You’ll love Creamsicle Orange Cookies, and they’re very easy to make any time. These soft cookies filled with orange flavor and white chocolate chips are just so absolutely delicious!
Creamsicle Orange Cookies
We love this version of an orange creamsicle push pop in a cookie! They’ll remind you of carefree childhood summer days. Best of all, these are so easy to make using a cake mix. We also have another Orange Creamsicle Cookies recipe that you will love.
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Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make these delicious orange cake mix cream cheese cookies (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the printable recipe card):
- Orange cake mix
- Cream cheese
- Butter
- Egg
- Orange extract
- Orange food coloring (optional)
- White chocolate chips
- Powdered sugar
How To Make Orange Cookies
Mix up the cookie dough by first beating together the butter, cream cheese, egg, and orange flavor extract with an electric mixer. Add the orange cake mix and beat with the mixer to combine. At this point you can also add some orange food coloring to bump up the orange color. If you don’t have orange coloring, use one part red to two parts yellow.
Next, mix in the white chocolate chips. Cover the dough and chill it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
We used a cookie scoop to form 24 cookie balls. Roll each in powdered sugar.
Place the cookie dough balls on parchment paper lined cookie sheets. You can also add a few extra white chocolate chips to the top of each cookie.
Bake the cookies at 350ºF for 12-13 minutes, then remove to cool on a wire cooling rack.
Enjoy your Orange Creamsicle Cake Mix Cookies with an ice cold glass of milk on a warm summer day… or any time!
Can I Leave Out the White Chocolate Chips?
If you don’t have white chocolate chips or don’t prefer them, you can absolutely make this recipe without them. Just skip that ingredient but otherwise make the cookies as directed.
Lemon Variation
If this cookie recipe sounds great to you but you want to try it a different way, go for lemon! Just swap out the orange cake mix and extract for lemon cake mix and extract. You’ll also want to use just a little yellow food coloring instead of orange.
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Creamsicle Orange Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 1 egg
- 1/2 teaspoon orange extract
- 1 box orange cake mix
- orange food coloring (or 1 part red to 2 parts yellow) optional
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter, orange extract, cream cheese, and egg with an electric mixer until smooth. Add the cake mix and mix well.
- Optional: add orange food coloring if desired until the cookie dough reaches your desired orange color.
- Stir the white chocolate chips into the cookie dough. Chill the dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Form the dough into 24 balls. Roll each in the powdered sugar and then place on the parchment paper lined cookie sheets.
- Bake the cookies at 350F for 12-13 minutes. Cool on the cookie sheet for 2-3 minutes, then remove from the pan and finish cooling on a wire cooling rack.
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89 comments on “Creamsicle Orange Cookies”
Awesome recipe! Can’t wait to try with other cake mixes.
Thanks Jayne!
So easy and yummy!
Easy recipe for an absolutely DELICIOUS cookie. The recipe made more than 24 cookies. How big were the cookie balls supposed to be?
This recipe is just incredible. Easy to make and the best flavor.
Our County Fair had a category of “TRICKS WITH A MIX”, so I did your Orange Creamsicle Cookies. They won First Place!! I tried to attach the photo but it wouldn’t let me do it here. My husband loved these cookies. Thank you for posting the recipe and if I could, I would send the blue ribbon to you.
That’s awesome Kristen! Congrats!
I made these last night and brought some to work. They were a HIT!!!
Loved these cookies. I did half the recipe. As dough warmed it got sticky so I put it back in refrigerator for 30 minutes. Then finished.
Thank you for that tip because mine got sticky but I did t know what to do, im going to make them again
These were perfect. I added a little more extract.
The cookies are really good. Thanks for sharing the recipe. I as others, did have trouble finding the cake mix. I just ordered it on amazon. I also had to bake mine A bit longer, because they where not cooked thru. I will definitely make these again, and try the other flavors. Thanks again.
Made these and they were very good. Had a hard time finding orange cake mix but managed. I might try lemon or strawberry next. I’m sure your family will like them.
These are WONDERFUL!!! I ordered orange cake mix from Amazon, but will use the suggested yellow cake mix with extra orange extract and jello for future batches. Very light and the flavor is spot on!! This is definitely going on my list of favorites!!
Total hit! I doubled the extract and used the entire 11 ounce bag of white chocolate chips. Everyone wants the recipe!!!
These cookies are heaven on earth! So delicious. My family is always asking for them. Asolutely love these cookies.
After making these a few times, I’ve hit on a few things I changed. Added 1 1/2 cups macadamia nuts. Eliminated the dusting of powdered sugar as the cookies are sweet enough and avoids the mess.
For folks in the Cincinnati area…. After striking out at all local markets for the cake mix, I found that Jungle Jim’s carries it all the time!
These are the BEST cookies! I made a batch two weeks ago and everyone raved about them. I made another batch a few days ago and my workmates love them.
Unbelievable how good these are! I have made them twice now and plan on trying different flavors such as lemon, lime and pineapple. Great recipe!
The lemon are amazing
I made these cookies for Memorial and especially for my moms birthday. She loved them and she is a picky eater. The recipe is easy and the cookies are delicious. I used a vanilla cake mix and added the orange extract. Thanks for the recipe
I use 2 teaspoons of orange extract, white cake mix with zest from 2 oranges. So good……
Very very very good cookie. I don’t add food coloring and use white cake mix with a total of 2 teaspoons of orange extract. Damn good cookie!
These are absolutely deliscious! Family is always asking for them. Great cookie!