Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies are a simple yet delicious cookie recipe. This moist soft cake-like cookie uses boxed cake mix and has fun colorful sprinkles and M&M candy in the batter.
The pretty pastel look of these confetti cake cookies recipe are great for so many occasions, and not just to celebrate the arrival of the spring season like our Italian Easter Bread Recipe does. These are great for baby showers, birthday parties, or just a sweet treat of having a delicious cookie.
This confetti cake mix cookies recipe calls for a cake-mix, delighting those that don’t have the time nor care for making homemade cookies from scratch.
I made Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies one year as an Easter Dessert along with Chocolate Macaroon Nests. Another great one is our Mini Easter Bundt Cake Recipes.
If you’d like another spring cookie recipe, these Glazed Lemon Cookies or the best Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies are great as well.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Total Time: 30 Minutes
- Makes – 30 cookies
Ingredients Required
You’ll need just a few simple ingredients to make these easy funfetti cookies which cookies made with boxed cake mix. Here are the key takeaways.
As always, the full ingredients and recipe is on the printable recipe card at the end of this post.
Recipe Variations
For another occasion – Use rainbow sprinkles or different coloured sprinkles. Likewise with the M&M’s candy. You can use pastel like I did. or choose colours based on occasion:
You can also use white chocolate chips instead of candy pieces to make easy cake mix cookies.
Omit additional sprinkles and M&Ms for an easy funfetti cookie that gets it’s specked look just from the cake mix alone.
Recipe Tips
How to Make Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
- Preheat oven at 350º Fahrenheit, and prepare a parchment paper lined cookie sheet
- In a large bowl, add box of cake mix (dry cake mix), oil and eggs. Stir with a wooden spoon until combined. Note: You can use an electric mixer (hand mixer) on low, and until just combined.
- Add the sprinkles and M&M’s to the cake batter and gently mix. Even though the cake mix has confetti sprinkles, I like to add extra sprinkles sometimes.
- Shape cookie dough into 1-inch balls (you can use a cookie scoop if you wish) and place them about 2″ apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- If you have more M&M’s, stick a few in the top of the cookies if you so wish – the more the merrier!
- Bake for 6 to 7 minutes, but make sure you don’t overcook so they don’t dry out. I take them out just when I see an edge starting to brown.
- Place on a cooling rack (wire rack) until entirely cooled. Enjoy this cake mix cookie recipe!
Storage
When you make this easy confetti cake cookies recipe, store cookies in an airtight container and keep them at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Also check out these Chocolate Coconut Cookies! They are a classic recipe, and I know you can’t stop at just one.
Can I make funfetti cookie dough ahead of time?
Yes you can! Simply make the cookie dough as per the instructions and either refrigerate it up to a day before baking, or freeze it for a few weeks. Either way, make sure to wrap the dough well in plastic wrap to prevent the dough from drying out.
Recipe FAQ
Absolutely! These Funfetti Cookies are wonderful and have a cake-like texture.
Follow the directions on this post to make easy cake mix cookies from boxed cake mix.
Yes, you certainly can. You can try easy cream cheese icing, or a the best buttercream icing. Decorate the frosting too with sprinkles or candies, if you wish.
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Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box Confetti Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup Oil
- 2 Eggs
- 3-4 tbsp Sprinkles
- 1 – 1/3 cup M&Ms
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350º F.
- In a large bowl, add dry cake mix, oil and eggs.
- Stir with a spoon until combined.
- Add the sprinkles to the cake batter and gently mix.
- Add M&M’s and gently mix.
- Shape dough into 1″ balls and place them about 2″ apart on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet.
- If you have more M&M’s, stick a few in the top of the balls if you so wish – the more the merrier!
- Bake for 6 to 7Â minutes, but make sure you don’t overcook so they don’t dry out. I take them out just when I see an edge starting to brown.
- Enjoy!
Easy and simple technique. I am afraid of baking cookies as they never turn good. I hope these will do. Lemme try and get back to you.
Thanks for sharing! Do they keep long?
To be honest, we finished them so fast I wouldn’t know how to answer that! lol lol
These look so good! It would be fun to make them with kids too!
Hi my cake mix is similar but it calls for 3 eggs should I do 3 or the 2 you suggested thank you
If yours says 3, I’d first try three. I don’t think the extra would make a difference, but it could if it’s needed for that particular mix. 🙂
My cake mix calls for water or milk do I add that in or just leave it out?
Add it in! 🙂
The batter seemed super dry before I was to add in the M&Ms so I did add a touch more coconut oil (this is what I always use when baking cookies and cakes) and then it seemed too oily. Very stiff batter, though. The cookies did not spread out much and took a lot longer than 7 minutes to cook. I eventually patted them flatter with a spatula and had to lift them up to see if the bottom was browning to tell when they were done. It’s possible that I may have baked them a little too long, but I didn’t see any browning along the edges as all. I was able to make 24 cookies out of the one box mix. They are cute and not bad, but I am just not a huge fan of cake mix cookies. I’m sure my co-workers will love them tomorrow, though!
do they come out more of a cakey texture or do they have a cookie heaviness to them?
They’ve be more of a moist and flaky cookie. they aren’t heavy at all.
Might have fixed it. I made them bigger and baked them longer – 11 minutes.
Either way, I love the idea. I will be taking the to work tomorrow as its my last day before the holiday. Might just play around with it in the future to make it my own. Thanks for the recipe!
They look delicious! How many cookies does the recipe yield?
Making them now! I got about 20 cookies from one batch.
What kind of oil did you use?
I used vegetable oil this time.
these cookies look so vibrant!
These cookies look so perfect for Easter and I bet they are moist and delicious.I am so glad
I found this lovely recipe that you posted for us.My family will love them!! 🙂
oh these look fun to make…..my girl is standing behind me wanting to make them now 🙂
Wow, so easy & pretty! These would be perfect for Easter, thanks for sharing!
They look really good!