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These red velvet cookies start with a cake mix, making them super quick and easy to prepare! The soft dough makes for a delicious cookie!
My husband, the cookie connoisseur, has been requesting things like plain old chocolate chip cookies and peanut butter oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Now, it’s not that I have a problem with those cookies – they’re classics for a reason! It’s just…I like to experiment and have fun in the cookie department!
You know gooey butter cake? It’s a midwestern thing, so if you’ve never heard of it, that’s likely why.
It’s a cake that’s so full of sugary sweet gooey goodness and I knew it would work well in cookie form.
I was so right! These red velvet cake mix cookies are exactly the ooey gooey butter cookies I was dreaming of!
I’ve also made gooey butter chocolate chip cookies and those are just as insanely good! You can’t go wrong when you start with a cake mix.
How to make red velvet cookies with cake mix:
Grab your favorite brand of red velvet cake mix, some butter, cream cheese, an egg, and vanilla. We add white chocolate chips to make these extra yummy and pretty.
That’s all you’ll need for these cake mix cookies!
Mix everything but the chocolate chips together using a stand or hand mixer until the batter is smooth and creamy.
Stir in the chocolate chips by hand.
Grab a cookie scoop and drop these onto a parchment lined baking sheet.
We like to sprinkle a few extra chocolate chips on top of the balls of dough. It makes for extra pretty cookies!
Pop them in the oven and that’s it! So quick and easy!
More red velvet recipes to try:
Red Velvet Donuts: Who wouldn’t want to start their day with red velvet?
Red Velvet Muffins: With a crumb topping, naturally!
Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet cake mix
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat together the cream cheese and butter until well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Add the cake mix and beat until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Roll tablespoonfuls of dough into balls and place on a parchment lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes or until the top is set, but the center is still gooey.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Information:
This post was originally published in 2013 and updated with new photos and a video in December 2018.
Lisa says
My daughter was allergic to chocolate as a child and even though she grew out of the allergy she doesn’t like the taste of chocolate????. Though she LOVES white chocolate and red velvet ????. So needless to say that this recipe is perfect ????. I can’ t wait to make it for her. Thanks for posting it.????
Kristen Garcia says
Found these on Pinterest and decided to make them on Valentine’s Day for my husband and I. They turned out great! We can’t stop eating them. Thank you for the recipe!
Megan says
These were lovely – thank you! Such a fun Valentine’s Day treat!
Chelsea says
Cream cheese, room temp or out of the fridge????
Getting ready to make them don’t wanna mess it up
Claire says
I don’t have cake mix, so can I make home made red velvet and then add what you have??
Karly says
Probably not. This recipe uses the dry mix, not an actual cake.
Tiffany says
Talk about a great cookie! I made these today for my co-workers and they were a big hit. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Marie says
Do you use 1/2 cup of solid or melted butter?
Karly says
Room temperature butter! 🙂
Karen says
My daughter made these red velvet cookies yesterday. We were going to bring them to a super bowl party. However, they are so ridiculously delicious that we kept them home! OMG! Seriously the best cookies I’ve had in a while. I’ve added this recipe to the family binder of “keepers”. Thank you!
Amanda says
These were awesome. I gave one to a friend who isn’t a fan of homemade cookies or red velvet in general, and she LOVED them. They’re almost all gone. Thanks for the recipe I will definitely be making these again!
Donna Howard says
Making them now Karly, And put some ‘hugs’ (the white ones) kisses on it. Did as you suggested and put in the fridge for a bit. They turned out AWESOME!!! Look so good. I took a picture and would send it to you but don’t know where to do that! But it’s a good look for v-tines!!! And the cookie is totally yummie and oh so easy to make. Thank you!
Karly says
Oh, good! Glad they turned out! You can share a photo on my facebook if you want to! http://www.facebook.com/bunsinmyoven
Donna Howard says
So yummy looking – going to make these this weekend. I have a ton of kisses I want to use up — just wondering if I could plant a kiss on the top of this and call it cute!!! What do you think??
Karly says
Absolutely! You might even chill the dough for a couple of hours before baking. That will help them not spread as much so you’ll have a nice little poof of a cookie to stick your kiss in. 🙂
Danielle says
Can I substitute something besides the cream cheese? Can you taste the cream cheese?
Karly says
Hi Danielle!
These a riff on the standard gooey butter cake which is full of cream cheese. You can definitely taste it in these.
There are lots of other cake mix cookie recipes out there if you don’t like cream cheese, but I don’t think substituting it in this would work out well. 🙂
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says
i just made today some red velvet treats, guess it’s that time of the year, but your cookies clearly put mine to shame. They look and sound gorgeous Karly!
kirsten@FarmFreshFeasts says
Ok, let me preface this by saying I’ve got a Zucchini Triple Chip Spice cake on my side board made with a box of spice cake mix (I love the Cake Mix Doctor®!) so I’m not trash talking the red velvet cake mix in any way shape form . . . but . . .
I wonder if I could make my own red velvet using shredded beets in the mixture? I’ve got a beet crust pizza coming out on Friday, and the crust color is so phenomenal it makes me wonder if I could do it in a cookie form as well.
Either way, the cookies look absolutely delicious and would make an excellent Valentine’s dessert (after some fresh mozzarella on beet crust pizza, perhaps?). Thanks!
Cassie | Bake Your Day says
I LOVE this variation on a gooey butter cookie. I really wish my baking supplies weren’t packed in boxes so I could make some!