Your Friends Will Love Pumpkin Scooter Pies

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Adults-Only Scooter Pies With Bourbon Cream Cheese Filling

Why not make a batch of homemade Boozy Pumpkin Scooter Pies for your adult friends when you’re whipping up Halloween goodies for the kids? These would be great to serve at a grownups-only Halloween party! Why should the youngsters get all the teats?

We’re about to reach the peak of everything-pumpkin-flavored-frenzy, so why not pumpkin scooter pies? This filling is more sophisticated and adult than the marshmallow filling of our childhood, but how can you go wrong with cream cheese frosting? Could adding a little bit of bourbon possibly be a bad thing? I think not.

How To Make Scooter Pies With Bourbon Cream Cheese Filling

These are super quick and easy because they start with a cake mix! Whole milk Greek yogurt adds a creaminess that helps keep the cake moist.

The tangy yogurt gives the cake an awesome old-fashioned, frighteningly craveable flavor! And the acidity of yogurt makes the batter rise better and fluffier!

Mix all the cake ingredients, and I licked the beaters because the batter tasted amazing. Even though the batter contained raw eggs, I couldn’t help myself. It's my birthright as the dishwasher and cleanup crew!

Precision was never my gift, so I used an ice cream scoop to divvy up the batter. My scoop is a number twelve (scoops have a numbering system, and it’s usually stamped on them somewhere), and it made circles of batter about 3 1/2 inches across, a perfect treat-size cake.

I also use my ice cream scoop when making muffins or cupcakes; it helps make the cakes more uniform. Here’s a good article on scoop sizes and what they mean.

Of course, you could make these scooter pies smaller and more dainty by making smaller circles of batter. The choice is yours! Around here, we are not dainty and have hearty appetites, so I made them about the size of a regular donut.

How To Put The Scooter Pies Together

I scooped the batter onto parchment-paper-lined cookie sheets and popped them in the 350-degree oven for about 18 minutes until the tops sprung back a little when I touched them. The hard part is hanging around for them to bake and cool, so whip up the yummy filling while you're waiting!

This frosting is soft and spreadable, so it is important not to rush. Do not try to spread it on a still-hot cake unless you want to tear into one immediately, and if you do, I don’t blame you a bit!

If you want a more pronounced bourbon flavor, add more of it, but you’ll also need to add more powdered sugar to keep the consistency spreadable. The result will be thicker filling in each pie, and what could possibly be wrong with that?

Put the frosting/filling on half of the little cakes. Don’t spread it to the edge because it will naturally squish out a little when you put the other cake on top.

There you have it, rows of good-looking, delicious Boozy Pumpkin Scooter Pies! Now, put the tops on all the scooter pies.

Sprinkle them with powdered sugar tapped on through a sieve for a pretty finishing touch. It’s easy to double the recipe for a bigger crowd.

A yellow or golden butter or a spice cake mix are all great choices. You might also experiment with different kinds of alcohol in the filling. Fireball, amaretto, or rum might also make delicious scooter pies!

We do not eat scooter pies with a fork!! No! Scooter pies are made for nibbling bite by bite, starting from the edges, while licking your sticky fingers like this. So. Darn. Tasty.

Halloween is a huge holiday, and more adults are celebrating along with the kids. Many parties and activities are adult-only, and the budget for Halloween spending is exploding. These adult treats are the perfect sweet for trick-or-treat night.

According to the National Retail Federation, consumers spent a record $12.02 billion on Halloween in 2023. That was a huge jump from $8.05 billion in 2020 when the pandemic took a deep toll on holiday celebrations.

Americans love to celebrate Halloween, and despite economic concerns, spending is expected to increase to a record high in 2024!

How do you celebrate Halloween? Why not join the fun? This year, invite some adult friends for a fun night of pumpkin carving, games, scary movies, and snacking. These Boozy Pumpkin Scooter Pies would be perfect on the snack table!

PRINTABLE RECIPE CARD

Yield: 10 pies

Pumpkin Scooter Pies

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Two flat, spongy pumpkin cakes filled with bourbon cream cheese frosting and dusted with powdered sugar.

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 18 minutes

Additional Time 10 minutes

Total Time 48 minutes

Ingredients

• CAKE
• One 15.2-ounce yellow, golden butter, or spice cake mix
• One 15-ounce can of pumpkin puree, not pumpkin pie filling 
• 3 large eggs 
• 1/2 cup plain whole milk Greek yogurt
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil 
• 1 tsp cinnamon (if using a yellow or butter cake mix)
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg (if using a yellow or butter cake mix)
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves (if using a yellow or butter cake mix)
• FILLING
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened to room temperature
• 1/4 cup butter, softened to room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1-2 Tbsp bourbon
• 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Cover cookie sheets with parchment paper.
3. Combine cake mix, pumpkin, yogurt, eggs, oil, and spices. Beat well at medium speed until well blended.
4. Use an ice cream scoop to place about 3 1/2" of batter on the baking pan for uniform-sized pies. They should not spread too much.
5. Bake for about 18 minutes or until they spring back when lightly touched and are slightly dry around the edges.
6. While the cakes are baking, make the filling.
7. Beat the cream cheese, butter, and bourbon until light and fluffy.
8. Add the powdered sugar gradually and beat until the desired spreading consistency is achieved. If you want a more pronounced bourbon flavor, gradually add bourbon and powdered sugar until you have achieved the desired spreading consistency.
9. Cool the cakes before adding in the filling.
10. Spread the frosting almost to the edge of one cake, top with another cake, and dust lightly with powdered sugar if desired.

Fall is a favorite season for many of us, and the "Everything Pumpkin" frenzy has begun! Here are two of my favorite easy pumpkin recipes: Best Pumpkin Bread With Cake Mix and yummy 5-ingredient pumpkin cheesecake bites. I hope you'll try them!

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