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No one will guess these Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies come from a box! It’s so easy to make crinkle cookies out of cake mix with only 4 ingredients. If you need an EASY cookie recipe – be sure to try this one! Easy cookies for a busy season – that’s the perfect recipe, don’t you think?

Easy Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies - this easy recipe combines cake mix cookies with an easy crinkle cookie recipe! No one will guess they're from a cake mix.

These cookies are some of my favorite ones because they’re so easy. Cake Mix Crinkles are a little fancier and no one will know they’re from a cake mix!

I always love crinkle cookies at Christmas. They seem so festive, kind of like snowball cookies. We used to make chocolate crinkle cookies when I was a kid and I remember loving them. Whatever your reason for making cookies with a mix, these are a great go-to recipe for any occasion.

A box of yellow cake mix, two eggs, a bowl of powdered sugar, and a cup of oil are arranged on a light surface—perfect for making Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies. Each ingredient is labeled with bold text.

4 Ingredient Cookies

  • You can use ANY flavor cake mix. Lemon, chocolate, yellow, strawberry: you name it you can use it. Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are some of my favorite behind these! That makes it SO easy to make a ton of different flavor cookies for your holiday platters without all the work and extra ingredients.
  • Be sure to use large eggs.
  • Vegetable Oil makes these easy to mix or you can use melted butter.

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Stack of easy cake mix crinkle cookies with chocolate chips.

Dorothy’s Expert Tips

  • The dough will be sticky but that’s ok. If it’s too hard to work with, chill it.
  • Skip the add-ins for a plain cookie! We also love adding nuts, like pecans or walnuts.
  • Can you freeze cake mix cookies? I always freeze cookies (learn how to freeze desserts). Simply stack them between paper towels or wax paper in an airtight container and freeze for up to a month. You may need to re-roll them in powdered sugar when thawing.
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Easy Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies Recipe

By: Dorothy Kern
Easy Cake Mix Cookies – this easy recipe combines cake mix with an easy crinkle cookie recipe! No one will guess they're from a cake mix.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 22 cookies
Stack of Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Crinkles
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Ingredients

  • 1 (15.25 ounce) yellow cake mix, (or any flavor)
  • ½ cup (118ml) vegetable oil, (or melted butter)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup (170g) chocolate chips, (or other mix-in, like M&Ms)
  • 1 cup (113g) Powdered sugar, for rolling

Instructions 

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with silat baking mats.
  • Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs with a hand or a stand mixer until a sticky dough forms. Stir in chocolate chips. If dough is too wet to handle, chill for 30 minutes.
  • Place about 1/2 cup powdered sugar in a small bowl. Scoop 2 tablespoon sized balls of dough and coat them with powdered sugar. Place on cookie sheets. Bake immediately (or powdered sugar will dissolve) for about 10-12 minutes. Cool at least 5 minutes before removing from cookie sheets.
  • Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days or freeze for up to one month.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 172kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 115mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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clear bowl with melted butter, cake mix, and egg.
bowl of cookie batter
cookie dough balls rolled in powdered sugar on cookie sheet.

How to make Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies

  1. Choose your cake mix flavor. Use whatever flavor you like, or pick a few!
  2. The dough is sticky, so if it’s too soft, chill it for 30 minutes before baking.
  3. I like to roll these in powdered sugar before baking – that’s what makes them crinkly!

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  1. I know what you mean about puppies! I was breastfeeding when my puppy was 7 months old to a year. I would put her outside by herself in case she needed to relieve herself while I was tending to the baby. We later discovered that she had amused herself by tearing up our irrigation tubing throughout the backyard! Thanks for the time- saving recipe!

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  2. Hi Dorothy, 
    Great cookie recipe, I love easy as I grow older, I just wanted to request a photo of Abby
    with every recipe that you put out, after all, we would like to see growing progress…
    Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving,  feel  Blessed…
    cheers, Linda

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  3. I remember making these with chocolate cake mix; I never thought about using other flavors…lol And your Tieks????? Ouch!

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  4. Do you have to roll them and use a mat? I prefer just dropping cookies, faster and better for my back. But they sound yummy, I will try with coconut.

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  5. Dorothy, I know you love your tieks…aren’t you irritated that the pup ruined your nice shoes?!!

    Btw, happy Thanksgiving in advance

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