Another fun Cake Mix cookie recipe, this time Vanilla White Chocolate and Sprinkle Cookies.

While I love traditional cookie recipes and baking from scratch I thought it would be a fun idea to have a few different style recipes on here. These cake mix cookies are very popular in America, and make baking cookies incredibly easy.

Did you see my recipe the other day for the Cake Mix Red Velvet Whoopie Pies? The first in this series of trying cake box cookies! So fun and tasty.

This recipe is so quick and easy to make, no creaming butter or sugar or needing a food mixer. The key is to choose a flavoured cake mix, some cake mixes are not as nice as others and this will make a difference.

This recipe is so versatile, I chose to add white chocolate drops and sprinkles (or 100s and 1000’s) to mine for flavour and colour, but any additions will be lovely!

Today I have used a Vanilla Cake Mix, this weighs 450 grams, this makes a difference in the quantities you use of the other ingredients, so anything much smaller or bigger than this you may wish to alter the liquid ingredients.

All you will need to make this recipe is

450g Vanilla Cake Mix
Canola or Vegetable Oil
Eggs
Vanilla
White Chocolate Drops*
Sprinkles*

*if using

As I mentioned above you want a flavourful cake mix to start with, but I still add a little of my favourite vanilla extract to lift the flavour. Also the addition of more ingredients will add to the flavour.

Of the 3 box mix cookies I made this weekend, this one was by far the most popular with my taste testers!

To make these cookies, simply combine the cake mix and white chocolate drops and combine, then in a small bowl add the eggs, whisk, then add the oil and vanilla and whisk again.

Pour these wet ingredients into the dry and stir well, then pour in the sprinkles and carefully stir until just combined, you do not want the sprinkle colours to blend into the mix.

Then take tablespoon sized amounts of the mixture (it is sticky mixture and that is ok) and place evenly on a tray in a loose ball shape. Gently press them down a little.

For those asking the Dough Whisk I am using here is from my friend Pip at Whats for Smoko – you can buy one here

Bake them until very lightly golden brown – approx 11-14 minutes depending on your oven. They will be a light colour and soft, but they will firm up on cooling.

It is as easy as that! If you are a fan of traditional cookie recipes I have you covered there too! I adore cookies, so delicious and great to have on hand, you can find some of my favourites on my Cookies & Biscuits Page

So onto the recipe for these easy Cake Mix Vanilla, White Chocolate & Sprinkle cookies

Cake Mix Vanilla, White Chocolate and Sprinkles Cookies

Name: Cake Mix Vanilla, White Chocolate and Sprinkles Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 13 min
Total time: 28 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 x 450 gram Box of Vanilla Cake Mix; 1 Cup of White Chocolate drops, 170 grams; 2 Eggs; 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence; 1/3 Cup Canola or Vegetable Oil, 60mls; 1/2 Cup Sprinkles or 100s & 1000s, 60 grams

Yield: 20

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 13 minutes

Total Time: 28 minutes

Delicious easy cookies using cake mix as the base!

Ingredients

1 x 450 gram Box of Vanilla Cake Mix
1 Cup of White Chocolate drops, 170 grams
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
1/3 Cup Canola or Vegetable Oil, 60mls
1/2 Cup Sprinkles or 100s & 1000s, 60 grams

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 C Bake (conventional, not fan)
Line a large baking tray with baking paper (I like to spray the tray with cooking spray first so paper sticks)
In a large bowl add the cake mix and white chocolate drops and stir to combine with a large wooden spoon
In a small bowl whisk the eggs, then add the vanilla and oil and whisk again to combine
Pour this into the the cake mix and stir well
Pour in the sprinkles and carefully fold these through, taking care not to bleed the colours into dough too much.
Take tablespoon sized amounts of dough and gently round into a ball shape and place on the tray (the dough is sticky)
Allow 3 cm between each ball of dough, and repeat with remaining dough
Slightly press the top of the balls with a damp hand and bake for 11-15 minutes until the edges of the cookies are feeling firm and slightly crisp to the touch, but the cookies are only very lightly colouring.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray for 10 minutes, then carefully transfer them to a wire rack to completely cool.
Store in an airtight container
Enjoy!

Notes

Does it matter what brand of cake mix I use?

No, any will do but the more flavourful the cake mix the more flavourful the cookies, if in doubt add extra splash of vanilla and flavourful additions like chocolate, nuts or fruit

My cake mix is not 450 grams?

If it is close to that amount you can keep the ingredients the same, if more or less, slightly adjust the oil until your consistency looks like mine adding a little at a time.

Can I freeze these cookies?

Yes for sure, once completely cool place in an airtight container and freeze.

I hope you love that recipe as much as I do! Please let me know what you think in the comments below.

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Happy Cooking!

Anna