These tasted great. Whoever made the comment that it tastes like a muffin top, they were right on. It tasted more like a cake shaped cookie than I thought it would, but I still liked them. The hubby says that they are a keeper. However, I did adjust the ingredients a little. I used a 1/2 cup of applesauce (the one with no added sugar) instead of the shortening and the water. The batter was very sticky so I just used teaspoons to drop some batter into the powdered sugar. Once coated, they were easy to shape into balls. And, my oven cooks a little quicker than normal so they only took 6 minutes in the oven. Just make sure that you grease the pans or else the cookies will stick. Thanks for the recipe.

this is commonly sold in almost every ordinary bake shop in the philippines but a few sell the best tasting ones which are soft and chewy inside. we call them here "crinkles".

The cookies smelled wonderful in the oven! I followed the advice of others and refrigerated the dough for about 30 minutes in the freezer. After baking, I let them rest a few minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to racks, and let them cool for only a few minutes before I ran out of patience and ate some. The texture inside was a bit cake-like, but that's slightly expected because of the cake mix ingredient. The cookie wasn't too sweet, and it had almost like a... bittersweet chocolate flavor. Easy to make, pretty good-- will make again some other time when I'm craving chocolate.

These are good - and really easy. I added 1 teaspoon vanilla. Thanks!

These cookies tasted great. I did make a change though: Instead of using the 1/2 cup butter flavored shortening, I used 1/4 cup plain shortening, and 1/4 cup butter. I beat those two ingredients together with the eggs and water, with a handmixer. I stirred in the cake mix by hand. A TIP: My batter turned out to be very stickey. I didn't want to chill it and have to wait, so I just took small spoonfuls of the batter, dropped it in the confectioners sugar, covered it completely, THEN used my hands to mush it into a ball shape, while still in the sugar. They still looked pretty in my opinion! Check out my picture. :)

These were ok. I think they tasted like a cake mix cake but looked like a cookie. Also, the turned out really flat and just not my favorite.

These went over very well and even looked great the next day!

ooh the possibilities! I altered this recipe a bit based on another similar recipe - I used 1/2 C oil, cake mix & 2 eggs (with one box of cake mix). Was super easy and really good and I added some melted chocolate mints so it had a nice minty chocolaty taste. Next time, I think I'll add white chocolate chips, or maybe some almond extract and top with sliced almonds...or...so many possibilities!

This is a fun recipe because it is so easy! I've made these cookies tons of times, and kids love 'em. I've tried this recipe with many different kinds of cake mix, such as: Yellow cake, Dark Chocolate, and Devil's food flavors. The yellow cake ones come out a little softer, and have a slightly different dough texture - I've learned. Anyway, all the flavors come out fine, and I reccomend you try it with all of them!

This recipe was simple and made very good cookies. I made the Easy Lemon Cookies the same day and my son thought that they all came from a bakery.

This recipe is so easy!! I also put the dough in the fridge before baking. Also added 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract and 1.5 cups of white chocolate chips. Turned out delicious!

I made this with a triple chocolate cake mix with mini chocolate chips. I also let the dough sit in the fridge for 1 hour and also let the cookies rest on the pan for 5 minutes before removing. They were a hit with my children as well as nieces/nephews! (grown-ups too)

These were delicious! I had a little trouble mixing it with my hand mixer--should have used the Kitchen Aid. Very easy and very good!

These were delicious! Followed the instructions exactly- and they turned out perfectly. The family loved them!

I have made these several times and taken them to work. They are super easy and amazingly delicious. I have never refrigerated mine and they turn out fine. Make sure you roll them in a lot of powdered sugar though because the shortening really soaks it up. I have also made these cookies using a lemon cake mix rather than devils food, and they were delicious as well.

So soft and chewy! After I baked them, I realized that these cookies were just like the cookies that my mother used to put peanut butter chips into (no powdered sugar) but she lost the recipe.I will try that next time. I did not have any butter flavored shortening, so I just used softened margarine. The recipe was so easy that my 3 year old son did most of the work (including rolling in powdered sugar- big mess!) and they still turned out perfect.

Great recipe everyone couldn't believe it was a cake mix! They were so moist. Thank you