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Fudgy Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies (Hocus Pocus Cookies!)

October 8, 2021 Kristy Richardson Leave a Comment

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These fast chocolate cake mix cookies are soft, fudgy, and gooey. You only need a few ingredients for the best quick and easy chocolate cookies!

Stack of chocolate cookies with orange candies. One cookie has a bite missing

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Why We Love Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

  • Quick And Easy– These are one of the recipes I use when I need a dessert fast, they are so quick and easy to make.
  • Simple Ingredients– You only need a few ingredients to make the best chocolate cookies.
  • Great For Holidays!– Whether you are making Halloween cake mix cookies, or Christmas cookies, these chocolate cookies work for every holiday! Just swap out the colors of the chocolate candies.
  • Perfect For Parties And Bakesales– Put these cookies on a tray or wrap them in fun bags and watch them disappear!
  • Great For Multiple Ages Of Kids In The Kitchen– Baking with kids can be a lot in the beginning, but these cookies are so easy that kids of varying ages and ability level can work together easily.

Love quick and easy desserts? Try these four ingredients chocolate brownie truffles, they are so fudgy and use a box brownie mix, or make gooey cookies from brownie mix that are rich and fudgy! These chocolate pretzel turtles are so good too, and only need three ingredients!

Ingredients For Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Ingredients in bowls from overhead labeled for chocolate cake mix cookies
  • 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Chocolate Fudge 15.25 ounces
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 cups chocolate candies Like M&M

How To Make Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and baking powder.
Dry ingredients being mixed in a bowl with a whisk for cookie dough with orange candies in a bowl in the corner.
  • Crack the eggs into a small bowl and lightly beat with a fork to break the yolks.
  • Add beaten eggs, oil, milk and vanilla to the bowl with the cake mix. Mix well until their is no more dry ingredients. The cookie dough will be sticky, almost like brownie batter.
Egg and other wet ingredients being mixed into chocolate and flour in a bowl from overhead
  • Fold in a cup of the chocolate candies into the cookie dough and mix until combined.
Orange candies being mixed into a cookie dough in a bowl from overhead
  • Scoop out balls of dough using a small cookie scoop, about the size of a ping pong ball.
A cookie scoop full of dough from overhead about to put the first cookie onto a pan.
  • Leave two to three inches between each cookie dough ball as these cookies will spread quite a bit as they bake. This works easiest with a 1 1/2 tablespoon cookie scoop or spoon.
Cookie dough spaced evenly on a pan with more orange candies and chocolate cookie dough in bowls in the top.
  • Press a few extra M&Ms into each cookie dough to decorate for a prettier final cookie. I like to use multiple in each cookie.
Chocolate cookies with orange candies baked on a pan with a wire rack and more orange candies in a bowl next to the pan
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Cookies will still be soft in the middle but cooked on the edges. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy!

Tip: If your candies don’t look quite like you’d like them on top of the cookie, you can press a few extra candies into the top of the cookie while the cookie is still hot. Do this right after baking and your cookies will look like a bakery style cookie every time!

Variations and FAQ

Here are a few quick and easy variations you can do with these cookies!

  • Change The Candy Colors For Holidays– Swap in different colors for different holidays. These cookies are especially fun for Halloween with orange candies or red and green for Christmas!
  • Try Peanut Butter Candies– Peanut butter candies (like Reese’s Pieces!) are excellent in these cookies and go so well with the cookies.
  • Add Sprinkles- A couple of brightly colored sprinkles can really pop on these dark-colored cookies, or make Funfetti cake mix cookies that start with a box of sprinkle cake mix.

How Do I Store These Chocolate Cookies?

These gooey cookies can be stored in an airtight container on the counter for 3-5 days. They never seem to last that long at our house!

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S’mores Cookies- Fudgy triple chocolate cookie base packed with delicious s’mores flavors, delicious!

Pancake Mix Muffins– Love quick and easy baked goods? This recipe shows you how to make three flavors of muffins all in one pan- from pancake mix!

Loaded Reese’s Pieces Cookies– Reese’s fans will flip for this gooey cookie!

stack of chocolate cookies with orange candies, one cookie has a bite missing

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

Kristy Richardson
These fast chocolate cake mix cookies are soft, fudgy and gooey. You only need a few ingredients for the best easy chocolate cookies!
5 from 2 votes
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PREP TIME 10 mins
COOK TIME 8 mins
Resting Time 2 mins
Total Time 21 mins
Course Baking, Dessert, Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 24 Cookies
Calories 194 kcal
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 box chocolate fudge cake mix I used Betty Crocker Super Moist Chocolate Fudge 15.25 ounces
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1/3 cup oil
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 1/2 cups chocolate candies Like M&Ms, divided
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Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil.
  • In a large mixing bowl combine the cake mix and baking powder.
  • Crack the eggs into a small bowl and lightly beat with a fork to break the yolks.
  • Add beaten eggs, oil, milk and vanilla to the bowl with the cake mix. Mix well until their is no more dry ingredients and the dough forms. Dough will be sticky like brownie batter.
  • Fold in a cup of chocolate candies into the cookie dough and mix until combined.
  • Scoop out balls of dough using a small cookie scoop, about the size of a ping pong ball or 1 1/2 tablespoons per cookie. Leave two to three inches between each cookie dough ball as these cookies will spread as they bake.
  • Press a few extra M&Ms into each cookie dough to decorate for a prettier final cookie. I like to use multiple candies in each cookie.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes, being careful not to overbake. Cookies will still be soft in the middle but cooked on the edges. Allow cookies to cool on the cookie sheet for 2 minutes then transfer to a wire rack. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 194kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 25mg | Sodium: 171mg | Potassium: 67mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 72IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg
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