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These Red Velvet Cake Cookies start with a boxed cake mix, making them super quick and easy to prepare! The soft dough makes for a delicious cookie. Perfect for Valentine’s Day but delicious any time of year.
We love to bake cookies, especially when they start with a cake mix!
Red Velvet Cake Cookies with White Chocolate Chips!
I’m a sucker for a cake mix…in fact, way back in the day, I started the process of writing a cookbook based on cake mix recipes. Never finished, but I still love the cake mix scene!
These red velvet cake mix cookies start with a box of red velvet cake mix, but unlike traditional cake mix cookies we go the gooey butter cake route.
Have you had gooey butter cake before? It’s a St. Louis creation (not too far from me), and I love it! Cake topped with this gooey, buttery cream cheese concoction.
That was our inspo for these cookies!
More Cookie Favorites:
♥ What We Love About This Recipe:
- Quick & Easy: These cookies take only 15 minutes to prep and bake and are ready to enjoy after they’ve cooled a bit. This is such an easy recipe thanks to the boxed red velvet cake mix!
- Holidays: These cookies make festive holiday treats! They can double as either Christmas cookies or Valentine’s Day cookies. And you can always add extra decoration if you want to change them up.
Ingredient Notes:
Red Velvet Cake Mix – You can use any brand of boxed cake mix that you prefer to make these cake cookies. They usually come in sizes of either 13.25 ounces or 15.25 ounces. Either one is okay to use!
Cream Cheese – Start with softened cream cheese for easy mixing!
White Chocolate Chips – The contrasting color of the white chocolate chip with the red really make these red velvet cake cookies stand out! Dark chocolate chips will also be delicious and give you a different look and taste.
Butter – Start with room temp butter for the best results.
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.
My Favorite Vanilla!
A good quality vanilla really does make a difference and this is my favorite brand.
Step by Step:
Beat together the cream cheese, butter, egg, and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
Beat in the cake mix and white chocolate chips to form a cookie dough.
Use a cookie scoop to drop balls of dough on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes.
After baking, press additional white chocolate chips into the top of the cookie if you like that look.
My Favorite Cookie Scoop!
We use cookie scoops for everything from baking cookies to scooping meatballs to easily filling muffin tins.
Helpful Tip!
Freezing & Storage Instructions:
You can keep these red velvet cake cookies stored at room temperature in an airtight container for about 5 days.
These cookies can also be frozen! Let them cool completely then flash freeze them on a baking sheet for an hour in the freezer before transferring to a freezer safe bag or container for up to a few months.
MORE EASY CAKE COOKIE RECIPES!
Red Velvet Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Red Velvet cake mix 13-15 ounces
- 8 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- 1/2 cup butter room temperature
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1/2 cups 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.
- Use a medium cookie scoop (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) to scoop balls of dough 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.
- After baking immediately press additional white chocolate chips on top of the cookies, if desired. Cool on a wire rack.
Tips & Notes:
Nutrition Information:
This post was originally published in 2013 and updated with new photos and a video in December 2018.
Dee says
These look so yummy, I’m going to make them for my fundraising this year. Can you tell me how cookies can be made with this recipe?
Tracey says
Can I use 1/3 less fat cream cheese in these cookies?
Tiff says
These were okay… just tasted too much like cream cheese. But easy to make nonetheless.
Hakim's says
Loved them
Hakim's says
Love them
Etiyqa says
Can you tell me the actual weight for 1 box cake mix? At my place they there are in 500gm and. 1 kg.
Karly says
The cake mix I use is 18.25 ounces. It’s enough for a 2 layer cake.
Sarah says
These cookies have become everyone’s favorite in my family! If you cook them in the summertime I would definitely suggest chilling the dough for a bit. The humidity of the South was not kind to my first batch, but the refrigerator solved my problems. 🙂 Thanks for a fantastic recipe!
Karly says
So glad to hear that!
Rachel says
Can someone tell me how many calories is this? How many calories is in each cookie?
Tiffany says
How many does the recipe make?
Lara ZP says
Hi, I have a similar question to the one above. Will they be alright stored in an airtight container? I’d like to send them to Afghanistan, but only if they’ll withstand the trip. Thank you!
Karly says
Hi Lara!
These were stored at room temperature for about a week for me and were still great! I had another reader ship the chocolate chip version of these cookies (very similar recipe) and they shipped and held up great!
Enjoy!
lilith says
hello im interested in baking these for my friends, i would like to know how long will this cookies lasts in room temperature, kept in airtight container? should i fridge them to make them last longer? i thought of sending this gorgeous by mail. thank you so much ?
Karly says
Hi Lilith!
These were stored at room temperature for about a week for me and were still great! I had another reader ship the chocolate chip version of these cookies (very similar recipe) and they shipped and held up great!
Enjoy!
Mandy says
So delish! I am just making my foray into the world of baking. These were simple to make and tasted delish! So moist and gooey! Thanks for sharing this recipe. Definitely a keeper! I will be following your blogposts as I continue to hone my baking skills (and make my boyfriend a happy camper)!
Perri says
Should cream cheese be at room temp, too?
Karly says
I don’t bring it to room temperature, but I use a stand mixer when making these. If you’re not, you might want to bring it down to room temp. 🙂
Phyllis Bowden says
How many cookies does this make? They look delish! 🙂
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.????