Cookies … Made with Devil’s Food Cake Mix!
When I told my daughter I was going to make cake mix cookies, she looked at me like I was nuts. She asked me why I was making cookies from chocolate cake mix? I explained to her that cake mix cookies are the oldest trick in the book for all of us tired moms. Or lazy people. Or inexperienced bakers. Or people who just want to make cookies with an extremely limited amount of ingredients that are guaranteed to turn out. These Devil’s Food cookies are soft, super fudgy, the edges are a little bit chewy, the (optional) M&M’s add a little bit of awesome crunch as well as an extra pop of chocolate to these already very chocolatey cookies. If you’re a chocolate person, these are the cookies for you. My daughter ate every single cookie in the batch (except the one I taste-tested) and she literally cherished each and every one of them like I rarely see her do with cookies. These got rave, stellar reviews and once again like I always say, it’s always the easiest recipes that get raved about.
Ingredients in Devil’s Food Cake Cookies
The beauty of making cookies from Devil’s Food cake mix is that you need very few ingredients to round out the recipe. Here’s what you’ll need to make this cake mix cookie recipe:
Devil’s Food chocolate cake mix Eggs Vegetable oil Vanilla extract M&M’s (optional)
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Devil’s Food Cookies From Cake Mix
Making Devil’s Food cookies couldn’t be any easier! It’s a dump and mix recipe that anyone can prepare.
Tips for Making Cookies From Devil’s Food Cake Mix
A few notes about this dough is that it’s tacky, sticky, and a little difficult to work with. You need to form the dough into mounds and this is where a 2-tablespoon cookie scoop is worth its weight in gold. Also, do not crowd your baking sheets with too many cookies. You don’t want the cookies to spread into each other because even though you can cut them apart, it’s not so cute when your ‘cookies’ are square-shaped or have weird harsh angles on them from being cut apart with a knife. I only bake 6 cookies per baking sheet. Normally I bake 8 cookies per sheet but not with this recipe.
Recipe Variations to Try
You can jazz up these Devil’s Food cookies so many different ways by replacing the M&M’s with another mix-in or combination of mix-ins. Here are some ideas:
Chocolate chips Chopped nuts Dried fruit Butterscotch chips Peanut butter chips Toffee bits Chopped Andes mints Chopped candy bars
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