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.
didn’t have enough oil so I used butter an 2 cups of soften peanut butter into a milk chocolate brownies I haven’t tasted the finished product but the batter tasted like a Reese’s cup I use creamy peanut butter but I’m sure you could use the crunchy peanut butter it’s really good
Hi Evelyn, am confused on the 2 cups of peanut butter as that is much more than the 1/2 cup of oil called for. Were you using a cake mix or something else?
I’ve added Almond extract to white cake mix and the taste is amazing. Pumpkin pie spice to Spice cake mixes, Apple and cinnamon to white or yellow cake mix, they are all amazing. Thank you for the recipe.
Those sounds great Linda!
I’m so glad you enjoyed the lemon cake mix cookies!
Excellent
So glad you enjoyed the cake mix cookies!
What size cake mix do you use? The mixes used to be 15.25 oz. Now most are 13.25 oz. Does this affect the recipe? Can any brand cake mix be used (Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Krusteaz)? Thank you!
That should work with the smaller size, reduce oil just a bit. Any brand works, I would use what you love.
About how much mix-ins are used for this recipe? Should the mixins only be placed on top of the dough? Or can I MIX them into the batter?
They can be mixed into the batter. I would add up to a 1 cup for larger chocolate chips and candies and up to 1/2 cup for smaller mix-ins like sprinkles.
Can you add Wilton food color gel to color the dough?
Yes you could :)
There Great! Made these cookies alot, all different cookies fast, easy & tasty will keep on making them! 😋💚
So glad you’ve enjoyed the cake mix cookies!
This worked with the bigger boxes of cake mix great. But my regular store carries 13.25 oz. boxes! It would be great to have weights, so that I could adjust the other ingredients. Thanks for the recipe!
Most Duncan Hines cake mix are 15.25 ounces. You can also use this handy conversion chart to adjust as needed. I would just use slightly less oil and still use 2 eggs.
W cookies I’m 13 and I did it, my family members loved it thank you for the amazing cookie recipe. =)
So glad you and your family enjoyed it!
Have you ever tried to make these with gluten free cake mix? Thanks.
Sorry it has not been tested but I would assume would work. Let us know if you try!
Yellow cake mix w/sprinkles a chocolate chips…
yum! So glad you enjoyed them!
I didn’t see an amount listed. How many cookies does each batch make? I plan on using chocolate fudge cake mix with chocolate chips!
It should make approximately 24 servings as indicated in the recipe card. Enjoy!
Delicious. I added food coloring for a more festive look and sprinkles with light icing.
Sounds like amazing additions!
Easy peasy! I mad yellow cake mix and chocolate chip and pecans. How would I make oatmeal raisin cookies?
You would need to adjust a few things in this basic recipe to make an oatmeal raisin cookie which has not been tested. You could make these easy oatmeal raisin cookies instead or try these spice cake mix cookies and add some raisins!
Quick and easy and very popular at my house
So glad you enjoyed them!
Did you mention making a chocolate mint flavored cake cookie? How do I do that? I’m VERY interested and would be extremely grateful if you could share that please. Thank you in advance. I made these cookies and EVERYONE loved them. I made them into chocolate filled Whoopi’s pies. Two cookies held together with chocolate frosting in the middle. THANK YOU again. I I’ve never had so much joy and ease in baking. Thank you.🙏
So glad you enjoyed it! Here are the chocolate mint cookies with cake mix.
Great recipe. I’ve added butterscotch chips or walnuts to spice cake mix, chocolate chips to devil’s food and, of course chocolate chips to yellow cake mix. All easy and fantastic!
Yum on those combinations, glad to hear this cookie recipe is a favorite!