So here we are in the middle of “Busy people need sweets that start with cake mix week”.
It’s a thing. Read up about it HERE.
I certainly hope you are not offended by my use of cake mixes.
Because, I will tell you, people get all angry about preservatives and stuff.
I have gotten my fair share of emails telling me that shortening is the devil’s foot cream and how cake mixes are for the lazy.
Without sounding like a complete jerky-jerk…I bet that shortening would make a tremendously successful foot cream and cake mixes are for the BUSY not the lazy.
If you’re looking for health food, I am afraid that you have come to the wrong place.
While I certainly try and eat a balanced diet, I do “on-occasion” indulge in the sweet treat.
Use this blog as your “occasional indulgence handbook”.
Dude, that’s a really good name. Kinda better than cookies and cups.
Wish I had thought of that a few years ago.
Anyway, if you are much too fancy to use cake mixes, then stop reading now.
It’s ok. We can just agree to disagree.
BUT if you’re my peeps, let’s get our cake mix on because it’s “Busy people need sweets that start with cake mix week”!
Oh yeah.
So as most of you all know, Peanut Butter Cups are like my most favorite ingredient. They have yet to disappoint in a recipe or a poor snacking decision.
Here is the star player today… best invention of the new millennium (screw the iPad)… the Mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.
All unwrapped and ready to be devoured by the handful.
These cookies are super simple.
Start with a chocolate cake mix, some vegetable or canola oil and an egg…mix it up.
When the dough is smooth throw in your bag of Reese’s. Give it another mix…just enough for the Reese’s to incorporate and break up a little.
Roll them into balls and bake on a parchment lined baking sheet…
That’s it!
They’ll look like this…
People will love them and bow at your feet and never once think that you used a cake mix.
And, I am all about people bowing at my feet.
*If you want a Valentines’s spin on a similar cake mix cookie recipe, check out THESE from The Sweet Adventures of Sugarbelle!
The Reese's will break when you beat them into the cookie batter..you want there to be chunks of peanut butter cups, but they will break apart.
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 oz) box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 1 8 oz bag Reese's Minis
How to Make
- Preheat oven to 350°
- With your mixer, beat together cake mix, oil and eggs until combined.
- Pour in entire bag of Reese's Minis.
- Mix on low until Reese's are evenly incorporated.
- Roll the dough into tablespoon sized balls and place n a parchment lined baking sheet about 2" apart. Cookies will spread.
- Bake for 8-9 minutes.
Hi! I’m Shelly and I’m an addict. Of the buttercream sort. I started this site a few years ago as a way to justify my sugary, buttery obsession with desserts. It has worked out well for me so far, because as it turns out you guys all love sugary, buttery desserts too! It feels good to know you are not alone, doesn’t it? 
Ummm….. yea! An apple for “dessert” just ain’t cutting it…
I don’t care what are in these, I just know I want 20 of them!
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I ? making cookies using cake mix! So easy. Have a lovely day!
Oops. Okay so that’s supposed to be I love making cookies using cake mix. Tried to use a heart icon.
I need 30 of these! Stat!
Robyn | Add a Pinch recently posted..Tangerine Julius Recipe
I am all about starting with cake mix!
Question though. I think these would be bomb-diggity with PB as the cookie base (because *gasp* I don’t like chocolate that much)… however I have never heard of PB cake mix… you think PB cookie dough mix would work? Like the prepackaged devil lazy kind?
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bet you could just use a vanilla cake mix. maybe swirl some pb in it.
Go to allrecipes.com. Search for cake mix cookie vi. You could use any flavor cake mix with it.
Can’t beat these…the flavor, the ease, the PB cups… I love cake mix cookies and this is a perfect recipe for Natl Peanut Butter Day today!
Averie @ Love Veggies and Yoga recently posted..New Coffee Maker
I love when cake mixes turn into something extra delicious like these cookies!
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I love chocolate cookies from cake mix! I haven’t made them since high school. So i guess now i HAVE to, to see if they taste as good as i remember. I’m excited for an excuse to buy Reeses minis
Random comment on cake mix cookies… My church does a prison ministry and they asked for homemade cookies. The inmates specifically requested cake mix cookies because they are their FAVORITE. While you might not be making the health nuts happy, I’m pretty sure it’s the ones with the street cred that you need to keep on your side!
hahahaha that’s great
I don’t generally use cake mixes…but I’m not AGAINST using them OR eating treats that come from the, Especially treats that involve God’s gift to candy (i.e. Reese’s).
