Carrot Cake Mix Cookies
Making Carrot Cake Cookies with cake mix is an easy way to make delicious cookies. Carrot Cake Mix Cookies take less time, measurements and clean-up than fully scratch baked cookies, but with all the great flavors of carrot cake in a cookie!
Servings 16
Calories 345kcal
Ingredients
- 1 box carrot cake mix 13.25 ounces
- ¼ cup of sour cream
- 2 eggs
- ¼ cup vegetable oil
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- ¼ cup unsalted butter softened (½ a stick)
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅓ cup chopped walnuts optional topping
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
- Dump the carrot cake mix, sour cream, eggs and vegetable oil into a large bowl. Stir until well combined to make your cookies dough.
- Scoop about two tablespoons of dough for each cookie and place them on the prepared baking sheet. (A cookie scoop makes this easier.) Bake the cookies for 10-12 minutes until they puff up and the edges are slightly golden brown.
- Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before frosting the,
Make the Frosting
- Put the softened cream cheese and butter in a large bowl and beat with a hand mixer until smooth and creamy. Slowly add the powdered sugar while beating on low until all 3 cups are mixed. Add the vanilla extract and beat once again.
- Once the cookies are fully cooled, spread the icing over the cookie tops with a swirling motion. Sprinkle chopped walnuts on top if you like.
Nutrition
Calories: 345kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 278mg | Potassium: 63mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 332IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 95mg | Iron: 1mg