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Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are a fun cookie recipe that is perfect for Valentine’s Day or Christmas with its bright color and crinkly top!
These Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are perfect when you need a cute Christmas cookie fast – you only need 4 ingredients and a few minutes!
Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
These cookies couldn’t be easier. Get out your favorite mixing bowl and spoon (no need to break out the mixer).
Dump in the cake mix, 2 eggs, and 1/3 cup of oil or melted butter. Stir it up until a stiff dough forms.
Then chill it for 15-30 minutes until just firm enough to handle. Roll into balls. Roll them in powdered sugar and bake.
If the cookies spread too much, chill them a bit more. If they aren’t spreading enough, let the dough warm up a bit.
Can you freeze these cookies?
Crinkle Cookies do freeze well. After they have cooled, store them in an airtight container and freeze for several weeks.
However, they are best enjoyed within a couple of days of baking if you don’t plan on freezing them.
These cookies are an excellent make-ahead cookie recipe for Christmas when you know you’ll need something quick. But they don’t take that long to bake in a pinch either.
Andes Mint Cookies, White Chocolate Snickerdoodle Cookies, and these Chocolate Turtle Cookies also freeze nicely for Christmas baking that can be completely early in the season.
Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies
You can use cake mixes to make any flavor of crinkle cookies you want. I have a cake mix funfetti crinkle cookie recipe that is fun too. I used a valentines cake mix for those. Let me know what flavor you might like to try!
Did you know you can also make these cookies with Cool Whip instead of oil or butter? Rachel Cook’s has a great recipe for Cool Whip Cookies made with a cake mix.
If you’d like to try these cookies with Cool Whip, just omit the oil and eggs, and stir together an 8 ounce container of cool whip with the cake mix. That’s all there is to it!
Extra cake mix makes for rich, moist, chocolate cupcakes, the perfect indulgence for any chocolate lover. Though they are made from a mix, they don’t taste like one at all.
Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Red Velvet Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup oil or melted butter
- 2 eggs
- powdered sugar for rolling the cookies in
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the cake mix, oil and eggs until a stiff dough forms.
- Chill the dough for 15-20 minutes until the dough is easy to handle. Preheat oven to 350 F. Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and roll in powdered sugar.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes. Cool 2 minutes on cookie sheet before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
- They freeze well.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
{originally published 11/13/18 – recipe notes and photos updated 1/12/21}
These are wonderful and so easy! They also are very pretty. I make them every year in a big batch for holiday gifts , wonderful as is but I also add a bag of white chocolate chips sometimes which is a great addition!
Thanks for such an easy and tasty recipe
I’m glad you’re enjoying the cookies!
I made the red velvet crinkle cookies and so easy to make. The best part is they’re delicious!
I’m so glad you like the cookies!
This recipe was a disaster! Me and my friend tried it out and it was super runny. We tried adding flour and it was a fail.
How was it super runny? I’m going to guess that you prepared the full cake mix and then added the additional ingredients here. This recipe calls simply for the DRY cake mix and the ingredients listed here.
I put an unwrapped Hershey’s Hug kiss on the cookies when they come out of the oven! Have done this for years, its great!
I’m so glad you like the cookies, Crystal!
These are very easy to make and are super delicious. I make these at Christmas time and Valentine’s. I just made them again for my husband’s physical therapist ?
I’m so glad you liked the cookies!
I used a Strawberry cake mix because that’s what I had. YUMMY. I’ll buy Red Velvet mix and make them next.
I’m glad you’re enjoying the cookies!
Hi. I used pineapple cake mix and added 1/2c of chopped pineapple drained and dried. Rolled it in shredded coconut then the powdered sugar and coconut once more and they turned out great
oooh! That sounds great, TJ.
Been making these cookies for the last few years and it’s always a hit with the family. Barely had any leftover after Christmas they were so good!
I’m glad you’ve been loving the cookies, Abbs!
I’m making these cookies today. I was wondering do you think pressing down a little bit would make them crinkle more…just curious!
If you find that the first batch is a little puffier than you like, you can try smacking the tray on the stove as you take them out of the oven. It will cause them to fall and “crinkle” a bit more. I don’t know that pressing down on them will make a big difference, but you can try it.
One of my favs
Glad to hear it, Brianna. Happy baking!