Reviewed: May 8, 2012

For a cookie recipe using a boxed cake mix, this was good. They do leave something to be desired- also they flatten out a lot. The ease is what I was going for, and that they were!

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faithirene

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Cooking Level: Beginning

Reviewed: May 6, 2012

Perfect for a super-fast, easy cookie. I added mint chocolate chips and only dipped the top in sugar.

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lauraellen225

Cooking Level: Professional

Home Town: Kinsman, Ohio, USA

Living In: San Diego, California, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 6, 2012

I love this recipe - so easy and yummy! I make a few minor changes. I sub 1/2 cup shortening + 1/2 cup margarine for the 1 cup butter and 2 whole eggs rather than just yolks (helps keep them from flattening). I also do not roll in sugar since I add 1 cup of chocolate chips. This recipe makes 2.5 dozen if you use a medium size icecream scoop. try: carrot cake with white chocolate chips fudge cake with chocolate chips party rainbow cake with mini choc chips choc cake with pb chips

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caramia

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2011

I tried these with Funfetti cake mix. They looked okay, and were soft, but the flavor just wasn't very good. They tasted somewhat like store bought cookie dough, which I never buy because the flavor is so lacking! Plus, these were not THAT much easier than authentic homemade cookies. Overall, I was disappointed, and I would have rather had cupcakes and saved the pound of butter for a better cookie. (And trust me, there are MANY on this site!)

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keithandjess

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 17, 2011

Have tried this with two different box mixes so far. First I used funfetti mix, it came out rather thin and were fussy to free from the pan but the survivors were delicious. Tried it later with devils food box mix and got a much thicker batter. I think it might be wise if this is your first time to set aside part of the butter/yolk mixture in case you choose a smaller cake mix box, then integrate it in if necessary. I do love how buttery the cookies are, and the additional vanilla make them all the more aromatic and lovely. I

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Vivian B.

Reviewed: Dec. 14, 2011

Ok so I have a cookie exchange tomorrow night and tonight I am so tired and do not want to make cookies - so I searched easy cookies and this one came up- I had all ingredients here at home - very common ingredients - I had my doubts this was going to work - first batch in and out - I tried one and OMG they were so easy to do and taste great!! This is my new cookie recipe!!!!

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Hate to Bake

Reviewed: Dec. 11, 2011

Very easy to put together.I followed the directions except I used a box of Duncan Hines Devils Food Chocolate Cake mix and some pistachio's ground up. Excellent!

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Sheila

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Corpus Christi, Texas, USA

Reviewed: May 31, 2011

Super easy and kept well in the fridge in gladware. I drizzled melted chocolate in pretty rows for a worked-super-hard-on-this-dessert look.

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Ali

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Union, Kentucky, USA

Living In: Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 24, 2010

They would not get stiff. Stayed stick. Even after refidgerating and freezing. When cooked they were more like bread that wouldn't stay together. I have never had a problem baking before. This was a real big disappointment.

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AnnC

Reviewed: Dec. 21, 2010

Great tasting cookies! only trouble I had was that they came out on the thin side for me, but people loved them anyway. Great to do when you need to bake in a jiffy or when you forget that your kids need cookies for their class the next day...because they told you the night before!!!!!

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