This Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe is easy to make and a spin on traditional carrot cake for when you want a bite sized, portion controlled dessert!
Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe for Easter
I LOVE Easter and all of the fun and quirky little Easter desserts that we get to relish in during this time of year!
This Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe is really fun and incredibly easy to make, making it perfect not only for your family’s Easter dinner celebration, but for making to put in your children’s Easter baskets and sharing with friends!
When we made this amazing Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies Recipe a while back, I knew that I needed more carrot cake recipes on the blog!
I absolutely love carrot cake and I can't believe that I haven't loaded up the blog with lots of carrot-centric recipes yet! Better late than never, am I right?
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I have plenty of fun Easter dessert recipes on the blog, like our Carrot Cake Whoopie Pies Recipe!
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How to make this Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe for Easter
Ingredients needed to make this Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe:
- 1 box, 15.25 oz, carrot cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 package, 12 oz, white chocolate chips
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
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Directions to make this Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe:
Preheat oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
Add cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs to a bowl and mix well.
Dough will be a little stiff, but continue to mix until combined well.
Use a 2 tablespoon portion scoop to scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet.
Bake for 12-14 minutes or until bottoms begin to brow. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before cooling completely on a cooling rack.
When cookies are cooled completely, dip into white chocolate.
Line a cooled baking sheet or hard surface with parchment paper and set aside.
Place half a bag of white chocolate chips into a microwave safe container and heat at 50% powder for 30 seconds. Repeat, stirring after each time in the microwave until completely melted, about 1 minute, 30 seconds total.
Dip half of the cookie into the white chocolate and wipe the bottom edge on the side of the bowl.
Place onto prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with walnuts.
Repeat until all cookies are dipped.
This Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe for Easter Dessert makes 20 cookies, and is very easy to double if you are preparing these cookies to give as gifts or to take to a potluck Easter dinner.
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Carrot Cake Cookies Recipe for Easter
Ingredients
- 1 15.25 oz carrot cake mix
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 12 oz white chocolate chips package
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Add cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs to a bowl and mix well. Dough will be a little stiff, but continue to mix until combined well.
- Use a 2 tablespoon portion scoop to scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet. Bake for 12-14 minutes or until bottoms begin to brow. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 2 minutes before cooling completely on a cooling rack.
- When cookies are cooled completely, dip into white chocolate. Line a cooled baking sheet or hard surface with parchment paper and set aside.
- Place half a bag of white chocolate chips into a microwave safe container and heat at 50% powder for 30 seconds. Repeat, stirring after each time in the microwave until completely melted, about 1 minute, 30 seconds total.
- Dip half of the cookie into the white chocolate and wipe the bottom edge on the side of the bowl. Place onto prepared baking sheet and sprinkle with walnuts. Repeat until all cookies are dipped.
- Makes 20 cookies
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