Chocolate Coconut Cookies
Treat your tastebuds to a tropical escape with these soft and chewy Chocolate Coconut Cookies! Loaded with sweetened coconut flakes and plenty of dark chocolate chips, each bite is like a luscious taste of paradise! Plus with just 5 ingredients, they're SO easy to make!
Servings: 30 cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (if using a 15.25 oz. box, increase butter to 1/2 cup)
- 1/3 cup Melted Butter (Vegetable or Canola Oil can be substituted)
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 1/2 cups Dark Chocolate Chips
- 2/3 cup Sweetened Coconut Flakes
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Combine Cake Mix, Melted Butter (or oil), and Eggs in large mixing bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
- Stir in Chocolate Chips and Coconut with large wooden spoon.
- Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- 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.
- 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
- Butter: 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.
- Make Ahead Tips: Cake mix cookie recipes are SO easy to prep ahead of time! Your cookie dough can be made ahead of time and stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking.
- Storage Tips: After baked, these chocolate chip coconut cookies will last well at room temperature for up to 3 days, when stored covered in an airtight container.
- FAQ's: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
