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No one will guess these Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies come from a box! It’s so easy to make crinkle cookies out of cake mix with only 4 ingredients. If you need an EASY cookie recipe – be sure to try this one! Easy cookies for a busy season – that’s the perfect recipe, don’t you think?
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Crinkle Cookies with Cake Mix
These days it seems like my time is super thin, between working and being a parent…there’s not a lot of extra time. I’m trying to create shortcuts wherever I can, especially because I really want to enjoy the holidays.
These cookies are some of my favorite ones because they’re so easy. Cake Mix Crinkles are even better because they’re a little fancier (perfect for Christmas) and no one will know they’re from a cake mix!
I always love crinkle cookies at Christmas. They seem so festive, kind of like snowball cookies. We used to make chocolate crinkle cookies when I was a kid and I remember loving them. Whatever your reason for making cookies with a mix, these are a great go-to recipe for any occasion.
4 Ingredients Needed
- You can use ANY flavor cake mix. Lemon, chocolate, yellow, strawberry: you name it you can use it. Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are some of my favorite behind these! That makes it SO easy to make a ton of different flavor cookies for your holiday platters without all the work and extra ingredients.
- Eggs: Be sure to use large eggs.
- Vegetable Oil: Makes these easy to mix!
How to make Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
- Choose your cake mix flavor. Use whatever flavor you like, or pick a few!
- I love using vegetable oil which keeps them tender, but if you want to make cake mix cookies with butter, you can use melted butter instead.
- Use your favorite mix-ins (optional). I used chocolate chips in these crinkle cookies but you could leave them out. Or, add mint chip pieces or M&Ms or chopped candy.
- The dough is sticky, so if it’s too soft, chill it for 30 minutes before baking.
- I like to roll these in powdered sugar before baking – that’s what makes them crinkly!
Tip From Dorothy
Expert Tips
- The dough will be sticky but that’s ok. If it’s too hard to work with, chill it.
- Skip the add-ins for a plain cookie! We also love adding nuts, like pecans or walnuts.
- Can you freeze cake mix cookies? I always freeze cookies (learn how to freeze desserts). Simply stack them between paper towels or wax paper in an airtight container and freeze for up to a month. You may need to re-roll them in powdered sugar when thawing.
Easy Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) yellow cake mix (or any flavor)
- ½ cup (118ml) vegetable oil (or melted butter)
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup (170g) chocolate chips (or other mix-in, like M&Ms)
- 1 cup (113g) Powdered sugar for rolling
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with silat baking mats.
- Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs with a hand or a stand mixer until a sticky dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips. If dough is too wet to handle, chill for 30 minutes.
- Place about 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a small bowl. Scoop 2 tablespoon sized balls of dough and coat them with powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheets. Bake immediately (or powdered sugar will dissolve) for about 10-12 minutes. Cool at least 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.
My grandson is gluten intolerant, so I used King Arthur brand gluten free chocolate cake mix. I used mini chocolate chips for the add in. Everyone loved them! I’ve made scratch chocolate crinkle cookies for years, but these were the best, soft and chewy, like a brownie! Thanks for the recipe, this will be my go-to for crinkle cookies from now on.
I usually make these crinkles with 1 cake mix, 1 tub Cool whip (8oz) and 1 egg. Take 2 spoons and scoop dough and Roll in powered sugar and place on baking sheet for 10 minutes at 350
I found this recipe years ago and found out that the best cake mix is betty crocker, if you use the others like duncan hines you need to add a bit of less of oil to the mix. It is more liquid then solid with the other cake mixes.
Mine became all flat. Not like your picture. Do you know why?
Can I use pound cake mix or angel food cake mix for crinkle cookies?
I have never made cookies with those mixes so I am not sure.
Does a cake box cookie taste like a soft cake or does it taste like regular cookie dough?
Cookie. I tried the chocolate crinkle recipe first and it’s so good I can’t pull myself away to adventure a different flavor.
Oh ya, I also made the rolo snowballs when I first made cake mix cookies(chocolate) and they were pretty awesome too, but I still think chocolates the best so far…
It tastes like a regular cookie. I’ve tried this recipe many times and every time they tasted perfect.
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