‘Tis the season to be jolly, and to eat lots of holiday treats like these amazing Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies! If you’re looking for the perfect melt-in-your-mouth Christmas cookies that are super easy to make, you’ve stumbled upon the perfect recipe.
Friends, I’m telling you, these Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies are THE BEST!
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies Recipe
As far as I am concerned, you really can’t go wrong with a recipe that is so simple to make, especially during the busy holiday season.
Want to know another recipe I’m obsessed with making this Christmas? My easy chocolate chip banana bread.
I make this bread as a gift to my friends because they all love it so much.
Of course, it’s hard to pick a favorite when it comes to Christmas cookies. I adore these Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies, but I also love my Raspberry Almond Shortbread Cookies, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies, Snowball Cookies and my Soft Ginger Molasses Cookies.
See, I told you, difficult to choose just one! :)
Of course, it’s the holiday sprinkles that make these cookies festive. You could use regular sprinkles to make these gooey butter cookies perfect for any occasion!
I can tell you that I really tend to prefer soft and chewy Christmas cookies. It’s one of the reasons that I love this recipe so much. They are also a big favorite when I take them to holiday gatherings and parties.
People are always surprised when I tell them that I made these cookies using a cake mix!
Be sure to pin this recipe to your favorite boards on Pinterest so you don’t forget about it when it’s time to whip up a batch of cookies this Christmas. I hope you enjoy this holiday treat as much as we do!
More Christmas Treats
- Cake Mix Cookie Bars
- Fantasy Fudge
- Sugar Cookie Fudge
- Velveeta Fudge
- Fantasy Fudge
- Hershey Kiss Cookies
- Christmas Tree Cake Dip
Christmas Gooey Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 package cream cheese softened (8 oz.)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 white cake mix
- 1/2 cup sprinkles divided
- 1/2 cup confectioner’s sugar
Instructions
- Cream the butter and cream cheese until smooth.
- Add the egg and vanilla, mixing just until combined.
- Beat in the cake mix until the dough is fully blended.
- Stir in 1/4 cup of the sprinkles.
- Refrigerate the dough for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a cookie sheet or line it with parchment paper.
- Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough and roll each into a 1-inch ball.
- Sprinkle the tops with some of the remaining sprinkles, then roll each ball in confectioner’s sugar until fully coated.
- Place the dough balls about 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the sheet for 2 minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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there is no size for the cake mix .
These definitely did not cook in 8-10 minutes for me :( but they taste and look great!
So good, definitely under bake them though, 8 minutes was perfect for me! Also make sure you have a good mixer (I have a cheaper one and it struggled to mix with the thickness of this recipe) otherwise so good and easy!!
how many pounds is the cake mix? I have 5lbs so I could convert the remaining ingregients. TIA
These cookies are amazing! I don’t roll them in in powdered sugar, I bake them and dip half of the cookie in melted whites chocolate once they are cooled. I also sprinkle them with a few extra sprinkles. :)
Thanks for the idea. I am going to melt the rest of my white chocolate and do the other half in that
Very nice cookie moist easy to make taste great,everyone enjoyed them,very colorful
These cookies are just like the Gooey cake. So delicious.
What if I don’t love sprinkles???!
Mini chocolate chips, crushed candy canes, coconut, chopped nuts, etc
This! I’m thinking I’ll just leave them out and have less cute but delicious cookies. (Because sprinkles are not delicious, IMHO.)
I used colored sugar. It ends up melting into the cookies so you don’t notice it.
I made these today. I used a Devil’s Food cake mix. Once they were completely cool, I put the baked cookies in the powdered sugar and sprinkles mixture again. I froze them and will bring them out Christmas Eve night just before going to bed. They are delicious!!
I didn’t see an answer to the very important question, “What size cake mix did you use?” Cake mixes have gotten smaller over the years.
I only know of one size cake mix.