Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies

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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.

a stack of pastel sprinkled cookies with m&ms inside on a napkin.

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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

Easy Recipe – With just 5 ingredients including boxed cake mix, making Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies also takes under a half hour to make, just like our Easy Lemon Curd Thumbprint Cookies.
Spring Themed – I love the pretty pastel look of these cookies. Another beautiful cookie is our Strawberry Lemonade Cream Cheese Cookies.
Tasty – With the airy soft and moist cookie taste, easy funfetti cake mix cookies are the most delicious cookies. Another cookie made from booxed cake mix is this Spice Cake Mix Cookie 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.

Cake Mix – I used a box funfetti cake mix by betty crocker. Smores Brownie Pie recipe uses a cake mix as well.
M&Ms candy – This is an optional ingredient. Our M&M Cookie Bars recipe uses this candy as well.

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:

green for St. Patricks Day
red and/or pink for Valentine’s Day
the color to compliment the theme for a birthday party,

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

If you cannot find Confetti cake mix, you can still make this funfetti cookie recipe. Simply use a box of white cake mix and be generous with the colorful sprinkles to make the best colorful cookies ever.
Don’t overbake. For the best soft texture, make sure to not overcook these cookies. They should be baked until the cookies just start to crack and before all the edges turn golden brown, just like our Strawberry Chocolate Chip Cookies.

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.

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.

pastel sprinkled cookies with m&ms inside on a blue plate.

Recipe FAQ

Can you make cookies from cake mix?

Absolutely! These Funfetti Cookies are wonderful and have a cake-like texture.

How to make cookies from funfetti mix?

Follow the directions on this post to make easy cake mix cookies from boxed cake mix.

Can you frost funfetti cake mix cookies?

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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