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CAKE MIX PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES

Jessica — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:21:42 +0000

Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies made easy with a yellow cake mix, peanut butter, 2 eggs, water & sugar for criss crossing on top!

These cake mix cookies are soft, chewy and so ridiculously easy to make since they start with a cake mix.

Highlights of our Simple Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies

Easy prep work & clean up. With minimal ingredients, you can whip up these cookies quickly without much effort. That means an easy clean up too, my kind of recipe!
No Dough Chilling. Save time with a cookie recipe that doesn’t require chilling the dough, allowing you to bake right away.
Consistent Texture: Using a boxed cake mix ensures a reliable base, resulting in cookies that are soft on the inside and slightly crisp on the outside.

Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookie Ingredients

Cake mix: You need one 13.25-oz box of Butter Recipe Yellow Cake Mix.

Water: Add water to moisten the cookie dough.

Peanut butter: 1 full cup of creamy peanut butter will flavor these cookies perfectly.

Eggs: Bind the ingredients together by adding 2 eggs to the dough.

Sugar: Use granulated sugar to create a sweet, crispy cookie topping.

Tips for making Peanut Butter Cookies with a Cake Mix

Full directions are in the recipe card below, but here are a few things to keep in mind:

Swap out cake mixes! If you don’t have a yellow cake mix, you can use white, butter, or even a chocolate cake mix would be delicious.
Go chunky! I know so many people love creamy peanut butter but I happen to really enjoy chunky peanut butter. The assed crunch is so tasty.
Create the classic peanut butter cookie top. Don’t skip the step of making the sugar crisscross topping on these cookies. It adds the traditional look with a bit of added sweetness everyone loves.

Storing & Freezing peanut butter cookies

These cake mix cookies will stay fresh for up to 5 days if stored in an airtight container at room temperature.

For longer storage place them in an airtight container or freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months. Ensure they are well-wrapped to prevent freezer burn. Thaw at room temperature before serving.

Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies made easy with a yellow cake mix, peanut butter, 2 eggs, water & sugar for criss crossing on top!

Course Cookies, Cookies, Dessert, Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword Cake Mix Peanut Butter Cookies

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings cookies

Calories 87kcal

Author Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

13.25 oz Butter Recipe Yellow Cake Mix
⅓ cup water
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 eggs
2 TBSP granulated sugar

Instructions

Prep: Preheat oven to 375°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside. Also measure the 2 TBSP of sugar into a small bowl, set that aside as well.
Cookie dough: Beat half the cake mix, water, peanut butter and eggs with an electric mixer, in a large bowl, until smooth. Then stir in the remaining cake mix until it's just incorporated.
Scoop 1 TBSP portions of dough onto the prepared baking sheets. Use a wet fork dipped in the sugar to create crisscross patterns on each ball of cookie dough, dipping in sugar again after each cookie.
Bake: Place the cookies in the preheated oven and bake for 9-10 minutes. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes, then transfer to a baking rack. Serve & enjoy!

Notes

To maintain freshness, store the cookies in an airtight container at room temperature and they will last up to 5 days. They can also be refrigerated to extend their shelf life.

For longer storage, freezing is an option; just ensure they are well-wrapped to prevent freezer burn. They will be good for up to 3 months if stored properly.

Nutrition

Can you add mix-ins to cookies?

You can absolutely add in ingredients to these cookies! I’d start with about ⅓ or ¼ cup of chopped nuts, mini chocolate chips, mini M&M’s or even mini Reese’s Pieces. They all sound amazing!

Can you make these cookies with a sugar-free cake mix?

Yes, you can use a sugar-free cake mix to make peanut butter cookies! The cookies may have a slightly different texture and sweetness compared to those made with regular cake mix, so mix up the dough and then taste it, to make sure it’s what you’re going for. Feel free to add in a bit of water or more peanut butter to get the right consistency.

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CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE MIX COOKIES

Nellie — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 17:41:21 +0000

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies are soft, chewy and taste a little bit like peanut butter cups! Made with a chocolate cake mix, peanut butter, eggs and butter for a quick and easy cookie recipe.

Cake mix cookies are my new obsession. Starting a cookie recipe with a cake mix is just so easy. There are endless flavors and modifications and ways to create new cookies that are made with only a few ingredients!

I love peanut butter cookies, but there is just nothing better than peanut butter and chocolate together. I decided to add peanut butter to a basic chocolate cake mix cookie and the results taste a little bit like a Reese’s peanut butter cup.

CAKE MIX COOKIES

I love making cookies with boxed cake mix. It not only helps to reduce the time in the kitchen, but it helps cookies to turn out perfectly soft & chewy. These chocolate cake mix cookies with peanut butter are no different. They taste as awesome as they look and the chocolate and peanut butter flavor combination is amazing!

Ingredients in Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies

Chocolate cake mix – Any regular sized box of chocolate cake mix will work, so use your favorite!

Butter – In most cookie recipes, you soften the butter instead of melting, but in cake mix cookies, melted butter works better. Cake mix cookie dough tends to be pretty thick, so the melted butter will make them easier to mix up.

Peanut butter– I use regular creamy peanut butter, but crunchy peanut butter would be great too. I haven’t tried a more natural peanut butter in this recipe, but in other cookie recipes, natural peanut butter hasn’t worked out so well.

Eggs

How to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies

Preheat oven to 350°.

In a large bowl, add melted butter, peanut butter and eggs to the cake mix. Mix with an electric mixer until well blended.

Use a cookie scoop to scoop out tablespoon sized balls and then roll between your hands for a perfect round shape.

Place the cookie dough balls on a prepared cookie sheet and press each ball lightly with the back of a fork twice – making a criss-cross pattern.

Bake for 8 minutes and then let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookies

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Keyword chocolate peanut butter cake mix cookies

Prep Time 3

Cook Time 8

Servings cookies

Author Jessica & Nellie

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix
1/4 cup butter melted
3/4 cup peanut butter
2 eggs

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°.
In a large bowl, add melted butter, peanut butter and eggs to the cake mix. Mix with an electric mixer until well blended.
Use a cookie scoop to scoop out tablespoon sized balls and then roll between your hands for a perfect round shape.
Place the cookie dough balls on a prepared cookie sheet and press each ball lightly with the back of a fork twice - making a criss-cross pattern.
Bake for 8 minutes and then let the cookies cool on the cookie sheet for several minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

WHAT BRAND OF CAKE MIX SHOULD I USE?

You can use any brand of cake mix, whether that is a store brand, Duncan Hines, Betty Crocker or another store brand. All of them should work the same but I recommend picking one that you have tried before so you know you like it.

TIPS FOR MAKING PERFECT CAKE MIX COOKIES

Preheat the oven. This will help your cookies turn out right every time!
Use a cookie scoop! If you want all your cookies to be perfectly shaped and have them all be the same size, a cookie scoop is the way to go.
Use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Doing this will make it really easy to remove the cookies from your cookie sheet so that you don’t have to scrape them off the pan – they will just slide right off in perfect shape!
Don’t over bake the cookies – when I take mine out of the oven, they still look slightly under baked but they will continue to bake on the cookie sheet for a couple more minutes so that’s ok!

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