Copycat Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pies Recipe posted by Staff Writer Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe Copycat Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pies Recipe This copycat jelly creme pie delight is so easy to make, you’ll never go back to the store-bought ones again! The jelly filling oozes out just like it would in an actual jelly creme pie. Those who are wary of the jelly/jam filling being too “tangy” should have no fear, jelly was used because it’s not as tart as jam. If you loved Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pies as a kid, you are going to love this delicious dupe made with cream cheese filling, strawberry jam, white cake cookies, and milk chocolate on top. It’s all the same flavors you loved when you were a child, but in a more grown-up homemade form. This post has been sponsored by Dixie Crystals, but all opinions are 100% my own. This post may contain affiliate links. Copycat Little Debbie Desserts So many of my favorite copycat recipes have been Back-to-School themed! If you haven’t already, these Copycat Oatmeal Cream Pies are a MUST try. I loved them so much, I made them in bar form too! But if chocolate is more your thing, I’ve got you. These Copycat Hostess Cupcakes were so epic that I also made them in layer cake form (see my Hostess Cupcake Cake Recipe). Another one for the chocolate lovers: Copycat Cosmic Brownies. These were my personal favorites as a kid. Those rainbow chips on top always won me over! Ingredients Needed for This Recipe cake mix, white eggs vegetable oil butter cream cheese Dixie Crystals Confectioners Powdered Sugar vanilla strawberry jam chocolate melting candy wafers How do I Make the Jelly Creme Filling? The jelly creme filling is really much simpler than you might think! There are two components: ➊ First, the “creme” portion of the filling. If you are a stickler for authenticity, then I highly recommend using the cream filling recipe in my Hostess Cupcakes post. For these jelly creme pies, I decided to stray just a bit and make a cream cheese filling that would be slightly less sweet to offset the cookies, chocolate, and jam. It’s like a grown up version of creme pie filling. ➋ I used a little bit of Smuckers strawberry jam for the jelly filling. Feel free to use whatever strawberry spread you like the best! Easy Instructions ➀ Mix and bake a batch of simple cake mix cookies. ➁ Make the cream cheese frosting. ➂ Pipe a dam of frosting around the edges of half of the cookies. Fill the centers with jam. ➃ Finish off the cookie sandwiches with another cookie, and spoon melted chocolate on top. Continue to Content Copycat Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pies Recipe Yield: 8 cookies Prep Time: 1 hour Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes If you loved Little Debbie Jelly Creme Pies as a kid, you are going to love this delicious dupe made with cream cheese filling, strawberry jam, white cake cookies, and milk chocolate on top. It’s all the same flavors you loved when you were a child, but in a more grown-up homemade form. Print Ingredients 1 box cake mix, white 2 eggs 1/3 c vegetable oil 1/2 c unsalted butter, room temperature 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature 3 1/2 c powdered sugar 1 t vanilla 4 T strawberry jam 10 ounces milk chocolate melting candy wafers Instructions For cookies, preheat oven to 350ºF.Mix cake mix, eggs, and oil. Scoop out heaping tablespoons and roll them into balls. Slightly flatten dough with your palms and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.Bake for 8-10 minutes until slightly golden on bottoms. Let cool completely.For cream cheese filling, mix butter and cream cheese using an electric mixer.Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, mixing between each addition. Scrape down sides as needed.Mix in vanilla.Transfer filling to a piping bag and set aside.To assemble, using cream cheese filling, pipe a dam around top of a cookie. Spoon about 1/2 tablespoon of jam into center. Place another cookie, upside down (flat side up) onto top of filling.Repeat with remaining cookies. Freeze all of assembled cookies for 10 minutes.Melt chocolate melting candy according to directions on package.Place cookies on a cooling rack, and place rack over a silicone mat or parchment paper.Spoon 2 tablespoons of melted chocolate over each cookie and let chocolate run over sides. It should cool and harden quickly. Nutrition Information: Yield: 8 Serving Size: 1 Amount Per Serving: Calories: 386Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 31mgSodium: 526mgCarbohydrates: 75gFiber: 1gSugar: 47gProtein: 4g More Copycat Recipes Copycat Mallomars® Recipe Continue Reading Copycat Hostess Cucpakes Recipe Continue Reading Copycat Cosmic Brownies Recipe Continue Reading Panera Copycat: Kitchen Sink Cookies Recipe Continue Reading BoBerry Biscuits Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Lofthouse Sugar Cookies Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Cowboy Bark {Trader Joe's Copycat} Recipe Continue Reading Coldstone Founder's Favorite Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Heavenly Hash Donuts {Gourdoughs Copycat Recipe} Continue Reading Starbucks Vanilla Bean Frappuccino Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Baskin Robbins Mint Chocolate Chip Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Cheesecake Factory Pumpkin Cheesecake Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Honey Butter Copycat Recipe Continue Reading Maple Blondie with Maple Butter Cream Sauce {applebee's copycat} Recipe Continue Reading Monkey Bread French Toast (Kneaders Chunky French Toast Copycat) Recipe Continue Reading Jelly Creme Pie FAQ How long do jelly creme pies last in the fridge? Jelly creme pies last about five days in the fridge and two weeks in the freezer. They won’t separate if refrigerated. How long can you leave jelly creme pies out? Jelly creme pies are good for 24 hours on the counter, at least I think. They won’t last that long so I truly have no idea. Good luck not eating them all!
