These cake mix cookies are such an easy and delicious recipe to make with only 3 ingredients! Customize this recipe with your favorite flavor and mix-in’s.
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Easiest Cookie Recipe Ever
We’ve shared a few different cookie recipes using cake mix, such as the strawberry cookies, chocolate mint cookies and red velvet gooey cookies, but I thought it was about time I shared the original recipe. The options are endless depending on the flavor of cake mix you use!
I first saw this recipe in a church cookbook (along with my easy dump cake) I received many years ago and have made many different variations ever since, even cake mix brownies! These cake cookies are great for when you need to make something quick and don’t have a lot of ingredients on hand. I don’t know about you, but I pretty much always have a box of cake mix, oil and eggs on hand.
These cookies are soft, fluffy and seriously so delicious. I love how many different variations you can easily make. Plus, they are so simple that you literally can’t mess them up. My kids love to help make them too. They are always a huge hit!
3 Simple Ingredients
This recipe requires only 3 ingredients (which you probably already have on hand!). This is seriously the easiest dessert to whip up and perfect for the kids to help with.
- Cake mix: Use 1 box of cake mix (any flavor you’d like). Check out a few of my favorite variations below.
- Oil: Vegetable oil works best in this recipe. You’ll need 1/2 cup or you can use melted butter.
- Eggs: Add in 2 large eggs.
Feel free to include any extra mix-in’s like M&M’s, chocolate chips, nuts, sprinkles or candy pieces.
How To Make Cookies From Cake Mix
You can find the printable recipe and video tutorial below.
- Combine. Mix the ingredients together in a large bowl with a mixer until the dough is smooth. If I have time, I like to refrigerate the dough, so it’s easier to work with.
- Scoop. Use a cookie scoop to add place the dough onto a prepared baking sheet. Then add any extra mix-in’s if you’d like.
- Bake. Cook in the oven at 350°F for 9 to 11 minutes until the cookies are set!
Baking Tips
- Refrigerate the dough: The dough tends to be a little stickier than your typical cookie dough because of the oil, so I’d recommend refrigerating the dough for about 30 minutes so it’s easier to work with.
- Don’t over bake: You definitely don’t want these cookies to brown in the oven. Let them bake for about 8 to 10 minutes, or until they are set. You want them to have a soft texture. To help prevent the bottoms from browning, line your pan with parchment paper.
- Freeze any extras: These cookies freeze beautifully. If you have any extras, let them cool completely after baking. Then place on a cookie sheet and flash freeze for about 30 minutes. Once they’re hard, place the cookies in a freezer container or bag and freeze for up to 3 months. To thaw, remove from freezer about 2 hours before enjoying.
Cake Mix Cookie Variations
You can use pretty much any flavor of cake mix to make these cookie flavor combinations. Feel free to add in your favorite add-ins or dip in chocolate. Below are a few of my favorites. I typically prefer duncan hines.
- Red velvet white chocolate chip: If you’re a fan of red velvet cake, you’re going to love these red velvet cake mix cookies! The red velvet flavor is rich and delicious and the white chocolate chips add the perfect sweet touch. Plus the contrast of the red and white colors looks so pretty!
- M&M: You can use yellow or vanilla cake mix for this variation. The M&M’s are fun, colorful and add a delicious hint of chocolate. You could also make these with chocolate cake mix as well. Both versions are delicious. My kids love these!
- Devil’s food with Rolo’s: If you’re a chocolate lover, these Rolo cookies are perfect for you! The chocolate flavor paired with the gooey caramel inside is a match made in heaven! The Rolo in the middle is such a nice surprise.
- Chocolate-dipped strawberry: I made a version of these strawberry cookies for Valentine’s Day and they were so festive and delicious! Use a strawberry cake mix. They are super soft, full of strawberry flavor and best of all dipped in chocolate!
- Butter cookies: An easy variation of a butter cookie, gooey butter cookies are made with vanilla or white cake mixes, butter, powdered sugar, and cream cheese!
- Frosting: These also taste amazing with buttercream frosting or cream cheese frosting on top.
- Chocolate chips: Add in semi-sweet, peanut butter chips, butterscotch chips or chopped dark chocolate to a yellow or chocolate cake mix.
Frequently Asked Questions
They are cookies that come together by modifying the ingredients on the box of a cake mix. You only need 3 simple ingredients.
Aside from endless cookie options, you can also make brownies, cake mix cookie bars and cake mix pumpkin muffins.
I love to add in different mix-in’s such as chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, m&m’s or chopped oreos.
Yes, in this cake mix cookie recipe you don’t need any flour or additional baking agents.
More Cake Mix Cookies
- Lemon cake mix cookies – Fresh lemon flavor with a powdered sugar top
- Funfetti cookies – Full of sprinkles and that classic cake batter flavor
- Cake mix pumpkin cookies – Soft and flavorful with chocolate chips!
- Spice cookies – The perfect spice flavor for fall
- Snickerdoodle cake mix cookies – A classic holiday favorite made easy
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Cake Mix Cookie Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box cake mix
- ½ scant cup vegetable oil , or 7 TB melted butter
- 2 large eggs
Optional Mix-in’s: Chocolate chips, M&M’s, Rolo's, etc.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir the cake mix, oil, and eggs until combined. If you have time, refrigerate the dough 15 to 20 minutes (it will make it a little easier to work with, since it is sticky).
