These Cool Whip cookies only require four ingredients! With cookies this easy, there’s no excuse not to whip up a batch of cookies for any occasion.
Did you know that you could use Cool Whip to make COOKIES? I know, it sounds like crazy talk, doesn’t it? And better than the use of Cool Whip is the fact that these fudgy cookies only require four simple ingredients: cake mix, Cool Whip, 1 egg, and powdered sugar.
All of which you may already have in your pantry and fridge. Of course you can make them a little fancier, but they’re terrific on their own. These chocolate cookies would be even richer and more decadent with the addition of some chocolate chips, but they’re certainly not needed.
If you don’t have chocolate fudge cake mix available, it’s your lucky day! These cookies are great with any flavor cake mix. I can’t wait to make them with a funfetti cake mix, my kids will adore the fun sprinkles.
What is it with kids and sprinkles? I could put sprinkles on roasted broccoli and they’d devour it like an ice cream sundae. Maybe that’s not a good example though, they love that roasted broccoli, sprinkles or not.
But we do love our sprinkles! Sometimes I put a few on the kids’ yogurt in the morning. Their eyes light up and immediately the day is off to a great start. If I made these cookies for lunch, then I’d be really winning at the mom game.
Still looking for more fun cookies? Try red velvet cookies, which also make use of a cake mix and are nearly as simple to make as these Cool Whip cookies.
Or if you’re loving the idea of sprinkles in your cookies, try cake batter cookies – I love the white chocolate chips in them. If you’re feeling like that cake mix in your pantry should really be used for cake and not cookies, maybe this dump cake recipe is for you!
This Cool Whip Cookies Recipe was created for Food Fanatic. Keep reading for the full recipe below.
Cool Whip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box (15.25 oz.) cake mix, your choice (chocolate fudge pictured)
- 8 ounces Cool Whip, thawed
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a mixing bowl, combine cake mix, Cool Whip, and egg. Mix until well combined. Mixture will be sticky.
- Using a cookie scoop (I use a 1 1/2 tablespoon scoop), drop a scoop of cookie dough into a bowl of the powdered sugar. (The dough will be pretty sticky – if you get it in the powdered sugar using the cookie scoop and not your fingers, you’ll have more success with this recipe and less dough stuck to your fingers.)
- Toss the bowl of powdered sugar gently to coat the dough with sugar and then place on a Silpat- or parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Cookies will spread, so leave a couple inches between cookies.
- Bake for 12 minutes, until mostly set in the middle of each cookie.
- Cool on baking sheet for a few minutes before removing to a cooling rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Omg, we made the Cool Whip cookies and made them Sugar Free! They turned out so so good. Thank you for sharing! Happy Camper
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These cookies tasted great, but they flattened when I took them out of the oven. My other cookies do this as well… Does anybody have any solutions for this? What am I doing wrong?
Hmm, not sure, I haven’t had that experience. All cookies flatten slightly as they cool, but it shouldn’t be significant.
Depends on the elevation where you live. Sea level things never seem to rise in my experience.
The cookies are pretty good, but 350 was way too hot. My first batch was ruined.
All ovens are slightly different, and with the first batch of any cookie, you should always start checking them at the beginning when they near the end of the bake time. Sorry to hear they didn’t turn out for you, but many others have had success with this one!
Mine keep coming out flat i dont know what were doing wrong me and my mom both have done different recipes and everything different coolwhip their always so flat help?!
Hmm, it could be that you’re overstirring? Try stirring until the mixture is just combined and see how that works.
Easiest and yummiest cookie recipe. Love it! Made chocolate but for Christmas I’m going to try red velvet!
So glad to hear you liked this recipe! I bet it was great with chocolate!
I am making these for the first time and my dough is too runny to make a ball. Does the cool whip need to be really cold? I may have let mine out to long and the mix is not sticky..???
I’ve never had that issue! Was it the correct size container of cool whip? A typical size box of cake mix?
The cookies did not bake/set in 12 min. Mine needed 30 min. to set!!! (I have a professional oven) Not worth the time of rolling in sugar. Taste like thin brownies.
can you add lorann oils to these for flavoring, like mint for Mint chocolate. or perhaps rootbeer to vanilla cake mix.. just curious..
I think that that would be a good addition – I don’t think it would affect the results. I haven’t tested it, so I can’t promise…but if you try it, let me know how they turn out!
can you put a kiss on them when they come out of the oven?
I haven’t tried that but I think it might work! Let me know if you try it!
I have made,these before and love all flavors…..easy easy easy….thanks for sharing recipe.
So glad to hear that! Thanks Joan!
Hello from Texas,
Made six different flavors for Christmas 2017. They were all a hit! The favorite of everyone though was the strawberry by far,did some strawberry with white chocolate .I shaved it mixed it in delicious! Great recipe… Thanks again Denise
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