Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
My chocolate cake mix cookies are SO soft and chewy. You're only 30 minutes away from enjoying this easy cookie recipe!
Do you love easy cookie recipes? I've previously shared recipes like my texas sheet cake cookies, birthday cake cookies, Gideon's cookies, and buckeye cookies. These new chocolate cake mix cookies are my favorite yet. Because sometimes I need cookies NOW not later. You only need 4 ingredients and the pudding in the cake mix makes so soft and chewy. They're super customizable too. Use whatever leftover candy or chocolate chips you have on hand in your pantry.
Why This Recipe Works: A Sprinkle of Food Science
- Cake Mix: It already contains all the essential cookie ingredients like flour, sugar, and leaveners with no measuring!
- Pudding: Grab a cake mix with pudding. The cornstarch makes the cookies extra moist and chewy.
- Oil not Butter: Oil is pure fat with no water so its liquid at room temp. This helps these stay soft for days.
Ingredient Notes and Shopping Tips
- Chocolate Cake Mix: Any flavor works, but look for one with pudding in the mix to make them extra soft.
- Vegetable Oil: You can also sub canola oil if that's all you have on hand. Melted butter can can also be used in a pinch.
Krystle's Tips: Steal My Culinary School Tips
- Use a Cookie Scoop: This helps you cookies look uniform and also bake at the same rate.
- Don't Overbake: They'll firm up as they cool so its okay if the center still looks a tad underdone.
- Cool on Cookie Sheet: A few minutes on the hot pan helps prevent them from breaking when you lift them.
- Chill If Needed: If dough is super sticky you can chill it in the fridge for 20-30 minutes.
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📖 Recipe
Chewy Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
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Ingredients
- 1 Box Chocolate Cake Mix
- 2 Eggs
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Cup M&Ms Or any candy of your choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs until just combined.
- Fold in M&Ms or candy.
- With greased hands roll cookie dough into ~ 1" ball. Place onto an un-greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for ~9 minutes or until set.
- Cool on pan for 2-3 minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
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These cookies are delicious! So easy to throw together and the texture is perfection!
I like the versatility of chocolate cake mix, this cookies are so delicious I enjoyed making it. My kids approved it.
These cookies are amazing! Such a delicious recipe, I added some reese's pieces and they were so good.
These chewy chocolate cake mix cookies are so delicious! Such a tasty recipe and love how easy they are to prep.
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These cookies have my name written all over them! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
Thanks Karly!
It doesn't get easier than that! 🙂 they look so good!
So true! Thanks Marye!