These Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies start off with your favorite boxed cake mix! Soft, cake-like cookies that are a delicious, easy dessert for all occasions and holidays!
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Why You’ll Love Our Easy Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
These Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies are one of our kids favorite cookie recipes to make. Starting out with a boxed cake mix and just a few ingredients, they love making these on their own.
- Easy To Make: Since this recipe starts with a store bought cake mix, the dough only takes a couple of minutes to make.
- Customizable: Customize these crinkle cookies for any holiday or party. Just swap out the red velvet cake mix with vanilla, chocolate or any flavor you like.
- Make Ahead Dessert: Easily make these cookies ahead of time and have them ready to serve after dinner.
Ingredients You’ll Need
A photo of the primary ingredients you’ll need, minus the basics like salt and pepper. For a complete list of ingredients with amounts needed, head to the recipe card below.
- Boxed Red Velvet Cake Mix: Your favorite brand will work! This cookie recipe starts off with a store bought cake mix, they couldn’t be easier to make.
- Melted Butter: A little more butter than what the cake mix recommends, so be sure to follow our recipe.
- Eggs: Again, usually the boxed cake mix only uses one egg, but follow this recipe for best results.
- Heavy cream: You can also use milk but using cream will result in a fluffier cookie.
- Powdered sugar: Or confectioner’s sugar, this is what gives the cookies their “crackle” finish.
How To Make
Step by step photos here with brief instructions for a visual aid. For complete, detailed instructions, head to the recipe card at the end of the post.
- Make The Cookie Dough: Mix the cake mix, melted butter, eggs and cream together in a large bowl. Use a hand mixer to blend the ingredients together.
- Form The Cookies: Using a medium cookie scooper, portion out balls of the dough and drop them into the bowl with the powdered sugar. Roll the dough around until it’s completely covered in the sugar and then place on a lightly sprayed baking sheet.
- Bake: Bake the cookies at 375 degrees for 9-10 minutes and then remove them from the oven. Let them cool for 2 minutes on the baking sheet and then transfer to a baking rack to cool completely.
How Long Do Crinkle Cookies Stay Fresh For?
The powdered sugar coating will start to soak into the cookie and won’t look as crisp after a few days, so I don’t recommend making these cookies very far in advance. The day before is totally fine, but I wouldn’t make them much further out for best results.
Honestly, my kids were eating these cookies a week after we made them and they thought they were just as good. So as far as freshness and flavor go, you can really go 3 – 5 days, but for the best texture and appearance, don’t make them more than a day in advance.
How To Store
In your favorite cookie jar, air tight container or a resealable bag. These cookies won’t stick together so you can feel free to stack them in a container or cookie jar. Other cookies like these Pumpkin Thumbprint Cookies are best not stacked, but these will be just fine.
Variations
The easiest way to customize these crinkle cookies is to swap out the cake mix for different flavors and colors. Of course these red velvet crinkle cookies are perfect for Christmas, but they’re also wonderful for Valentine’s Day.
Use a chocolate cake mix for Halloween or a white cake mix with any color food coloring that you need to match any holiday or event. Use a confetti cake mix for birthday parties or any celebration!
Can You Freeze Crinkle Cookies?
Yes, these cookies freeze beautifully, like most cookie recipes. Freeze them in a single layer in a freezer bag or in a container separated by parchment or wax paper.
Freezing the cookies this way will help them to not stick together when they are frozen, so you can take a few out for snacking or grab the whole package!
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Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
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Pin RecipeThese Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies start off with your favorite boxed cake mix! Soft, cake-like cookies that are perfect for all occasions!
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25 ounce) box red velvet cake mix
- 6 tablespoons melted butter
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
- Use a hand held mixer to mix the cake mix, melted butter, eggs and cream together in a large bowl. Place the powdered sugar in another bowl.
- Using a medium cookie scooper, portion out balls of the dough and drop them into the bowl with the powdered sugar. Roll the dough around until completely covered in the sugar and then place on a lightly sprayed baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of the dough, placing the cookies about 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes and then remove them from the oven. Let them cool on the baking sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer to a baking rack to cool completely.
Recipe Notes
Store in container for up to 3 days, can freeze for 3 months
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