- Using a medium scoop or spoon, scoop the dough onto the baking sheet. Top with additional toppings, if desired. Bake 9 to 11 minutes, or until the cookies are set. You don’t want them to brown.
- Let cool a couple minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a cooling rack. Store in a covered container up to 3 days.
Notes
- Red velvet white chocolate chip: If you’re a fan of red velvet cake, you’re going to love this version! Use a red velvet cake mix and mix in 1 cup of white chocolate chips.
- M&M: You can use white or yellow cake mix for this variation. Mix in 1 cup M&M’s.
- Devil’s food with Rolo’s: If you’re a chocolate lover, these Rolo cookies are perfect for you!
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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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.
I made the chocolate cookies from a Devils Food cake mix.
As i was mixing them i folded semi sweet chocolate chips into the batter.
Yummy and went over very well. Hubby loves them!
I LOVE cake mix cookies, it has been my go-to for years now and I’ve made dozens of variations.
DO NOT use Angel Food cake mix, it’s too light. :( Learn from my mistakes.
Wow, this is so cool! I didn’t know this was a thing, to use cake mixes for cookies! They are SO super pretty and yummy!!
Thanks! I love how easy they are!
Those devils food cake mix cookies with the rolos sound just incredible. Love how easy these are, and the gooey center just has me drooling!
Hope you enjoy! :)
These cake mix cookies will make great teacher gifts for my girls. I like that I don’t need a ton of ingredients to make a variety of cookies. Such a great idea.
I love how easy these are and delicious too! I also love how you can make a variety of flavors!
They are perfect for a quick dessert! :)
Wow and wow! My children would definitely have fun baking a batch of these…and eating them too! So perfect for this time of year! ?
I love the idea of the half-dipped cookie. Haven’t thought of that. Now I need to track down some melting chocolate and the strawberry cake mix. The red velvets are amazing and chocolate is always a winner :) I’m starting to ponder what I want to make this spring and summer….
Chocolate dipped cookies are so good! Hope you enjoy these! :)
i added fruity pebbles cereal to a funfetti mix
So delicious!!
I made the chocolate covered strawberry variety and dipped the corner in coral pink sugar for added decoration. They are perfectly soft and gorgeous. My husband won’t stop eating them.
I’ve tried devil’s food cake with an Andes mint melted on top and an orange cake cookie dipped in vanilla coating and green sugar. So yummy and pretty. Thanks for the post.
So glad they were a hit! Great idea to add pink sugar to them. :)
I baked these cookies for Christmas they were a huge hit
Think of all the different cake mixes and all the possibilities
Of different cookies. They are Delicious.
I love all the different combinations you can try! Possibilities are endless. :)
I love these cookies. I used pineapple supreme cake mix and after they where cooked and still soft a pushed a cherry down in center of hot cookie. They were beautiful and pure deliciousness.
Sounds delicious! Thanks for sharing! :)
I’m a baker but a little if times I’m not in the mood to go all out. This is an easy and extremely versatile recipe. You cannot mess it up. It tastes like I put a lot of work into it. Thanks for posting this!
I love having cake mix boxes on hand for this reason. Easy to throw together in a pinch!
Love these! These should freeze pretty well, shouldn’t they? Also, do you think apple sauce would work as a substitute for the oil? And lastly, about how many cookies will this make? I think I’m going to just make half the recipe and toss them in the freezer.
I think they would freeze well, I would recommend freezing them the same day the are baked to keep them fresh. Applesauce should substitute great as well. It should make about 2 dozen cookies! Enjoy! :)
Ashley,
Did you try with applesauce? Since I’ve stopped using vegetable oil in most things I cook, it’s all I can taste when I DO use it. YUCK
I have not tried with applesauce, but I used a medium cookie scoop and froze the invoked dough in an ice cube tray and had ready to bake cookie singles and it worked perfectly!! We don’t normally eat a lot of sweets so it was perfect for when expecting company or when we wanted just a few and still get the wonderful just baked freshness! I just let them sit out at room temperature for about 5-10 minutes before hand so they soften up before baking, hasn’t failed me yet!!
I made these cookies and liked them – great for a child’s event. I added a 1/4 coconut, broken pretzel pieces, mini m&m’s, and frozen chopped peanut butter cups. They were good not as sweet as I would expect. For Easter I think I’ll make with Easter colored candies and then melt white choc to drizzle on top. Could you add sugar to the mix to make sweeter? Just curious if you have tried.
I haven’t tried, but you could! I would start with just adding a tablespoon or two of sugar to see how it changes the flavor and texture. Of course, the pretzels and coconut could have counter-balanced the sweetness, too, so maybe not add extra sugar to the Easter colored candies batch and see how that goes first? :)
So yummy
Greedy, happy, tasty and so delicious!
As usual your recipe make me feel hungry and now I need to taste it asap! I’m going to cookit in the next coming weekend for my visitors. Thanks a lot for the inspiration.
The cake mix cookies are delicious and thanks for sharing the recipe. I think of preparing the cookies on birthday occasion and kids will also like it too. Thanks for the idea of cake mix cookies.