Description
These quick and easy chocolate cake mix cookies use just 4 ingredients and take only 20 minutes from start to finish. Perfect for last-minute treats, bake sales, or satisfying sudden cookie cravings!
Ingredients
1 box chocolate cake mix (15.25 oz)
⅓ cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until a thick dough forms.
Roll the dough into 1-inch balls and place them about 2 inches apart on your baking sheet. Slightly flatten them with your palm or the bottom of a glass.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until the edges are set but the middle still looks slightly soft.
Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
If your dough is too sticky, refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes or add an extra tablespoon of cake mix powder.
Don’t overbake! The cookies should look slightly underdone in the middle when you take them out.
The dough can be made ahead and refrigerated for up to 3 days.
For variations, try adding chocolate chips, peanut butter cups, marshmallows, or sprinkles.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 120
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 135 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 16 g
- Fiber: 0.5 g
- Protein: 1.5 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg
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