Soft and chewy, strawberry cake mix cookies are easy to make with only 3 ingredients- cake mix, oil and eggs. A fun pink treat for Valentine’s Day or sweet occasions!
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3-Ingredient Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
If you’ve never made cake mix cookies before, you’re in for a treat! They’re soft, chewy, and come together fast with minimal ingredients making them perfect for last-minute baking.
This strawberry version can be dipped in white chocolate for an extra special touch, but you could also try a strawberry glaze like I do in my freeze dried strawberry cookies, or turn the dough into easy cake mix bars!
Ingredient Notes
Find the full printable recipe with specific measurements below.
- Strawberry cake mix: I used Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist, but Pillsbury, a Strawberry Funfetti Cake Mix or even Betty Crocker can be used.
- Oil: Vegetable oil is what I used, but melted butter can be used.
- Eggs: 2 large eggs at room temperature.
How to Make Cake Mix Strawberry Cookies
Stir the cake mix, oil, and eggs together until combined. The dough is sticky, so I like to refrigerate it for 15-20 minutes if I have the time. It makes it easier to work with once it’s chilled.
Scoop the dough onto a lined baking sheet, then bake at 350°F for 9 to 11 minutes until the cookies are set (but not brown).
Let them sit on the pan for a couple of minutes, then move them to a cooling rack. If dipping into white chocolate, wait until the strawberry cake cookies are completely cooled.
Tips and Variations
This strawberry cake mix cookie recipe have a great base to start with but you can have fun with these variations!
- The white chocolate and heart sprinkles are optional but make it look so festive for a Valentine’s Day dessert!
- I used white melting wafers for dipping, but white chocolate chips work great too. The chips also taste great folded into the dough.
- You could even use milk or dark chocolate instead of white.
- To make it sweeter, roll the dough balls into granulated sugar or powdered sugar before baking.
- A classic buttercream and sprinkles would taste great on top of these cake mix strawberry cookies as well.
Recipe FAQs
Cake mix cookie dough is sticky. If you find it too sticky, trying chilling the dough for at least 30 minutes.
Strawberry cake mix cookies are done when they lose their glossy sheen on the top and look more matte. Don’t over bake the cookies! They will continue to cook on the baking pan after removing from the oven.
To store, simply add to an airtight container or bag and keep at room temp for up to 1 week. You can even freeze the cookies if you’d like. Just let them cool completely, then place in a freezer bag and freeze for up to 2 months.
More strawberry dessert recipes include strawberry lasagna, easy strawberry brownies, or this famous strawberry cream pie.
More Strawberry Recipes
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce box strawberry cake mix
- ½ scant cup vegetable oil , or 7 TB melted butter
- 2 large eggs
- white chocolate melting wafers , optional
- Heart sprinkles , optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper and set aside. Combine the cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl. Stir together until combined. If you have the time, refrigerate the dough for 15-20 minutes (it will make it a little easier to work with, since it is sticky).
- Using a medium scoop or spoon, scoop the dough onto the prepared baking mat. Bake for 9-11 minutes, or until the cookies are set. You don’t want them to brown. Allow to cool on the pan for a couple minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack.
- If desired, melt 1/2 cup chocolate and then dip half the cookie into the chocolate. Lay cookies onto a wax paper and add sprinkles if desired.
Last step: Please leave a comment and rating after you make the recipe.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition provided is an estimate. It will vary based on specific ingredients used.
Chelsea
I’ve made this recipe a couple of times now and it is always amazing! Super quick and easy to make. I actually made cream cheese frosting, instead of the chocolate, and then thinly sliced and fanned fresh strawberries to top it
Sarah @IHeartNaptime
Yum! Sounds delicious!
Eliza
I definitely suggest rolling in granulated sugar, there’s a tiny crispness to the outside and they don’t stick. The batch I made with mini chocolate chips stuck a bit to the parchment paper.
These are super light!
Nikki
LOVE & SO EASY
Erika
Recipe was SO easy, and turned out amazing! My friends loved it. I dipped into dark chocolate.
Jess
Turned out great! I even added a bit more oil and even some water because the dough was too dry and crumbly to work with. I was worried I would get flat cookies, but they actually turned out perfect both looks and flavor-wise! I just drizzled the chocloate over them and they are also very pretty. I also only baked them for 8 minutes.
I Heart Naptime Community
I’m so glad you loved the cookies Jess!
Shannon
This recipe is so easy to make. I baked them for ten minutes and they came out perfect. I will have to try this with other flavors of cake!!
I Heart Naptime Community
I’m so happy you enjoyed the strawberry cookies Shannon!
Tam
Took longer than 10 minutes to bake but came out yummy :)
I Heart Naptime
Sometimes bake times vary depending on your oven as well as altitude. So glad that you loved these cookies!
Margaret
This is the easiest cookie recipe I’ve ever made. I’ve used other flavors of cake mix also, and everyone loves them. I won’t do it any other way now.
BB
Mine came out super flat :( I used Betty crocker’s cake mix for it, followed the measurements, and it was so thin that some would break when dipping it. I tried adding more dough per cookie but it just made a large flat cookie. The taste was okay, though :)
Jamielyn Nye
Sorry they didn’t work as well for you. Maybe too much oil was added? Depending on where you live you may need to refrigerate them as well.