Made with 3 ingredients and your favorite mix-ins, this cake mix cookies recipe is a fun and easy way to bake a batch of cookies! Cake mix is a semi-homemade shortcut that you can customize with different flavors. There’s no need to chill the dough before they bake!
Cake mix cookies are one of the best baking hacks. They’re soft and cakey, with chewy edges, and you only need 3 ingredients. The flavor is up to you! That’s the best part about baking cake mix cookies: You can change up the flavors just by changing the cake mix. The rest of the recipe stays the same, but you can try it with vanilla, chocolate, strawberry cake mix, funfetti, and more. The mix-in possibilities are just as endless.
The Best Cake Mix Cookie Recipe
- Any flavor. Combine different cake mixes and add-ins to make your own delicious creations. Try a version of red velvet cookies, lemon cake mix cookies, or make chocolate peanut butter M&M cookies with a box of chocolate cake mix.
- Only 3 ingredients. A box of cake mix cuts the shopping list for these cookies in half, since it already contains most of the ingredients. If you have a box mix, butter, and eggs on hand, you can make cake mix cookies.
- Cake-like texture. It comes with the territory, but there truly isn’t anything like the soft-baked, cakey texture and subtle chew of a cake mix cookie!
Only 3 Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make these box cake mix cookies at home. Scroll to the recipe card for the printable recipe with amounts.
- Boxed Cake Mix – I base this recipe on a 15.25-ounce box of cake mix. Any flavor goes.
- Melted Butter – Vegetable oil works just as well, but I like that butter has more flavor.
- Large Eggs – To bind the dough and help the cookies turn out tender and chewy.
Cake Mix Options
Looking for flavor inspiration? From red velvet cake mix cookies to strawberry cake mix cookies, here are some of my favorite flavor variations.
- Chocolate
- Strawberry
- Funfetti
- Red velvet
- Angel food
- Lemon
- Yellow cake
- Devil’s food
What Can I Add to Cake Mix Cookies?
These could be chocolate chips, mini marshmallows, chopped nuts, freeze-dried fruit, or Oreo cookie pieces. Whatever you’re craving! An easy way to put some variety into a batch of cake mix cookies is to make the cookie dough and then split it in two. From there, you can choose your mix-ins for each half.
How to Bake Cookies From Cake Mix
If you’d like to make your cookie dough ahead of time, just wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and store it in the fridge overnight. You may have to let it rest at room temperature for a bit before you form the cookies.
- Make the cookie dough. Combine the cake mix, butter, and eggs to make the dough. Stir in your choice of mix-ins.
- Shape the cookies. Since there’s no chilling in this recipe, you can go straight to portioning the cookie dough into balls. Arrange the dough on a lined cookie sheet, leaving about 2 inches in between each cookie.
- Bake. Bake your cake mix cookies at 350ºF for 9-11 minutes. That’s it!
How to Know When They’re Done
The goal here is not to overbake the cake mix cookies. The cookies are done when they’re just set at the edges and soft in the middle (not wet), for soft-baked cookies. They’ll cool on the baking sheet for a minute or two, and then you can move the cookies to a wire rack.
Cookie Baking Tips
- Baking times may vary. Depending on your oven and the kind of cake mix you used, you may need to adjust the bake time by a minute or two. Just keep an eye on the cookies and take them out as soon as they look done.
- Anticipate spreading. Unless you’re making cut-out cookies, a bit of spreading is almost inevitable in cookie recipes, especially no-chill ones. It’s best to keep each ball of dough about 2 inches apart from the others so they don’t spread into each other while they bake.
- Don’t overbake. Once the edges of your cookies look set, go ahead and remove them from the oven. The centers will firm up as the cookies cool, and you definitely don’t want to over-bake them, which causes them to harden and dry out.
Cake Mix Cookies, 4 Ways
Based on the cake mix options and add-in suggestions earlier in the post, these are some ways you can prepare cake mix cookies like the ones pictured. The wonderful thing about this recipe is that I can customize it for any occasion, holiday, or gathering.
- Strawberry funfetti cake mix cookies: Make the dough with a box of strawberry cake mix. For the add-ins, use 3/4 cup of white chocolate chips and 1/4 cup of rainbow sprinkles. You could also use Funfetti cake batter and swap out the sprinkles for diced freeze-dried strawberries.
- Butterscotch chip cookies: Use yellow cake mix for the dough and a combination of toffee bits and butterscotch chips for the mix-ins.
- Double chocolate cake mix cookies: Make your dough with devil’s food cake mix and stir in your favorite chocolate chunks.
- Mint chocolate chip cookies: Use vanilla or chocolate cake mix for the dough and chopped Andes mints for the mix-ins. Alternatively, add crushed peppermint and chocolate chips.
Storage and Freezing
- Store airtight. Once your extra cookies have cooled, store them in an airtight container at room temperature. Enjoy them within 3-4 days for the best results.
- Freeze. Freeze the cooled cookies on a lined baking sheet for about half an hour. Once they’ve stiffened up, transfer them to an airtight container or storage bag and freeze them for up to 3 months. Thaw them out on the counter before you enjoy them.
More Quick & Easy Cookie Recipes
Cake Mix Cookies
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 24 minutes
- Yield: 22 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
My favorite cake mix cookies recipe is easy to make with only 3 ingredients and no chilling required! Choose your cake mix flavor and your favorite mix-ins. They’re soft, cakey, and delicious.
Ingredients
- 15.25-ounce box cake mix
- 1/2 cup melted butter (or vegetable oil)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup mix-ins of choice
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (176°C). Line a cookie sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixer bowl, add the cake mix, melted butter and eggs and mix until well combined.
- Stir in your choice of mix ins.
- Bake balls of about 2 tablespoons each and place onto prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until the cookies are set. Allow to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes, then removed to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Notes
- To Store: Store cooled cookies in an airtight container and enjoy within 3-4 days.
- To Freeze: Freeze cooled cookies on a lined baking sheet for about half an hour. Once stiffened, transfer to an airtight container or storage bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw out on the counter before enjoying.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 103
- Sugar: 6.7 g
- Sodium: 20.2 mg
- Fat: 7.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 8.2 g
- Protein: 1.4 g
- Cholesterol: 28 mg
We love cake mix cookies. My two boys like melon with white chocolate chips the best. My mom says they’d be even better with macadamias but we are nutty enough. A close second is chocolate with on or white chocolate chips and s cherry chip cake mix with mini chocolate Chips.
This is incredibly easy and takes a few minutes prep. Cookies were delicious.
Do you have the same results when using butter or the oil? Which do you prefer?
I mention it in the post, but I preferred the flavor of the butter. Otherwise, not much difference.
Love the idea of making bigger fluffier cookies.
Thank you
I made 2 batches not too long ago for my family ( hubby, his parents, his gma and my brother in law), and they were gone in 3 days…. I got about 6 total…
I used Betty Crocker cake mix. Unsalted butter room temperature. Correction for Betty Crocker cake mix= “Bake balls of about 2 tablespoons each (1 or 1 1/2 tablespoon) place onto prepared baking sheet”
It is a good recipe. This Betty Crocker cake mix SPREAD while baking.