Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
on Aug 06, 2025
These Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are made with just 4 ingredients. An easy shortcut to fresh baked cookies in a fraction of the time!
The easiest chocolate cookies
I have so many cake mix recipes on my blog because I love how convenient they are when I am craving fresh baked treats but don’t have a lot of time.
There are so many fun things you can make from a box of cake mix!
These double chocolate cookies are rich and indulgent and so simple to make.
All you need to make these cake mix cookies is a box of your favorite chocolate cake mix, oil, eggs, and chocolate chips.
Cake mix chocolate chip cookies are similar to this recipe, but use yellow cake mix for a classic chocolate chip cookie!
The batter comes together in just 5 minutes and you’re ready to bake! They are really almost too easy for how good they taste.
How to make cookies from cake mix
Step 1: Add cake mix, eggs, and oil to a large mixing bowl. Beat the batter until combined.
Step 2: Fold in your chocolate chips until combined using a rubber spatula.
Step 3: Use a mini cookie scoop to portion out the cookie batter onto a baking sheet. Roll each one with your hands.
Step 4: Bake the chocolate cookies at 350 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes.
Recipe Tip
Wondering how to tell if your cookies are done? Look for the edges to be set and the top to crackle.
Step 5: Remove the cookies onto a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
The inside of these cookies is fudgy and cakey, while the outside has those perfect crispy edges.
These simple chocolate cake mix cookies are perfect for kids to help make, and a time saving hack for when you need a dessert to serve fast!
Don’t have brownie mix but craving brownies? Try these cake mix brownies!
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Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 15 oz box of chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup olive oil , or vegetable oil
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Add the chocolate cake mix, oil, and eggs to a mixing bowl and beat the batter until combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Drop the batter by spoonfuls onto a baking sheet or use a mini cookie scoop. Roll the dough into balls using your hands.
- Bake the chocolate cookies at 350 degrees for 12 – 15 minutes, until the edges are set and the top crackles.
- Round the edges of the cookies immediately after taking them out of the oven if you want that perfectly round shape (see the example in the post).
- Transfer the cookies to a wire cooling rack to cool completely.
Very good and easy.
I followed your directions but it doesn’t say anything about water. And now I have a mix that is way too dry to do anything with.
The recipe does not call for water, only the ingredients listed in the ingredients section on this page, not on the box of cake mix.
@Tiffany Mahe, I followed the recipe exactly, except I substituted the oil with applesauce, and they turned out absolutely perfect. I’m making them again with white chocolate chips instead right now.
@Aimee, thanks for that report. Very helpful to me. Always looking for ways to cut fat and calories and make something indulgent a little healthier!
Can you make these into bars? And if so, how long would bake them?
You could use this cake mix cookie bars recipe, except use chocolate cake mix instead.
You used olive oil. Would it work to use canola oil?
Thank you
Judy Swann.
Yep!