If you're looking for a fun and easy sweet treat, these Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies are the perfect solution! These vibrant and fun cookies are a delightful combo of cake and cookie, making them the perfect addition to any celebration or a great way to brighten up your day.
You only need 3 ingredients to make these yummy cookies, but additional sprinkles are recommended so you can customize them with holiday or other colors to make them suitable for any occasion.
Once you try them, you'll turn to this recipe again and again to satisfy last minute cookie emergencies!
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Why You Will Love this Recipe
The sweetness of cake, in a soft and chewy cookie. The sprinkles inside are like a pop of happiness in every bite!
Starting with a cake mix means you only need 3 ingredients for these cookies. But plan on 4, because you'll want to add more sprinkles beyond what is already in the cake mix.
Those additional sprinkles make the cookies easy to customize. Use red and green to make Christmas Funfetti cookies, orange and purple for Halloween, pink or blue for baby showers ….. so many possibilities!
Ingredients Needed
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How to Make Funfetti Cookies from Cake Mix
In a large mixing bowl, combine the Funfetti cake mix with oil and eggs. Mix until the dough is smooth.
Cover and refrigerate the dough for at least 15 minutes.
In the meantime, preheat the oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Drop a 1-inch ball of dough onto the prepared baking sheet. I use a small cookie scoop for this, it helps to ensure uniform sized cookies. Repeat while spacing the dough a few inches apart to allow the cookies to spread.
Use the extra sprinkles to place on top of the raw dough balls.
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Bake the cookies for 10 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool.
💭Top tip: do not overbake the cookies. For me, they are just barely golden brown on the edges at the 10-minute mark. They will continue to firm up as they cool.
Substitutions and Variations
This is the fun part! I love to use rainbow sprinkles on top of each cookie for the extra fun and pop of color they provide.
But Christmas themed sprinkles also work great! I tried using the classic "jimmies" but also used other shapes. The little balls, round discs, even tree shapes all worked great!
Just place the sprinkles on the dough before baking. The sprinkles will spread with the dough and bake slightly into the cookies. It's probably one of the easiest Christmas cookies you'll ever make!
Storage
Store your Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. If you want to extend their shelf life, you can also freeze them for up to three months.
Recipe FAQs
Sure, if you can't find Funfetti cake mix, you can use a yellow cake mix and add about ½ cup of sprinkles to the dough.
Yes, try adding mini chocolate chips or chopped nuts for even more fun!
Yes, you can prepare the dough and refrigerate it for up to 24 hours before baking.
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Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Funfetti Cake Mix 15.25 oz
- ½ cup canola oil
- 2 large eggs
- Sprinkles for decorating
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine cake mix, oil and eggs. Stir until a smooth dough forms. Cover and refrigerate at least 15 minutes to firm the dough.1 box Funfetti Cake Mix, ½ cup canola oil, 2 large eggs
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Make 1-inch balls of the chilled dough and place on the baking sheet, spaced 2-3 inches apart.
- To add additional sprinkles, flatten the top of the dough slightly with the back of spoon and then add about ¼ teaspoon of sprinkles. The flattening helps prevent the sprinkles from simply rolling off the dough.Sprinkles
- Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove the baking sheet from the oven and transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
Nutrition
Nutrition values are estimates only, using online calculators. Please verify using your own data.
Lynn
These were delicious! My kids ate them up and had so much fun making them with me!
Sula
It really is fun to have easy cookie recipes that the kids can help with!
Katy
So much fun!!
My daughter had some friends over for her birthday and they wanted to do some baking.
They used your recipe and had so much fun!
To hear them giggling and making memories was priceless.
They used a mixture of pink, white and gold sprinkles and the finished cookies looked lovely.
THANK YOU
Sula
What a fun activity for a birthday! Thanks for sharing!