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Christmas is just a few short weeks away and if your house is anything like mine, life is CHAOS right now! Between the Christmas shopping, cookie swaps and decorating, I could use the help of a few elves right about now…Fortunately, I have this super easy and fun Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe to make life a little bit easier when it comes to gift-giving. Every kid likes leaving cookies and milk for Santa Claus, but it’s a well known fact that friends and family are pretty fond of cookies too!
Once my family got so big that buying gifts for all of the adults got a little out of hand, we all decided that we’d concentrate on the kids and just bake treats for the adults. You see, I’m not the only baker in the family – we all love making sweet treats this time of year. It’s always exciting opening the goody bags to see what my mom, sisters or auntie came up with.
Whether you spend and afternoon baking this Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe for friends or family, or bake them on Christmas Eve for Santa, they’re bound to be a hit!
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 box of white cake mix
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips + extra to press on top of the cookies prior to baking
- 1/4 cup red white and green holiday sprinkles
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Combine the cake mix, egg whites, flour and oil, mixing well. Add in the 3/4 cup of chocolate chips.
Roll the cookie dough into 1-2″ size balls and place 2-3″ a part on your baking sheets.
Gently press down on the cookie dough balls and place a few extra chocolate chips and sprinkles on top.
Place in the oven and bake 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake.
Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Santa Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box of white cake mix any brand
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 tbs. flour
- 1/2 C. oil
- 3/4 C. chocolate chips + extra to press on top of the cookies prior to baking
- 1/4 C. red white and green holiday sprinkles
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
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Combine the cake mix, egg whites, flour and oil, mixing well. Add in the 3/4 cup of chocolate chips.
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Roll the cookie dough into 1-2" size balls and place 2-3" a part on your baking sheets.
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Gently press down on the cookie dough balls and place a few extra chocolate chips and sprinkles on top.
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Place in the oven and bake 8-10 minutes. Do not over bake.
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*Makes approximately 2 dozen cookies
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Easy Homemade Christmas Snowball Cookies Recipe
Hot Cocoa Cookies Recipe for Santa Claus
Mocha Chocolate Crinkle Cookies Recipe
Oatmeal Gingerbread Cookies Recipe
Peppermint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Mint Truffle Kisses Surprise Cookies Recipe
Santa’s Lumps of Coal Cookies Recipe
Christmas Nilla Jamwiches Cookies Recipe
hi been wanting to make Christmas cookie here for years but every time I find a recipe its always in cups or American sizes and also has things like white cake mix in a box !! and c. oil and stuff , im british and don’t have a clue what all this is also 350 degrees. what the hek is that im thinking 180 on my cooker but don’t have a clue. the kids keep seeing Christmas films where they have all these cookies and want me to make them but have tried to do my own my way and there yuk loll. plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me ty
Hayley –
Here’s the mix: available on Amazon.com (or the British version) https://www.amazon.com/Pillsbury-Cake-Mix-Classic-White/dp/B000RYCIBS/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1479951040&sr=8-2&keywords=white+cake+mix
175 degrees C might be a little safer….1/4 c = 60 ml: (Check this out: https://www.etsy.com/listing/178768488/kitchen-measurement-conversion-decal?ref=listing-shop-header-3 )
good luck!!
Hello, I know the American conversion can be confusing. Im a Canadian so I have experiance lol.
C refers to a cup so ie 1/2C = 1/2 cup
350 is in F so its 175 Celsius
White cake mix is just a box of ready to make cake mix found in the baking isle of a grocery store. Hope this helps
Go to sweet2eatbaking.com and click on the conversion guide tab, there is a chart on that website that may help you.
Have you tried making these like bars instead of individual cookies?
Can I make the dough ahead of time like 2 days before baking? If so, should I freeze it or put it in the fridge?
Yes! Just keep it in the fridge – I don’t have personal experience with freezing it, but you can keep most dough in the fridge for a day or two before baking. Just let it thaw to room temperature before baking!
I made these and they turned out so delicious. The only thing I did different was use red and green mini M&Ms instead of the chocolate chips and holiday sprinkles. Thank you for a great and simple recipe. 🙂
Wow! They look just to good to be eaten!!
I can’t see what the difference would be really. The dough is a base what you add to it is up to you 😉
Do these freeze well?
I personally didn’t try freezing them, but I’ve frozen cookies with a similar recipe and they were fine once they defrosted!
Can white chocolate chips be used instead of chocolate?
Thank you!
Can i use a different flavor cake like chocolate?
You can make Cake Mix Cookies with any box mix. I like Spice Cake mix with Heath Toffee Chips thrown in. Also I do Lemon Cake Mix with Lemon Icing (lemon juice and powdered sugar). You can be creative with Yellow Cake Mix or Chocolate Mixes. Just DO NOT overbake.
These didn’t work out for me. But I think I might have followed the directions on the cake mix box instead of this recipe. The cake mix called for water to be added and so my batter was very runny. Why 1 TBS of flour? That’s so odd.
Anyways I thickened the mix with about a cup or two of flour but now the cookies taste like biscuits.
Oh no! I am sorry to hear that – yes, you can’t follow the directions on the cake mix box, use these instructions instead! We just use the box mix as a base for our recipe.
Made these cookies and they are amazing!! How long do they stay good after baking?
thank you! In my experience, up to a week (7 days). You can also freeze them and then defrost later!
What brand cake mix did you use?
I use whatever is on sale at my local grocery store – usually Betty Crocker! It’s been a while since I did this recipe, so I can’t remember – but it was probably Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines.