This collection of 27 of the best chocolate cake mix cookie recipes brings you easy treats that taste homemade without all the work. Each recipe starts with a box of cake mix and turns into something super special with just a few extra ingredients.

Cake mix cookies are perfect when you need a quick dessert but still want something that tastes great. With these simple recipes, you’ll have delicious cookies ready in no time, using ingredients you probably already have.

Why We Love Using Chocolate Cake Mix

Chocolate cake mix makes baking so much easier. You don’t have to measure flour, cocoa, or baking powder—it’s all in the box!

The mix gives cookies a rich chocolate base that pairs well with almost any add-in from nuts to candy pieces. When time is short but you still want homemade cookies, starting with cake mix is the perfect solution.

Another great thing about using chocolate cake mix is how consistent the results are. The cookies turn out soft and chewy every time, with that perfect balance of sweetness.

Our favorite Chocolate Cake Mix Cookie Recipes

Here are the cookies we make again and again when we need something chocolatey fast. These recipes have been tested many times in my kitchen, and they always get rave reviews. From simple classics to more creative flavors, these cookies will become your go-to treats!

Easy Oreo Whoopie Pies

These Oreo Whoopie Pies start easily with a cake mix and are filled with a luscious homemade cookies and cream filling. They’re a super fun, bite-sized dessert that is perfect for any occasion!

Easy Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies

Have you ever tried Mexican Hot Chocolate before?  There are a lot of different versions but basically it is a spiced cocoa.  Cinnamon {and sometimes chili powder} are added to create a wonderful and warm flavor. These Easy Mexican Hot Chocolate Cookies have all of that and more!

Texas Sheet Cake Cookies

This Texas Sheet Cake Cookies recipe is THE most requested recipe on my site. These soft and moist cookies are made with cake mix and then covered in a decadent but simple cooked chocolate frosting.

Easy German Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

These easy German Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies have all of the flavors you love about traditional German chocolate cake in cookie form. 

Turtle Cookies

If you want the ultimate fudgy chocolate cookie, filled with silky caramel and rolled in crunchy pecans, you’ve found it! These Turtle Cookies are about to be your new favorites.

Chocolate Cookies & Cream Cookies

Oreo Cookies & Cream Cookies are a combination of your favorite cookies and cream sheet cake with a soft cake mix cookie. If you are an Oreo cookie lover {and let’s face it…who isn’t} you are going to fall in love with these sheet cake cookies!

Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies

These Easy Chocolate Pomegranate Cookies have a creamy truffle filling that makes them super irresistible. The juicy pomegranate seeds on top make them perfect for the holiday season!

M & M Chocolate Cookies

If there was ever a cookie to enjoy this is it!  Not only are they easy to make {hello cake mix!} but they are also so tasty.  I feel like anything with M&M’s in it is instantly a crowd pleaser.  These chocolate cake mix cookies with mini M&M’s are made even more amazing with cooked chocolate frosting.

Easy Fudgy Rocky Road Cookies

If you are a rocky road ice cream lover, these fudgy Rocky Road Cookies are for you! A moist and delicious chocolate cookie is topped with gooey marshmallows and a rich chocolate almond frosting for the ultimate rocky road experience in cookie form!

Snickers Cookie Cups

These Snickers Cookie Cups are filled with Snickers candy bar and topped with peanut butter chocolate frosting, caramel and salted peanuts for the perfect cookie bite.

Easy Chocolate Espresso Cookies

If you are a coffee fan, then this recipe is for you!  Chocolate Espresso Sheet Cookies are amazing chocolate cake mix cookies that are covered in the most perfect espresso glaze.

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookie Cups

These chocolate covered strawberry cookie cups are filled with homemade Strawberry Buttercream and topped with a delicious chocolate covered strawberry. Strawberries and chocolate never tasted so good.

Dirt Cup Cookie Bites

The combination of chocolate cookie, chocolate pudding, cookie crumbs and gummy worms in these Dirt Cup Cookie Bites is totally delicious and super fun.

Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies

Cream cheese and chocolate cake mix are combined to create totally delicious and soft Cream Cheese Chocolate Cookies that are perfect for any day of the year.

Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies with Peanut Butter

These 4 ingredient Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies with Peanut Butter could not be any easier! Who doesn’t love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter?

Double Chocolate Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies

There is nothing quite like an easy to make and delicious chocolate dessert. This easy Double Chocolate Cake Mix Crinkle Cookies recipe is just that. The best part is that it starts with a cake mix and ends with sweet powdered sugar.

Easy Crumbl Copycat Oreo Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies

These Easy Crumbl Copycat Oreo Raspberry Cheesecake Cookies are something special if I do say so myself!  An Oreo based cake mix cookie with cheesecake frosting and a raspberry jam drizzle make a spectacular cookie.

Easy Hot Cocoa Peppermint Cookies

These Easy Hot Cocoa Peppermint Cookies are soft, chocolatey, and have just the right amount of peppermint.  You need these cocoa cookies in your life!

Easy Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies

This classic flavor combination might just be the best yet.  Chocolate Peanut Butter Chip Cookies start with a cake mix.  The moist chocolate cookie is made better when covered with the most delicious and velvety peanut butter frosting you have ever sunk your teeth into.

Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies

These Chocolate Cheesecake Cookies have cream cheese frosting baked right inside!

Easy Mississippi Mud Cookies

These Mississippi Mud Cookies have all the flavors you love from a Mississippi mud cake in one super easy cake mix cookie. 

Chocolate Zucchini Sheet Cake Cookies

In these Chocolate Zucchini Sheet Cake Cookies, fresh zucchini is added to the most moist and delicious cake mix chocolate sheet cake cookie, complete with homemade chocolate frosting.

Hostess Cupcake Cookies

These Hostess Cupcake Cookies have everything you love about your favorite delicious snack, wrapped up in an easy cookie form!

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

These Peppermint Chocolate Cookies Cookies have a bit of peppermint extract with peppermint candy on top, and they’re sure to be one of your favorite Christmas Cookies.

Chocolate Sandwich Cookies with Cream Cheese Filling

What is better than one cookie? Two cookies sandwiched together with cream cheese frosting! These Chocolate Sandwich Cookies are like an Oreo, but way better. 

Chocolate Kiss Cookies

There are about a dozen things to love about these Chocolate Kiss Cookies.  First of all, the combination of chocolate with sugar cookie white creme Hershey’s kisses is fantastic.

These Chocolate Orange Cake Mix Cookies are topped with a segment of Terry’s Chocolate Orange for that classic flavor, but they come together in less than an hour using simple, reliable ingredients.

Expert Tips

• Whisk the dry cake mix before adding wet ingredients. This extra step eliminates lumps and ensures a smooth cookie dough that can’t be fixed once wet ingredients are added.
• Add vanilla extract or other ingredients for a homemade taste. Cake mix cookies can taste obviously “from a box,” but simple additions like vanilla or a dollop of sour cream create depth and homemade flavor in your chocolate cookies.
• Expect thick and sticky dough—this is normal! The dough should be substantially thicker than cake batter; this texture is what transforms the mix from cake to cookies, so don’t worry if it seems unusually sticky.
• Use a cookie scoop for consistent sizing. Uniform cookies bake evenly, which is especially important with chocolate cake mix cookies where small size differences can lead to some cookies burning while others remain underdone.
• Watch baking time carefully to avoid overbaking. There’s only a minute or two between perfectly soft chocolate cake mix cookies and hard, dry ones, so remove them when they’re just set with lightly browned bottoms.
• Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes. Taking cookies out slightly early and letting them finish setting on the hot pan creates the perfect soft texture while preventing overbaking.

Storage and Freezing

Store: See each chocolate cake mix cookie recipe for specific storage instructions. Most recipes can be kept at room temperature in a good airtight container for up to 3 days. Some of the cake mix recipes may need refrigerating if they have a filling or frosting recipe that requires it.

Freezing: All of the chocolate cookies in this round up can easily be frozen for up to 3 months. Some may freeze better without toppings but the recipes will give specific instructions.