Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

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. 

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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.

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Cake Mix Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies

Mary Younkin

Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are a fun cookie recipe that you can make in a pinch that still looks extra festive!

Prep Time: 10 minutes mins

Cook Time: 10 minutes mins

Additional Time: 30 minutes mins

Total Time: 50 minutes mins

Servings: 24 cookies

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 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

You can also use cool whip in place of the oil or butter. Simply omit the oil and stir in one thawed 8 ounce package cool whip.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 g | Calories: 78 kcal | Carbohydrates: 7 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 5 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4 g | Cholesterol: 21 mg | Sodium: 27 mg | Sugar: 6 g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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{originally published 11/13/18 – recipe notes and photos updated 1/12/21}