By: Becky Hardin
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These easy Strawberry Cookies are made with a box of cake mix and some white chocolate chips. It’s a quick and easy way to make soft, fluffy cookies for any occasion. The bright pink color makes them perfect for holidays like Valentine’s Day or Easter cookies! Everyone always asks for the recipe when I bring out these strawberry cake mix cookies, but the real secret is how simple it is!
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What’s in Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies?
You can turn a box of cake mix into the most delicious strawberry cookies with just a few ingredients, most of which will already be in your pantry.
- Strawberry Cake Mix: Use any brand of cake mix you like.
- White Chocolate Chips: White chocolate complements the strawberry flavor perfectly.
- Baking Powder: Be sure to use fresh baking powder for best results. This helps to create a fluffier texture.
- Eggs: Eggs bind ingredients to build structure in any baked good. Without them, your cookies would end up dry, dense, or crumbly.
- Vegetable Oil: Oil adds moisture to the cake mix.
- Vanilla Extract: This adds just a bit more flavor.
Pro Tip: For chocolate strawberry cake mix cookies, swap the white chocolate chips for milk, semisweet, or dark chocolate chips!
Variations on Strawberry Cake Cookies
You can make cake mix cookies with any flavor you like by following the same basic instructions. If you don’t want strawberry cookies, try chocolate cake mix cookies, vanilla, red velvet, or yellow cake mix instead.
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How to Store Strawberry Cookies from Cake Mix
Let the cookies cool completely before storing. Place them in an airtight container or resealable bag, and keep at room temperature up to 3 days. If you want to keep them a little longer, you can move them to the refrigerator for a couple more days, and let them come to room temp before eating.
How to Freeze Strawberry Cookies with Cake Mix
To freeze these strawberry cookies, place them in flat layers in a freezer-safe resealable bag, and place sheets of parchment paper between layers to prevent sticking. Once they’re frozen, you can rearrange them as needed. Freeze up to 1 month, then thaw in the fridge before serving.
What to Serve with Strawberry Cookies from a Cake Mix
Serve these easy cake mix cookies as part of a Valentine’s Day dessert display, including chocolate truffles, strawberry fudge, chocolate popcorn, and brownie cookies. They’re also delicious as cookie sandwiches filled with vanilla frosting, chocolate buttercream, or red velvet ice cream.
Some of my favorite drink pairings include oat milk, chocolate coffee, or a Starbucks pink drink. For a boozy pairing, opt for a frozen mudslide, raspberry sorbet champagne float, or love potion martini. Cheers!
Recipe
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
4.47 from 594 votes
Author: Becky Hardin
Prep: 10 minutes minutes
Cook: 20 minutes minutes
Total: 30 minutes minutes
Serves24 cookies
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These beautiful pink strawberry cake mix cookies are a favorite for Valentine's Day, Easter, baby showers, parties, and everything in between. So soft and chewy, everyone is sure to love them!
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Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces Strawberry Cake Mix 432 grams (1 box), such as Betty Crocker
- 1 teaspoon baking powder 4 grams
- 2 large eggs 100 grams
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil 67 grams
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 grams
- 1 cup white chocolate chips 170 grams
Recommended Equipment
Kitchen Scale (optional)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix and baking powder. combined.
15.25 ounces Strawberry Cake Mix, 1 teaspoon baking powder
In a separate smaller bowl, whisk the eggs, oil, and vanilla together by hand. Whisk until well. Pour the egg mixture into the bowl with cake mix and stir with a spoon until a dough forms. Be sure to fully combine. Mix in the white chocolate chips.
2 large eggs, ⅓ cup vegetable oil, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract, 1 cup white chocolate chips
Using a small portion scoop, drop rounded balls of the dough onto your baking sheet. These cookies flatten out quite a bit, so make sure the balls are taller than they are wide, and give them quite a bit of space between each cookie.
Bake for 9-10 minutes. Do not let them brown in the oven. They will appear slightly undercooked, but that is a good thing. They will firm up and flatten as they cool. When you take them out, you can add a couple more white chocolate chips to the top to make them look pretty (this is a little food blogger trick!)
Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
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Becky’s tips
- Wondering if you can still use that box of cake mix that’s been sitting in your pantry a little too long? Most likely, the only issue will be the leavening agent (aka baking powder or soda). But since we’re already adding more into our recipe, the problem should be solved! It will freshen things up for cakey cookies that get nice and fluffy.
- Don’t overbake the cookies. I made this mistake a few times! I like these a little bit gooey on the inside and slightly browned on the outside. When you see the pink begin to brown, get them out of the oven stat!
- Add more white chocolate chips after you bake. That’s right, this is the oldest blogger food pic trick in the book! Once you take the cookies out of the oven and place them on a cooling rack, add more fresh white chocolate chips to the top. It will make your Pink Cookies look loaded with chocolate chips and you’ll look like an experienced baker. High fives!
- If you want to make variations of this recipe, you can use any type of cake mix! The sky is the limit.
Storage:Store strawberry cake mix cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days, in the refrigerator for up to 5 days, or in the freezer for up to 1 month.
Nutrition Information
Serving: 1cookie Calories: 149kcal (7%) Carbohydrates: 19g (6%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 7g (11%) Saturated Fat: 3g (19%) Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g Monounsaturated Fat: 2g Trans Fat: 0.02g Cholesterol: 17mg (6%) Sodium: 152mg (7%) Potassium: 27mg (1%) Fiber: 0.02g Sugar: 13g (14%) Vitamin A: 25IU (1%) Vitamin C: 0.04mg Calcium: 61mg (6%) Iron: 0.4mg (2%)
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What’s the difference between cake mix and cookie mix?
Cake mix and cookie mix generally contain the same ingredients, but in different proportions. The real difference here, though, is in the ingredients we add. For example, if you were making a cake, you’d need more liquid in the recipe, but since we’re making cookies, we want a doughy consistency instead of a runny batter. So no water or milk needed.
What temperature should I bake cake mix cookies?
Preheat the oven to 350°F to bake these cookies.
How long do you bake cake mix cookies?
You only need about 9-10 minutes to fully bake these. they might look slightly underdone when you take them out of the oven, but that’s a good sign. It’s important not to overtake them, which happens quickly.
How can I decorate strawberry cookies for Valentine’s Day?
These pink cookies can be topped with pink and white sprinkles, powdered sugar, or heart sprinkles. You can skip the chocolate chips if you prefer, but they add extra flavor. You could also use a cream cheese frosting or buttercream to finish them, and they’d taste just like a cupcake.
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