This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure policy.
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}
Great recipe with the boxed cake I make all my crinkle cookies this way now. They turned all thick and chewy with a semi crunch on the outside. Everyone loved these.
I’m glad the cookies were a hit, Meagan! Happy baking.
Can you use chocolate cake mix instead of the red velvet
That will work fine, Nicki.
I made these cookies today and they came out delicious. My husband said to keep making them. Refrigerating the dough for 15 minutes helped alot. Great recipe. ?
Yes, it definitely helps to chill the dough, Jean. I’m so glad you and your husband loved the cookies. Enjoy!
The dough was Very sticky. I made the mistake of using a hand mixer and it was very difficult
To get the dough off the beaters. After refrigerating, the dough was still sticky, so I coated my finger tips with the powdered sugar to get them out of the bowl and roll. They spread more than I expected and took a little longer to bake, but they turned out so pretty. I’m serving them at my HOA meeting tonight.
I am happy to hear they are delicious.
I used bailys Irish cream and added more flour and 2oz soft cream cheese. They are the best cookies I have ever had!! Try and enjoy!!!
That sounds amazing, Lisa!
How much baileys did you use? Also how much flour and did you use the cream cheese in the mix or stuff them
Does the cool whip change the fat content or anything
Yes, the nutritional information would be different if you use cool whip.
How many approximate teaspoons is a one inch ball? I’m thinking about getting a cookie scooper and can’t figure out what size to use.
1 inch will be approximately 1 tablespoon, Andrea.
the cake mix calls for water too (betty crocker) do you add that or no?
No. Don’t add the ingredients on the back of the box. Only what it calls for in the recipe.
What happened if they don’t crack?
Thanks for sharing these! They’re great! How long will they keep if I keep them on the counter in a closed container?