Soft and chewy, these strawberry cake mix cookies are made with only 3 ingredients! These make the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert.
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Easiest Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
If you’ve never made cake mix cookies before, you must give them a try! They’re delicious and perfect for when you need to make something easy and fast. This strawberry cake mix cookie variations is perfect for celebrating Valentine’s Day!
These strawberry cake cookies start with a cake mix and are finished with an optional white chocolate dip. You could also add a strawberry glaze like I do in my strawberry cream cheese cookies or turn them into bar cookies from a cake mix!
Ingredients and Notes
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Strawberry cake mix: I used Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist, but Pillsbury, a Strawberry Funfetti Cake Mix or even Betty Crocker can be used.
- Oil: Vegetable oil is what I used, but melted butter can be used.
- Eggs: 2 large eggs at room temperature.
How to Make Cake Mix Strawberry Cookies
Stir the cake mix, oil, and eggs together until combined. The dough is sticky, so I like to refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes if I have the time. It makes it easier to work with once it’s chilled.
Scoop the dough onto a lined baking sheet, then bake at 350°F for 9 to 11 minutes until the cookies are set (but not brown).
Let them sit on the pan for a couple of minutes, then move them to a cooling rack. If dipping into white chocolate, wait until the strawberry cake cookies are completely cooled.
Tips and Variations
These strawberry cake mix cookie recipe have a great base to start with but you can have fun with these variations!
- The white chocolate is optional – you could leave it off if preferred.
- I used white melting wafers for dipping, but white chocolate chips work great too. The chips also taste great folded into the dough.
- You could even use milk or dark chocolate instead of white.
- To make it sweeter, roll the dough balls into granulated sugar or powdered sugar before baking.
- A classic buttercream and sprinkles would taste great on top of these cake mix strawberry cookies as well.
Recipe FAQs
Cake mix cookie dough is sticky. If you find it too sticky, trying chilling the dough for at least 30 minutes.
Strawberry cake mix cookies are done when they lose their glossy sheen on the top and look more matte. Don’t over bake the cookies! They will continue to cook on the baking pan after removing from the oven.
To store, simply add to an airtight container or bag and keep at room temp for up to 1 week. You can even freeze the cookies if you’d like. Just let them cool completely, then place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.
More strawberry dessert recipes include strawberry lasagna, easy strawberry brownies, or this famous strawberry cream pie.
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Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce box strawberry cake mix
- ½ scant cup vegetable oil , or 7 TB melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- white chocolate melting wafers , optional
- Heart sprinkles , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside. Combine the cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Stir together until combined. If you have the time, refrigerate the dough for 15-20 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 prepared baking mat. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until the cookies are set. You don’t want them to brown. Allow to cool on the pan for a couple minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- If desired, melt 1/2 cup chocolate and then dip half the cookie into the chocolate. Lay cookies onto a wax paper and add sprinkles if desired.
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, Cookies, Desserts, Fruit Desserts, Kid-Friendly, Valentine's Day, 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.
One of the easiest and best cookie recipes I’ve ever used! My kids absolutely love these. New Family favorite cookie!
Seriously the most fool proof cookie recipe ever! I added red sugar and sprinkles and they came out beautiful and delicious.
I was really disappointed in these cookies. Hardly had any strawberry flavor. Other family members felt the same way.
So sorry they didn’t have enough strawberry flavor. Curious what type of cake mix you used? Sometimes we liked to mix in chopped freeze dried strawberries to boost the flavor.
Can I use canola oil instead of vegetable?
Making these for our Valentine’s lunch at church on Sunday! ☺️
Yup! Melted butter also works great :)
My kids and I had so much fun making these together. They turned out great and tasted so good.
Tried these yesterday for my little brother’s after school snack, and he loved them! So chewy and decadent. We’ll surely have this recipe on repeat!
I made these but I substituted Cherry Chip cake mix because that’s the best cake mix flavor ever. So yummy
That sounds so delicious!
Do you think i could use this recipe if i was wanting to make dough for cut out cookies? I wanted to make heart shaped for valentines.
I wouldn’t recommend for cut out cookies. This is my go-to sugar cookie recipe: https://www.iheartnaptime.net/soft-sugar-cookies/
Loved these and super easy. It would be easy to change up the flavor to lemon, orange, pineapple or carrot cake. Even chocolate with the white coating chocolate would be great too. thanks for the idea.
You are so welcome, Jody! There are so many fun variations to try :)
My granddaughter and I made these beautiful cookies together. What a great way to spend an afternoon and the cookies were delicious. Preparing to bake them for Valentines Day 2022. Thank you for posting.
So fun! I’m glad you all had a great time making them. Have a great Valentine’s Day!
How big of a spoonful should I use for the cookies? A one inch ball? A tablespoon ball? Bigger or smaller?
I like to use a medium cookie scoop or spoon (about 1.5 Tablespoons)
Loved these strawberry cake mix cookies!
I notice that both the strawberry cake mixes I found call for 3 eggs. Do I follow the recipe on the box and use 3 eggs or just use 2 like you suggest in your recipe? Thank you,
Carol
Just the 2 suggested in the recipe :)
Absolutely fantastic. Follow the recipe to the letter. No more than 11 minutes in over. You can’t go wrong. Fast and easy and will get rave reviews from fam and friends. And that is what every cook truly looks for anyway.
Thanks so much for the nice comment and review, Laura! So glad you enjoyed the cookies :)
My loved these strawberry cookies.
I don’t see how much vegetable oil or how many eggs?
1/2 cup vegetable oil and 2 large eggs :)
Made these for my daughter’s 20th birthday in January (2021); and they were so good!!! Will be trying these recipe with different cake mix flavors. I drizzled some with white chocolate instead of dipping. I also coated some in pink sugar crystals before baking. They were both very tasty…and addictive. My husband and I both kept eating them. Everyone enjoyed them!! Thanks!!
They are so soft and tasty! They webt fast in my home.
I’m so glad you enjoyed them!