I recently discovered cake mix cookies. I think I am obsessed.
I am in big trouble people. Four, maybe five ingredients, mix it up in a bowl with just a spoon, bake and you have the most delicious, soft and chewy cookies in endless flavor combinations? Like I said, BIG trouble, and it’s all because of Pinterest, Ashley at Kitchen Meets Girl and this recipe for Funfetti Cheesecake Cookies.
I pinned this recipe a while back and then a few weeks ago I decided to try it out and made a batch. The next day I made two more batches to take into work. These cookies are addictive, and while I sat stuffing them into my face my mind was going wild with all the possibilities. Take any cake mix, and box of pudding, vegetable oil, 2 eggs and some kind of chocolate chip type add-in and you have the easiest, yummiest cookies ever!
I knew I wanted to use the Pillsbury Perfectly Pumpkin cake mix I picked up at the grocery store. I also had a bag of Heath Toffee Bits, and after my first taste of the aforementioned Funfetti Cheesecake Cookies I bought out Acme’s supply of JELL-O cheesecake pudding mix so I had tons of that.
Pumpkin. Toffee. Cheesecake. Do I really need to say anything else?
Okay, I will!
These cookies are THE BEST!!!!! The pumpkin cake mix and cheesecake pudding go perfectly together, and combined with the bits of chewy toffee… well, it’s about as awesome as a bin full of puppies.
If you haven’t tried them yet, you MUST make a batch of cake mix cookies. They come together so fast and disappear even faster! You just mix up a few ingredients in a bowl, roll the dough into balls, and bake!
After 8-10 minutes you have this:
And then once they’ve cooled you will eat them all a few and be transported to cookie heaven. From zero to two batches of insanely good cookies in less than an hour? Hell yeah.
Pumpkin Toffee Cheesecake Cookies
(adapted from Funfetti Cheesecake Cookies by Kitchen Meets Girl)
Ingredients
1 box Pillsbury Perfectly Pumpkin cake mix
1 small box instant cheesecake pudding mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1 cup Hershey’s Heath Toffee Bits, divided
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper.
2. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil and eggs in a medium bowl until a dough forms. Mix in 3/4 cup of the Heath Toffee Bits.
3. I just grabbed blobs of dough and rolled them into balls, but you can use a cookie scoop if you prefer. Place 2 inches apart on cookie sheets. Use the remaining Toffee Bits to press some into the top of each cookie.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until cookies begin to brown slightly. Remove from oven, cool for 2 minutes and then move to a wire rack.
Makes about 24 cookies.
The only thing I don’t like about these cake mix cookie recipes is that you can only squeeze 24 cookies out of a batch, but they are so easy to make that doubling up on the recipe is no problem at all!
I’ll be back soon with another cake mix cookie recipe. Did I mention I was obsessed?
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These look simply unreal! Yum
Thank you! They are too good for my own good! lol!
Aren’t cake mix cookies incredibly awesome/dangerous?!? I loveee them and I LOVE that you made a pumpkin cheesecake version! I almost fell off my chair in excitement. 😀
OMG Jess, I don’t know how I ever survived without cake mix cookies! They are awesome/dangerous! They are dawesome!
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So unfortunately we don’t get the pumpkin cake mix here in in Canada, how would you make these with canned pumpkin and regular cake mix, we do get everything else 🙂 Thank you!
Hi Farah! You could try out this recipe I found: http://www.holidayspage.net/two-ingredient-pumpkin-cookies/ If you are just using plain yellow cake mix you might want to add in some pumpkin pie spice as well, then add in the pudding and toffee bits and bake according to the directions in the recipe from the link. I would think you’d get the same result. Let me know how they turn out if you try it! 🙂
Sounds wonderful–pinning!
Thanks Teresa! In case you couldn’t tell, I LOVE cake mix cookies! : )
I am so making these today 🙂 I was going to bake a pumpkin cake but you have swayed me once again! Keep swaying, keep swaying!!
I hope you don’t regret being swayed!! Stop back and tell me how you like them! 🙂
Oh my word. These look amazing! What an awesome combo! I’ve never made the cake mix kind with pudding before. Thank you so much for sharing this recipe at Saturday Night Fever – these are fantastic and I’m totally making them! Pinning to our group board! See you on Saturday! 🙂
~Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy
Thank you Jen! I have to say, they are probably the most delicious cookies I have ever made! I just love the flavor combo!
I Just Made These Cookies AnD They ArE Sooooo Good!!!! Thank You For Sharing !!!!
I am so happy to hear that you liked them! You are my first review! : )
I made the carmel apple ones too and I think I went to cookie heaven!!! I think I better go back to the store later and buy yp all the cake mixes before they are all gone!!!!
Lol! Every time I am at the store I grab a few boxes of each! I have a pretty decent stockpile!
thank you again for sharing and I am looking forward to your next creation. First time I have used a cake mix and now you have me hooked, can’t wait to see what is next!!!! 🙂
Hi. I want to make the Pumpkin cookie mix into cut-out cookies & don’t know what to add to do so. Any thoughts? I will have to grab more mixes at the store so I can make your recipe too!!!!
Hi Heidi! I suggest you try this recipe from Jess at On Sugar Mountain – she uses cake mix for cut out cookies. http://onsugarmountain.com/2012/12/06/funfetti-holiday-cut-out-cookies/img_5113/ Plus she makes tons of other awesome stuff. 🙂
I think you did a completely awesome thing. I love it! I want to be eating these right now.
Thanks Renee! I could go for one (or two!) right about now myself! : )
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