Cake mix cookies are some of my absolute favorite cookies to make and eat! They are so easy to make and so versatile. You can really create so many cookie varieties and decorate them in so many ways. Tonight, I used Betty Crocker’s Triple Chocolate Fudge cake mix and topped it with chocolate icing and sprinkles. One of my other favorite versions to make is Cookies and Cream Cake Mix Cookies. It is also fun to use the Funfetti cake mixes during the Holidays. I have made Funfetti Christmas Cake Mix Cookies in the past and plan to make Funfetti Valentines Cake Mix Cookies this year.

Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix Cookies

Ingredients:

1 package Betty Crocker® Triple Chocolate Fudge cake mix
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 350°. Lightly grease cookie sheet with shortening or spray with cooking spray.
2. Mix cake mix, oil and eggs in large bowl with spoon until dough forms (some dry mix will remain).
3. Scoop level 1 measuring tablespoons of dough onto cookie sheet about 2 inches apart.
4. Bake  10 minutes or until cookies begin to look dry and cracked on surface. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely, about 20 minutes.
5. ENJOY!!

Merry Christmas! I hope everyon has a wonderful day full of family, friends, love, smiles, and lots of yummy food!! I am in Florida with my family and we are definitely enjoying some amazing food. My sister and I baked some cookies yesterday, and today we will be dining on my mom’s spaghetti. Yes! Spaghetti has been our family tradition for many years. My mom makes an amazing sauce full of meatballs and Italian sausage. It is like no other spaghetti! We follow it up with some cannolis for dessert. I look forward to this meal with great anticipation.

What is your traditional Christmas meal? Do you have any umique food traditions in your family?

I love cake mix cookies! I have posted several cake mix cookie recipes in the past including Carrot Spice Cookies, Half Cup German Chocolate Cookies, and Soft Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. I found a Oatmeal Raisin Cake Mix Cookie recipe at cdkitchen.com, but I wasn’t in the mood for oatmeal raisin cookies. I wanted butterscotch! So I made Spice Cake Oatmeal Scotchies. I would have to rank these cookies as one of my all time favorites! Oatmeal and butterscotch always pair well, but the addition of spice flavor in these cookies is amazing!

Spice Cake Oatmeal Scotchies

Ingredients:

1 package spice cake mix
1 cup quick cooking oats
2 eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup butterscotch chips

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Combine cake mix, oats, eggs, and oil in large bowl.
3. Beat at low speed with electric mixer until blended.
4. Stir in butterscotch chips.
5. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto baking sheet.
6. Bake for 7-9 minutes or until lightly browned.

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My grandfather loved German Chocolate cake, so it was made many times in our house. When I was searching for vegan cookie recipes, I found a German Chocolate cookie recipe on RecipeZaar that is made using a cake mix. For all my vegan friends…did you know that many of the Duncan Hines cake mixes are vegan? Visit VeganBob to see the complete list of the 12 cake mix flavors that are vegan. This recipe was extremely easy to prepare. I named it Half Cup German Chocolate Cookies, because it calls for 1/2 cup of every ingredient. Easy to remember! I did something a little different with the cookies. Instead of dropping them by teaspoonfuls, I rolled the dough into balls, and then rolled the balls in coconut. Just a warning….these cookies are very dangerous! The texture is amazing. They are crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside, and full of chocolate and coconut flavor.

Half Cup German Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients:

1 package German chocolate cake mix

1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (non-dairy)

1/2 cup rolled oats

1/2 cup flaked coconut

1/2 cup canola oil

1/2 cup applesauce

Directions:

1. Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and blend well.
2. Drop dough as rounded teaspoonfuls onto un-greased cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
3. Bake at 350*F for 8-10 minutes, or until set.