Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies

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These easy chocolate chip cookies are made from boxed cake mix. The best simple dessert!

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These cake mix cookies are the best easy dessert!

With just 4 ingredients and a few minutes, you can make a delicious cookie using a box of your favorite yellow cake mix!

Yellow cake mix cookies are the easiest chocolate chip cookie recipe ever. We are a big fan of cake mix desserts as a time saving hack.

It’s a great way to make a dessert that tastes homemade but uses a box of cake mix as the main ingredient: something that most of us have on hand in our pantry!

cake mix, chocolate chips, eggs, and oil

Ingredients to make yellow cake mix cookies

  • a box of yellow cake mix: any brand you like. You will need the 15 oz size
  • eggs
  • olive oil or vegetable oil: I prefer olive oil in recipes as I always keep it on hand, but any neutral flavored cooking oil will work in this recipe
  • semi sweet chocolate chips
four step collage image showing ingredients and batter preparation

How to make cake mix chocolate chip cookies

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Mix together the yellow cake mix, oil, and eggs in a bowl. The batter should be thick. Fold the chocolate chips into the batter using a rubber spatula.

four step collage showing cookie batter on a baking sheet, the baked cookies, and the cookies on a cooling rack

Step 3: Place spoonfuls of batter onto a baking sheet, then top with extra chocolate chips on top. I like to use a cookie scoop for this step.

Step 4: Bake the chocolate chip cookies at 350 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

Recipe variations

The great thing about this recipe is there are so many fun ways you can change up the flavors!

  • Use a flavor of cake mix: try vanilla cake mix, funfetti cake mix, white cake mix, etc.
  • Switch up the mix ins: want to try something other than regular chocolate chips? Try spinkles, chopped up candy pieces, butterscotch chips, white chocolate chips, heath bits, reese’s pieces, whatever sounds good!
yellow cake mix cookies from an overhead view

This cake mix cookie is great for when you need a quick dessert. My family loves this recipe and we have made it for family gatherings, holidays, and birthdays.

chocolate chip cookies stacked 5 high

Make these the next time you need a foolproof dessert in a hurry! These cookies would also be perfect for making homemade ice cream cookie sandwiches.

Our family loves cake mix recipes for an easy sweet treat that can be made anytime. You have to try these yellow cake mix cookies with that box of duncan hines cake mix sitting in your pantry!

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4.48 from 353 votes

Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies

These yellow cake mix chocolate chip cookies made with just 4 simple ingredients!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Servings: 22

Ingredients 

  • 15 oz box of yellow cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup olive oil , or vegetable oil
  • 1 1/3 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

Instructions 

  • Add the yellow cake mix, eggs, and oil to a mixing bowl
  • Beat or stir to combine, then fold in the chocolate chips
  • Drop the cookie batter by large spoonfuls onto a cookie sheet (this recipe yields around 22 large cookies)
  • Sprinkle the tops of the batter with additional chocolate chips, if desired
  • Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes
  • Transfer cookies immediately to a cooling rack to cool completely

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcal, Carbohydrates: 22g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 10g, Saturated Fat: 4g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0.1g, Cholesterol: 16mg, Sodium: 148mg, Potassium: 77mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 12g, Vitamin A: 27IU, Calcium: 50mg, Iron: 1mg
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  1. WOW!! I just finished baking my cookies—–and I’m going to have to hide them! My husband is loving them! And he isn’t even a “sweet” eater. I used a box of yellow mix and added milk chocolate chips!! SO easy and SO good! We are both 89 years old, and appreciate easy recipes! I’ll be looking at your site often!

  2. 5 stars
    I wasn’t sure what to bake, so I tried to find a good, quick & easy recipe that included chocolate chips! I actually made these cookies with mini semisweet chips & they came out excellent! My fiancรฉ & 8 year old daughter agree. Super simple & tasty. Thanks for sharing this recipe!

  3. I made these cookies with butterscotch chips! Our 4 year old Grandson claimed the container as “his”. He finished up his batch from Christmas so he and Pap are making more after pre-school. What an easy cookie recipe, what a hit very yummy.