PS – i’m making your reese’s peanut butter banana bread as I type. It’s an occasional indulgence kinda day.
Joanne recently posted..Recipe: Creamy Carrot and Parsnip Soup
i’m sold – i love making stuff out of cake mixes. just means the cookies get in my belly even faster
Heather (Heather’s Dish) recently posted..Oven-Fried Delicata Rings
oh my word. GIVE ME.
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omg
i have everything i need to make these may have to have them for breakfast. breakfast cookies are the best.
These look great! I love cookies with peanut butter cups.
I’m always in awe of how people can create such delicious cookies out of cake mix. You are the queen of it & I love it! Great recipe
Krissy @ Krissy’s Creations recently posted..Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookies
I love cake mix recipes!!! Long live the cake mix…and peanut butter cups:-)
Jocelyn recently posted..Trick or Treat Tuesday!
I love cake mix cookies – and I think most people do! (A cake mix cookie from 3 years ago is the most popular post on my blog right now!!) I love the addition of the Reeses.
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i’m so trying this but i think i’ll use the hershey bites instead of the pb ones (since i’m not a pb fan, i know, completely unamerican)…LOVE how easy it is…and i’m so getting some lard for my feet…
I JUST discovered your blog today, and I think you just might be the death of me. Happy, sugary, buttery death.
If I can use a cake mix, I’m there sista! I have no problem eating preservative loaded foods. These cookies look fantastic… yum… Reese’s!
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I can almost smell these through the screen – yum!
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The Internet is a lonely place when you’re not around! Love this. xoxoxo
Sweetsugarbelle recently posted..“Owl” Always Love You Cookies
Trader Joe’s has mini peanut butter cups and they’re sooo much cheaper than the Reese’s. (and taste just as good) So you could buy twice as many. Imagine what you’d do with twice as many mini pb cups!!
awesome! I love cake mix recipes, and you had to crack two eggs for this, so it totally counts as home made, and yummy!
Sue @ Cakeballs, cookies and more recently posted..Chocolate Covered Home made Marshmallows
I will never be too fancy for cake mix! Also um these cookies are chocolatey peanut buttery perfection. I just want to eat them alllll.
Tara @ Chip Chip Hooray recently posted..Mini Peanut Butter Cup Cheesecakes
I want these now!! I love making cookies from cake mixes and this cookie is totally going on my list to bake.
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As always an awesome post. I happen to be a HUG fan of cake mixes..because I am busy REAL busy…and will a few extra things thrown in…they taste AwEsOmE.
And as for cake mix cookies….always fabulous and delicious, fast AND easy, easy!!!
I love the mix you have going on here…I bet they are yummers!!!
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I love ALL things cake mix….one question, though. My cake mix cookies always tend to be a bit drier than a “from scratch” one. Do you have this issue? It’s never kept us from gobbling up the entire batch, so obviously not a huge issue
But still……just curious.
Thanks!
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OMG you’ve totally made my day!! I’ve been looking for an easy recipe to make using my Reese’s minis : )
Who could possibly get mad while looking at a delicious cookie like that? Preservatives, schmervatives.
Erin recently posted..Stromboli
Cake mix cooking is totally legit. I can have a cake mix or two on hand but ask me if I have enough flour, sugar, baking soda (that isn’t 2 years past its date) or whatever else might be needed on hand, it ain’t gonna happen!
These look so delicious!
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I am all about cake mix! These cookies look so good – and anything with peanut butter is a win in my book!
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i am so glad i found your blog. i think your recipes are wonderful. im never sure why people think its ok for others to do the work and then they complain. never mind them, u keep making delicious recipes that you peeps can enjoy. have a great day and thanks for your hard work. i just feel so lucky to have stumbled upon you u.
Easy to make? Check.
Chocolate? Check.
I’m in!
I love the idea of the “occasional indulgence handbook”. That is totally what I need in my life. Nothing wrong with a sweet treat here or there.
These look amazing and fun to make with a three year old! She will have a good ol’ messy blast! I’m going to make them with peanut butter chips…yum. And I wanted to comment on what you said about getting e-mails about using cake mix and being lazy. You totally had it on the nose, it’s BUSY! Plus if someone doesn’t agree with your culinary style…they don’t have to visit your web page! I on the other hand LOVE your style and hope you continue for a very long time. If nothing else I adore your pithy stories. You are a woman after my own heart. Thank you for all that you do (cake mixes and all)!
i like your ‘style’ and ‘attitude’ darlin’! xo, frannie
You have just made my week!!! Can’t wait to make these!! for myself
Oh no, I’m definitely not offended by your use of cake mixes. Cake mixes are great in a pinch and frankly, I haven’t come across a homemade Funfetti cake that can rival the boxed stuff. Just sayin’
Anyways, these look fabulous! Anything with chocolate and peanut butter has got to be good!
