Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies: These brightly colored funfetti cake mix cookies are so quick and easy to make! A box of funfetti cake mix, oil, eggs, sprinkles, vanilla, and 30 minutes are all you need to create these delicious cookies!
Quick Overview: 5 minutes of prep time, 20 minutes of chill time, 8-10 minutes of cook time.
Cake mix cookies are the absolute best because not only are they delicious, they are also incredibly quick and easy to whip up! They are also made with ingredients that you can easily keep on hand, so they are the perfect recipe to whip up for last-minute guests. We’ve even made peanut butter cookies with a cake mix!
These funfetti cake mix cookies would make the perfect spring or summer cookies because they are so fun and brightly colored! They would also be adorable at birthday parties, baby showers, Mother’s Day brunch, or even for Valentine’s Day!
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Why You’ll Love This Easy Cookie Recipe
Quick: You can whip these cookies up in just 30 minutes!
Easy: Because these are made with a cake mix, they are the absolute easiest thing to make…seriously! One bowl, five ingredients, stir it all together and roll it into balls. It doesn’t get much easier than that.
Delicious: These cookies aren’t only quick & easy, but they are also super tasty! They are soft and chewy and everything you want from a cookie. If you have a bit of a sweet tooth, this easy recipe is for you!
Perfect for Little Bakers
This funfetti cookie recipe is the perfect one to make with your little bakers because it’s super simple to make! They’ll love stirring together the batter, rolling out the dough, and adding all those rainbow sprinkles! Making these alongside other fun cookies like these rocky road cookies that also use a cake mix, would be so fun for them too!
Ingredients for Funfetti cake cookies
You only need 5 simple ingredients for these cookies, and you probably have most (if not all) of them in your house right now! If you don’t, you can find all of these at your local grocery store.
You can find the complete list of ingredients and directions can be found in the recipe card below.
- 1 box funfetti cake mix
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons colored sprinkles, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How to make these easy funfetti cake mix cookies
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the funfetti cake mix, canola oil, eggs, 2 tablespoons colored sprinkles, and vanilla. Stir with a rubber spatula until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and scoop the cake batter cookie dough into 1- to 1 ½-inch balls. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheet and lightly press down to “flatten” the tops a little bit.
- With the remaining ¼ cup of sprinkles, add them to the slightly flattened tops of the cookies.
- Place the cookie sheet in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes. For the perfect cookies, do not overbake.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and let the cookies cool completely on a cooling rack before serving. Warning: cake mix cookies usually have a soft texture, so be careful when transferring them to the cooling rack!
I’m a huge fan of cake mix cookies because they are the easiest cookies to make!
If you enjoyed these easy cake mix cookies, you should try our other easy cake mix cookie recipes! Check out the brownie mix cookies and red velvet cake mix cookies on the blog.
I’m a firm believer that you should always have a box of cake mix on hand. Not only can you use it as the box directs, you can also use it for recipes like the cake mix cookies we mentioned above and for other quick, easy, and delicious dessert recipes! Our pineapple sunshine cake, caramel apple dump cake, and lemon cake mix brownies are easy recipes also made using dry cake mix!
Substitutions & Variations
Want to mix things up or need something switched out? Here are some of our favorite suggestions for switching up these colorful cookies.
- Canola Oil – instead of canola oil, you can use vegetable oil, your favorite oil, or even melted butter.
- Eggs – instead of eggs, you could use a “cornstarch egg” as a binding agent. Check out this tutorial for more info.
- Cake Mix – they won’t be funfetti cake mix cookies anymore, but you could absolutely replace the funfetti cake mix with your favourite flavor and create a whole new cookie.
- Holidays – if you are making these cookies for a specific occasion or holiday, you can add sprinkles that match the theme! Green sprinkles on top for St. Patrick’s Day, red and green for Christmas, red and white for Valentine’s Day…
Storage
Store your confetti cake mix cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for 4-5 days.
You can also freeze these chewy funfetti cookies in an airtight, freezer safe container for up to a month!
Expert tips and FAQs
Funfetti is a white cake mix with sprinkles added in! You can use a funfetti cake mix or a white cake mix and add extra sprinkles to make these easy funfetti cookies!
Funfetti is technically a trademark of Pillsbury, so yes a funfetti cake mix and confetti cake mix are just the same thing by different names. We used the terms funfetti cookies and confetti cookies interchangeably in this recipe because they are essentially the same thing. Some other brands have their own name for white cake with sprinkles (like Betty Crocker rainbow bit cake mix), but any cake mix with colourful sprinkles will do.
Absolutely! You can add extra sprinkles to the batter to your preference.
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📖 Recipe
Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box funfetti cake mix
- ⅓ cup canola oil
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons colored sprinkles divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place a piece of parchment paper on a baking sheet and set aside.
- In a large bowl, add the funfetti cake mix, canola oil, eggs, 2 tablespoons colored sprinkles, and vanilla. Stir with a rubber spatula until well combined, about 1-2 minutes.
- Cover the bowl in plastic wrap and chill in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
- Remove the bowl from the refrigerator and scoop the cookie dough into 1- to 1 ½-inch balls. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet and lightly press down to “flatten” the tops a little bit.
- With the remaining ¼ cup of rainbow sprinkles, add them to the slightly flattened tops of the cookies.
- Place the baking tray in the oven and bake for 8-10 minutes. For the perfect cookies, do not overbake.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and let the cookies cool completely on a wire rack before serving. Warning: cake mix cookies usually have a soft texture, so be careful when transferring them to the cooling rack!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary with brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes and more.
Jen says
My favorite cookies!! Obsessed!
wilhelmina says
These cookies were so fun and easy to make, we couldn’t resisit them!
cici says
These cookies are the easiest and most delicious cookies that I have ever made! thank you for sharing this recipe!