Make these Easy Ooey Gooey Christmas Cake Cookies for your next cookie exchange party.
I love Christmas. It’s an awesome excuse for me to make dozens and dozens of cookies! I make all types of cookies. I love to have some cookies that are so easy to put together but also really impress my guests. One of those cookies are these Ooey Gooey Christmas Cake Cookies. You use a cake mix and just a few other ingredients to make these awesome cookies.
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Get the printable recipe below!
Ooey Gooey Christmas Cake Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 package white cake mix
- ½ cup sprinkles, divided
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350*
In a medium bowl, mix together butter and cream cheese. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
Add the white cake mix and mix until combined. Stir in about ¼ cup of sprinkles.
Add powdered sugar in a bowl and the remaining ¼ cup of sprinkles in another bowl. Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, scoop out dough and roll into a ball and roll in the sprinkles and then into the powdered sugar.
Place them on a cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes – they make look undercooked. Let sit for about 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and place them on a cooling rack. You don’t want to over bake these cookies.
Makes around 36-40 small cookies.
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Easy Christmas Cake Cookies

Ingredients
- ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 package white cake mix
- ½ cup sprinkles, divided
- ½ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, mix together butter and cream cheese. Add the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
- Add the white cake mix and mix until combined. Stir in about ¼ cup of sprinkles.
- Add powdered sugar in a bowl and the remaining ¼ cup of sprinkles in another bowl.
- Using a 1-inch cookie scoop, scoop out dough and roll into a ball and roll in the sprinkles and then into the powdered sugar.
- Place them on a cookie sheet about 1 inch apart. Bake for 10 minutes – they make look undercooked. Let sit for about 2 minutes on the cookie sheet and place them on a cooling rack. You don’t want to overbake these cookies.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 33Total Fat: 2gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 13mgCarbohydrates: 4gFiber: 0gSugar: 4gProtein: 0g
These totals are just an estimate.
Audrey
Tuesday 28th of November 2017
Ugh! I knew I should have grabbed a couple of on sale cake mixes at the store this weekend. My son would be over the top with the nonpareils in the cake and colored sugar outside.