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These Valentine Crinkle Cookies are so delicious and easy to make using cake mix. They’re the perfect Valentine’s Day treat to make with only 5 ingredients.
Easy Valentine Crinkle Cookies
This recipe is a fun spin on the classic cake mix cookies. We love making cookies using cake mix! The cookie always turns out super soft and there are so many fun flavors and options.
There are just 5 ingredients in this Valentine cake mix cookie recipe, making them really simple to make. Once they come out of the oven, just place the chocolate heart on top!
Ingredients Needed
You need just 4 main ingredients with the addition of sanding sugar for coating which is optional (get the full amounts in the recipe card below).
- White Cake Mix – and brand is fine to use.
- Wet ingredients – vegetable oil and eggs.
- Sugar – you will need sanding sugar to roll the cookies in. This has a larger granule and adds a nice texture. Regular granulated sugar will work fine as well.
- Chocolate Hearts – You can find chocolate hearts in the Valentine’s Day section at any grocery store.
How To Make Valentine Crinkle Cookies
Just a few easy steps!
- Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Stir together the cake mix ingredients.
- Scoop the batter into a ball and roll in the sugar.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes and then press a candy heart in the center.
Tips
Not Just for Valentine’s Day! You can use this cookie recipe throughout the year, exchanging the heart for a Hershey kiss or another favorite chocolate. There is no way I’m going to be able to keep myself from only making these once a year! You can even use silicone molds and melting chocolate to make all sorts of fun toppers.
Sizing – make sure the balls of dough are the same size ensuring that each cookie is baked evenly.
Flavor options – consider using any other cake mix flavors like strawberry, chocolate, cherry, etc…
Storing
Store any leftover Crinkle cookies in an airtight container for up to 3-4 days.
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Ingredients
- 1 15.25 ounce White cake mix
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs
- white sanding sugar, optional
- 24 chocolate hearts
Instructions
- Preheat oven at 350º F.
- Using a standing mixer, combine cake mix, vegetable oil and 2 eggs until combined.
- Use a 1 Tablespoon cookie scooper to portion the cookie dough balls. Shape the dough into balls using your hands.
- Pour the sanding sugar into a bowl. Roll cookie dough into the sanding sugar.
- Place cookie dough balls about 2 inches apart on a parchment paper lined baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Once cookies come out of the oven, allow to cool for 1 minute.
- Place the chocolate heart into the center of the cookies. Allow cookies to completely cool before Enjoying!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I noticed that white chocolate extract was mentioned in the preparation, but not in the ingredient list. How much did you use? I made these with a gluten free cake mix for my grandchildren with Celiac… The mixture was a bit dry to stay together, so I used a little vanilla extract and a tiny amount of milk. They turned out great and got a thumbs up from those that tasted them! Thanks for sharing the recipe!!
Thanks Tibby. That was typo from a previous version of the recipe. If you do add, I would recommend 2 teaspoons.
Thank you!!
Where do you get white chocolate extract ? Every place I found it costs BIG bucks?
Hi Peggy. I’m really not sure where we got it last time but they do have chocolate extract on Amazon
These are really good but using that much dough for each cookies only gives you 12 cookies. I would suggest using 1 1/2 T. per cookie.
How did you roll the dough into balls without it being a giant sticky mess?