Easy Crumbl Copycat Cookies You Can Make with Cake Mix

June Albertson-Dick

Published Jun 03, 2026

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If you love Crumbl Cookies but don’t love paying bakery prices every week, these Crumbl copycat recipes are for you. Each cookie starts with a simple cake mix and bakes up thick, soft, and bakery-worthy right in your own kitchen.

As someone who has tested hundreds of cake mix cookie recipes, I can tell you that cake mix is one of the easiest ways to create the soft texture Crumbl cookies are known for.

A collage of 4 different Crumbl copycat cookies.

I’m June, cookbook author of Practically Homemade Cookies and Bars and the baker behind Practically Homemade. As a former culinary teacher and bakery owner, I’ve spent years creating bakery-worthy cookies that are simple enough for any home baker to make.

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What Are Crumbl Cookies?

Crumbl Cookies is a popular cookie company known for oversized bakery-style cookies with soft centers, creative flavors, and over-the-top frostings and toppings. Their menu changes weekly, which has made them a favorite for cookie lovers across the country.

The good news? You can make that same thick, bakery-worthy style at home using a simple cake mix and a few pantry ingredients.

Why You’ll Love These Recipes

If you have never bitten into a Crumbl Cookie, you are missing out. The unique flavors and incredibly soft texture are like nothing else, and now you can make them at home without leaving your kitchen or spending $5 a cookie.

All of these copycat recipes start with a cake mix, which means no complicated ingredients and no extra steps. Just big, soft, bakery-worthy cookies with perfect results every time.

And yes, they are huge. They’re plenty big enough to share, but no one will judge you if you don’t!

What Makes These Cookies “Crumbl Style”

Crumbl cookies have a signature look and texture that is so recognizable. They are thick, oversized, and soft in the center with that bakery-style quality that makes them so irresistible.

Part of what makes these copycat recipes work so well is the cake mix base. It creates that same soft, thick texture you get from a real Crumbl cookie without any of the extra effort.

Crumbl also serves their cookies two ways: some warm, straight from the oven, and some chilled. That contrast is part of what makes the experience so unique, and these copycat recipes stay true to that.

Tips for making Bakery-Style Cookies at Home

  • Use a full 1/4 cup of dough per cookie. Crumbl cookies are notoriously large, and your copycat versions should be too. A 1/4 cup measure is the easiest way to keep them consistent.
  • Shape the dough into a disc before baking. Rather than leaving it as a ball, flatten it slightly into a disc shape. This helps the cookies bake up thick and round every time.
  • Don’t over bake. Pull the cookies from the oven as soon as the sides are set, even if the center looks slightly underdone. Allowing them to cool on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes lets the residual heat finish the job and gives you that soft, thick center.
  • Use a large round cookie cutter for a perfect shape. If a perfectly round cookie matters to you, place a large round cookie cutter around each warm cookie right after baking and move it in a circular motion to tidy up the edges.
  • Cool completely before frosting. Adding frosting too soon will cause it to melt right into the cookie. Let them cool all the way first.
  • Don’t skimp on the frosting. The right cookie-to-frosting ratio is part of what makes these taste like the real thing.
  • Pay attention to serving temperature. Some cookies are meant to be served warm and some chilled. That detail is part of the Crumbl experience and worth following.

Crumbl Copycat Cookies

These Crumbl copycat cookies have been tested and perfected so you get bakery-worthy results every time.

The Best Crumbl Copycat Cookie Recipes

If you can't get enough Crumbl cookies, you'll love being able to make them at home. These Crumbl cookie copycat recipes are easy to make and taste just like the real thing!

How to make cookies like crumbl?

Start with a cake mix base, portion the dough into a large disc, and watch your bake time closely so they stay soft. Finish with a generous layer of frosting and serve your cookies warm or cold, depending on how that flavor is served at Crumbl!

Can cake mix make bakery-style cookies?

Absolutely! Using a cake mix as a base creates a consistent, soft texture that holds up just like a bakery cookie would.

How to keep the cookies thick and soft?

Take them out of the oven as soon as the edges look set and let the baking sheet do the rest. Moving them too soon or baking too long will cost you that soft center.

How to make cookies into Crumbl Catering sized cookies?

Use roughly 2 tablespoons of dough per cookie and reduce your baking time, checking them early so they don’t over bake.

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June Albertson-Dick the food blogger behind Practically Homemade.

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Hi, I'm June, the voice behind this food blog where I share my passion for simple and amazing recipes. I have loved cooking and creating in the kitchen for as long as I can remember. Being in the kitchen is definitely my happy place.

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