Cookies & Cream Cake Mix Cookies

Looking for an easy, delicious dessert to bake this weekend?  Look no further.

Billy’s cousin is wonderful enough to let me stay with her and her adorable family when I come to visit, so I really wanted something to bring them when I came down this weekend. I was thinking a fruit salad would be nice, but of course my mind quickly veered off into the direction of cookies before long. 

I haven’t made traditional chocolate chip cookies in a while, so that was my first thought, but then I realized I didn’t have everything (or really, anything) that I needed for those.  So my next thought was well, what do I have?  And that’s when I realized it was cake mix cookies to the rescue!  These are great when you have limited ingredients on hand or you’re looking for something a little easier than the made-from-scratch varieties.  And the good news is that they’re still delicious!

I found a box of chocolate cake mix in the cabinet and verified that I had the eggs and oil I needed, and then started brainstorming what I could mix in.  I wanted to do white chocolate chips, but I didn’t have any on hand, so I walked across the street to the convenience store to see what I could find. 

And that’s when I stumbled upon these little gems.  Yum.  

(I’ve also made cake mix cookies using chocolate chips, sprinkles, peanut butter M&Ms, and chopped up Twix and Musketeers bars… the options are pretty much endless!)

Ingredients:

• 1 box chocolate cake mix
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup oil
• 3 Cookies and Cream candy bars (give or take a few pieces that get eating during the process)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350* F
2. In a medium sized bowl, stir cake mix, eggs, and oil until well blended
3. Chop up candy bars into small pieces. (It’s best to do this while they’re cold… otherwise they get awfully sticky.)
4. Add candy pieces to bowl, stirring until mixed completely
5. Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheet (They spread quite a bit, so make sure to leave space)
6. Bake for 10-12 minutes (Do not overbake!)
7. Let cool for 1-2 minutes before moving cookies to a wire rack to cool completely

Enjoy!!