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I’m so excited to share with you another family favorite cookie. This Red Velvet Cookies Recipe is wonderful because we cheat and use a red velvet cake mix to achieve a moist and delicious cookie.
This Red Velvet Cookies Recipe is gorgeous but taste even better than they look. They are my kids all time favorite cookie recipe. If you are looking for the perfect Valentine’s Day Cookie, this is the one to make. Check out more Valentine’s Day Recipes to share.
We love to serve them around the holidays, plus with only 4 ingredients they are perfect anytime of the year. We also enjoy making these Pumpkin Cake Mix Cookies and Easy Grinch Cake Mix Cookies.
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Why We Love This Recipe:
We are cheating a little with this simple cake mix cookies by using a cake mix. That makes these easy red velvet cookies even easier to make.
Plus I think you will be surprised how amazing they taste too. They don’t turn cakey but a great tasting cookie. Serve with a glass of cold milk and your entire family will be impressed.
These are my kids favorite cake mix cookies. They will eat them as fast as I am taking them out of the oven. We have even made sandwich cookies with frosting in between for a fun variations.
Ingredients:
- Red Velvet Cake Mix
- Eggs
- Vegetable Oil
- Powdered sugar
Scroll to the bottom of the post to see the full recipe and ingredients.
Variations Ideas:
- Chocolate Chips – Feel free to experiment with the cookies and add chocolate chips, white chocolate chips and more. The white chocolate chips especially look pretty with the red color.
- Cream Cheese Frosting – Top the Christmas Cookie with a cream cheese frosting.
- White Sugar – Another idea is to roll the cookies in white sugar instead of powdered sugar. This really makes the red food coloring pop and look so vibrant.
- Cake Mix – Change the flavor of box cake mix and add-ins to change up your cookies.
- Brown Sugar – You can also use add in brown sugar. It helps to moistened the cookie and make it chewy. But it is not necessary.
- Vanilla Extract – I will occasionally add in teaspoons vanilla extract to enhance the flavors.
Step by Step Instructions:
Step 1 – Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Mix everything (except for the powdered sugar) into the a large bowl. The Batter will come out really thick, but that is ok.
Step 2 – Next you are going to use a cookie scoop to scoop up perfectly round red velvet bites and roll them in powered sugar. I highly recommend using a cookie scoop.
Step 3 – Place them on a baking sheet about 2 inches a part. I love to use these baking liners to bake my cookies – they are awesome and your cookies turn out perfect every time.
Step 4 – Slightly flatten each cookie with a cup. You can make them as thin as you want, but we just did a little, so they would still plump up nicely.
Step 5 – Bake Cookies in the oven. It takes less than 10 minutes until these cookies become these beautiful crinkle red velvet cookies.
Step 6 – Cool completely on a wire rack. You will make about 24-36 cookies depending on how big your cookies are. We made 30 with our small cookies scoop.
Recipe Tips:
- Combining Ingredients – The batter will be thick when combining the 4 ingredients together. Feel free to use a hand mixer or but the ingredients in a bowl of a stand mixer to combine.
- Cookie Scoop – We like to us a cookie scoop to make the dough balls. This ensures that they are about the same size so they cook evenly. You may even chill the dough before scooping to make it easier.
- Baking Sheet – Line the baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats for easy clean up.
- Press Dough – Gently press the dough with the bottom of a glass to create that crackle look.
Holiday Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies:
I love how beautiful these cookies turn out. I love the dusting of the powdered sugar. I could eat them all! They are that good.
But seriously, make these these red velvet cookies any time of the year. They are also so pretty for Valentine’s Day!
Frequently Asked Questions:
These cookies are easy to store. Leave them on our counter in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Yes, you can freeze these cookies once they are at room temperature. We recommend placing the cookies on a baking sheet and then freezing for about an hour. Then place in a freezer safe container so you can get out as much as you need.
More Cake Mix Cookies:
- Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
- Frozen Strawberry Lemonade Recipe
- Grinch Cookies Recipe
- Red Velvet Cookies Recipe
- Lemon Cake Mix Cookie Recipe
- More Easy Cookie Recipes
More Red Velvet Recipes
- The Best Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe
- Red Velvet Poke Cake Recipe
- Red Velvet Cake Balls
- Red Velvet Brownies
We love hearing from you. If you make this Red Velvet Cake Cookies Recipe, please leave us a comment or a star review.
Red Velvet Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix cookies
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- Powdered sugar for the topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Mix everything except the powdered sugar into a bowl (Batter will be thick).
- Spoon into balls and roll in the powdered sugar.
- Place on cookie sheets leaving about 2 inches between cookies.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until cookies brown SLIGHTLY on the edges.
Yes you can. See our best substitute for vegetable oil .
can you use coconut oil instead of vegetable oil.
