These Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies are soft and sweet with the red velvet flavor that everyone loves. Made from a boxed cake mix and homemade cream cheese, they have all the flavors of homemade taste without the work!
These cookies have the unique flavor of red velvet that everyone loves. Let's get started on these treats that will definitely have your guests asking for seconds - if not thirds!
Check out all the other Valentine's Day Recipes for even more delicious ideas.
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If you're looking for a fast, easy, and delicious dessert that won't take up much of your time, using a boxed red velvet cake mix is a great solution.
Red Velvet is perfect for Valentine's Day, however, it's the perfect treat all year round!
Make sure you check out my Cake Mix Baking Secrets and Printable as well as my other Cake Mix Recipe Hacks to help you make easy, delicious recipes that use a box of cake mix as an ingredient.
However, if you are looking for a Homemade Red Velvet Mix Recipe, try my Patriotic Cupcakes. Or you might enjoy this classic Homemade Chocolate Whoopie Pie.
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Looking for more Easy Desserts for Valentine's Day? Try my Chocolate Valentine's Day Cookies, Valentine's Day Chocolate Chip Cookies or my favorite jam filled heart shaped Valentine's Day Cookies.
Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Frosting
Using a homemade frosting makes any ordinary cake mix recipe taste homemade or even from a bakery. It really does make all the difference in the world. A few of my favorite homemade frosting recipes already on the blog are:
- Homemade Chocolate Frosting
- Coconut Pecan Frosting
- Homemade Chocolate Ganache
- Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting - which is what we're using for this recipe.
How to make box red velvet cake taste homemade
Making box red velvet cake taste homemade is apretty easy! Start by substituting the oil for melted butter to add a layer of creamy flavor.
Then, be sure to use buttermilk instead of regular milk so that your cake is soft, moist, and packed with tangy richness. You can also add an extra egg to the cake batter.
Finally, after baking the cake according to package directions, you can easily finish things off by using a homemade cream cheese frosting recipe instead of using a store-bought canned option.
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📋Ingredients
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🥣Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Prepare the Cake Mix Batter
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, ½ cup butter, and 2 eggs.
- Drop the dough by rounded spoonfuls, onto parchment lined baking sheets. A large cookie scoop works great too!
Step 3: Baking Directions
- Bake for 10-11 minutes in a 350°F.
- Don't overbake them. Remove them when they start to get puffy and beginning to crinkle
- Remove the cookies from the oven and transfer them to a baking rack to cool while you prepare the frosting.
Step 4: How to Make Homemade Cream Cheese Frosting
- In the bowl of a KitchenAid mixer, combine the butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until fluffy.
- Then mix in powdered sugar and combine.
Step 5: How to Frost the Cookies
- Once the red velvet sandwich cookies are cooked and cooled, pipe the frosting onto one cookie and top with another cookie.
- Make sure you flip the cookies over so you have a flat surface on both sides of the icing.
- If you don't want to pipe the frosting on, you can use a knife or an off-set spatula to spread the frosting.
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Storage Tips
- To store any leftover red velvet sandwich cookies and make sure they stay moist, store them in an air tight container.
- You can stack them on top of each other, just make sure you use either waxed or parchment paper in between the layers so they don't stick together.
- Since these are made with homemade cream cheese frosting, store the container in the refrigerator.
Top Tip
Make sure the cream cheese is at room temperature when you start preparing the cream cheese frosting.
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Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies from a Cake Mix
Ingredients
- 1 box red velvet cake mix
- ½ cup butter; melted
- 2 eggs
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 8 oz. cream cheese
- ½ cup softened butter
- Valentines Day sprinkles
Equipment
Method
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix, ½ cup melted butter, and 2 eggs.
- Drop the dough by rounded spoonfuls onto the parchment paper and bake for 10-11 minutes. Don't overbake them. Remove them when they start to puff and are beginning to crinkle.
- Remove the cookies from the baking sheet and place on a cooling rack while you prepare the frosting.
- In a large bowl, mix ½ cup softened butter, cream cheese, and vanilla until fluffy.
- Mix in powdered sugar.
- Once cookies are cooled, pipe the frosting onto one cookie and top with another cookie.
- Make sure you flip the cookies over so you have a flat surface on both sides of the icing.
- If you don’t want to pipe the frosting on, you can use a knife or an off-set spatula to spread the frosting.
- Decorate with fun colorful sprinkles and serve!
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Marie Gonneville says
Do you melt the butter or is it softened to room temperature?
Lois says
You can use melted butter to add to the cake mix batter. Thank you for visiting.
Michele Morin says
I can't remember the last time I made a red velvet cake! Thank you for the reminder.
Kat (The Baking Explorer) says
Such a cute Valentine's treat!