Get ready for super festive Nutella Cake Mix Cookies made with ALL the sprinkles. These easy funfetti cake mix cookies are stuffed with Nutella!

Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies

I’m never making cookies without cake mix again. Seriously. Once you realize how easy and (frankly) better tasting they are than regular cookies? Never going back.

I’ve made White Chocolate Peppermint Cake Mix Cookies,  M&M’s Crispy Cake Mix Cookies, 3 Ingredient Soft Pumpkin Cookies, and now Nutella-Stuffed Funfetti Cake Mix Cookies. All winners. Not very modest, but true. The cake mix gets all the credit.

I figured out a super cool trick to make them perfectly every time. Wanna hear it?

Cream cheese. It makes them soft, dense, dare I say it … moist. But really, it’s the only way to make these cake mix cookies. Simply cake mix, cream cheese, butter, and one egg.

No dry ingredients/wet ingredients nonsense. Just a simple recipe for a delicious cookie.

Ingredients for Nutella Cake Mix Cookies

• 1 box, Funfetti cake mix
• 1 egg
• 4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
• ¼ cup, butter, room temperature (or softened in the microwave)
• ½ cup, rainbow sprinkles or nonpareils
• ½ cup Nutella

Directions for Nutella Cake Mix Cookies

1. Spoon Nutella (about a teaspoon at a time, eyeball it) onto a lined cookie sheet, and freeze for at least an hour.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Combine cake mix, egg, cream cheese, and butter with a mixer.
4. Scoop a golf ball size amount into your hand, add a dab of Nutella, close up the dough around it, and roll into a ball.
5. Roll cookie ball into sprinkles, covering completely.
6. Finish all cookies, and pop into the oven.
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until tops look solid.
8. Allow to cool and enjoy!

How do you make a box cake mix taste like it came from a bakery?

You can add more flavor by using extracts, rinds (from citrus), or seasonings. You can also make it a richer batter by using milk instead of water or adding ingredients like butter, pudding, Greek yogurt, or sour cream.

Can you turn cookie dough into cake batter?

No, although you can use cookie dough in cakes. And you can use cookie mix to make cake batter by adding the usual “wet” ingredients needed for a cake mix to your cookie mix. Viola– cake batter!

How do you know when cookies are done?

Look for slightly golden edges. Also, cookies start to lose their “sheen” (shiny middle) when they are ready.

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Yield: 2 dozen cookies

Nutella Cake Mix Cookies

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 12 minutes

Total Time: 22 minutes

Super easy cookies made with funfetti cake mix and stuffed with Nutella.

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Ingredients

• 1 box, Funfetti cake mix
• 1 egg
• 4 oz. cream cheese, room temperature
• ¼ cup, butter, room temperature (or softened in the microwave)
• ½ cup, rainbow sprinkles or nonpareils
• ½ cup Nutella

Instructions

1. Spoon Nutella (about a teaspoon at a time, eyeball it) onto a lined cookie sheet, and freeze for at least an hour.
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Combine cake mix, egg, cream cheese, and butter with a mixer.
4. Scoop a golf ball size amount into your hand, add a dab of Nutella, close up the dough around it, and roll into a ball.
5. Roll cookie ball into sprinkles, covering completely.
6. Finish all cookies, and pop into the oven.
7. Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until tops look solid.
8. Allow to cool and enjoy!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 326Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 388mgCarbohydrates: 47gFiber: 1gSugar: 28gProtein: 3g

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