Meet your new favorite cookie recipe. These Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies are pretty to look at, and they taste even better! You only need five ingredients to make perfect chewy cookies with a deep red hue.
Red Velvet Cupcake recipes are everywhere around Valentine’s Day. But I love making them for the Fourth of July too! Today’s cake mix cookie recipe is incredibly easy!
Red Velvet Cookies with Cake Mix
Have you tried my original Red Velvet Cookies recipe yet? These cookies are similar but made with boxed cake mix so they’re even easier!
- Instead of measuring and combining a ton of ingredients, you simply open the box and complete half the work.
- Before baking, roll Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies in sugar for a sweet crunchy coating.
- Red, white and blue M&Ms add patriotic flare and amp up the chocolate factor! Use Christmas M&M’s for winter!
If you’re love today’s cookies, our homemade red velvet cake recipe is phenomenal. Moist, delicious, and so easy.
Ingredient Notes
To make red velvet cookies using cake mix, you’ll only need five ingredients!
- Red Velvet Cake Mix. You’ll need a full box of mix for this recipe. Any brand.
- Vegetable Oil.
- Sugar. For rolling the cookie dough.
- Large Eggs.
- M&M’s candy. I used red, white and blue ones for the Fourth of July. Feel free to mix up the colors you use for different occasions. You could also add sprinkles with chocolate chips if you can’t find the holiday M&M’s.
How to Make Red Velvet Cookies with Cake Mix
- Make the cookie dough. Combine the red velvet cake mix, eggs, and vegetable oil in a large bowl. Fold in half of the M&Ms.
- Chill the dough. Cover the mixing bowl with plastic wrap. Place the bowl in the fridge to chill for 1 hour.
- Roll in sugar. Shape dough into 2 inch balls. Roll each one in granulated sugar.
- Bake cookies. Bake for 8-9 minutes on a parchment lined baking sheet. Remove them from the oven and immediately press the rest of the M&Ms into the tops of each baked cookie.
Let Red Velvet Cake Mix cookies cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Tips & Tricks
- Avoid baking the cookies for too long. The cookies will look soft and underdone at the end of baking time. They’ll continue cooking after you take them out of the oven.
- Make sure to chill the dough. Before chilling, the dough will be too soft to work with. Avoid chilling the dough longer than one hour.
- Store in an airtight container. These cookies stay good for about 1 week. But chances are good you’ll eat them all well before then!
- Freeze Cookies. Store baked cookies in airtight container for up to three months. Or use my guide on how to freeze cookie dough for best results.
- MORE holiday treat ideas. If you love these festive cookies, try our super easy and delicious Flag Cake too! Or give these red white and blue rice krispie treats a try soon.
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Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
Meet your new favorite cookie recipe. These Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies are pretty to look at, and they taste even better! You only need five ingredients to make perfect chewy cookies with a deep red hue.
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix 15.25 oz
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Red, White, and Blue M&M's
- ½ cup granulated sugar for coating cookie dough
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, add the cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs and beat until combined.
- Fold in half of the M&M’s.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and chill the dough in the refrigerator for one hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Use a medium cookie scoop (about 2 Tablespoons) to portion out the dough and gently roll into balls.
- Roll the balls in the granulated sugar to coat. Place the balls of dough on the prepared baking sheet at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 8 to 9 minutes. Do not over bake these cookies, they will look puffy and slightly underdone, but they will finish cooking on the baking sheet after coming out of the oven.
- Press the M&M’s into the tops of the cookies immediately after they come out of the oven. Cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Avoid baking the cookies for too long. The cookies will look soft and underdone at the end of baking time. They’ll continue cooking after you take them out of the oven.
- Make sure to chill the dough. Before chilling, the dough will be too soft to work with. Avoid chilling the dough longer than one hour.
- Store in an airtight container. These cookies stay good for about 1 week. But chances are good you’ll eat them all well before then!
- Freeze Cookies. Store baked cookies in airtight container for up to three months. Or use my guide on how to freeze cookie dough for best results.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie, Calories: 107kcal, Carbohydrates: 12g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 6g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 21mg, Sodium: 25mg, Sugar: 11g
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Grab some M&Ms and get baking! Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies are the perfect eye-catching addition to your summer celebrations.
My kids couldn’t stop eating these!! So good!
My kids couldn’t stop eating these!! So good!
These were SO incredibly easy to make! I am making another batch for July 4th!
These are chewy little bites of heaven. Made them yesterday and there are only a few left.