Food and Recipes Recipes Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies 3.9 (10) 9 Reviews Cakes and cookies aren't all that different in composition—it's all just a matter of ratios. These cake mix cookies take advantage of that similarity by using a few ingredients to make chewy cookies out of a box of cake mix. They have the perfect crisp tender texture of a cookie while tasting like red velvet cake with pops of white chocolate throughout. They also keep exceptionally well for a few days because of their high oil content. By Micah A Leal Micah A Leal Micah Leal is a chef and recipe developer with more than 5 years of professional experience in restaurants and bakeries such as Husk Restaurant and Harken Cafe & Bakery in Charleston, South Carolina. Micah Leal is an enthusiastic chef with a special interest in the food science and culinary histories that shape the recipes people make today. His reputation for making recipes accessible and thoughtfully teaching difficult kitchen techniques is informed by his experience as a pastry chef as well as his background as a high school teacher. He has also developed nearly 200 recipes for southernliving.com and Southern Living Magazine. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on March 7, 2019 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Active Time: 10 mins Total Time: 45 mins Yield: 24 cookies Ingredients 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 2 eggs 1 (15.25 oz.) box of red velvet cake mix 3/4 cup white chocolate chips Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together oil, salt, and eggs until well combined. Add the cake mix and mix until fully combined, about 2 minutes. Fold in the white chocolate chips. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Portion out heaping tablespoons of dough and roll them in your hands to form round balls. Place each ball about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet (Note: the cookies will spread out considerably, so it's important to leave plenty of space). Bake in preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, just until the edges begin to brown slightly. Allow the cookies to cool for 10 minutes on the baking sheet before removing them to a wire rack to finish cooling. Micah A. Leal Chef's Notes This method of making cookies from cake mix can be used with almost any cake mix. Consider a confetti cake mix or a chocolate cake mix for fun and easy variations of this recipe. These cookies can easily accommodate chopped nuts, toffee bits, and sprinkles for further flair and flavor! Rate it Print