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Valentine Cake Mix Cookies - 3 Different Ways

Valentine Cake Mix Cookies 3 different ways: chocolate with M&Ms, vanilla frosted with sprinkles, and red velvet with chocolates.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Chill Time 30 minutes
Total Time 46 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies

Equipment

  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • Spatula
  • Cookie scoop
  • Baking tray
  • Parchment paper
  • Wire rack

Ingredients
  

Red Velvet Cookies

  • 1 box red velvet cake mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 24 Dove Heart Chocolates

Chocolate M&M Cookies

  • 1 box chocolate cake mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • ¾ cup Valentine's Day M&Ms

Vanilla Frosted With Sprinkles

  • 1 box french vanilla cake mix
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 container vanilla frosting
  • 7 drops Pink food coloring gel
  • 6-7 drops Valentine's Day sprinkles

Instructions
 

Make The Red Velvet Cookies

  • First, combine cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl.
    Then, chill dough in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    Next, using a cookie scoop, drop 12 one-inch round balls onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
    Chill the dough (again) in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    While the dough is chilling, unwrap 12 chocolate hearts.
    Preheat the oven to 350.
    Bake for 11 minutes.
    Remove the cookies from the oven and immediately place a chocolate heart on each cookie.
    Lastly, transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.

Make The Chocolate M&M Cookies

  • First, combine cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl.
    Then, fold in ½ cup of the M&Ms.
    Next, chill dough in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    Then using a cookie scoop, drop 12 one-inch round balls onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
    Optionally, press 1 or 2 more M&M's on the outside of the dough.
    Chill the dough (again) in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    Preheat the oven to 350.
    Bake for 11 minutes.
    Lastly, remove the cookies from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely. 

Make The Vanilla Sprinkle Cookies

  • First, combine cake mix, eggs, and oil in a large bowl.
    Next, chill dough in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    Then using a cookie scoop, drop 12 one-inch round balls onto a baking tray lined with parchment paper.
    Chill the dough (again) in the freezer for 15 minutes.
    While the dough is chilling, prepare the pink frosting.
    Preheat the oven to 350.
    Bake for 11 minutes.
    Remove the cookies from the oven and let them rest for 2 minutes before transferring them to a rack to cool completely. 
    Lastly, frost the cookies with pink icing and Valentines sprinkles.

Notes

Servings, cost, and time are estimated for making one type of cookie only.
Keyword Cake Mix, Cookie, Cookies