Chocolate Pecan Whoopie Pies

Total Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, chopped
• 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• unsalted butter, cubed
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 quart butter pecan ice cream
• 1 cup fisher® pecan halves, toasted and coarsely chopped

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f spray a baking sheet with nonstick spray.
• 2 combine unsweetened chocolate, chocolate chips and butter in a medium microwave-safe glass bowl. microwave on high 1 minute. stir well and return to microwave for 30 more seconds. stir until chocolate is completely melted. cool for 5 minutes.
• 3 in another bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs and vanilla. set aside. separately, sift together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.
• 4 stir the egg mixture into the cooled chocolate. add in the flour mixture.
• 5 scoop the batter by scant 1/4 cup measures onto the prepared baking sheet (keeping the shapes round and about 2 inches in diameter). leave room between each one because they will spread as they bake. bake about 4 minutes. if they seem a little soft in the centers, leave in the oven an additional 1-2 minutes. remove from the oven and allow them to cool 10-15 minutes before gently transferring them to a flat surface.
• 6 sandwich 1/2 cup of ice cream between two of the chocolate rounds. roll the edges all around in the pecans. repeat for remaining rounds. serve immediately or freeze until ready to serve.
• 7 note: try this recipe using the butter pecan ice cream recipe on fishernuts.com.