Cake Mix Cookies are an easy cookie recipe that you can mix and match cake flavors and add-ins! Mix in chocolate chips, M&Ms, sprinkles, peanut butter chips and more to your favorite cake mix flavor and get creative!
Making Cookies With Cake Mix Couldn’t Be Easier!
You know I love an easy cookie recipe and baking using cake mix as a short cut ingredient is a trick I am fully on board with! Cake Mix is such a great time saver, and while I don’t use it all the time, I feel like it definitely has a time and place when I’m in a pinch! One of my favorites is my Cake Mix Brownies! I even have a whole section on my site here for Cake Mix Recipes!
Here are some of my favorite using Cake Mix:
How To Make Cookies Using Cake Mix
There are days when I really crave something home-baked, but don’t feel like breaking out the measuring cups, and this easy cookie recipe is just the answer! You only need 3 ingredients, plus any add-ins you desire!
What You’ll Need:
- Cake Mix. I like vanilla cake mix the best!
- Eggs. Use large eggs for this recipe.
- Oil. I use vegetable oil in this recipe, however, any light colored oil will work such as Canola Oil or Corn Oil.
What Can I Add Into Cake Mix Cookies?
This is one place you can get creative when making these cookies or you can keep it simple and leave them plain!
- Chocolate Chips
- M&M’s
- White Chips
- Reese’s Pieces
- Chopped Candy Bars
- Sprinkles
- Peanut Butter Chips
What Kind Of Cake Mix Can You Use?
Here’s another place you can use your imagination! There are so many flavor combos that could be great!
- Vanilla
- Chocolate
- Spice Cake
- Carrot Cake
- Red Velvet
- Lemon
- Funfetti
The Recipe Calls for 18-ounce Cake Mix, What If You Can Only Find 15- ounces?
I have found that they seem to be phasing out the old 18- ounce cake mixes and only sell 15- ounces. So to work around this I add 1/4 cup extra all purpose flour to the mix.
I will be honest and say that you can absolutely just use the 15 ounce in place of the 18 without any variation, the cookies will be only *slightly thinner. Cake mix is very forgiving!
Here Are Some Flavor Combo Ideas!
There are so many possibilities here, but I’ll give you a few fun ideas:
- Red Velvet + White Chips
- Chocolate Cake + Peanut Butter Chips
- Spice Cake + Cinnamon Chips
- Carrot Cake + White Chips
- White Cake + Fruity Pebbles
- Lemon Cake + White Chips
- Strawberry Cake + Mini Chocolate Chips
- Chocolate Cake + Rolo Candies
Looking For More Cake Mix Cookies? Try These:
- Funfetti Gooey Butter Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cup Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
- Cake Mix Carrot Cake Cookies
- Strawberry Gooey Butter Cookies
Cake Mix Cookies
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Prep Time: 5 minutes -
Cook Time: 10 minutes
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Total Time: 15 minutes
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Yield: 24 cookies 1x
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Category: Cookies
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Method: Oven
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Cuisine: Dessert
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Easy Cake Mix Cookies are a fun way to mix and match cake flavors to add-ins! My kids LOVE to make these!
Ingredients:
- 1 (18.25 – ounce) box cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup add-ins like chocolate chips or M&M’s (if adding in sprinkles use 1/2 cup)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together cake mix, eggs, and oil until smooth. Alternately you can do this step in the bowl of your stand mixer with the paddle attachment, mixing ingredients on low until combined.
- Mix in desired add-ins until evenly incorporated.
- Using a medium (2- tablespoon) cookie scoop portion the dough onto the prepared cookie sheet 2- inches apart. Bake for 9-10 minutes, or until lightly golden at the edges.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 3-4 minutes before transferring to a wire rack.
Notes:
Store in an airtight container for up 3 days.
Use any flavor cake mix you would like and mix and match add-ins!
If you can’t find the 18- ounce size of cake mix and can only fid the 15 ounce, just add in 1/4 cup extra all purpose flour.
*Nutritional information does not include add-ins
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can you use butter as an alternative for oil ?
Yes you can, but they will be a different consistency, and the spread will be a little differnet.
15 oz. cake mix. The deal is…they give you less and charge the same (or more). It’s all about the bottom line: $$$. Same thing with candy bars. Smaller size, same price.
Spice cake with butterscotch morsels is unbelievably divine. crazy divine actually.
Do you think I could use dried cherries?
Yes absolutely! I would chop them a little finer to add to the cookie dough 🙂
All I have is almond flour. Can I use that instead of the flour.
Yes, almond flour should work in these. Almond flour tends to carry a little more moisture and it’s always a 1:1 sub, but in this case with the addition of the cake mix it should work fine. If you notice the batter is too thin, you can add in a few more tablespoons of almond flour!
This is my first time on this site and i have to say the cookie batter came out fantastic also this is a great quick dessert that you can make
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Love that these cookies are so easy!
I used it to top a peach cobbler.
Omg it is delish, very tender.
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I LOVE homemade cookie! I also love how easy these are to make. SO colorful, Thank you for sharing it!
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My cake mix is 15.25 oz, do I need to alter the oil and eggs?
nope, should be fine! I’ve had lots of people say they used that size and it worked perfectly! I guess the larger size is hard to find!
Pina Colada Cookies!
I am getting ready to make these with a pineapple cake mix and I’m going to add coconut flakes to the batter!
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great idea!
Hi! My cookies are coming out doughy, do you know why?
I would guess you could bake them a few minutes longer.
Hey Shelly,
Today, I made it and my son very like it. He ate 3 cakes. I’m so happy about that. Thanks you!
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Can I use olive oil instead??
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If you do, I would use light olive oil so the oil taste will be mild. But yes, any type oil will work!
I’m trying to figure out what to do with a leftover cake mix I have. Are these better than normal cake?
I used a chocolate fudge cake mix and it’s only 15 oz. I didn’t add extra flour because I didn’t think it needed it and they came out perfect!
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