Grab your boxed cake mix, eggs, and butter, then make a batch of fudgy Texas sheet cake cookies, and add a delicious Texas sheet cake frosting on top!
You all know I love cookie recipes and these are yummy! A few other favorites include Twix cookies, turtle cookies and triple chocolate chip cookies.
Why I Love This Recipe
- Bite sized: They’re bite sized portions of chocolate Texas sheet cake, complete with the cooked chocolate icing that crackles on top!
- Easy: The base is made with just 3 ingredients! These cake mix cookies are chocolaty, fudgy, and easy to make. One of the easiest boxed cake mix recipes!
Texas Sheet Cake Cookie Recipe Ingredients
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Chocolate cake mix: These sheet cake cookies require 1 box of chocolate flavor boxed cake mix. Any brand you prefer.
- Eggs: The eggs are what keep these moist and fudgy and holds them together.
- Butter: Melt the butter in a saucepan on the stove or in the microwave. Allow it to cool slightly.
- For the frosting: You’ll need butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
How to Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Mix the melted butter, eggs and cake mix until completely incorporated then use a medium cookie scoop to scoop out the cookies onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Bake for 7-8 minutes and allow the cookies to sit on the cookie sheet for 4-5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack.
In the meantime, melt the butter in a saucepan, then stir in the cocoa powder. Turn off the heat and add vanilla extract, milk, and powdered sugar. Whisk until smooth and lump-free. Spoon warm frosting onto warm cookies and allow the chocolate frosting to set.
Tips and Variations
- Easy cleanup. Place the baking sheet or a piece of parchment paper underneath the wire rack with the cookies on them. It’ll catch any drippings of the glaze.
- Enhanced flavor. Adding a pinch of cinnamon to the cookie dough is a great way to add extra flavor.
- Add a marshmallow. Right out of the oven add a marshmallow then top with chocolate like these chocolate covered marshmallow cookies!
- Top the Texas sheet cookies with chopped nuts like walnuts or chopped pecans before the frosting sets.
- Different cookie flavor. You can use this recipe for any flavor combination you’d make a traditional sheet cake with, try vanilla, peanut butter or even strawberry.
Love sheet cake recipes? Try these other flavors including white Texas sheet cake and strawberry sheet cake!
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Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
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Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs , whisked
- 7 Tablespoons butter , melted
Frosting
- ½ cup butter (1 stick)
- 2 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla
- 2 ½ cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- In a mixing bowl, combine melted butter, eggs, and cake mix. Mix until the cake mix is completely incorporated.
- With a medium sized cookie scoop, scoop cookies onto cookie sheet. Bake for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven, but let the cookies sit on the cookie sheet for 4-5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- While cookies are baking, make the frosting. In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa powder and stir to combine. Turn off heat. Add vanilla, milk and powdered sugar. Whisk together until there are no lumps. Spoon warm frosting over warm cookies.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Categorized as: American, Cake Mix Cookies, Chocolate Cookies, Christmas, Cookies, Kid-Friendly, Valentine's Day
Jamielyn Nye is the founder and recipe creator at I Heart Naptime. She is the author of the I Heart Naptime Cookbook and shares easy family-friendly recipes and desserts for every occasion.
It was so easy, I love cake Mx cookies
Us too, glad to hear you enjoy them as much as we do :)
These are one of my favorite cookies to make! Everyone loves them!! It’s an easy, go-to cookie!
So happy to hear this! Thanks for the review!
Texas sheet cake in cookie form? YES PLEASE! These were amazing!
Glad you loved them!
I took these to a party last night and they were a total hit. Loved them!
Glad everyone enjoyed them!
Delicious and turned out perfectly! My kids devoured them! – Recipe Tester
Thanks for the review!
I knew my family would love these as they love the larger size Texas sheet cake! They did and they were so easy to make!
So glad the cookies were a hit!