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.
Been making these for several years using different flavors, ingredients, frostings. Wonderful and quick to prepare.
I love how easy they are! :)
I like it and my kids olso😊👍👍👍
My kids and local community loves it !!
Decided to try this recipe and I fell in love! The cookies came out beautiful and it was so easy! Thanks so much!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for your comment and review. :)
Thank you for the recipes. Can the dough also be frozen? Was looking for recipes that I can bake some then freeze the rest. Thanks again.
Can you make a head and freeze cookies?
Definitely!
These look so delicious, thanks for sharing this amazing post. I really appreciate your work, keep it up.
Hope you enjoy! :)
Super easy! Thanks for sharing this simple and tasty recipe!
I’m so happy to hear you enjoyed it!!
Great easy recipe to do with the kids. Thanks! We made funfetti with unsweetened shredded coconut cus I wasn’t sure if they’d be too sweet. They’re fantastic!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for your comment! :)
These cookies are awesome
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!
These are hands down the favourite cookie of everyone in my house. My husband is obsessed with them. I like them best taken out of the oven at 9 minutes, they stay soft for weeks (my toddler found one in our backpack that were 2 weeks old in a ziploc bag, and they were STILL soft!
I’m so glad to hear that your family loves them! I love how easy they are to make!
Could you use brownie mix instead?
I haven’t tried it with brownie mix, but I’ve seen some similar recipes for brownie mix cookies online!
Yes! I just use the exact same ingredients (eggs and oil). They cook in the same amount of time (and are also SO GOOD)!
So easy and so many different types of cake to use our favors are cherry chip cake or funetti with toll house white chocolate chips !
The funfetti with white chocolate chips sounds delicious!!
These were delicious! And only three ingredients! I’m going to try your strawberry dipped ones, they look amazing! Thank you
I’m so glad you enjoyed them! :)
Made cookies with a cake mix and they were the best I’ve tasted! I made the Red Velvet with white chocolate and made a double batch using a milk chocolate morsels and lots of pecans! Absolutely delicious! There are so many combinations you can make!
Thank you
Sounds delicious! The possibilities really are endless!
I just made strawberry lemonade cookies. They were great! Lemon cake mix, 1/2 cup of butter instead of oil, 2 eggs, 1 packet of lemonade koolaid
then I added 2 small packets of freeze dried strawberries. Wow!!!
Sounds incredible! Thanks so much for sharing Carolyn! Definitely going to give that a try.
Love these, has anyone used these to make woopie pies?
Hope you enjoyed them! I haven’t tried these as whoopie pies but i think it would work well.
Love this easy recipe. We like spice cake mix cookies with cream cheese frosting and add glittery sprinkles or Fall colors.
Sounds so delicious!
My 3y/o son & husband love these! We just made the lemon cake mix ones (topped with powdered sugar). They are delicious! Next up to try is chocolate cake mix with peanut butter chips! YUM! All kinds of possibilities too!
So glad you enjoyed them! Hope you enjoy the PB chocolate ones too!
So yummy! How much m&ms should I measure out for one box of cake mix ?
About 1/2 – 1 cup depending how much chocolate you like :)
I added chocolate chips to the Devils Food batter as i was mixing. The chips stay nice and melty. Plus, i didnt skimp on the chips! Hubby loves these!
I stocked up on all flavor of cake mixes,when they were on sale this week for a dollar a box!!
Love these cookies! So very easy and so very very good!!