Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cake Mix Cookies
Fudgy, fluffy, 4-ingredient Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cake Mix Cookies are ridiculously easy and fabulously delicious!
If chocolate + peanut butter are your jam, you’ll adore these soft, scrumptious Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cake Mix Cookies! This brilliant cookie recipe uses a boxed cake mix, butter, eggs and Reese’s pieces candy, giving you beautiful, billowy “homemade” cookies with almost no effort!
Cake Mix Cookies Are the Best!
Yes, you really CAN make great cookies from a boxed cake and you SHOULD! Cake mix cookies are easy (3 basic ingredients), time saving (no measuring multiple ingredients), and result in soft, billowy cookies Every. Single. Time!
Cake mix cookies can also be anything you dream up! Using any flavor of cake mix to make the dough, then adding in your favorite “extras” (candy pieces, marshmallows, nuts, chocolate chips, and more!) it’s possible to create an almost limitless menu of yummy cookie combinations! (Although it will be hard to top these tasty Reese’s Pieces Chocolate Cookies!)
Other Reese’s Recipes to Love!
- You’ll adore this 3-Ingredient Reese’s Fudge with Reece’s Pieces candy!
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup S’mores Bars are the absolute BOMB!
Ingredients
Cake Mix: A boxed chocolate cake mix is going to create the foundation for our cookies.
Moist: To turn the boxed mix from a cake batter into a cookie dough, you’ll just need butter and eggs.
Candy: For this recipe, we’re using Reese’s pieces candy – some for the dough and more for decorating the cookie tops.
How to Make Reese’s Pieces Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
STEP ONE: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, butter and eggs together until creamy.
STEP TWO: Gently stir in the Reese’s Pieces. Let the misture sit for about 3 minutes to become less like batter and more like dough.
STEP THREE: Scoop the dough into balls, about 3″ apart, onto the baking sheet. Decorate the tops with more candies to make them even prettier! Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies have spread and the centers look firm.
STEP FOUR: Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking pan for a few minutes before tranferring to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy, but TRY not to eat them all in one sitting!
Tips for Success
- Cookies always turn out best when the eggs are at room temperature.
- Swap out the chocolate cake mix for a yellow cake mix for a more “vanilla” version.
- Add a spoonful of peanut butter to the batter for more peanutty taste!
- Don’t like peanut butter? Go for M&Ms instead.
- Spread frosting between two cookies to make larger sandwich cookies.
Can I Freeze Cake Mix Cookies?
You bet! Allow the cookies to cool, then place them on a chilled cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Slide the baking sheet into the freezer for about an hour until the cookies have frozen. Remove and transfer the cookies into a freezer-safe storage container or baggie and return to the freezer for up to 3 months!
How Do I Keep Cake Mix Cookies Soft & Chewy?
These cookies should stay soft and fluffy on their own in an airtight container on the countertop for 3-4 days. However, if you want to ENSURE they keep that wonderfully chewy texture, simply add a slice of bread into the container/cookie jar! The cookies will absorb the moisture from the bread and retain their softness.
Other Creative Cake Mix Cookie Recipes!
- Cake Mix Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Rainbow Cake Mix Cookies
- Cake Mix Snickerdoodle Cookies
- Strawberry Cake Mix Cookies
- Cake Mix Thumbprint Cookies
- Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Chocolate Reese’s Pieces Cake Mix Cookies
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces fudgy chocolate cake mix (1 box)
- ½ cup butter melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup Reese's Pieces candy plus more for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat together the cake mix, melted butter, and eggs with a hand mixer until combined. Pour in the Reese's pieces and stir in by hand with a rubber spatula.
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop the cookie dough into 2-tablespoon portions. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheet 3 inches apart. Top each dough ball with extra Reese's Pieces if desired.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are set in the center.
- Remove the cookies from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
