Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies 4 Ways

Outside-the-Box Chocolate Chip Cookie Ideas are Enlightening!

Cake mix chocolate chip cookies are great for all occasions. It's also terrific for cookie exchange, making cookie table, bake sale or just want to relax to bake something and enjoy some alone time by yourself.

Total Time: 15-27 Minutes
Prep Time: 5-15 Minutes  
Inactive Cook Time: 10-12 Minutes  
Serving: 8-12

How much do you like to substitute one ingredient with another to make it a brand new recipe? That's the goal here.

We all love to eat and cook everything made from scratch. But with the fast pace nowadays, you may be busy with your children or aging parents on top of your daily commitments and/or job.

Sometimes, making cookies is an obligation that you promise someone to do so, like bake sale. Or, you just want to go into your kitchen (sanctuary) to have some alone time to calm down. No matter what your reason is, these cookies are magnificent to lift up your spirit.

TIPS & TRICKS

What to Do with Chocolate Morsels/Chips Leftover?

Every cake mix chocolate chip cookies recipe on this page only calls for half a bag of chocolate morsels/chips. So, what do you do with the rest of it? Some may say that the quickest way is to eat them all. Well, there may be some other options. But first of all, you need to understand that a whole bag of chocolate chips will be too much. Due to the mass amount of quantity, the chocolate will not stick to the dough very well. It also has some negative effect on presentation.

Obviously, you want to use up all the chocolate chips in a smarter way. So, here are 2 great ways to use them:

1. Use the other half of the chocolate chips to make a different flavored cake mix chocolate chip cookies. The recipes are within your finger tips. You got a few showing here on the page for you to pick.
2. Instead of making different flavor, you can double the quantity of a single recipe shown below.

Otherwise, put the chocolate chips into the freezer which will keep them fresh for a longer shelf life. You can decide how you want to use them up later.

Are the Ingredients Interchangeable?

Yes, 100%. As you will find out all these cake mix chocolate chip cookies recipes are very similar. Some may have a couple more or less ingredients. So, the process may be slightly different.

Do bear in mind that the chocolate chips can be interchangeable. For instance, you may want to use the rest of the regular chocolate morsels in the red velvet cookies. Or, you are the chocoholic person. So, you decide to use the chocolate cake mix instead of the yellow one to get a very chocolate-y cookies. Some pumpkin spice lovers may love to have pumpkin flavored cake mix chocolate chip cookies. That sounds pretty awesome, huh?

Keep open-minded. If you hear someone else suggesting some kind of combinations, try it next time. You will be pleasantly surprised with that new concoction. And don't forget to share with us by commenting at the bottom of this page.

Can You Use Butter Instead of Vegetable Oil?

Absolutely! Melted butter is totally possible as the substitute of canola oil. I don't remember how I started to use canola oil.

Comparatively speaking, vegetable oil is quicker and faster instead of using another pan to melt the butter and let it cool down a bit before adding into the cookie batter. But the choice is really up to you.

The Traditional Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe and Instructions

Who doesn't love the very traditional chocolate chip cookies? The difference of using cake mix is that the color may be lighter than the typical ones made from scratch. It's because of the absence of brown sugar. Regardless, they still taste fantastic.

Ingredients
1 Box (15.25 - 16oz) Yellow Cake Mix
1 cup (about 6oz) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
2 Eggs
1/3 cup Canola Oil
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Instructions

1. Combine eggs, oil and vanilla extract in a mixing bowl. (This is the step that it may be slightly different for each cake mix chocolate chip cookies recipe shown here on this page. The rest of the steps are the same.)
2. Stir in cake mix and fold in chocolate morsels/chips. Set aside for resting about 10-20 minutes. (Resting is optional. It all depends on after mixing the cake mix together and how the dough looks like. Sometimes, the little pieces of crumbs incorporated well with the rest of the ingredients. Then, you can skip the resting part. Sometimes, you may see many tiny pieces hovering around and it won't look good with the cookies. If that's the case, you want to let the dough sit in room temperature for a bit so that these little pieces of crumbs will have some time to absorb the moisture. Before transferring the dough, mix it again to ensure the crumbs are gone.)
3. Use an ice-cream/cookie scoop, about 2 teaspoon, to transfer dough to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Leave about 1.5" - 2" space around each dough. (You can roll about the same amount of dough into ball shape and transfer to the baking sheet.)
4. Preheat oven at 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. (I use a 12" x 17" size baking sheet)
5. Bake in oven for 10-12 minutes. Let it rest in baking sheet for about 1 minute before transferring to a cooling rack.
6. It may need to separate 2-3 batches to bake. Serve warm or cool. ENJOY!
7. Store cookies, after completely cool down, in an air-tight glass container for up to 2 weeks.

Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies with White Chocolate Chips Recipe

Because of the beautiful color contrast of these cookies, it is great for Christmas and Valentine's Day!

Ingredients
1 Box (15.25 - 16oz) Red Velvet Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1/3 cup Canola Oil
1 cup (about 6oz) White Chocolate Chips

One less ingredient in this recipe, so step 1 is:

Instructions

1. Combine oil and eggs in a mixing bowl first. Then, stir in cake mix and white chocolate chips together.
2. Click to continue with the rest of the instructions.

Cake Mix Orange Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

This cookie recipe always reminds me the orange flavored chocolate. But the inspiration was actually from my other recipe, Box Cake Lemon Cookies.

Since then, I love to create different recipes with different flavored cake mixes and unsweetened drink mix. It is convenient, especially when you get some last minute invitation to some pot luck dinner. Or when your craving strikes, what can you do for something quick and easy? Cake mix and drink powder are the way to go. Since they have long shelf life, they can be your pantry staples.

Ingredients
1 Box (15.25 - 16oz) Classic White or Yellow Cake Mix
2 Envelopes Unsweetened Orange Drink Mix
2 Eggs
1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
1/2 cup Chocolate Mini Morsels or Regular Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

There is a special ingredient here in this recipe which is not typically used in any cookie recipe. So, step 1 is:

Instructions

1. Combine cake mix, oil, orange drink mix and eggs in a mixing bowl.
2. Click to continue with the rest of the instructions.

Cake Mix Cherry Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

The inspiration came from a very old style chocolate that you can purchase in grocery stores. It is maraschino cherry covered with chocolate. As soon as you take the first bite, there is a burst of not only cherry, but also the very thick syrup coming from inside the chocolate.

I made these cherry chocolate chip cookies around Christmas 2019 and brought them to a church event. I figured the red goes with the Christmas theme.

After seeing the result, I realized that these cookies are great for many special occasions, such as New Year, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Christmas.

Ingredients
1 Box (15.25 - 16oz) Classic White or Yellow Cake Mix
2 Eggs
1/3 cup Canola Oil
1 envelope Cherry Drink Mix (unsweetened)
1/2 cup Mini Chocolate Morsels

These cake mix chocolate chip cookies are very similar to the orange chocolate chip ones. It's just the different flavored drink mix.

There are regular (red) cherry and dark cherry drink mix flavors. The biggest difference between both is the color. Whatever is available in the store, either one works. So step 1 is:

Instructions

1. Combine cake mix, oil, cherry drink mix and eggs in a mixing bowl.
2. Click to continue with the rest of the instructions.

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