Epic Gluten-free Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies made with just 4 ingredients and they taste just like devil’s food cake in cookie form! A delicious and healthier cookie recipe to make.
GUYS! These are the most insane cookies in the entire world!!! They are using chocolate cake mix and a couple other ingredients to make the best ever cake mix cookies.
You’d never even know that these are gluten-free and grain-free either. They are so soft and chewy and literally taste like you are eating devil’s food cake in a cookie form.
I love taking a box of cake mix and doing something creative with it. Don’t get me wrong – I flipping love cake. But I also love making something fun and a little unique with the boxed mix too.
For this recipe I picked up one of my favorite gluten-free baking mixes and mixed it with eggs, oil and extra almond flour. I let the dough chill for a bit (this is so key!) and then baked it. Without letting the dough chill they will fall flat, so don’t skip this step!
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What ingredients you need to make these epic cake mix cookies:
- Eggs – or sub flax eggs
- Liquid coconut oil
- Simple Mills Chocolate Cake Mix
- Almond flour – I haven’t tested another flour here
- Sprinkles!
How to bake these easy chocolate cake mix cookies:
- In large bowl, mix together eggs and coconut oil
- Mix in the mix, almond flour and baking powder until full combined
- Add dough to fridge for 10 minutes to chill a bit
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough into a small “balls” and roll into sprinkles (I added sprinkles to a shallow bowl) and add bake to baking sheet
- Once all the cookies are in ball form, add to fridge to chill for 30 minutes
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake in oven for 12-14 minutes
- Allow the cookies to cool for a few then enjoy!
A few of my other favorite healthier cookies to bake:
The BEST Gluten-free Cake Mix Cookies
Gluten-free Apple Pie Stuffed Snickerdoodle Cookies
Healthy Double Chocolate Chip Cookies (gluten-free)
The BEST Gluten-free Cookies + Cream Cookies
Epic Gluten-free Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
Epic Gluten-free Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies made with just 4 ingredients and they taste just like devil’s food cake in cookie form!
- Prep Time: 40 mins
- Cook Time: 12 mins
- Total Time: 50 mins
Yield: 10-12 cookies 1x
Ingredients
- 2 eggs (or sub flax eggs)
- 1/4 cup liquid coconut oil
- 1 box Simple Mills Chocolate Cake Mix
- 1/4 cup almond flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Sprinkles!
- Optional: chocolate chips to mix in
Instructions
- In large bowl, mix together eggs and coconut oil
- Mix in the mix, almond flour and baking powder until full combined
- Add dough to fridge for 10 minutes to chill a bit
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and scoop dough into a small “balls” and roll into sprinkles (I added sprinkles to a shallow bowl) and add bake to baking sheet
- Once all the cookies are in ball form, add to fridge to chill for 30 minutes (don’t skip this! the cookies will fall flat)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake in oven for 12-14 minutes
- Allow the cookies to cool for a few then enjoy!
Notes
*Store in airtight container for 3 days or fridge for 5 days. You can also freeze these!
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Tiffany
I’m making these tomorrow and adding some peppermint and crushed candy canes to finish 🌟
Rachel
LOVE!!
alex
★★★★★
i feel like a cheater making cookies with boxed mix but wow these are SO good!!
Rachel
theeeee best! xx
ELIZABETH DIVER
Has anyone made this dough and kept in the fridge a day or so before baking? Thanks!
Rachel
i wouldn’t because it may be too hard with the coconut oil!! 🙂
Andy R.
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Loved this! So simple and easy and healthy! I made it first with the chocolate simple mills, but I’ve also done it with the vanilla simple mills cake mix and WOW!!!!! 😱😱😱 fam goes nuts for this… thank you Rachel for always sharing yummy healthy alternatives!
Sarah Guertin
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one of my go to staples when baking!
Rachel
YAY! thank you!!! me too!
Lindsey Renee Grant
Has anyone subbed unsweetened applesauce for coconut oil?
Stef
I have every time and even for the eggs and have never had an issue!
Rachel
🙂
Liz
Any idea how I can make these tree nut free?? I love the idea but need no nuts.
Rachel
a tree nut free mix!
Allie
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Love these! Made them with the pumpkin and chocolate muffin mixes. This time, I used flax eggs and mashed up a smallish cooked beet I had to sub for coconut oil – worked perfectly! Can’t wait to try with the other flavors of Simple Mills mixes too! Thanks!!
Rachel
yayayy thank you!!
Lauren
Do you think you could use this same recipe to roll into powdered sugar for crinkle cookies instead of sprinkles?
Rachel
yes i don’t see why not! they may not crinkle as well but would be delish
Julia
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I have made these over and over again in vanilla and chocolate, but when Whole Foods subbed the Simple Mills banana bread mix I decided, why not? They are SO good, maybe even my new fave! Excited to try this with their other cake/muffin mixes too! Thanks for another great recipe, Rachel.