Vanilla Cake Mix Cookies
Vanilla cake mix cookies are the perfect solution when you need a quick homemade dessert without spending hours in the kitchen.
Made with a simple box of cake mix and a few pantry staples, this soft and chewy cookie recipe comes together in minutes and can be customized for any occasion.
Add sprinkles for birthdays, white chocolate chips for extra sweetness, or festive mix-ins for holidays.
They’re an easy recipe for beginner bakers, busy families, and anyone craving fresh cookies without making dough from scratch. Keep this simple recipe on hand whenever you need an effortless sweet treat.
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Why You’ll Love These Vanilla Cake Mix Cookies
- Only 4 simple ingredients
- Ready in under 20 minutes
- Soft, chewy centers with lightly crisp edges
- Perfect for beginner bakers
- Easy to customize with your favorite mix-ins
- Great for parties, cookie trays, and lunchbox treats
How to Make Cookies out of Cake Batter
- Preheat your oven and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Mix the vanilla cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil until a thick dough forms, then fold in sprinkles, chocolate chips, or other mix-ins if desired.
- For thicker cookies, chill the dough for 30 minutes before scooping.
- Drop rounded spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheet, leaving space between each cookie.
- Bake until the edges are lightly golden. Don’t overbake. The cookies continue cooking as they cool.
- Then let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack.
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Yes! A box of vanilla cake mix combines with eggs and oil to create a soft cookie dough that bakes into chewy, cake-like cookies.
Yes! Try different flavors like chocolate cake mix, red velvet or funfetti cake mix, or even lemon cake mix for variety.
Yes. Store baked cookies in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Thaw at room temperature before serving.
Absolutely! Scoop the dough onto a baking sheet, freeze until solid, then store in a freezer bag. Bake straight from frozen when ready.
Absolutely. Scoop the dough into balls and freeze on a baking sheet. Once frozen, transfer to a freezer bag and bake directly from frozen, adding 1–2 extra minutes.
Too much oil or warm dough can cause spreading. Chilling the dough for 15 minutes before baking helps the cookies keep their shape.
More Easy Cake Mix Dessert Recipes
- If you enjoy baking with boxed cake mix, check out these easy recipes using yellow cake mix for more quick desserts made with pantry staples.
- Learn the best ways to store homemade cookies so they stay soft, fresh, and delicious for days after baking.
- Love easy cake mix cookies? These vanilla crinkle cookies have a soft center, crackly powdered sugar coating, and are perfect for holidays or cookie exchanges.
- For another simple dessert, try these chocolate chip cookie bars made with cake mix. They’re thick, chewy, and perfect for feeding a crowd.
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Vanilla Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box of Vanilla Cake Mix
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- Anywhere from 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup of sprinkles!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix cake & baking powder,
- Add in eggs, vanilla, oil; mix,
- Add in sprinkles and mix,
- Drop around 1 tablespoon of batter onto a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- Bake cake batter cookies 10 minutes.
- Let your cake batter cookies cool for a minute or so and then transfer to a wire cooling rack.
I love cake mix cookies! Thanks for sharing on the weekend re-Treat link party.
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These sound yummy…thanks so much for sharing such a great recipe just in time for the Holiday.
Her face cracking the egg is priceless. Great easy recipe!
I love making cookies with my girls! Looks like a lot of fun!
I love that you’re doing this and look forward to following Mini Chef Mondays because I love cooking with my kids!
looks like your children loved baking!
oohhh i often wonderd how to do this. thanks so much for the recpe!
Looks delish, great for the holidays! Thanks for sharing
Never heard of using cake mix for cookies before, neat! They look great.
oh wow cake-batter-christmas-cookies? Sounds like alittle bit of heaven to me and the kids look like they had so much fun
I like that it’s so easy the kids can make them so maybe I can make them too. They look good thanks for sharing.
Those look so good! I’m thinking I’ll make these and top them with some peppermint frosting. Mmm. Frosting…
I need to make up a batch (or three) of these cookies for Christmas. They’re so festive, and cake batter cookies are SO good!
