Favorite Cake Mix Cookies Recipe posted by Something Swanky Pin Share Tweet Email Jump to Recipe SomethingSwanky is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission at no extra cost to you. I love the creative liberty using a cake mix gives you in baking… all those different flavors! From Funfetti to Devils Food Cake to Red Velvet, this is the ultimate cake mix cookie recipe for you! Ok. Confession time. I made cake mix chocolate chip cookies to share with you but… that’s kind of boring. And I don’t really expect you to use this recipe to make chocolate chip cookies. Because, if you wanted chocolate chip cookies, you could just make chocolate chip cookies. Right? So why am I posting this recipe I don’t really expect you to use? Because I think it’s a really great base recipe that you can change up using different cake mixes and different mix ins. I know it’s easiest for me to work off of a simple recipe, and then create variations based off of that one recipe. I’m thinking there are a ton of fun holiday cake mix cookies you could do! Like maybe spice cake especially in the fall. And red velvet for both Christmastime and Valentine’s! (And 4th of July for that matter). I found this recipe over at Sally’s Baking Addiction (packed to the brim with sprinkles, of course!) earlier this year, and I’ve made them several time since. And I just LOVE them. Which makes sense, because Sally is absolutely the queen of cookies (and sprinkles)! My old cake mix recipe called for cake mix, oil, and eggs. And the cookies were… oily. And flat. And kind of just tasted like greasy cake mix. Which is why you’ve never seen it on this blog. I only made them back in the old days when I would occasionally run out of flour (that NEVER happens these days) and happened to have a cake mix on hand… and needed cookies. These cookies, on the other hand, are not oily. They are dense, and chewy, and taste like COOKIES! And it is SUCH a fun recipe to experiment with. I hope you get a chance to make these and even get a little creative with the recipe! Continue to Content Favorite Cake Mix Cookies Print Ingredients 3/4 cup butter, chilled* 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/2 cup light brown sugar 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon hot water 1 and 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 and 1/4 cup cake mix, any flavor 1 cup chocolate chips (any combination of chips/mix ins) Instructions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Beat the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until smooth, and you can no longer see any butter chunks.* Add the egg and vanilla, and mix until smooth. Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water. Add the baking soda-water to the mixing bowl. Add the flour and cake mix, and mix just until the dough forms. Stir the chocolate chips (or other mix ins) in with a spoon or spatula. Scoop the dough onto a lined baking sheet. For this recipe, I like to stack two tablespoon scoops on top of each other for one cookie, and I keep them at least two inches apart from the other cookies. Bake for 10-13 minutes until the edges are set. Let cool completely on baking sheet. Notes If you don't have a stand mixer, you'll need to let the butter soften before mixing. Which means you MUST chill the dough for 30 minutes before scooping and baking. Check out these Lemon White Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies over at Crazy for Crust! Don’t miss a bite! Connect with Something Swanky! Cookie fiend? Me too! Check out these favorite recipes of mine… Hershey’s Special Dark Triple Chocolate Pudding Reese’s Monster Cookies
Posting a recipe you dont think ppl will use…LOL 🙂 Hershey’s Special Dark Triple Chocolate Pudding = that is where my heart is at! Reply
It’s my most popular recipe, Ashton! You simply cannot go wrong with these. So happy you love them so much! Reply
I LOVE that you share your base recipes…makes it So easy to create our own versions, and these look great. I have never used a cake mix for cookies before Reply
These are great!! I ABSOLUTELY love having simple recipes that I can work off of, and do crazy things to . . . like add bacon. Thanks Ashton! Pinning! Reply
Hello! I made a batch of these cookies today with chocolate cake mix. They taste wonderful, however are very flat. They don’t look like anything in your photo. I mixed the butter chilled and even put the dough in the refrigerator in between batches, so it was cold. They baked up nice on fluffy, however once I took them out of the oven they completely collapsed. I did 2 separate batches paying careful attention to the recipe and had the same results. Do you know why this may have happened? Thanks! Reply