Erika – The Teenage Taste recently posted..Clementine Salsa
Cake mixes are cool with me and these look awesome!
Kendra recently posted..Wordless Wednesday – January 25, 2012
I love using cake mix for cookies! Keep the recipes coming! One of my favorites is a lemon cake mix cookie.
Cookie Sleuth recently posted..S’mores Cookie Sandwiches
Cake Mix Cookies are the best! I loved the ones I made before. Perfect little cookies. And yes, perfectly fine “once in a while”
Thanks for sharing!
Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik recently posted..Zesty White Puppy Chow
How could anyone get angry at such fun COOKIES??!! Love ‘em. ~xo
loved the post! And I have been known to use shortening for multiple uses, including slathering it on my baby’s dry back! lol Just printed out your recipe – can’t wait to try them out! Thank you for sharing! I always love reading your post.
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Made these last night and my husband loved them! So easy to throw together too! I was a bit worried when I first took them out of the oven at how “puffy” they looked since we don’t care for cake -like cookies but they “fell” – making them nice and flat! This is a keeper!!! Thanks for sharing
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Pinned! Yep..I will be making these soon! I am so not a cake mix snob!
leslie recently posted..Favorite Things Thursday
OMG box cake mix! That’s horrible, awful, I can’t believe you make that stuff! I just happen to have some (for research purposes) and some Trader Joe’s mini peanut butter cups. I’ll be making these cookies tonight (again, for research purposes only). I’m sure they’ll be so horribly unhealthy that my DH will snorfle them down the second he gets home from the gym, and subsequently ask me to make them for him at least twice a week.
And “shortening is the devil’s foot cream” – that had me laughing all day…
Made these cookies last night. I’m not such a big chocolate fan though. I made a peanut butter glaze to drizzle on the top after they finished baking so they’d be more peanut-buttery (that’s a word, right?). Yum! They are delicious – thanks for sharing the recipe!
I made these this morning….they had peanut butter and you could have milk with them, the perfect breakfast food. These were so easy and SO very DELICIOUS! I will be making these again!
Just made this cookies & they turned out FAB! Love how easy they were to make!! Thanks for sharing…I’ll be looking for more great recipes!!
They look just perfect Shelly! I would find it hard just to have one.
Eliana recently posted..Buttermilk Doughnuts with Raspberry Coulis
Holy yum! These look wicked. Peanut butter and chocolate are the best combo in anything.
xox
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If you call them cookie bites you can have more.. right??? YUM!
oooh, good idea!!
These sound absolutely yummy… Just wrote the recipe down… I am sure they will be a hit.
I made these today to have for Valentine’s Day with friends. Super easy to make and delicious too! Just a bit of advice, follow the time on here closely! I left mine in the oven a bit longer and ended up overcooking them because they still looked puffy and under cooked. But the time given is perfect! They are a bit crunchy on the outside and moist on the inside with that time. LOVE this recipe and I’ll definitely make them again!
I made these and they are so incredibly rich and delicious. I added a big spoonful of peanut butter to the batter to make them more peanut-buttery. The dough is pretty tough to mix – I ended up kneading it with my hands, but these turned out great! I also saved some chopped Reeses to put on top of the cookies before popping them in the oven for a little extra decoration.
awesome!! great idea adding the peanut butter
I thought these sounded amazing! I tried making them for my friends one night and the batter was literally so thick that it almost broke my electric hand mixer. It was just too thick for it to turn the beaters, even on high. So, I threw in some of the reese’s and just started rolling the balls and added a few reese’s on top. Even though it didn’t go as planned, they still tasted amazing! Will definitely make again, just without the mixer!
Yeah, I used my stand mixer and the motor on that is probably a little stronger than on a hand mixer. I bet a wooden spoon and some elbow grease would do the trick just as nicely
These sound amazing! Can’t wait to try them!
Just made these cookies. As previously noted in other posts, was a little difficult to mix. I was starting to wonder if I missed a step or did something wrong in the process. But in the end, they were delicious and gooey and wonderful! Will definitely make again.