Absolutely delicious!
What a beautiful little baker in the making!
This was so easy and so delicious! The prep and cook time was short too! No mess really for me! Thanks!
These tasted great and looked just like the picture. So easy and tasty!
I love these cookies! The recipe is easy and you end up with delicious cookies every time. These are my new favorite cookie to make for family and friends.
Hi, I’ve done your recipes years ago and just coming back. I’m looking forward to making more of your recipes. Would my recipes I’ve collected before, be saved in the system?
Maryann G
I haven’t tried it yet but I would mix in 1-2 tablespoon into the mix before baking. I hope you enjoy it!
I’m so sorry about that! It’s 350 degrees F for this recipe. Thank you!
Sorry, it’s 350 degrees. I have corrected the post. I have tested this with the 15.25 cake mix and it works great too so either size will work!
It’s 350 degrees F for this recipe.
In the variation you said you could add brown sugar. How much do you add to the mix?
Do I preheat oven to 350 or 375?
Thank you for sharing your easy Bubble Up Pizza. I’m going to make this with my grandsons. Love your all your recipes. Thank you for sharing.
Where is the 16.5 oz box made? There is no 16.5 oz box. Do we buy 2 boxes and add to the 15.25 oz?
Is it 350 degrees or 375? You state both.
Thanks
I noticed the temperature discrepancy, too. I bake most baked goods at 350, so I’m going to try that, but clarification would be great!
At the beginning of your directions, it says preheat oven to 350, then in the baking directions , it says bake at 375.
Also, it says to use a 16.5 oz box, I have been every where, and all I could get was a 15.25 oz box. is this still gonna work. Second message
At the beginning of your directions, it says preheat oven to 350, then in the baking directions , it says bake at 375.
Also, it says to use a 16.5 oz box, I have been every where, and all I could get was a 15.25 oz box. is this still gonna work
No, I wouldn’t recommend using olive oil. You can use butter or canola oil instead of vegetable oil for these cookies.
Can I use olive oil, instead of vegetable oil
Super easy and super yummy! This goes in my recipe book!
I decided to try these because I had one box of cake mix and my daughter asked for dessert. I had her mix it and help make these delicious cookies you can have anytime. They are so easy and simple to make. These are my go to when I need a quick dessert.
You can use the margarine instead of the oil in the recipe. I would melted it and measure it in its melted form. I would not use the vegetable spread as I don’t believe that it’s recommend to be used in baking but I haven’t had much experience with it yet either.
Hi! ??
Can I use margarine or this vegetable oil spread stuff, Instead of oil? I don’t have any. 🙁 Fingers crossed that I can, I’m feenin’ for these bad boys.?
I’m not sure – make sure you only add 2 eggs and 1/3 cup vegetable oil. Do NOT add the the ingredients to make the cake based on the back of the cake mix.
Why is my dough not thick it’s more like cake dough how do I get it to thicken? Does not look like the pictures at all
Super easy, great looking cookie recipe. Your Valentine will LOVE you and these yummy cookies! Also very lovely looking on a Christmas cookie platter or just Because!!
We’ve made these the last 2 years for Christmas. My daughter made them for a school party. Simple and delicious. They are good any time of the year!
Yes, the dough freezes great. We have a post on how to freeze cookie dough that can be found here.
Hello! Could you freeze the dough?
I mae loads of the red velvet cake mix cookies for christmas gift giving. I used white chocolate chips in some and m and M’s in others. They turned out very good!
Made these last year for gifting. Everyone loves them. This year I’ve shared the recipe. Quick, easy, delish and so festive looking too.
So fast and so good!
Yes, they freeze great!
Can you freeze them
No, you can easily mix these by hand and they will still work great!
Do you absolutely need an electric mixer to mix the batch ?
Could you freeze these and keep till Christmas?
Can I bake with butter instead of vegetable oil?
Just made these and they are delicious! Just wondering how to store them?
Would these be good with chocolate/white chocolate chips mixed in?
I didn’t flatten mine when I made them and loved the puffiness they had. Super quick and easy recipe made easier with the scoop to make balls.
Made these last year for my Christmas baking gift trays. Huge hit!!
I haven’t but that sounds delicious Tory.
Have you ever tried cream cheese frosting on these?
1 box of red velvet mix is how many grams?
So easy to make AND so very yummy to eat! Made these with my daughter and we had a great time. Thanks for sharing your recipe. Can’t wait to try more from you.
I can’t wait to hear how you like them. Our family loves them
Making these tonight with my girls, can’t wait to see how they turn out! Thank you so much for sharing.
I’m so happy Darlene! We just love these!
Just made these, they came out just like your pictures and are delicious! So easy and pretty for Christmas.