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These red velvet cookies start with a cake mix, making them super quick and easy to prepare! The soft dough makes for a delicious cookie!
My husband, the cookie connoisseur, has been requesting things like plain old chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Now, it’s not that I have a problem with those cookies – they’re classics for a reason! It’s just…I like to experiment and have fun in the cookie department!
You know gooey butter cake? It’s a midwestern thing, so if you’ve never heard of it, that’s likely why.
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It’s a cake that’s so full of sugary sweet gooey goodness and I knew it would work well in cookie form.
I was so right! These red velvet cake mix cookies are exactly the ooey gooey butter cookies I was dreaming of!
I’ve also made gooey butter chocolate chip cookies and those are just as insanely good! You can’t go wrong when you start with a cake mix.
How to make red velvet cookies with cake mix:
Grab your favorite brand of red velvet cake mix, some butter, cream cheese, an egg, and vanilla. We add white chocolate chips to make these extra yummy and pretty.
That’s all you’ll need for these cake mix cookies!
Mix everything but the chocolate chips together using a stand or hand mixer until the batter is smooth and creamy.
Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
Grab a cookie scoop and drop these onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
We like to sprinkle a few extra chocolate chips on top of the balls of dough. It makes for extra pretty cookies!
Pop them in the oven and that’s it! So quick and easy!
More red velvet recipes to try:
Red Velvet Donuts: Who wouldn’t want to start their day with red velvet?
Red Velvet Muffins: With a crumb topping, naturally!
Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet cake mix
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat together the cream cheese and butter until well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the cake mix and beat until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until the top is set, but the center is still gooey.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Information:
This post was originally published in 2013 and updated with new photos and a video in December 2018.
Debbie P says
This is my 3rd Christmas making these cookies. Instead of chips I add canned frosting when cool and sprinkle with red sugar. Thanks for this recipe. Merry Christmas!
Melissa says
I’ve always loved cake mix cookies but I’ve never added cream cheese before, these are amazing!!!! Just an FYI, this recipe doesn’t call for water but some do. Over the years I have found that if you add too much water to cake mix cookies, that will tend to make them have more of a cake texture. When it says add cake mix, Don’t EVER mix the cake with box instructions first, just add the dry cake mix only. Sorry so long but hope this helps ?
Nolcha Fox says
I made this recipe first with red velvet cake mix and a second time with lemon cake mix. Both were absolutely amazingly delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
Elena Smith says
I saw this awesome recipe in the morning so tried this amazing recipe today only. Couldn’t control myself actually. My family loved it so much. Dear, please do lemme know if we could make it without eggs. Thanks for sharing this awesome recipe with all of us. xoxo
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
What a fun cookie! I love the ease that these come together!
Laura says
Karly, these look awesome and so festive! A nice addition to Christmas Cookie Plate!
Jill S says
I am making these for the second time for a cookie swap and the first time they were awesome however they fall apart easily. Should I cook them a bit longer?
Karly says
Yes, you may need to cook them a bit longer if they weren’t set up enough for you. 🙂
Jill Stachura says
Thank you for responding!
Monika Dabrowski says
These look so goegeous and christmassy! Love the addition of the white chocolate chips.
Kristi says
Can these be made without cream cheese?
Karly says
Nope!
Katie J. Pemberton says
Just made these and OMG…. YUM….
I was looking for easy Christmas cookies to make for Christmas and seen this one and try it and see if I like it. And YEAH LOVE IT!
Lois says
I’ve made these for the last 2 Christmas seasons. And both times they turned out great. I like to fill a fat glass jar with them and put black elastic with a buckle around the middle. So santa cute!
Karly says
Oh, that sounds adorable!
Brittney says
Can I make the batter ahead of time and refrigerate it over night?
Karly says
That should work fine.
Shelley says
Do you make the cake according to the box first or just add the cake mix to the butter and cream cheese?
Karly says
You just add the dry cake mix to the butter and cream cheese.
Ashley says
This might be a stupid question but when you say add cake mix is that just the powder or do I combine everything on the box and then mix it into this recipe?
Karly says
@Ashley,
Just the dry mix! 🙂
kris says
Didn’t turn out for me at all! Second time I have tried to make cookies using cake mix and didn’t like either. Cakey/spongy, dry….mix so thick couldn’t stir…followed directions to a T.
Thought maybe I was cooking too long so tried, cooking less time but then they just tasted doughy. Wanted to share these but can’t…maybe just throw them away. 🙁
Karly says
@kris,
Sorry to hear that! Cake cookies are definitely a different taste than regular, so maybe they’re just not for you.
Kris says
@Karly, That is probably it! The pics make them look like regular cookies. Live and Learn!
Karly says
@Kris,
Love that attitude! 🙂