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Easter M&M Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe! {4 Ingredients}

March 26, 2014 By Heidi 8 Comments

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This Easter M&M Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe creates the perfect soft, decadent, dreamy cookies… and they’re Easter Bunny approved!

Easter has always been one of my favorite holidays.  And every Easter deserves a chocolate overdose, right?  That’s why this 4 ingredient Easter M&M Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe is a must-have year after year!

As the saying goes… never put all of your eggs in one basket, unless they’re chocolate eggs, and it’s my basket!  Now that’s some good advice!  And in addition to chocolate eggs, Easter M&M’s are essential, too.

And that’s what brings us to this easy Chocolate Easter Cookies Recipe!

These extra soft cake mix cookies are what dreams are made of, and will disappear as fast as you can make them.  Seriously, they’re SO good even the Easter Bunny will be jealous!

So let’s get to it… it’s time to get baking with another Easy Easter Recipe!  Just 4 ingredients and you’re done!

Here’s what you’ll need…

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What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Easter Cookie Recipe…

Kathryn writes: “Delicious and easy recipe”

Capri writes: “So easy to make”

Amber said: “Made these last year, we loved them”

Shannon writes: “So easy and oh so good, I recommend adding a few M&M’s to the top of the cookies after you have put them on the cookie sheet otherwise they don’t show up as nice.”

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Easter M&M Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe

This Easter M&M Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies Recipe is like having chocolate Easter eggs infused into your chocolate cookie.  Yum!!
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time7 mins
Total Time12 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 3 dozen
Author: The Frugal Girls

Ingredients

  • 15.25 ounces Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix {1 box}
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • ½ cup Melted Butter, or Canola Oil, or Vegetable Oil
  • 9 ounces Bunny Mix M&M’s {use ¾ of 12.6 ounce bag}

Instructions

  • Combine cake mix, eggs, and oil in large mixing bowl, and beat well.
  • Stir in 3/4 of the bag of M&M’s {the rest are for you to snack on while you bake, or to use to press onto the top of the cookie dough balls just prior to baking... to keep those cookies looking pretty when they come out!}
  • Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
  • Drop onto ungreased non-stick cookie sheet in rounded balls.
  • Bake for approx. 7 – 9 minutes {or until done} at 350 degrees.
  • Cool on cooling racks, and ENJOY!!

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Comments

  1. Christie says

    April 3, 2020 at 12:50 pm

    Those cookies look sooo tasty and I would love to make them for Easter! Also love those pastel m&m’s! Have a great weekend Heidi!

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      April 6, 2020 at 7:38 pm

      Thank you so much…. they really are such a fun Spring treat! Have a lovely week, Christie! 🙂

      Reply
  2. Cindy says

    April 10, 2014 at 5:30 pm

    How many cookies does this make?

    Reply
    • Heidi says

      April 14, 2014 at 1:51 pm

      Hi Cindy! This recipe makes approx. 2 dozen, give or take… just depending on size. Hope that helps! 😉

      Reply
  3. Patty Delgado says

    April 3, 2014 at 11:27 am

    I only have Devil’s food in my stockpile at the moment will this recipe still work with that type of cake mix?

    Reply
    • Julie says

      April 3, 2014 at 1:03 pm

      I made these today with my 2 year old. They were super easy and really good. They taste like brownie cookies. I bet any kind of cake mix would work!

      Reply
      • Heidi says

        April 3, 2014 at 7:52 pm

        I’m so glad you liked them, Julie! You’re right… they do have a yummy brownie-like taste! 😉

        Reply
    • Heidi says

      April 3, 2014 at 7:52 pm

      Hi Patty ~ yes… Devil’ Food cake mix will work, too! 😉

      Reply

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