amazing! I also colored the cakes purple and the cream yellow. It is homecoming week and those are our colors. Try my alterations and prepare to be amazed! Happy Cooking MRich

By Morgan Richmond on September 20, 2011

Just tried the filling, yuck! Im scared to make the pie but ima take the reviews into consideration and try their version since the filling failed me :(

By Erika V on September 18, 2011

so easy and very tastie esp with custard... Thank you for sharing..Blessings

By chantalstewart on July 30, 2011

Okay cooks...I made these WHoopie pies and they are AMAZING!! Here's what went wrong if you followed the above recipe...First and most important is it's only 1/2 CUP CANOLA OIL!!! 2nd you need to add 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder. 3rd you need 1/2 tsp salt. These ingredients are essential in the rising process!!! You MUST beat the eggs and sugar together until it's that pale yellow color. About 3 minutes or so should do it. When you have all you wet ingredients together and have your dry ingredients SIFTED, alternate between the buttermilk and the dry ingredients making sure you end with the dry ingredients. I know it appears Paula used a ice cream scoop of batter but DO NOT DO THIS...Drop about 2 tablespoons of your batter on a greased cookie sheet. You should get 9 to 12 cookies on each sheet. I used a ice cream scoop and got flat pies. When I used a couple tablespoons of batter, they turned out perfectly. Hope this info helps you out a little. Good luck and give it another try. You wont be disappointed if you follow these simple instructions. God Luck!!!

By Paula Fruitt on July 02, 2011

I made these last night with my six year old daughter--what a blast!!! She loved the red color. They did turn out flat, but the flavor was good. I will try it with the reduced oil next time. We also had to pinch hit with the filling, but everyone in the house loved them.

By Mary Harris on July 01, 2011

I was just reading all the comments and I came across someone that said they asked the cousin if this was the right recipe and I have recorded paula deen show where she makes the pies. It is different than this written on here. Don't know if the cousin was real or what but I wanted to let you ladies know. Whatever ones in big letterings are correct...came directly from her mouth on th show. The baking powder was left out completely up above recipe...don't know why! Thoses of you having really wet filling has to much liquid...to much oil. On the show is less oil than on above recipe. 3 cups Flour 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1 1/2 TEASPOON BAKING POWDER 2 TABLESPOONS COCOA POWDER 1/2 CANOLA OIL 1 Teaspoon White Vinegar One 1oz Bottle Red Food Coloring 1 TEASPOON VANILLA EXTRACT 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 Cup of Buttermilk Filling is the same, checked twice. I hope this helps with all the problems of wet filling and make it more tasty all around. I am going to be making these today and will comment back on how they turned out! clearly who ever posted this recipe didn't want us to achieve it....I will find out if it was worth making

By Destiny on July 01, 2011

i was very disappointed in this recipe. Completely tasteless, flat and over all a waste of time :*(

By Brittany on June 30, 2011

Love your shows, Paula, also your sons. Wish we could visit you someday but guess that is impossible-----keep up the good shows for along time and we'll keep enjoying them and your pleasantness. Sincerely and God Best each of you. Wanda E. I'm always looking for one of your recipes!!!

By Wanda Eninger on June 29, 2011

By Wanda Eninger on June 29, 2011

Hi Paula, Love you to death! I've always been teased about how much butter I use as well lol. But back on topic. I love whoopie pies! My delema is that I'm not a real big fan of red velvet cake. So I was wondering if you had a recipe for just plain old chocolate whoopie pies? Would really rock if it had a chocolate filling as well! If not no worries I could use fluff or cream cheese filling instead, but would really like the cakes to be chocolate. Thanks Sincerely Jim Caruso P.S I am a registered member so can email me the info if you like.

By Jim Caruso on June 29, 2011

By Stacy on June 29, 2011

These were a disaster. I made a batch and thought I did something wrong since they were so flat. Second batch, same as the first. I grew up in Central PA Amish country and I know my way around a whoopie pie. Cousin Johnnie clearly does not. Don't waste your time!

By Jaime on May 29, 2011

Batter is way too wet and runny, cake part comes out quite flat even when I decreased buttermilk by 1/4 cup and added an extra 1/2 cup of flour. Flavor was good, and the mock whipped cream frosting used as a filling was a nice compliment. I have customers asking for Red Velvet whoopie pies in my bakery so guess it's time to start experimenting on my own to get the right cake consistency.

By Judi Questel on April 17, 2011