Christmas Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies

You’ll love this easy recipe for Christmas Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies! Only a few ingredients are needed to make soft festive cookies.

Are you looking for an easy and festive Christmas cookie recipe? Look no further than these delicious chocolate chip cake mix cookies! With just a few simple ingredients, you can have warm and cozy cookies to share with your friends and family. It’s a great recipe that turns cake mixes into chewy cookies.

If you’re like me, you love a good Christmas cookie. But maybe you don’t have the time to make them from scratch? This recipe for festive chocolate chip cookies made from a cake mix is the perfect solution.

Now, don’t get me wrong, homemade chocolate chip cookies are amazing and so worth the effort, but these cake mix chocolate chip cookies come in second best. A perfect sweet treat for when you are too short on time to make chewy chocolate chip cookies from scratch.

These Christmas cake mix cookies are festive, easy to make, and sure to please everyone around the dinner table. If you haven’t tried any cake mix cookies recipes before, give these a try – I promise you won’t be disappointed!

Why You Will Love these Festive Cake Batter Cookies

• These cake batter chocolate chip cookies have a soft and chewy texture with crisp edges.
• Colourful and festive!
• Loaded with Chocolate Chips
• Uses only a few pantry ingredients.
• Less measuring than traditional cookies.
• Freezer friendly.
• Such a special treat for chocolate chip cookie lovers!
• Easily the #1 easiest cookie recipe ever.

Best Cake Mix Flavours for Cookies

There are many different flavors of cake mix available, so you can use whichever one suits your fancy! While I used vanilla cake mix, a box of yellow cake mix works just as well. It doesn’t matter if you use Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines, as long as you’re using a 15 oz box of cake mix, this recipe will work perfectly regardless of flavour except for angel food cake mix which has an entirely different composition.

For Christmas Cookies I would stick with:

• Red Velvet Cake Mix
• Spice Cake Mix
• German Chocolate Cake Mix
• Butter Pecan Cake Mix
• Yellow Cake Mix
• Cherry Chip Cake Mix
• Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
• White Cake Mix
• Devil’s food Cake Mix

For everything else:

• Lemon Cake Mix
• Carrot Cake Mix
• Strawberry Cake Mix
• Funfetti Cake Mix (Birthday Cake Mix)

Chocolate cake mix makes great double chocolate chip cookies. delicious cookies

Mix-Ins for Cake Mix Cookies

For Christmas Cookies:

• A Bag of Chocolate chips (milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips, or dark chocolate chips)
• White chocolate chips
• Holiday m&m’s
• Green and red Sprinkles
• Nuts (Chopped almonds, pecans, walnuts, etc.)
• Orange citrus zest
• Candied Fruit
• Crushed candy canes

For everything else:

• Peanut butter chips
• Butterscotch chips
• Reese’s pieces
• M&m’s
• Sprinkles
• Nuts
• Shredded coconut
• Mini marshmallows

Tips for the Best Cake Mix Cookies

• Use room temperature eggs.
• Do not follow the instructions on the box, or use the called for ingredients. Use only the ingredients listed here.
• Mix the dough until just combined, do not over-mix.
• Fold in the sprinkles, do not mix hard or the colours may bleed.
• If the dough is sticky, chill in the fridge for about 30 mins to an hour before forming the dough balls.
• Bake time will vary from oven to oven. I found just a little over 9 minutes was best but it may be different for you.
• Don’t allow the cookies to brown or they won’t be soft. The edges should just be starting to brown and the tops set when they are done.

How to Store Cake Mix Cookies

Cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days. They will be best within 3 days, and start to lose their softness as time goes on.

Baked cookies can also be frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature for about an hour when ready to enjoy frozen cookies.

Equipment Needed to Make Cake Mix Cookies

You don’t need anything more than a bowl and a whisk to make these cookies, and parchment paper on a cookie sheet to bake them.

To make life easier you can use an electric stand mixer or electric hand mixer, but I find it is more effort to get my electric mixer out than it is to mix the dough by hand.

You may also want to prevent waste by using a silicone liner instead of parchment paper.

About the Ingredients for Christmas Cake Mix Cookies

Cake Mix – You can use any cake mix flavour you like but for these cookies stick with either yellow cake mix or vanilla cake mix.

Eggs – Use room temperature eggs so that the batter will come together nicer, resulting in fluffier cookies.

Oil – Vegetable oil is best but you can use any neutral flavoured oil. Vegetable shortening also works, and honestly I think it works better than vegetable oil but not everyone keeps it on hand, and I wanted to keep this recipe simple. Butter is another great option too. These oils are all swappable 1:1.

Mix ins – You can use any mix-ins you like. To make the cookies “pretty” as photographed, press in extra chocolate chips onto the top of the cookie dough balls.

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How to Make Christmas Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies

Yields: 24 Cookies | Prep ime: 5 Mins | Cook time: 10 Mins

Ingredients:

• 15 1/4 oz (432 g) Vanilla Cake Mix
• 2 Large eggs
• 1/3 cup (79 mL) Vegetable oil
• 1 cup Semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup Sprinkles

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone liner and set aside.

In a large bowl, beat together the cake mix, eggs, and oil until combined.

Fold in the chocolate chips and the sprinkles.

Form balls with a 1-2 tablespoon amount of cookie dough.

Place the cookie dough onto the prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.

Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until lightly golden at the edges and the tops set.

Allow the cookies to cool for a couple of minutes, then transfer to wire rack.