These easy Christmas cookies are a festive holiday dessert made using a box of cake mix!
These Christmas cookies are so easy to make
All you need is a box of cake mix and a few other pantry ingredients to make these delicious holiday cookies!
Cake mix recipes are one of my favorite hacks for making homemade treats in a fraction of the time.
These cake mix Christmas cookies are similar to our Christmas cookie bars and made with just 4 ingredients! They are one of our favorites this time of year.
We love using a boxed cake mix for quick desserts like fudgy cake mix brownies, yellow cake mix cookies, and cake mix banana bread.
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Ingredients to make cake mix Christmas cookies
- cake mix: we used yellow cake mix, but chocolate cake mix would also work
- oil: any neutral oil like vegetable or olive oil
- eggs
- Christmas red & green M&M’s
How to make Christmas cookies with cake mix
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Step 1: Add the yellow cake mix, eggs, and oil to a bowl. Mix well to combine.
Step 2: Fold 1 cup of Christmas colored M&M’s in to the cookie batter. Mix it together with a rubber spatula until the Christmas cookie batter is well combined with the M&M’s.
Step 3: Add the cookie batter to a baking sheet and top with additional M&M’s. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes
Once the cookies are removed from the oven, allow them to rest on the baking pan for 3 minutes before transferring to a wire cooling rack.
Tip: To get those pretty circle edges on the cookies, use a rubber spatula to gently poke the edges of the cookies immediately after taking them out of the oven. You can gently form them into a more circular shape this way before they cool down.
These cake mix Christmas cookies were a hit! They stay soft after cooling and the M&M’s make them so festive.
They are seriously yummy and so simple to throw together.
This would be a great Christmas dessert to make for a holiday party, bake sale, you name it. Give them a try this holiday season!
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How to store
Leftover Christmas cookies can be stored in an airtight bag or container at room temperature for 3-5 days.
Cake Mix Christmas Cookies
Ingredients
- 15 oz box of yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup olive oil or vegetable oil
- 10 oz bag of Christmas red & green M&M’s
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Add the yellow cake mix, eggs, and oil to a bowl. Mix to combine
- Fold 1 cup of Christmas M&M’s in to the cookie batter using a rubber spatula
- Spoon the Christmas cookie batter onto a baking sheet and top with additional M&M’s
- Bake the cookies at 350 for 10-12 minutes, then allow to cool 3 minutes on the pan before transferring to a wire cooling rack