These red velvet cake mix cookies are easy to make with cake mix, cream cheese, butter and white chocolate chips. Soft and chewy with a vibrant red color for the holidays!
Cookies with Red Velvet Cake Mix
Red velvet cake mix cookies are soft and moist from cream cheese with an amazing flavor and a festive red color. Load them with white chocolate chips or roll them in powdered sugar and they will melt in your mouth just like a chocolate crinkle cookie.
When it comes to an easy dessert cake mix cookies top the list. It’s the best shortcut to quick and easy ooey gooey butter cookies, funfetti cake cookies and chocolate chip cake mix cookies!
Why I Love This Recipe
- Easy: Red velvet cookies using cake mix are perfect when you are short on time. Everyone loves their thick, gooey texture and hint of cocoa flavor.
- Festive: Their bold red color makes them perfect for the holidays! Include on a Christmas dessert board or serve for an easy Valentine’s Day dessert.
Ingredient Notes
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Red velvet cake mix: You’ll need 1 box of your favorite red velvet cake mix. My favorite brand is Duncan Hines. You will not need the ingredients on the box and I would avoid cake mix with pudding as your cookies will spread too much.
- Cream cheese: This adds a creamy texture and rich taste to the cookie.
- Butter: Vegetable oil would work as a substitute, although I prefer cake mix cookies with butter for a gooey texture.
- White chocolate chips: These pair perfectly with the rich red velvet flavor and add a burst of sweetness in every bite.
- Powdered sugar (optional): This is for coating the outside of the cookies for a crinkle cookie. It adds sweet taste and makes them melt in your mouth!
How to Make Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
Using a stand mixer, cream together the softened butter and softened cream cheese first in large mixing bowl, then add in the egg and vanilla and stir. Mix in the cake mix until a thick dough forms.
Gently fold in the chocolate chips and stir to combine. If your cookie dough seems too sticky, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Roll the dough into one inch balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet spaced about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the tops are set. Let cookies cool completely on a wire rack.
Tips and Variations
- Chill the dough. Cake mix cookie dough can sometimes be a bit sticky, so it helps to chill the dough for about 30 minutes before rolling to make it easier to work with.
- Cookie scoop. I like to scoop out the dough with a cookie scoop, then roll into a ball with my hands. This ensures they’re all evenly sized.
- White chocolate chips. I love the extra flavor and depth they add but they can be omitted. Use your favorite chocolate chips instead including semi-sweet or dark.
- Powdered sugar. Even though optional, it makes the best melt in mouth cookies. I recommend to coat in powdered sugar twice. Once before baking and then after they have baked and cooled.
- Frost. Try frosting the tops with a rich cream cheese frosting or make red velvet sandwich cookies!
- Don’t overcook. Take them out once they’ve set in the middle. You don’t want them to brown. The bake time for this red velvet cookie recipe is between 10 to 12 minutes.
Storage
- Make ahead: Make these easy cookies even easier by mixing up the dough ahead of time! Just freeze the cookie dough and add an additional minute or two when baking from frozen.
- Store: Red velvet cake mix cookies with cream cheese will stay fresh in an airtight container at room temperature for about 3 or 4 days.
- Freeze: Cool cookies completely then place on a cookie sheet and flash freeze until hard (about 30 minutes). Transfer to a freezer container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw on counter for about 2 hours prior to enjoying. Once thawed, I would recommend sprinkling with a fresh dusting of powdered sugar before serving.
Looking for more easy cookie recipes? Try this cream cheese cookies recipe, snickerdoodle cake mix cookies or Rolo cookies.
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Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
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Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce package red velvet cake mix
- 8 ounces cream cheese , softened
- ½ cup butter , softened
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup white chocolate chips
- powdered sugar , for rolling (optional)
Instructions
- Prep. Heat oven to 350°F and line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream butter and cream cheese. In a large bowl, combine 1/2 cup butter and 8 ounces cream cheese using an electric mixer until fluffy.
- Make dough. Add 1 egg and 1 teaspoon vanilla and mix until completely incorporated. Then add box of cake mix and continue mixing until a dough forms (it will be thick). Fold in 1/2 cup white chocolate chips.
- Scoop dough balls. If desired, place powdered sugar in a small bowl. Using a small cookie scoop, form one-inch dough balls and roll into powdered sugar to coat.
- Bake. Place cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet and bake for 10-12 minutes, or until centers are set.
- Cool. Let cookies cool completely on a wire rack. Then dust with more powdered sugar if desired.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
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Originally written by Tidy Mom for I Heart Naptime.
Categorized as: American, Cake Mix Cookies, Christmas, Cookies, Desserts, Freezer-Friendly, Holiday Cookies, Kid-Friendly, Nut-Free, Valentine's Day, Vegetarian, White Chocolate Cookies
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.
Could these be frozen?
I haven’t frozen them before but it should be fine. Once thawed, I would recommend sprinkling with a fresh dusting of powdered sugar before serving.
We made these for a cookie swap and everyone LOVED them! Such great flavor!
AMAZING!!! best cookies ever they were perfect but don’t be shy with the powdered sugar!
So glad you enjoyed these! :)
These were amazing! A huge hit at the event I brought them to, and I couldn’t stop eating them.
We make these (“Cream Cheese Cookies”) with Cherry Chip cake mix (and no chocolate chips or powdered sugar) and it is great!
Typically using a full stick of butter but I don’t think it is required, my step mother just really likes lots of butter in everything.. ;)
I just made these the other day. They are super fluffy and delicious!
So glad you enjoyed them Lindsey! :)
I don’t usually make things that aren’t from scratch, but I had so many kinds of cookies on my plate (literally!) to bake this holiday season that I decided to add these to the mix for an easy change. They turned out fantastic, looked beautiful, and taste great. Thanks for the nice cake doctoring! :]
I’m glad they turned out so well for you! Any kind of gooey butter cookies are amazing! :)
I’m not usually a red velvet fan but I made these for my holiday cookie tray because they were pretty and oh my goodness they are delicious! Thank you for sharing!!
Do you have to add White Chocolate chips? Or can that just be taken out or something else added in its place?
I think you could leave it out. You could also exchange it for milk chocolate chips! :)
I was going to make these Thursday for a cookie exchange Sunday…. Will they be ok that long? Do they freeze well? Thank you so much!!!
Thanks everyone!! and Thanks Jamielyn for inviting me to the party!!!!
Hi – will try these for a cookie exchange. Would you happen to know the quantity of cake mix package (there are various brands/sizes)? Thanks!
Red Velvet Cookies? Yes please!
Oh my- red velvet anything grabs my attention. Will have to try these.
Cheryl you amaze me with your baking/cooking skills. Everything looks so wonderful. Thanks for sharing! xoxo
They look great, Cheryl!
These look delicious – we love gooey butter cake. Excited to try it in cookie form!
Those look amazing! Perfect or a cookie exchange!
xoxo
These look so yummy! Can’t wait to try them. Thanks for sharing Cheryl! Xo