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Cake Mix Cookies: Chocolate Crinkles Recipe

Grab a box of chocolate cake mix and have Chocolate Crinkle cookies ready to eat in less than 15 minutes. It's a great recipe for kids to help with too!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 9 minutes
Total Time 14 minutes
Servings: 2 dozen
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 box Betty Crocker Devils Food Cake Mix
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 eggs

Method
 

  1. Preheat oven to 375°
  2. Put powdered sugar into a bowl and set aside.
  3. Mix all remaining ingredients together until dough forms and there are no lumps.
  4. Drop tablespoon sized ball of dough into the powdered sugar and roll around until fully covered. You want to almost over do the powdered sugar, as the dough will absorb some of the sugar.
  5. Place ball onto greased cookie sheet.
  6. Bake at 375° for 7-9 minutes. Tops will be cracked and may appear moist, it is best to take them out a tad early than to over cook.
  7. If they don’t rise well for you, try smaller size cookies. We found that they were flat if too large, or when I tried baking at lower temperatures.

Notes

You can use any chocolate cake mix that you have on hand, I've just found that the Betty Crocker tastes the best. You can also skip the extra cocoa and sugar if you don't have them. They help to make the cookie taste richer, but aren't necessary, you'll still want to eat them all!