These red velvet cookies couldn’t be simpler to make. Great for a last-minute Valentine’s Day treat!
These days — you see “red velvet” everything. Some of the recipes are labor intensive, some easy, but all have the chocolate taste you love and that unmistakable red hue. Red velvet is perfect for the upcoming love bird holiday (great for Christmas too!) but I say it’s great any time of the year.
These red velvet cookies are unbelievably easy to make. Next time you’re at the grocery store, pick up a box of red velvet cake mix (any brand!). That’s where the fun begins. To the cake mix, you add melted butter, a couple of eggs and stir stir stir! Then you roll the batter into balls, coat the balls in a mixture of powdered sugar and cornstarch, and bake.
So easy and delicious!
These thick, chewy cookies are full of the red velvet flavor you love. They’re perfect to send off to school with your kids. Or for a Valentine’s bake sale. Or to mail to a friend who might need a little surprise on Valentine’s Day.
Or you could just eat them yourself. That would be a good idea too. A very good idea.
If you’re still looking for some fun cookie recipes, make sure to check out these dark chocolate and pecan cookies, or these whole wheat chocolate chip cookies.
I’m also loving these easy three ingredient peanut butter cookies from Barefeet in the Kitchen!
You can also find the red velvet cookie recipe on Food Fanatic.
Easy Red Velvet Cookies
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly
- 1 box (15.25 ounce) red velvet cake mix (we like Duncan HInes)
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper for easy clean-up.
- In a mixing bowl, combine butter, cake mix, and eggs. When combined, fold in white chocolate chips.6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly, 1 box (15.25 ounce) red velvet cake mix, 2 large eggs, beaten, 1 cup white chocolate chips
- Using a cookie scoop (1 tablespoon), scoop cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet, about 2 to 3 inches apart.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Cool the cookies on the cookie sheet for a couple of minutes to let them firm up before moving to a cooking rack to cool completely.
Notes
- Cake mix variations: We tested this recipe with a 15.25 oz box of Duncan Hines cake mix, and with a 13.25 oz box of Betty Crocker cake mix. They both turned out great in spite of the weight difference but we did slightly prefer the cookies made with the 15.25 Duncan Hines box, so the recipe reflects that. If you can only find a 13.25 oz box, it will still work. Keep all other measurements the same.
- Baking: You can bake two sheets of these at once, but depending on your oven’s heat disbursement and rack positions, the two trays may not turn out exactly the same. For the most consistent results, I prefer to do one cookie sheet at a time, on the middle rack of my oven. I do use two cookie sheets, so that I can put unbaked cookies in the oven as soon as I take out a batch of baked cookies.
- Cake mix variations: We tested this recipe with a 15.25 oz box of cake mix, and with a 13.25 oz box. They both turned out great (surprisingly!) but we did slightly prefer the cookies made with the 15.25 box, so the recipe reflects that. If you can only find a 13.25 oz box, it will still work. Keep all other measurements the same.
- Chocolate chips: We also tested these with dark chocolate chips instead of white chocolate chips. I generally prefer the taste of dark chocolate to white chocolate, but white chocolate pairs well with red velvet, and gives the cookies a prettier appearance. Feel free to use what you like or happen to have.
- Storage: Cool cookies completely before storing in an airtight container.
- Recipe retested and revised 12/24.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Love red velvet! Definitely a Valentine’s Day dessert!
I hate to sound like everyone else but these are pretty photos.
What is it about red velvet anything that we are so drawn too?
Pretty pretty pictures!!
These look super simple to make and perfect for Valentine’s. I’ve made red velvet cake before but never cookies!
I’ve been seeing a lot of fantastic red velvet recipes, this is definitely another great one. Great job :)
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These are so pretty! And so easy :)
I think I’ll give these a thumbs up because the mixes usually have the essential ingredients–but I always check the ingredients to be sure. ;)
Not big fan of red Velvet cookies.. but looks so good.. maybe if we sandwich them with a little Cheese cream Frosting… What do you think?
YES! I think YES.
Whoa. These ARE easy! And so pretty too. They look great!
What a great, fun Valentine’s Day idea. The kids will love making these!