Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

5 from 3 votes

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies are rich, chewy and topped with candy eyeballs. Made with a boxed cake mix, they’re ready in just 15 minutes.

Prep Time5

Cook Time9

Total Time14

Course: 5-Ingredient Recipe, Desserts, Halloween Recipes

Cuisine: American

Keyword: 30-Minute Dessert, 5-Ingredient Recipes, Cake Mix, Chocolate, Cookies, Desserts, Fall, Halloween

Servings:

Calories: 265kcal

Author: Eva Filer

Preheat oven to 350F and prep a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
In a large mixing bowl add cake mix, oil, eggs, vanilla and mix by hand with a spatula. It should be well blended in about 30-60 seconds.
Drop dough balls of cookie dough, with 1 ½ tablespoon scoop, on prepared baking sheet. Be sure to leave a couple of inches between to make sure they do not touch when they spread.
Bake for about 9 minutes for chewy chocolate cookies.
Remove baked cookies from the oven and carefully add a few eyeballs to each one right away. We like to incorporate both small and large eyeballs, but you can use whatever you have on hand.
When the cookies have been out of the oven for about 10 minutes, transfer to a wire rack.

Check for Doneness: These cookies bake in no time and oven temperatures can vary. Begin checking for doneness at the 8-minute mark. The centers should look soft, not raw, and will continue to set as they cool.
Eyeball Trick: Lightly press the eyeballs to make sure they stay in the cookies, when they are fresh out of the oven!
Use a Cookie Scoop: Helps keep the cookies uniform and prevents over-handling the dough.
Don’t Flatten: The dough balls will spread just the right amount as they bake.
Cool Pan: Let the pan cool completely before starting another round so your cookies bake evenly.