These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are chewy, chocolatey, delicious, and you can make them with box cake mix! These moist chocolate cookies are topped with a melt in your mouth chocolate frosting, making them a must have when you need a chocolate fix!
A delicious Texas Sheet Cake in cookie form? Yes, please! These soft, tasty cookies are basically just chocolate that is covered in more chocolate. Need I say more? These chocolate cake mix cookies are just as good as a traditional Texas sheet cake, but I love that they are easy to grab and eat without the hassle of slicing the cake, putting it on a plate, and eating it with a fork. Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are chocolate cookies made with cake mix and iced with a melty chocolate icing, making them a great option if you are taking a dessert to a get-together or if you just want something fresh to put into your cookie jar.
One of the best parts of this cookie recipe is that the dough and frosting are easy to make – you can even use boxed cake mix! To make the chocolate cookie dough, you will combine the cake mix with eggs, oil, and cinnamon. That’s all that you need to do to make the dough! Once it is mixed, you can scoop it out onto the prepared baking sheet and bake the cookies. While the cookies are baking and cooling, you can mix up the chocolate frosting. This frosting is different from regular cookie frosting – you want to make it warm so that it can be poured over the cookies. It hardens once it cools. To make this chocolate cookie frosting, mix together cocoa powder, butter, and milk in a saucepan over medium heat until it is smooth. Then you can spoon it over your cookies. You will see it harden and have almost a “crackle” type texture when you bite into it. The icing is really what sets these Texas Sheet Cake Cookies apart from a regular frosted chocolate cookie.
Why You’ll Love These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
- These cookies are soft, chewy, chocolatey, and delicious!
- The chocolate frosting will melt in your mouth.
- This recipe makes a large enough batch that you can use them to feed a crowd.
- It is a tasty twist on a classic Texas Sheet Cake recipe.
- You can make these chocolate cookies with a boxed cake mix which is a real time saver!
- These are the perfect solution to your chocolate cravings.
Ingredients For Your Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Cookie Dough
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting
- 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- Chopped pecans (optional)
How To Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Cookie Dough
Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 2: In a large bowl combine cake mix, eggs, oil, and cinnamon until well combined. Dough will be thick.
Step 3: Scoop out 1 heaping Tbsp. of cookie dough and place on a prepared baking sheet.
Step 4: Bake in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, remove from the oven and allow to cool.
Frosting
Step 1: To make the frosting add butter, cocoa powder, and milk to a medium saucepan over medium heat and whisk until smooth.
Step 2: Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until frosting becomes smooth.
Step 3: Allow frosting to cool and start to set up. Evenly spoon frosting over cookies, add chopped pecans if desired. Enjoy!
What to Serve/Pair with Your Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
I love to eat these chewy, delicious chocolate cake mix cookies with an ice cold glass of milk. You can’t go wrong with milk and cookies, right?
These chocolate cake mix cookies are also delicious with ice cream! This No-Church Oreo Ice Cream is a favorite with my family.
Popular Substitutions & Additions
If you would like to add a little crunch to your Texas Sheet Cake Cookies, add some chopped pecans into the frosting. You could also place a pecan half on top of each cookie as a garnish.
Do you like peanut butter and chocolate together? (Let’s be real, who doesn’t love that combo?). Drizzle melted peanut butter over the top of these chocolate cookies. Yum!
Storage & Leftovers
These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies can be stored at room temperature. Keep them in a sealed container where they will remain fresh for up to 3 days (if they last that long – they never do in my house!).
Texas Sheet Cake Cookies FAQs
Does it matter what brand of boxed cake mix that I use?
Nope! You can use your favorite chocolate cake mix. I usually opt for Duncan Hines Perfectly Moist Devil’s Food Cake Mix.
Can I freeze this cookie dough?
Yes, you can freeze this cookie dough before it is baked. You won’t want to freeze the frosting, though. Thaw the dough completely in the fridge before baking.
Can I use olive oil instead of vegetable oil?
Sure, if you prefer using olive oil for baking, you can use it in place of vegetable oil for these Texas Sheet Cake Cookies.
What happens if my frosting starts to set before I’m ready to ice the cookies?
If your frosting starts to set, you can warm it back up on the stovetop over low heat.
The dough seems thick – what is the easiest way to roll the cookies?
This thick dough may make these cookies seem difficult to work with, but if you use a cookie scoop you should not have any issues.
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Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting
- 10 Tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp. cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
Cookie Dough
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, eggs, oil, and cinnamon until well combined. Dough will be thick.
- Scoop out 1 heaping Tbsp. of cookie dough and place on prepared baking sheet. I like to use a little butter on my hands to make rolling dough easier.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, remove from oven and allow to cool.
Frosting
- To make the frosting add butter, cocoa powder, and milk to a medium saucepan over medium heat and whisk until smooth.
- Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until frosting becomes smooth.
- Allow frosting to cool and start to set up.
- Evenly spoon frosting over cookies, add chopped pecans if desired. Enjoy!
