Soft-baked and loaded with chocolate, crushed Golden Oreos, and rainbow sprinkles, these birthday cake cookies are an easy cookie recipe worth celebrating!
These fully loaded birthday cake cookies are seriously celebration-worthy! They’re irresistibly soft and filled with brown sugar, chunks of chocolate, rainbow sprinkles, and crushed Golden Oreos. Inspired by cake mix cookies, I include vanilla cake mix in the cookie dough for that authentic birthday cake taste. Make these cookies ASAP, even if it’s not your birthday. I won’t tell.
Why You’ll Love This Birthday Cake Cookie Recipe
- Fully loaded. Bite into a warm birthday cake cookie, and you’re met with chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, Golden Oreos, and sprinkles!
- Birthday cake flavor. The addition of cake mix into the cookie dough gives these a true cake flavor while still achieving the chewy centers and buttery edges you love in classic chocolate chip cookies.
- No chilling is needed. Of course, you can chill the dough if you want to. You just don’t have to. I don’t know about you, but patience has never been my thing. These cookies go straight from the mixing bowl into the oven.
- Quick and easy. These drop cookies bake up easily in 20 minutes, perfect for last-minute cravings or a special occasion.
Ingredients You’ll Need
Here is a look at the ingredients needed to make these easy cake batter chocolate chip cookies, plus birthday-worthy add-ins. Scroll down to the recipe card for the full amounts.
- Butter – You can use salted or unsalted butter, just make sure it’s at room temperature.
- Brown Sugar – I highly recommend dark brown sugar for these birthday cake cookies, for the added moisture that comes with it. If white sugar is all you have, however, that will work in a pinch.
- Eggs – Two eggs bind everything together. For the best results, get your eggs to room temperature.
- Vanilla – These birthday cake cookies are one of the only occasions where I’m flexible on pure versus imitation vanilla. Synthetic vanilla actually lends a more authentic “birthday cake” flavor to the cookies! But use whichever kind you prefer.
- Baking Soda and Salt – Make sure your baking soda is fresh. Note that if you’re using salted butter to make the batter, you may want to reduce the amount of added salt here.
- Cake Mix and Flour – These birthday cookies turn out great with a box of traditional white or vanilla cake mix, funfetti cake mix, or yellow cake mix. Whatever floats your birthday boat. You’ll need all-purpose flour in addition to the dry cake mix.
- Chocolate Chips – I use a combination of semi-sweet chocolate and white chocolate chips.
- Golden Oreos – Crushed Golden Oreo cookie chunks lend some yummy crunch! If you can’t find Golden Oreos where you are, any generic vanilla sandwich cookie will work in their place. You can also use regular chocolate Oreo cookies.
- Sprinkles – I mean, what’s a birthday dessert without rainbow sprinkles?!
How to Make Birthday Cake Cookies
Follow the steps below to make the happiest birthday cake cookies ever.
- Make the dough. Cream together the butter and sugar until smooth, then add the eggs and vanilla. Next, mix in baking soda, salt, and flour, as well as the cake mix. Beat until just combined. Be careful not to over-mix the batter.
- Add mix-ins. Now, you’ll add in the sprinkles, chocolate chips, and chopped Oreo cookies. This is seriously one of my favorite cookie doughs of all time. Just look at those colors!
- Scoop the dough. Once the dough comes together, use a cookie scoop to portion the dough onto a lined baking sheet. To get your cookies picture-perfect, you can press some additional chocolate chips and sprinkles into the tops before baking.
- Bake. Finally, bake the birthday cookies at 350ºF for about 10 minutes, until the edges are just barely golden. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a bit, before moving them to a wire rack.
Tips and Variations
- Moisture matters. The secret to chewy cookies is the amount of moisture that goes into them. In this recipe, the butter, dark brown sugar, and eggs (and slightly underbaking the cookies) all contribute to an extra chewy texture.
- Don’t over-mix. This is another key point to ensure your cookies are soft and chewy, and not dense and tough. Be sure to only mix the dough until the ingredients are just combined, taking into account that you’ll be stirring in add-ins as well.
- More add-ins. These chocolate chip cookies are perfect for customizing. Try even more add-ins like different cookies, peanut butter chips, M&Ms, or chunks of edible cookie dough.
Can I Make the Cookie Dough in Advance?
Sure, you can. After the cake mix cookie dough comes together, store it airtight in a container or tightly wrapped in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Alternatively, the dough can be frozen for up to 4-6 months. Thaw it in the fridge before baking as usual.
How to Store These Cookies
- On the counter. These birthday cake cookies can be stored airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days. If you live somewhere that’s particularly warm, the cookies can also be kept in the fridge. However, I recommend letting them sit out for 10 minutes or so before serving, in order to take the chill off.
- Freeze. Seal the birthday cake cookies in an airtight container or freezer bag and freeze them for up to 3 months. Thaw the cookies at room temperature before serving.
More Easy Cake Mix Cookie Recipes
Birthday Cake Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 36 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Celebrate with these easy birthday cake cookies made from cake mix and loaded up with chocolate, crushed Golden Oreos, and rainbow sprinkles!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups vanilla cake mix
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup sprinkles
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 cups coarsely chopped Birthday Cake Golden Oreos
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a bowl of your stand mixer cream butter and sugar together for about a minutes until light and fluffy. Add in eggs and vanilla and beat until smooth.
- With mixer on low add in baking soda, salt, flour and cake mix, stirring until mixture just comes together.
- With mixer still on low add in sprinkles, chocolate chips, and chopped Oreos. Stir until evenly incorporated.
- Using a large cookie scoop drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet at least 2 inches apart. Press some extra chips and sprinkles on top if desired.
- Bake cookies for 9-10 minutes until edges are slightly golden.
- Allow to cool on baking sheet for 3 minutes and then transfer to wire rack to continue cooling.
Notes
- To store. These cake mix chocolate chip cookies can be stored airtight at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- To freeze. Your birthday cake cookies can be sealed in an airtight container or freezer bag and stored frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw the cookies at room temperature before serving.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 168
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 126.1 mg
- Fat: 9.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 19.8 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 24.9 mg
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Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
I recommend up to 3 days for best freshness 🙂
This looks so good! Can you use different kinds of Oreos for another flavor?