Easy 4th of July Cake Mix Cookies!

Easy 4th of July Cake Mix Cookies! The Best Patriotic White Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Cake Mix Cookies with M&Ms, Sprinkles, and White Chocolate Chips!

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Why You Will Love This 4th of July Cookie Recipe

  • It’s so easy to make from a box of cake mix! 
  • Only 3 ingredients other than the “mix ins” like M&Ms and sprinkles!
  • Dipped in white chocolate for another burst of flavor! 

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What you need to make White Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies

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How to Make 4th of July Cake Mix Cookies

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Start by preheating your oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper! You can use a silpat baking mat, but I just like parchment paper personally.

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In a medium sized mixing bowl (i like these personally) stir the cake mix, eggs, and butter together. 

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Add 3/4 cup of M&Ms, 1/3 cup of white chocolate Chips, and 1/4 cup of sprinkles to the batter. 

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Mix until combined. You can refrigerate your dough here for about 30 minutes so it becomes less sticky, or you can just shape your dough from here. 

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Use a two tablespoon cookie scoop to create cookie dough balls.

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You will need two cookie dough balls per cookie so they are about 4 tablespoons or 1/4 cup of cookie dough. 

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Roll the cookie dough balls together and press the down till they are about 1/4 – 1/2″ thick on the baking sheet. Spread them out so they have room to spread.

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I put 5 cookies on each baking sheet. 

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Bake for 9-10 minutes or until you start to see signs of browning on the cookies – do not over bake. 

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Remove from the oven and let stand on the cookie sheet for at least 10 minutes. While they cool, put extra M&Ms and white chocolate chips on half of the cookie and let cool completely. 

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Once the cookies are cooled, melt the remaining white chocolate in the microwave in 30 second increments until almost melted completely and stir well (use the residual heat to melt the remaining lumps). 

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Dip each cookie (the half that doesn’t have the extra M&Ms) into the white chocolate and put on a cooling rack. 

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Garnish the white chocolate dipped half with sprinkles and let cool completely. 

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If you have any white chocolate remaining, drizzle the dipped half with more white chocolate and add a few more sprinkles – this is just for garnishing and to make them look like a firecracker! 

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Let the chocolate set completely or serve melty! 

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Easy 4th of July Cake Mix Cookies

Yields: 10 Cookies (4 tablespoons or about ¼ cup each)
Preparation time: 8 minutes
Baking time: 10 Minutes
Additional time: 30 minutes

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What can you do with a box of cake mix? 

Some of my favorite ways to use a box of cake mix is making cake mix cookies and brownies! These are my two favorite and easy ways to use a box of cake mix! 

If you want a fun brownies recipe, try this Strawberry Brownies Recipe

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What is the difference between a cake mix and a cookie mix? 

The biggest difference between these two “box mixes” is what you add to them to get the end result. Sometimes you can add what is on the package, but if you change it a little you can tweak the recipe for some amazing results! 

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Can I make this recipe with a different flavor of Cake Mix?

I have found most cake mixes to be interchangeable between recipes. You can use the same recipe with a different flavor and get pretty great results! 

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Plus, be sure to check out even more Easy 4th of July Dessert Recipes! We LOVE Holiday Recipes and creating fun treats for you holiday tables or parties! 

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Changing up holiday recipes is SO easy! Use the same recipe for a different holiday and just change the colors! Also, be sure to try this cookie dough fruit dip for the 4th of July

 

 
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