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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.
Nicole says
Unsalted or salted butter?
Karly says
@Nicole,
I use salted, but either is fine.
Hawa wague says
I am so excited to make this recipe the cookies look so moist and decadent . The recipe says to add in the cake mix , does that mean to add it straight out the bag or make it into a batter and then add ?
Ayesha says
I made these for a superbowl party last night and they were a hit. I have to admit the first bite wasn’t all that great but the second made me not want to stop eating it!! I will definitely pass this one on.
Karly says
@Ayesha,
Glad you liked them!
Emma says
Red velvet cookies are so TASTY. I think the butter cookies were yummy, but it
was a year ago so I don’t remember.
Lindsay says
Really wasn’t impressed with this recipe. It seemed they were having an identity crisis, cookie or cake? They were dry and spongey. The batter was rather difficult to work with too.
juliet says
Just made these and mine are spongey like a cake? Not like a cookie in the slightest? What did I do wrong?
Karly says
Hi @juliet,
Sorry you had troubles with this one. It’s hard to say what went wrong. Did you follow the recipe exactly? These should be somewhat dense and slightly gooey, so I’m not sure why they would be spongy.
Beth says
DELICIOUS!!! I made a cookie tray for work with about 5 or 6 different cookies on them and this was everyone’s FAVORITE! SO EASY and scrumptious! Thank you for the recipe! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 5/5 smiley faces!
Amanda says
Thank you for the recipe! Made these tonight and they came out great. They are to die for!
??? says
Is there any way I can make the red velvet mix from scratch?
??? says
Yes there are recipes for red velvet cakes
Rita says
Do you have a REd Velvet Cake recipe here?
Karly says
No, I’m afraid not. 🙂
Paige says
How many cookies does this recipe make?
Karly says
@Paige,
24.
Kim says
I made these tonight and I did not like them. 🙁 I was really hoping I would but they just aren’t sweet enough for me!
Karly says
@Kim,
Sorry to hear that!
melanie says
Maybe this is posted but i have missed it. Can you tell me how many this makes?
Karly says
@melanie,
This should make about 2 dozen. 🙂
Melissa Tag says
About how many cookies will this recipe make? Looking to make large quantities for a cookie exchange!
Kelsey says
These were very good!! I added red sugar sprinkles on top when they first came out of the oven – added some extra sweetness AND made them look pretty. Very good recipe 🙂
Karly says
Thank you!
Jannet says
I made these cookies last night for my roommates and they loved them!! The cream cheese adds such a nice flavor to it. Can’t wait to try the chocolate chip version!
Karly says
Glad you enjoyed them! 🙂