Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
on Nov 20, 2018, Updated Jul 26, 2023
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These easy-peasy Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are soft, chewy, and a little fudgy. The recipe only requires 4 ingredients, so it’s the perfect easy chocolate cookie recipe for whenever the craving hits. 
I’ve made a lot of chocolate cookies in my day, but I don’t think you can ever have enough chocolate. So today I’m sharing the easiest recipe ever – chocolate cake mix cookies. They turn out perfectly fudgy and super soft, and even if you’re a little apprehensive about baking, you can easily make these cookies.
How to Make Chocolate Cookies from Cake Mix
You only need 4 ingredients to make these cookies:
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix – Devil’s food cake or chocolate fudge work perfectly
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips – you can use semi-sweet, white chocolate, dark chocolate, or really whatever you prefer
Some recipes for cake mix cookies use oil – but I found that cake mix cookies with butter have a chewier, more cookie-like, and less cake-like texture. If you only have oil on hand, you can use 1/3 cup oil instead of 1/3 cup butter.
First, you’ll beat the butter, eggs and cake mix. Then mix in the chocolate chips. Form the dough into balls, place 2 inches apart on a lined cookie sheet, and bake.
The dough is definitely sticky, so I absolutely recommend using a cookie scoop. If you don’t have one, then lightly grease a tablespoon and your palms to reduce sticking.
If your box of cake mix is 15oz (which is what I used), you’ll need 1/3 cup of butter. But if it’s an 18oz box, I recommend using 1/2 cup butter instead. Feel free you use your favorite brand of cake mix – I’ve made these chocolate cake mix cookies with Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker, and supermarket brands with great results.
I definitely have a soft spot for my favorite double chocolate cookies from scratch, but these cake mix chocolate cookies are definitely some stiff competition. They’re everything you could want in a cookie:
- fudgy
- soft
- chewy
- even a little gooey
- super easy to make
- and filled with chocolate
Love cake mix recipes? Try these other favorites: Lemon Cake Mix Cookies, Homemade Fudgee-O Cookies, or Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter,, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 15oz box chocolate cake mix*
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips,, plus more for dotting the tops with
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F degrees and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper or baking mats.
- In a large bowl using beat together the butter, eggs and chocolate cake mix.
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Using a cookie scoop* spoon the dough into balls about 1-1.5 tablespoons in size and place 2 inches apart on the cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until the tops look set. Optionally, place a few chocolate chips on top of each cookie.
The cookies were so fudg
These are fabulous. Easy to make and now my favorite cookie recipe. Everyone has asked me for your website. Best chocolate cookie I ever made. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I love your cookies. So easy and very delicious. I use mint chips for a minty flavor. Can I freeze these?
Definitely. You can freeze the baked cookies after they’ve fully cooled. I typically recommend placing a sheet of wax paper between the layers to ensure that they don’t stick together as they freeze, and freezing in a freezer bag or container. Then thaw in the fridge. You can also freeze the cookie dough balls in a freezer bag, then bake from frozen as directed in the recipe. They’ll need about 1-2 extra minutes.
These were the BEST cake box cookies EVER. I’m actually going to add them to my Christmas cookie lineup! I sprinkled them with powdered sugar, and they were a hit! I actually did not have enough butter so I had to sub vegetable oil for half, and they still came out amazing. I actually prefer hard cookies, but these were so SOFT and scrumptious. I gave some as a gift to someone and they LOVED them! This got printed out and put in my cookie recipe book!
I had to use salted butter because I didn’t have unsalted. And before I baked them, I rolled them in powdered sugar to make crinkle cookies. Yummy!!!
Oooo – what a great idea! I’m glad you enjoyed the recipe
I’m sure it’s just a typo but where you wrote – if there was no butter to use 1/2 cup of oil instead of a 1/2 cup of butter.
I just wanted to make sure i got it right. Could you clarify?
Thank you
Hi Trixie – thanks for catching that. It should say that you could use 1/3 cup of oil instead of 1/3 cup of melted butter.
Mine came out really dry. I added a little milk and that helped.
Try using orange cake mix. Which uses cream cheese , powdered sugar and white chocolate chips..these are soo yummy..dont have the recipe on hand..but google orange creamsicle cookies and it should pull it up
That sounds delicious!
I froze mine in balls so they wouldn’t spread as much and put Hershey’s peppermint kisses in the middle– delicious 😁
5 star definitely