Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
on Aug 29, 2025
These Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies are so easy to make. All you need is just 4 ingredients!
These cake mix cookies are the best easy dessert!
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!
With just 4 ingredients and a few minutes of time, you can have yourself a warm gooey chocolate chip cookie in a fraction of the time.
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!
Ingredients you will need
- 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.
- Chocolate chips: we like to use semi-sweet chocolate chips for a more classic taste, but dark chocolate would also be delicious!
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.
Step 3: Place spoonfuls of batter onto a baking sheet, then top each one with extra chocolate chips on top.
Recipe Tip
I like to use a mini cookie scoop for this step as it makes it so much easier to portion out the batter.
Step 4: Bake the chocolate chip cookies at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes, then transfer the cookies 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!
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.
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!
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Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
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
I only have 13.25 cake mix since “shrinkage “ in effect. Will it work?
I have tried it and it does still work!
These were so good and so easy, plus I love how they were not flat like so many other chocolate chip cookies recipes.
I only used 1 cup of chocolate chips, and I felt that was plenty.
My granddaughter is 10 and starting to bake, so I gave her this recipe.
So glad you enjoyed the recipe Denise!
I just made the chocolate chip cookies and they turned out great. So quick and easy.
They were delicious
Can these be made with vanilla cake mix?
Yes!
My cookies completely burned on the bottom in 11 minutes. Has that happened to anyone else
Oh no! What kind of pan did you use? And was your oven on 350?
yes, mine were as well. the 2nd time I made them, I shortened the cooking time by 3 minutes. and they were much better. They appeared as if they weren’t quite done, but they were perfect and chewy.
I did better to make the original chocolate chip cookies the old fashioned way. Didn’t like this recipe, too dry and not chocolate chip chewed. I’ll be throwing these out.
Did you check your cake mix box size? These should not be dry. I’m sorry you did not enjoy them, please let me know if I can help troubleshoot!
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!
I’m so happy you enjoyed the recipe! I have lots of easy cake mix recipes, be sure to check them out!
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 fiancĂ© & 8 year old daughter agree. Super simple & tasty. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
So glad you enjoyed it Heather!
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.
Aww yay! So glad you all enjoyed the recipe!