Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies

Easy chocolate gooey butter cookies are full of cream cheese and buttery goodness. Plus they start with a cake mix so they are super easy. The resulting cookies are rich and chocolatey with a soft interior and a crackled exterior.

Chocolate gooey butter cookies are soft fudgy little bites of deliciousness.  They start with a cake mix, so they come together easily.  The ratio of cream cheese to other ingredients keeps them from being too overly sweet. 

Their texture is a great mix of soft and chewy. They really are a great easy to make cookie and I highly recommend you give them a try.

Ok.  Follow me here.  Chocolate. Cream cheese. Butter.  You with me?

Good!  These cookies are a mix of all things yummy in my book!

They start with a lot of the same ingredients that make ooey gooey butter cake so decadent.  But in cookie form… and with chocolate!

They are just the right size too.  A couple of bites of rich gooey heaven.

That way you don’t feel like you really overdid it, but you get enough to satisfy your sweet tooth.  Of course that is if you can stop after just one or two!

Making Chocolate Gooey Butter Cookies From a Cake Mix

You only have to gather up 7 ingredients to make this simple chocolate cookie dough. You can get away without using any measuring cups or spoons. It really is that simple!

You’ll want to start with softened cream cheese and butter. Beat them together until they are nice and smooth.

Then add the egg and extracts. I like to use a bit of vanilla and a touch of almond, because I think both go well with chocolate.  Feel free to just use vanilla, or experiment with whatever you like best.

A touch of coffee extract would be good. Or try a drop or two of peppermint extract to make some easy and festive Christmas cookies.

Once your flavorings are mixed in, add the cake mix and stir it all up.  The dough will be soft and should come together easily.

Because the dough is so soft, you will want to let the dough chill for at least a couple of hours. All that butter and cream cheese needs to have a chance to firm up a bit before you bake your cookies.

Even after it is chilled, the dough will still be a bit tacky. However, it should be noticeably easier to work with.

I like to use a small cookie scoop to portion out the chilled dough. It keeps them uniform and a nice one to two bite size.

Roll the balls of dough in powdered sugar and place them on a cookie sheet. After a quick trip to the oven they will be beautiful crackly little chocolate cookies.

The appearance almost reminds me of chocolate crinkle cookies, but the insides are even gooier.  Because of that, you will want to let them cool for a few minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.

If you move them too soon, they will be really soft and you could end up with a bit of a mess.  Just 5 minutes will make a big difference in how easy this process will go!

If you like super soft almost cakey cookies, you are going to love these.  Make a batch and let me know what you think! Feel free to tell me in the comments or on social media, I enjoy the feedback!

More Cake Mix Cookie Recipes

If you like the idea of starting with a cake mix to make cookies, you are not alone. There are so many great options to try.

Chocolate peanut butter cake mix cookies are a great simple option. They don’t require chill time and the peanut butter chips are lovely in the chocolate cookies.

Strawberry cake mix cookies with white chocolate chips are another fun cookie. The creamy chips are perfect in the fruity pink cookies.

Funfetti cake mix cookies have been a favorite for years with their colorful sprinkles. And lemon gooey butter cookies are a fun soft citrusy cookie.

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