Reviewed: Apr. 19, 2012

I've made cake mix cookies before and didn't care for the 'cakey' taste. These, however, are amazing! I thought that the brown sugar might make them too sweet but it didn't. These are chewy and moist. I added walnuts for the second batch instead of the chips and they were just like brownies! For reference, I used BC Devil's Food and, instead of adding water like others' have suggested, I just dampened my hands when I rolled them into balls. This one is definitely a keeper!

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NOLLEEZ

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Aurora, Ontario, Canada

Living In: Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Mar. 14, 2012

have used this recipe so many times ,, making big batches for our Godzone kids at church. kids love it and keep asking for more. "Easy to make and yummy....

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lydd

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2011

I've been making this for years, in all kinds of flavors. I've used 2 eggs and 1/3 c oil and found that version too much like Archway cookies. I use 1 egg, 1/3 cup of oil (or melted butter), 2-3 tsp of water, and a little vanilla. I've made chocolate chip, chocolate peanutbutter chip, snickerdoodles and trying out red velvet peppermint tonight. This never fails and tastes far better than refrigerator dough or cookie mix. Faster than scratch.

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Jen

Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2011

ok but not something I will make again.

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lilruby

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2009

Add another egg and that should help matters greatly. Any cake mix cookies (where the cake mix is 18.25 ounces) should have 2 eggs and 1/3 cup of oil - cannot see any sense in adding brown sugar! If you have to mess around with adding water--why bother!!

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Esther

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2009

Barely edible. Chips didn't melt at all and the dough was really dry.

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gawildflower

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2009

When you are looking for easy, quick and SWEET, these are just right. For those of us who love fresh baked cookies, but really don't enjoy the measuring, mixing and time involved in baking from scratch, this recipe fits the bill. I loved the creativity we were able to add to our cookie recipe. We needed cookies for the annual Christmas Cookie swap we host at our house each year, and so we chose a white cake mix with cherry chips and red velvet cake mix with white chocolate chips for the festive colors. They turned out delicious! My recommendation is to use 2/3 cup of oil instead of 3/4 cup and add 3 T of water. Let them sit on the cookie sheet for about 3 minutes after they come out of the oven to set up. Then transfer to a cooling rack and the won't break at all. Unless someone is trying to grab it out of your hand, which is likely as tasty as they are. Warning: They are really SWEET--perfect for the occasional holiday treat. But that's why they only get 4 stars from me.

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erkyl

Reviewed: Nov. 30, 2008

So simple. I used the holiday red/white and green/white striped chips in the chocolate mix. Very festive. Baked 8 minutes. Slid off the pan in 5 min. Did not need to leave on pan 10 min.

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Janet Hayton

Reviewed: Jul. 30, 2008

My husband came home from work and said that I needed to make cookies made with strawberry cake mix and white chocolate chips (of course he had no recipe). So I found this recipe and used stawberry cake mix and semi-sweet chocolate and white chocolate swirl chips. OMG!!! They are so good!! My husband says that they are better with just the white chocolate but I like these! I still have a batch in the oven now! I do have to cook them for almost 15 min to get them to the point that they don't fall apart when you pick them up. I will defiantly make these often!!! THANKS!

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EMSLADY

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Burton, Texas, USA

Living In: Selma, Texas, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 1, 2008

Perfect cookies and so easy. Only got 30 cookies out of it and added a tbsp of water per reviews. Tried orange cake with chips swirled of white and dark chocolate. Unique taste but I'm just rating the recipe. Would like to try some other combos because the concept is fantastic.

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