Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
All the best adjectives apply to these Chocolate Crinkle Cookies. They're chocolatey, sweet, chewy, moist... and gorgeous to behold!! Plus, with just 4 simple ingredients, these fudgy crinkles are so EASY to make!
Servings: 36 cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounces Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (if using 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
- 2/3 cup Powdered Sugar
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.
- 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 tablespoon sized rounded balls.
- Then roll each ball in powdered sugar until well coated. (The key to perfect crinkles is small dough balls with lots of powdered sugar coating them.)
- Transfer cookie dough balls 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: These Chocolate Crinkle cake mix cookies are SO easy to make ahead of time! Your cookie dough can be made today and stored covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 days prior to baking your cookies.
- Cookie Storage: After your Chocolate Crinkle cookies have baked and cooled, they will last well at room temperature on the kitchen counter for up to 3 days, stored covered in an airtight container.
- FAQs: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
