These easy Strawberry Cookies are made with a box of cake mix and some white chocolate chips. It’s a quick and easy way to make soft, fluffy cookies for any occasion. The bright pink color makes them perfect for holidays like Valentine’s Day or Easter cookies! Everyone always asks for the recipe when I bring out these strawberry cake mix cookies, but the real secret is how simple it is!
What’s in Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies?
You can turn a box of cake mix into the most delicious strawberry cookies with just a few ingredients, most of which will already be in your pantry.
- Strawberry Cake Mix: Use any brand of cake mix you like.
- White Chocolate Chips: White chocolate complements the strawberry flavor perfectly.
- Baking Powder: Be sure to use fresh baking powder for best results. This helps to create a fluffier texture.
- Eggs: Eggs bind ingredients to build structure in any baked good. Without them, your cookies would end up dry, dense, or crumbly.
- Vegetable Oil: Oil adds moisture to the cake mix.
- Vanilla Extract: This adds just a bit more flavor.
Pro Tip: For chocolate strawberry cake mix cookies, swap the white chocolate chips for milk, semisweet, or dark chocolate chips!
Variations on Strawberry Cake Cookies
You can make cake mix cookies with any flavor you like by following the same basic instructions. If you don’t want strawberry cookies, try chocolate cake mix cookies, vanilla, red velvet, or yellow cake mix instead. You can make these confetti cake mix cookies with funfetti mix, chocolate chip cake mix cookies, and other specialty flavors too.
Cake mix and cookie mix generally contain the same ingredients, but in different proportions. The real difference here, though, is in the ingredients we add. For example, if you were making a cake, you’d need more liquid in the recipe, but since we’re making cookies, we want a doughy consistency instead of a runny batter. So no water or milk needed.
Preheat the oven to 350°F to bake these cookies.
You only need about 9-10 minutes to fully bake these. they might look slightly underdone when you take them out of the oven, but that’s a good sign. It’s important not to overtake them, which happens quickly.
These pink cookies can be topped with pink and white sprinkles, powdered sugar, or heart sprinkles. You can skip the chocolate chips if you prefer, but they add extra flavor. You could also use a cream cheese frosting or buttercream to finish them, and they’d taste just like a cupcake.
How to Store Strawberry Cookies from Cake Mix
Let the cookies cool completely before storing. Place them in an airtight container or resealable bag, and keep at room temperature up to 3 days. If you want to keep them a little longer, you can move them to the refrigerator for a couple more days, and let them come to room temp before eating.
How to Freeze Strawberry Cookies with Cake Mix
To freeze these strawberry cookies, place them in flat layers in a freezer-safe resealable bag, and place sheets of parchment paper between layers to prevent sticking. Once they’re frozen, you can rearrange them as needed. Freeze up to 1 month, then thaw in the fridge before serving.
What to Serve with Strawberry Cookies from a Cake Mix
Serve these easy cake mix cookies as part of a Valentine’s Day dessert display, including chocolate truffles, strawberry fudge, chocolate popcorn, and brownie cookies. They’re also delicious as cookie sandwiches filled with vanilla frosting, chocolate buttercream, or red velvet ice cream.
Some of my favorite drink pairings include oat milk, chocolate coffee, or a Starbucks pink drink. For a boozy pairing, opt for a frozen mudslide, raspberry sorbet champagne float, or love potion martini. Cheers!
Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces Strawberry Cake Mix 432 grams (1 box), such as Betty Crocker
- 1 teaspoon baking powder 4 grams
- 2 large eggs 100 grams
- ⅓ cup vegetable oil 67 grams
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract 2 grams
- 1 cup white chocolate chips 170 grams
Recommended Equipment
- Kitchen Scale (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine the cake mix and baking powder. combined.15.25 ounces Strawberry Cake Mix, 1 teaspoon baking powder
- In a separate smaller bowl, whisk the eggs, oil, and vanilla together by hand. Whisk until well. Pour the egg mixture into the bowl with cake mix and stir with a spoon until a dough forms. Be sure to fully combine. Mix in the white chocolate chips.2 large eggs, ⅓ cup vegetable oil, ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract, 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Using a small portion scoop, drop rounded balls of the dough onto your baking sheet. These cookies flatten out quite a bit, so make sure the balls are taller than they are wide, and give them quite a bit of space between each cookie.
- Bake for 9-10 minutes. Do not let them brown in the oven. They will appear slightly undercooked, but that is a good thing. They will firm up and flatten as they cool. When you take them out, you can add a couple more white chocolate chips to the top to make them look pretty (this is a little food blogger trick!)
- Allow to cool for at least 10 minutes.
Last step! Don’t forget to show me a pic of what you made! Upload an image or tag me @thecookierookie on Instagram!
Becky’s tips
- Wondering if you can still use that box of cake mix that’s been sitting in your pantry a little too long? Most likely, the only issue will be the leavening agent (aka baking powder or soda). But since we’re already adding more into our recipe, the problem should be solved! It will freshen things up for cakey cookies that get nice and fluffy.
- Don’t overbake the cookies. I made this mistake a few times! I like these a little bit gooey on the inside and slightly browned on the outside. When you see the pink begin to brown, get them out of the oven stat!
- Add more white chocolate chips after you bake. That’s right, this is the oldest blogger food pic trick in the book! Once you take the cookies out of the oven and place them on a cooling rack, add more fresh white chocolate chips to the top. It will make your Pink Cookies look loaded with chocolate chips and you’ll look like an experienced baker. High fives!
- If you want to make variations of this recipe, you can use any type of cake mix! The sky is the limit.
Nutrition Information
For everyone saying it’s too sweet, I make a strawberry cookie with lemon icing. It is literally the best cookie ever! This is the cookie I get the most requests to make from family and friends, and they love it! I make the cookie recipe as is without the white choc chips. After, I use lemon juice (squeeze lemons) and powdered sugar to make icing and pour them over.
That sounds so delicious, Delecia! Thanks so much for sharing!
sorry i meant “our family homeschools too and we love this recipe we bake it every halloween….happy halloween!
our family homeschools too and we love this recipe we bake it every halloween….spooky
how many do these make???
Hi Tiana, this recipe makes 24 cookies!
These cookies were a blast to make Fun and Easy recipe
Those look amazing, Rosey! Thanks so much for sharing!
These were EASY and GOOD! My granddaughter is going to LOVE them!
How long can dough (not cookies) be stored in refrigerator/freezer?
You can store the dough in the refrigerator for up to 3 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months!
very nice
They are delicious, I even added some chocolate chips!
Those look wonderful, Tara! Thanks so much for sharing!!
Not a fan. They taste like artificial strawberry! Don’t waste your time and your money.
Hi Chari, strawberry cake mix does contain artificial strawberry flavoring. If you’re not a fan of boxed strawberry cake, you probably won’t enjoy these cookies. If you’re looking for a more natural-tasting cookie, try these strawberry cinnamon roll cookies (click here).