These soft and chewy Red Velvet Crinkles are joyful in every bite! My red velvet cake mix cookies are made with only 4 ingredients and will satisfy that sweet chocolate craving any time of the year, but these fudgy red velvet cookies dressed up in powdered sugar are especially perfect for the holidays!

CHEWY RED VELVET COOKIES

Gooey red velvet crinkles using cake mix are some of the best cookies to ever exist. Wouldn’t you agree? The holidays are fun and filled with all sorts of delicious sweet treats–including these soft cake mix cookies that are the most beautiful shades of vibrant red.

These cookies are perfect for other holidays besides Christmas, too, like Valentine’s Day, Fourth of July, and other fun occasions. If you’re anything like me, then you probably love red velvet desserts, too. Some of my other very favorite red velvet recipes include this sweet Red Velvet Cheeseball (make it heartshaped for a beautiful Valentine Dessert Board!) and these smooth Red Velvet Truffles. Yummy!

Made with only 4 ingredients and without butter, this red velvet crinkle cookies recipe is super easy and perfect for whenever you need to bake up something quick and simple. These cookies are a superb addition to a holiday tray, and also great for giving away as gifts! Everyone will love these soft crinkles because they taste just like delicious red velvet cake.

WHY THIS CAKE MIX COOKIES RECIPE IS THE BEST

Easy: This recipe is ready with only a few steps and doesn’t take long at all. Keep the holidays stress-free with this simple and quick dessert! Mix the batter in one bowl, coat with sugar, then bake!
So Good: Rich red velvet flavors are gooey and so tasty. Crinkle cookies using cake mix are known for being so chewy and pillowy-soft. You won’t regret making this recipe!
Versatile: What I love about these festive cookies is that they are versatile! You can use pretty much any type of cake mix for these cookies. There are so many options out there for creating different-colored cookies.

INGREDIENTS

Using four ingredients, this cookie recipe is as simple as it gets! For the full measurements, scroll down to the recipe card.

CAKE MIX: I use one box of red velvet cake mix to make 30 cookies. You will have plenty to go around!
EGGS: Two whole eggs are used to make sure these eggs are the right texture and crumbly.
OIL: Vegetable oil allows these cake mix cookies to be extra moist and taste just like your favorite red velvet cake. Any kind of vegetable oil will work!
POWDERED SUGAR: You will need powdered or confectioner’s sugar to roll the cookie dough in for extra sweetness! Rolling the dough in the sugar before baking allows the cookies to have that crinkle appearance.

HOW TO MAKE RED VELVET CRINKLES

MIX THE CAKE BATTER

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and prepare a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Next, in a medium mixing bowl, combine the cake mix with the eggs and vegetable oil. Mix all of the ingredients with a spoon or rubber spatula until evenly mixed.

COAT IN POWDERED SUGAR

Using a small cookie scoop, form the red velvet dough balls.

Make sure the dough balls are round, then carefully roll each ball into a bowl of powdered sugar. Be sure to coat the dough heavily in the sugar.

BAKE THE COOKIES

Next, place the coated cookie dough balls onto the prepared baking sheet. Bake the cookies for eight minutes and remove them from the oven.

Allow the cookies to rest on the cookie sheet before transferring them to a cooling rack. Store the leftover cookies in an airtight container for five days!

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Be sure to save this holiday cookie recipe for all of your holiday needs! Save this fudgy cookie recipe to your Christmas or Valentine’s Day boards!

VARIATIONS AND TIPS

Instead of red velvet cake mix, switch things up and use lemon, chocolate, vanilla strawberry, and more.
Add more flavor to these cookies by smearing white chocolate cream cheese frosting on them or between two cookies to make sandwiches.
Be sure not to chill the dough or the texture of the cookies of the different will turn out weird!
Do not overbake these cookies to make sure they stay soft and chewy.

The Sweetest Season And Cookies For Kids Cancer

As I mentioned before, today’s recipe is in honor of The Sweetest Season. The Sweetest Season is an event hosted by my blogger buddy, Erin from The Speckled Palate. She has been doing this cookie baking event for the last 10 years – and this year, since it’s the season of giving and giving back, we are happy to be supporting an organization that’s actively funding treatments for kids and their families who are affected by children’s cancers.

This year, as bloggers all over share their cookie recipes this week, we are raising money in support of Cookies for Kids’ Cancer.

Did you know?

Cancer is the #1 cause of death by disease of children in the U.S.
More than 40,000 U.S. children are actively battling cancer right now.
The average age of a child diagnosed with pediatric cancer is 6.
The combined 12 major groups of pediatric cancers receive 4% of the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) federal budget.
2/3 pediatric cancer patients will develop long-term side effects, many life-threatening—a result of the treatments that “cured” them.
There are 300,000+ new cases of cancer affecting children worldwide annually. That’s more than 800 new kids affected every day.
Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is committed to funding research for new, improved, and less toxic treatment options for kids.

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is a recognized 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to funding research for new, innovative, and less-toxic treatments for childhood cancer. Since 2008, Cookies for Kids’ Cancer has granted nearly $17 million to pediatric cancer research in the form of 100+ research grants to leading pediatric cancer centers across the country. From these grants have stemmed 35+ treatments available to kids battling cancer today.

Here is our fundraising page if you’d like to join us in raising some money for this worthwhile organization.

Cookies for Kids’ Cancer is in a matching window with their friends at OXO, who will be matching every dollar raised through the end of 2021, up to $100,000. Whatever money we raise will automatically double on our fundraising page!

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