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! A delicious and healthier cookie recipe to make that is foolproof. 

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 if you don’t have eggs or don’t eat them
• Oil of choice – you can use avocado oil, coconut oil, anything! Even melted butter
• Cake mix
• Almond flour – I haven’t tested another flour here but you can likely use gluten-free flour too
• Sprinkles of choice – you can also use holiday ones if you prefer

How to bake these easy chocolate cake mix cookies:

1. In large bowl, mix together eggs and oil
2. Mix in the mix, almond flour and baking powder until full combined
3. Add dough to fridge for 10 minutes to chill a bit
4. 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
5. 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)
6. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake in oven for 12-14 minutes
7. Allow the cookies to cool for a few then enjoy!

FAQs and tips on making these cake mix cookies:

1. You can really use any cake mix you want – vanilla, chocolate, pumpkin, anything! I love chocolate cake mix the most but use your favorite.
2. How long do these cake mix cookies stay good? In an airtight container for 5 days, fridge for 7 days or freezer for 2 months. These freeze really well!
3. Use any sprinkles you have on hand – you can use rainbow sprinkles, holiday, sprinkles, anything. Or use crushed up chocolate chips or another topping if you don’t love sprinkles.
4. Don’t skip chilling the dough! This is key so the cookie dough isn’t too soft. They will flatten completely in the oven when they bake then too.
5. Use a cookie scooper to achieve perfectly sized cookies – this helps make sure the cookies are equally shaped.
6. My cookies are flat, what happened? The dough wasn’t chilled long enough.

A few of my other favorite cookies to bake:

Gluten-free Carmelita Bars

My Famous Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies (gluten-free)

The BEST Peanut Butter Cookies (gluten-free)

The Best Sprinkle Sugar Cookies (gluten-free)

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