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5 from 5 votes

Basic Cake Mix Cookies

You’ll have cookies fresh from the oven in under 30 minutes using one of these four easy boxed cake mix cookie recipes featured today!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time12 minutes
Total Time22 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake mix recipe, cookies
Author: Lois

Ingredients

  • 1 box cake mix
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs
  • Add one of the following depending on which cookie you are making:

For the Red Velvet Cookies

  • 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix
  • ½ cup white chocolate chips

For the Pumpkin Spice Cookies:

  • 1 box Spice Cake Mix
  • ½ cup pumpkin pie filling

For the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cookies:

  • 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix
  • ½ cup Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups chopped coarsely

For the White Cake M&M Cookies:

  • 1 box White Cake Mix
  • ½ cup M&Ms

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Prepare a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together the dry cake mix, vegetable oil, eggs
  • Add either the white chocolate chips, pumpkin spice filling, peanut butter cups or M&M's.
  • Using a cookie scoop or a spoon, drop scoops of dough on the prepared baking sheet, at least 2 inches apart.
  • Bake about 10-12 minutes, or until set in the middle.
  • Cool 2 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely or until just slightly warm. Enjoy!