Cherry Cookies Recipe (5 Ingredients!)

This tasty 5-Ingredient Cherry Cookies Recipe is so simple, it may just be one of the EASIEST desserts you’ll ever make!

Then, be sure to give these easy Strawberry White Chocolate Cookies and Strawberry Powdered Sugar Cookies a try, too!

Cherry Cookies Recipe

When it comes to Cookies for Dessert, they don’t need to be difficult… just delicious!

That’s why you’re about to fall in love with this Cherry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe!

One reader writes: "Very good! My kids were eating them as fast as they were cooling off!"

Not only are they love at first sight… they’re also love at first bite!

With a sweet cherry flavor and rich white chocolate chips wrapped up in every bite, what’s NOT to love?!?

These chewy White Chocolate Cherry Cookies are so soft, decadent, and will disappear as fast as you can make them!

It all starts with a simple white cake mix, and then you’ll add in some cherry Jell-O mix for a fun pop of flavor!

Then you’ll mix in some dreamy white chocolate chips to create the most irresistible cookies.

So easy, right?

Trust me… these delightfully sweet 5 ingredient White Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies are superbly excellent!

And as always… Cake Mix Cookies are such a cinch to make!

So what are you waiting for?  Let’s get baking, shall we?

Here’s what you’ll need to get your own White Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies baking in the oven…

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Cherry Cookies Ingredients

It takes just a few simple ingredients to make the BEST Cherry Cake Mix Cookies!

Here’s what you’ll need to get on your next trip to the grocery store…

• White Cake Mix – Vanilla cake mix can be substituted
• Cherry Jello Mix
• White Chocolate Baking Chips
• Eggs
• Butter – Avocado Oil, Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil can be substituted

That’s it.  Just 5 easy cookie ingredients are all you’ll need!

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How to Make Cherry Cookies

You won’t believe how EASY these Cherry Jello Cookies are to make!

Here’s what you’ll do…

1. Mix the cake mix, Jello powder butter and eggs in a large bowl as directed.

2. Then gently stir in the white chocolate chips with a large spoon.

3. Chill your dough in the refrigerator.

4. Once chilled, go ahead and form your cookie dough into balls, before baking the cookies in the oven.

5. Then… don’t miss my SECRET tip in the recipe card for ensuring pretty finished cookies!

6. Once your oven has preheated, bake your cookies in the oven, then cool.

Then… dig in, devour, let the cookie monsters loose, and ENJOY!

See… I told you this was going to be EASY!!

Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.

Make Ahead Tips

White Chocolate Cherry cake mix cookies are SO easy to prep ahead of time!

Your cookie dough can be made ahead of time, then stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking your Cherry cookies.

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How to Store White Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies

After your Cherry Jello cookies have baked and completely cooled, they will last well simply stored at room temperature for up to 3 days, covered in an airtight container.

Cherry Cookie Variations

Want to change things up a bit?  Go for it!

Here are a few of my favorite tasty variations…

Frosted Cherry Cookies

Suzy writes: “I frost them with vanilla frosting – soooo good!”  Or try this dreamy Cream Cheese Frosting, too!

Jell-O Cookies

Easily change the flavor by swapping Cherry Jell-O for another fun flavor!

White Chocolate Chip Strawberry Cookies

Skip the jello mix, and swap the cake mix for Strawberry!

Cherry Cookies Reviews

Here’s what your frugal friends are saying about this Easy Cherry Cake Mix Cookies Recipe…

One reader writes: “Very good! My kids were eating them as fast as they were cooling off!”

K.J. writes: “Family favorite.”

Teri writes: “I tried it and everyone loved them.”

Emilee writes: “Came out great!”

Jeneh writes: “Made these last weekend!! Everyone loved them and so easy!!”

Kaylynn writes: “A favorite!”

Dawn writes: “These are not only delicious, but such a pretty color!!”

Christie writes: “So good and soft! YUM!”

Adrienne writes: “Delicious.”

Tracy writes: “Really works, and yummy.”

Betty writes: “This is such an easy cookie recipe. I love that you use cake mix. Great for the holidays!”

Kimberly writes: “Perfect cookies.  I let them cool a few minutes then shook on powdered sugar.”

Shayna writes: “Good with vanilla frosting on top. Chewy.”

Marcie writes: “Super easy to make. I frosted with cream cheese frosting and added sprinkles. So pretty and easy to make.”

Heather writes: “These are easy and delicious.  Have done with other flavours too.”

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Cherry Cookies Recipe

This outrageously delicious 5-Ingredient Cherry Cookies Recipe is so easy to make, it almost feels unbelievable!

Prep Time15 minutes mins

Cook Time7 minutes mins

Chill Time1 hour hr

Servings: 30 cookies

Ingredients

• 14.25 ounces Betty Crocker White Cake Mix (Vanilla can be substituted)
• 3 ounces Cherry Jell-O
• 1/3 cup Melted Butter (Vegetable or Canola Oil can be substituted)
• 2 large Eggs
• 1 1/2 cups White Chocolate Chips

Instructions

• Add Cake Mix and Jell-O powder to large mixing bowl, and whisk together.
• Then add Butter and Eggs to same bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
• Stir in 1 cup of White Chocolate Chips with large wooden spoon, and set remaining 1/2 cup of chips aside.
• Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Roll cookie dough into 1 1/2 tablespoon sized rounded balls and transfer to cookie sheet.
• Then add 2 - 3 additional white chocolate chips on top of each cookie dough ball. (This will allow for a pretty finished cookie.)
• Bake on center oven rack for 7 - 13 minutes, or until done. (Note: Bake on the shorter end of the time range for non-stick cookie sheets & longer end of the time range for aluminum cookie sheets.)
• Remove from oven and allow to cool on cookie sheets for 5 minutes.
• Transfer cookies to wire racks to finish cooling, and ENJOY!

Notes

When it comes to Cake Mix Cookies, salted or unsalted butter can be used, as the cake mix will have a little salt in it.  However, I've found that salted butter will result in superior flavor.

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

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