Sprinkle Cake Mix Cookies
Try out these cake mix cookies with sprinkles! A white cake mix with sprinkles that are dipped in chocolate and topped with sprinkles. You will find that the added ingredients to the base cake mix transforms these cookies to taste like homemade.
Servings: 22
Calories: 134kcal
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce box white cake mix I used Betty Crocker
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon corn starch
- ⅛ teaspoon Salt optional to balance out sweetness
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter melted and cooled
- 2 eggs room temperature
- ¼ cup sprinkles
- ¼ cup store bought vanilla frosting
- ¼ cup vanilla melting wafers
- Sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 °F (177 °C) and line a cookie sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the white cake mix, baking powder, corn starch, and salt.15.25 ounce box white cake mix, 1 teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon corn starch, ⅛ teaspoon Salt
- Then add the oil, melted butter, and eggs into the bowl with the dry ingredients. Mix it together with a rubber spatula or wooden spoon until just combined, making sure not to overmix.¼ cup vegetable oil, 2 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, 2 eggs
- Add in the sprinkles and fold it in until evenly distributed.¼ cup sprinkles
- Using a 1 ½ tablespoon cookie scoop, drop dough balls onto prepared cookie sheet about 2 inches apart, leaving room for the cookies to spread.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the tops of the cookies are set and the bottoms start to get a light brown edge. They may be a little soft when you remove them from the oven but they will continue to set and firm up as it cools on the baking sheet.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely before frosting otherwise they may be too soft and break apart and the frosting will take longer to set.
- In a small microwaveable bowl or glass pyrex cup, microwave the vanilla frosting with the melting wafers on a low or defrost setting in 20 second intervals, mixing between each time until completely melted and smooth.¼ cup vanilla melting wafers, ¼ cup store bought vanilla frosting
- Dip each of the cookies halfway into the melted frosting mixture and lay them out on a sheet of parchment paper or wire cooling rack. Top the frosting with your choice of sprinkles before it hardens.Sprinkles for decorating
- Allow the frosting to set completely for about 15 minutes before serving.
- Devour!
Notes
Switch this recipe up with any of your favorite cake mix flavors and colored sprinkles.
Instead of sprinkles in the batter, you can add chocolate chips, nuts, or a combination of them all.
You can skip the frosting if you like and just use the vanilla melting wafers. Mixing with the frosting gives it more flavor and a lighter texture. Using just the melting wafers will produce a harder shell.
If you want the cookies to have more rise, add an extra teaspoon of baking powder.
If you want to reduce the cookies spreading, chill the batter for 30 minutes.
Nutrition
Calories: 134kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 18mg | Sodium: 180mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 53IU | Vitamin D: 0.1µg | Calcium: 56mg | Iron: 0.5mg