Cake Mix Bonbon Cookies

You'd never guess cake mix is the key ingredient of these pleasant little cookies. Vaguely shortbread-y, I made mine with peppermint extract for the holidays, but I'm putting vanilla for more everday use. 

I made these because I had a spare box of cake mix lying around (you know, food blogger problems) but was pleasantly surprised. I even included them on a few cookie samplers.

Enjoy!

Cake Mix Bonbon Cookies

Makes 30-40 cookies depending on size

• 1 box cake mix (I used Immaculate Baking Yellow Cake Mix)
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (or peppermint around the holidays)
• 3-4 ounces of dark or milk chocolate (3 ounces = delicate drizzle; 4 ounces = more generous icing like pictured)

Procedure

1. Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). In large bowl, mix cake mix, sugar, oil, vanilla and eggs with spoon until dough forms. It will be a somewhat crumbly dough.
2. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, Place balls 2 inches apart.
3. Bake 9 to 11 minutes or until set. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. 
4. Make the chocolate topping. Melt 3-4 ounces of chocolate, and drizzle on top of each cookie. 

Comments

[Jocelyn (Grandbaby Cakes)]

These cookies are seriously so spectacular!!

[Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust]

I love cake mix anything! These are perfect.

[Happy valentines day 2015]

Really awesome

[Cakespy]

Thanks Jocelyn! Thanks Dorothy! I Love cake mix anything, too!

[Eva @ Eva Bakes]

Great shortcut using cake mix!!