Description
Festive Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies bring delightful simplicity to your holiday baking, combining quick preparation with rich chocolatey goodness that disappears faster than Santa down the chimney.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (15.25 oz / 432 g)
- 2 large eggs
Supporting Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
Decorative Ingredients:
- 1 cup festive sprinkles or chocolate chips
Instructions
- Warm your oven to 350°F (175°C) and arrange parchment paper across two baking sheets to prevent sticking.
- Pour the entire 15.25 oz chocolate cake mix into a mixing bowl and crack 2 large eggs into the same container. Drizzle ⅓ cup vegetable oil over the ingredients.
- Blend the mixture thoroughly until a soft, cohesive dough emerges, ensuring no dry cake mix remains unincorporated.
- Gently fold 1 cup of festive sprinkles or chocolate chips into the dough, distributing them evenly throughout.
- Grab a tablespoon and scoop uniform portions of dough, positioning each mound 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets.
- Slide the sheets into the preheated oven and bake precisely 8-10 minutes until cookie edges appear firm and slightly crisp.
- Remove the sheets from the oven and let cookies rest 2 minutes directly on the hot surface to set their structure.
- Transfer each cookie to a wire cooling rack, allowing them to reach room temperature and develop a perfect, tender texture.
Notes
- Swap out regular sprinkles for holiday-specific colors to match any seasonal celebration.
- Cold ingredients can make dough harder to mix, so let eggs and oil sit at room temperature for easier blending.
- For a softer cookie, pull them from the oven when centers still look slightly underbaked.
- Add a dash of vanilla extract or almond extract to boost the cake mix flavor and create more depth.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8-10 minutes
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 24
- Calories: 160 kcal
- Sugar: 13 g
- Sodium: 140 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5.2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg