Craving easy chocolate chip cookies but short on time? Discover the ultimate baking hack with our Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe! Transform Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Cake Mix into irresistibly soft and chewy cookies with just a few ingredients. These quick cake mix cookies deliver that delicious, homemade cookie taste with minimal effort and even faster cleanup. With Betty, making simple chocolate chip cookies has never been easier or more delicious!
Recipe Ingredients
Let's dive into the simple yet brilliant ingredients that make these Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies a game-changer for your cookie cravings!
Yellow Cake Mix: It replaces the need to measure out flour, sugar, and leavening agents, saving you time and effort.
Butter: It gives these cookies that rich, classic, homemade cookie taste.
Milk: Just a little bit of milk helps bring the dough together, adding the necessary moisture to turn the dry cake mix into a workable cookie dough.
Vanilla: It adds a warm, aromatic depth that makes a huge difference.
Egg: The trusty binder providing structure, so your cookies don't crumble apart.
Chopped Nuts: Nuts like walnuts or pecans add a fantastic textural contrast to the soft cookie and gooey chocolate. If you're not a nut fan, feel free to leave them out for a classic cake mix chocolate chip cookie.
Semisweet Chocolate Chips: Semisweet chips offer a perfect balance, so the cookies are sweet but not too sweet.
How to Make Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
Making these Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies is incredibly easy! All it takes is 3 simple steps. See the full recipe below for details
1. Mix the Dough
Mix until just combined. Overmixing can lead to tough cookies. Stire in chocolate chips and nuts last.
2. Scoop and Bake
Drop tablespoon of dough and bake until edges are set.
3. Cool and Enjoy
Cool for about 30 minutes, then enjoy!
How to Store Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
You'll want to store these delicious Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature. When stored properly, they'll typically stay fresh and wonderfully soft for up to 4 days. If you manage to have any left that long, that is!
Other Cake Mix Cookies Recipes to Try
This isn’t the only way you can make cookies with your cake mix peanut butter, lemon-butter and more cake-mix cookie recipes await. But if you only have eyes (and stomach) for chocolate chip cookies, Betty’s got more than enough of those recipes to keep you busy in the kitchen!
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 25 min
- Servings 42
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 box Betty Crocker™ Super Moist™ Yellow Cake Mix
- 1/2 cup butter, softened, cut into pieces
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
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Step1
Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick cookie sheets).
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Step2
In a large bowl, beat cake mix, butter, milk, vanilla, and egg with an electric mixer on low speed until dough forms, or mix with a spoon (dough will be stiff). Stir in nuts and chocolate chips.
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Step3
Drop dough by tablespoonfuls onto ungreased, or parchment lined cookie sheets, 2 inches apart.
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Step4
Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until edges are set (centers will be soft and cookies will be very light in color). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 30 minutes. Makes about 3 1/2 dozen cookies.
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Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 90
- Calories from Fat
- 40
- Total Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 7%
- Saturated Fat
- 2 1/2g
- 12%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 70mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 11g
- 4%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 6g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 2%
- 2%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