Get in my belly, you delicious sparkle-fun cookies! Boom! For real. Cake batter cookies are the greatest cookie ever devised.
I have never made cake batter cookies before. It sounds like something I would really like making.
These cookies look so festive and yummy. Thanks for sharing the recipe, I can’t wait to make it.
I am all about fast and easy, especially these days with home renovations taking place, so this recipe comes at the perfect time. Extra sprinkles are a must around here too.
Yes! I love how easy these are to prepare. Also love the fact that it’s super budget-friendly.
Thank you for the recipe! I have never tried making cookies from cake mix before. I think these will now be on the list.
I love the flavor of cake batter. I would really love these cookies I am sure of it. I will have to try these someday.
My kids will surely enjoy making and eating this! Looks so delicious! Yummy!
I’ve never had a cake mix cookie. Sounds like something my girls would have fun making.
These cookies look so delicious and easy to make. I will have to get the ingredients I need and whip some up.
Christmas cookies are my absolute favorite! I am definitely trying out this recipe!
These look so delicious. I need to start some of my baking early, and making my cookie batters. This looks like something my whole family would enjoy and I could wait to bake a little bit!
YUM! My boys and I always bake cookies at least once during December. We may have to try some cake mix cookies this time around! These looks so good.
I wish I could make these tonight! I am ALL about cake batter anything, so totally trying these out super soon!
haha this makes me wish my nephews and nieces lived closer! I would totally do something like this with them!
These look so amazing! We are working on cookies soon for gifts so we may have to try this.
These look fun and easy for kids to make. My 8 year olds would love to try to do it all by themselves.
it’s beginning to look a lot like christmas! looks like you guys had a great time making these and they sure do look delish! Will they be leaving these out for Santa or eating them haha
This looks like a tasty recipe. I appreciate that it’s so easy and take so little time to make.
We love baking cookies together, especially during the holidays. I’ve never had a cake mix cookies though. I’ll add them to my grocery list.
These are the perfect cookies for baking with the kids. I love baking with my niece and nephew even if they only wanted to taste the chocolate chips and tell me my cookies were to crispy.
These cookies look delicious! I love things that look like they belong on a Christmas table!
Every year for my birthday, my husband makes me funfetti cake batter cookies because I hate cake. I love that man! They are my absolute FAVORITE way to make cookies!!! Love the sprinkles in yours.
Wow! That’s a great idea! Those cookies are looks fantastic and I’m glad that you kids enjoyed making it.
Such a wonderful idea. My kids would love to make it for sure. Saved this awesome recipe this coming Christmas.
This looks super tasty! I love that your children helped you make the cake. My children love doing that too.
How have I never heard of this! A cookie/cake hybrid! That sounds so good! I will have to add these to my Christmas baking list!
How have I never heard of this! A cookie/cake hybrid! That sounds so good! I will have to add these to my Christmas baking list!
Those look so good! I can’t wait to try this recipe at home with my kiddos.
Cake batter is my daughter’s favorite ice cream flavor so I think she’ll like these too. I will have to make these… or maybe she can make them herself. Yeah, she’ll have fun.
What good helpers!! My boys complain, but then want to eat the cookies haha. I never thought of using cake mix to make cookies, they must be nice and soft and very easy!
I’m bookmarking this for my daughter! She wants to be in charge of Christmas cookies this year! She is 11 and loves to bake!
I love it when the kids help around in the kitchen and most of the time they’re most excited when it comes to baking! These cookies look wonderful and it’s a great way to get them excited for Christmas!
These look so good. My nieces love to bake with me and they are going to enjoy making these and decorating them.
Oh these cookies look yummy and so good. These look like they were supper fun to make just look at those faces, the kids looks happy 😉
If I use a lemon cake mix, should I leave out the vanilla? Jan
I would since it is already flavored.
Thank you so much for responding, I am not much of a baker. Jan
I hope you enjoy the cookies!