Sharing one of our favorite red velvet cake mix cookies today! My Red Velvet Milky Way Cake Cookies are so simple to prepare and great for parties!
Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
What is it about red velvet cookies that make me so happy!? The deep fantastic red color? Who knows, but what I do know is that these simple, no fuss, make in about 15 minute cookies are to die for! Try them for yourself, you’ll see what I’m talking about. As if they are not good enough, I’ve added giant chunks of Dark Milky Way bars to the dough with some cute little mini chocolate chips. Enjoy friends!
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How To Make Red Velvet Cake Mix Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
- Place cake mix, butter, egg and oil into a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine. Cut up Milky Way bars into chunks and stir into dough along with the chocolate chips. Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet placing about 1 inch apart. Press each cookie down almost flat about 1/2 inch thick.
- Bake for 11-13 minutes, until baked through. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
Add a semi-melted stick of butter to the bowl.
You can start to see the cake mix turning red behind the butter 🙂
Add one nice egg and a couple tablespoons of oil.
How Fabulous is this dough?
Ok, time for these midnight dark Milky Way bars. If you haven’t tried these before, they really don’t taste like dark chocolate and they are soooo much better than the original Milky Ways. Trust me on this one.
Ummmm. Yes please.
They were so photogenic I couldn’t stop taking their picture, lol!
Ok, into the bowl they go.
Add some mini chocolate chips right on top and give a good mix.
Scoop nice scoops of dough onto your silpat liner. Parchment paper works great too.
Press each cookie flat before baking. I like how they bake much better this way.
Ahhhh, piping hot ready to come out of the oven. Look at that nougat!
This just makes me happy.
….and this too 🙂 Enjoy!
Red Velvet Milky Way Cake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Box Red Velvet Cake Mix
- 1 stick/1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 large egg
- 2 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 4 full size Dark Milky Way Bars
- 1 1/2 cups mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with a silpat liner or parchment paper.
- Place cake mix, butter, egg and oil into a large mixing bowl. Stir to combine. Cut up Milky Way bars into chunks and stir into dough along with the chocolate chips. Scoop dough onto prepared baking sheet placing about 1 inch apart. Press each cookie down almost flat about 1/2 inch thick. Bake for 11-13 minutes, until baked through. Let cool on baking sheet for 10 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.
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The first time I made these, I thought they were too sweet and one dimentional. I made a few minor adjustments and I now think they are fabulous!
I added a tablespoon of espresso powder and a 1/4 tsp of salt. I used richer chocolate chunks instead of the mini chips. To topthem off, I drizzled melted whit chocolate on top. Beautiful and delicious! You’d never know they started from a box cake mix!
Mine were only in oven 10 min. they did not cook pretty but melted in large candy globs. they were not very tasty either.
These are AMAZING!! I make these cookies every Christmas and 4th of July – they are by far my family’s favorite! I do a triple batch and increase the Milky Ways by about 50%. They are ridiculously easy and SO SO SO good!!
Can I make these with my red velvet cake recipe or do i need to use cake mix?
i cannot wait to try these!!! Red Velvet cake is my favorite, so this is a must make!! Yummmm
Hi! My cookies came out crunchy when cooled completely. Am I just baking them too long? Or is it possible to overmix cookie batter?
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These are my husbands favorite cookies and he’s not even a fan of red velvet things. They are SO good!
I made these for a Christmas cookie swap and they came out delicious! Big hit…thank you for sharing the recipe.
I made these and they turns out terrible! I followed the recipe exactly as how it said and they turned out awful!
I found these on pinterest and couldn’t wait to try them. But I made a batch tonight and they came out hard as rocks! What did I do wrong?
I had a problem with some of the caramel getting rock hard, almist burnt. I tried 9 minutes at 400 degrees and was much happier with the texture. I used a red velvet cupcake mix though, which was 12oz…so I think my mix was off a little. Runnier than intended.
Just a note, I made these today…SOOO GOOOD! I made this with a smaller cake mix, 16.5 and I melted the butter based on the feedback…results are AMAZING!! Thank you!!
I just made these they seemed kinda dry to me I am not sure why any ideas? Otherwise very easy recipe.
The only Red Velvet Cake mix I could find came with a cream cheese filling. I can’t wait for my batch to cool enough to put it on top for a frosting! But the first few cookies are looking SOOOOO good that I just want to burn my tongue and eat them all right now!
I have to say I was a bit apprehensive about using cake mix for cookies. I haven’t had the best experience with using cake mixes for bases. Buuuuutt these just came out of the oven are amazing!!! The combination of the dark chocolate and semi sweet and the gooeyness of the caramel & nougat oh my!!! Thx for the creation
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hi may i know how many grams of cake mix did you use? and do i have to sieve it first? thanks!!! 🙂 awesome pics n recipes u’ve got there! cant wait to try this out!
Hey Jenny! I love your recipes! My PTO asked me to make a Valentine’s Day treat for our school’s social, and I had just read your post. So I used some leftover cookies and cream Santas and white chocolate chips to whip a delicious treat! Thanks for the inspiration! =)
Hi Jenny,
I love your site and am a huge red velvet fan! I am sharing this recipe with my blog tomorrow and will list your site as well. Thank you!
Congart’s Jenny, they look amazingly delightful !
And so original ! I wish I could find this red velvet cake mix here in Europe ..!
Oh Lordy, these are amazing! Two of my favorite things in one cookie!
these cookies look so good.
Milky Way Cookies!! Such fun!!
Perfectly pretty and yummy for Valentine’s day! I think Milky Way bars are photogenic too!
Made these last night and they were a HUGE hit! They are soooo good! Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
IT-CAN’T-BE_BAD !!! 🙂
Ooh…pitter, patter goes my heart too! I think I’d be in a whole lot of trouble with these around the house. 🙂
I love that you used dark choc! Looks dreamy!
’tis the season for red velvet! I’ve got one on my blog today too 😉 These however, look absolutely incredible – may have to try these this weekend, even though I’ve sworn off making cookies for awhile. you’re a bad influence haha
wow! This looks amazing! And your photography is amazing! I have to say, i am obsessed with a lot of food blogs, and visit stacks everyday, but I love your blog, and I find myself trying out your recipes all the time. They are simple and they always have extra special bits tucked into them. I am so glad you blog and share! You are the best Jenny!