Short on time? Feeling pressure to show up to the kiddos school party with something homemade? Believe it or not, I rarely send decorated cookies to school. More often than not, my kiddos get these. Can you believe they’re straight out of a box?
That’s right! Call me lazy, but I’ve watched hours of work devoured in minutes enough to learn, when it comes to kids, this is the way to go.
All you need are a devil’s food cake mix, butter, a few eggs, and a little flour for homemade cookies in a snap.
I bake them on a Silpat and use a cookie scoop to make them pretty and uniform.
A few minutes in the oven and VIOLA! Perfect, chewy, chocolately, goodness.
You can dress them up even more by rolling them in pretty sprinkles {before baking}, because sprinkles make EVERYTHING better, right?
These particular sprinkles can be purchased from the friendly folks over at Shop Baker’s Nook by clicking HERE.
Send these to school, work, or whatever. If you do, everyone will love you. They’ll ask for the recipe too. No one will believe they came from a mix.
If you’re feeling frisky, try adding a teaspoon of cinnamon and half a teaspoon of chili powder for a quick version of Martha Stewart’s Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies. You can also use other flavors. We especially like cherry chip.
You probably won’t need it, but here’s the recipe just in case…
Easy Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 boxed cake mix {I used Duncan Hines devil’s food}
- 1/2 cup {1 stick} unsalted butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 to 2 tbsp. flour
- 1-2 tsp. vanilla or other flavoring {optional}
Instructions
Add all ingredients to a bowl and mix well. Use a cookie scoop drop evenly sized potions of dough onto ungreased cookie sheets {or Silpat if possible} and bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on the sheet for at least ten minutes.
Makes 2.5 dozen
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Never slink into another party with a plastic box of cookies under your coat. These are just as easy, and it’s a good feeling telling everyone you made them. Trust me on this one.
Oh yes, and if you like a little peanut butter to go with your chocolate, try Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies from my friend Shelly over at Cookies and Cups.
I’ve been shopping, so I will see y’all soon with some new fun finds.
Have a great weekend, eveyone!
Wow, found these via pinterest & made them tonight…LOVE!!!! Made up 4 dozen to take to work for Valentine’s Day (ok…there WERE 4 dozen, minus a few I had to test for myself…just to make sure they’re really good! lol). So easy and so tasty…light & crispy around the edges and softer in the center – my idea of a perfect cookie! Thanks for sharing this great, easy recipe!
I made these last night for some girlfriends and valentine’s day , there were chocolatey and delicious. thanks for another great recipe! Below is my blog post about them.
http://lexslifeasanewwife.blogspot.com/2012/02/easy-and-festive-cake-cookies.html
Thanks for sharing this recipe. My 7 yr old son chose these cookies for his school Valentines. He mixed them himself and did a pretty good job adding the sprinkles. We will definitely put this recipe in the “go to” stack.
Thank you so much for this recipe. I made it using Red Velvet cake mix (red Velvet is my daughters favorite cake) for my daughter’s class treat for her birthday. She helped mix and roll in the sprinkles, so it was a great family project. We used some polka dot sprinkles. My husband doesn’t like store bought cookies and cakes and he liked these. I was shocked.
I just made these with Lemon supreme cake mix! They tasted AMAZING. Easiest cookies ever
Thanks for sharing!
I make a very similar recipe. Except, when they come out of the oven, I place one section of a Hershey bar on each cookie. Allow to melt a little, spread it out, and then sprinkle
Yum.
Cant wait to try!!!
Do you have a recipe for Monster Cookies that have peanut butter, oatmeal, cranberries and nuts? I’ve tried several of the recipes online and they are not what I’m looking for = can u help?
Tried them and me and the kids loved them
That pic looks like more that 2tbsp’s of flour and less than 1 stick of butter. … I am going to make them now!