These Texas Sheet Cake Cookies are perfect if you can’t decide whether you want to make cake, cookies, or brownies. Made with cake mix, they’re a chocolate lover’s dream.
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Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Texas Sheet Cake is one of my all time favorite desserts. My mother-in-law made the BEST! Despite the name, Texas sheetcakes, or sheath cakes, may not have originated in Texas. While sheath cakes have been around since the 30s, they may be a simplified version of German chocolate cake. Nevertheless, today, they’re still enjoyed across the American south.
Why This Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Cookie Recipe is a Keeper
- 20 Minute Dessert: These chocolate Texas sheet cake cookies take under 20 minutes to make!
- Simple Ingredients: For the cookie base you only need 3 ingredients, and the frosting only uses 4. like the classic cake.
- Family Friendly: Your family will be drooling over these Texas sheet cake cookies. No need to make these cookies from scratch.
If you’re looking for more cookie recipes, try these Soft Frosted Cookies, Toffee Cookies, and Potato Chip Cookies.
What is a Texas Sheet Cake Cookie?
These cookies are rich and cakey, similar to brownies. While a Texas sheet cake is typically a large, rectangular chocolate cake, you can also enjoy this dessert in cookie form.
Ingredient Notes for Easy Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
The ingredients for this easy Texas sheet cake recipe are very simple. You probably already have many, if not all, of them on hand! They are soft and moist chewy chocolate cookie. If you like traditional Texas sheet cake then you will love these.
- Chocolate Cake Mix: For the cookie base, you will need a boxed cake mix.
- Butter: For the frosting, you will need unsalted butter that has been softened.
- Cocoa Powder: You will need to add a good quality cocoa powder, such as a Dutch chocolate, to the frosting.
- Powdered Sugar: Powdered sugar will give the frosting its thick consistency.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements and privacy policy.
Variations and Substitutions to Make this Recipe
- Different Cake Mix: Too much chocolate? Try a different flavor of cake mix instead.
How to Make Texas Sheet Cake Cookies with Chocolate Icing
If you share my passion for chocolate, you’ll love these fudgy, easy cookies. Learn how to make them today! These Sheet Cake Cookies are soft and can’t wait to make and try them.
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These are the basic steps for making Texas sheet cake cookies. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
Step 1: Make the Cookies Using Cake Mix
First, preheat the oven to 350°f. In a large bowl, whisk together the cake mix, oil, and eggs until the ingredients are combined to make the cookie dough. Then line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Next use a cookie scoop to drop the dough onto the baking sheet 2 inches apart, and bake for 7-8 minutes. Allow for cookies to cool down on the cookie sheet before transferring to a cooling rack.
Step 2: Heat and Stir the Frosting
Next make the chocolate frosting, melt butter on the stove top in a small saucepan over medium heat. Then add the unsweetened cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and whole milk heat and whisk. Remove from the heat. Once taken off the heat, add the powdered sugar and mix until completely smooth.
Step 3: Frost Cookies after Cookies Cool
Then when the icing is still warm, spoon onto the cookies and allow icing to set. Once the cookies are cooled, remove the cookies from the baking sheet and pack them up.
Recipe FAQs for Cake in Cookie Form
Expert Tips for Making Cake Mix Chocolate Cookies
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: If you are making these chewy cookies for a large gathering or party, you can easily double the recipe by proportionally increasing the ingredients to fit your desired yield.
- Vanilla Cake Mix: For a slight variation to these cookies, you use can vanilla cake mix to have a chocolate and vanilla cookie.
- Add Nuts: To add a little crunch, add nuts like pecans or walnuts.
- Triple Chocolate: To make these cookies even more chocolatey and rich, you can also top of the icing with semi-sweet chocolate chips, or decorate with melted chocolate such as white or colored melting wafers.
Texas Sheetcake Cookies
Equipment
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Ingredients
Cookies:
- 1 Chocolate cake mix, 1 box
- 2 Eggs, whisked
- ⅓ cup Oil
Frosting:
- ½ cup Butter
- 2 tablespoons Cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons Milk
- 2 ½ cups Powdered sugar
Instructions
Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl combine cake mix, eggs, and oil until well combined – mixture will be thick.
- Scoop batter onto baking sheet and bake 7-8 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes on sheet before moving to rack.
Frosting:
- In a saucepan over medium heat whisk butter, cocoa powder, and milk until butter is melted and smooth.
- Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar until smooth.
- Spoon frosting on each cookie.
Christina’s Notes
- This Recipe Can be Doubled: If you are making these brownie cake cookies for a large gathering or party you can easily double the recipe by proportionally increasing the ingredients to fit your desired yield.
- Vanilla Cake Mix: For a slight variation to these cookies, you use can vanilla cake mix to have a chocolate and vanilla cookie.
- Add Nuts: To add more a little crunch to the cake like cookies you add nuts like pecans or walnuts.
- Scale the recipe: Simply adjust the serving size in the recipe card and the ingredients will update automatically.
- Make your own All Purpose Seasoning: When a recipe calls for All Purpose Seasoning, you can use my homemade All Purpose Seasoning recipe or substitute salt and pepper to taste.
- Meat doneness: I always use a meat thermometer to test for doneness when cooking meat.
- Use unsalted butter: I use unsalted butter so I can control the salt level in the recipe.
- Preheat the oven: Unless otherwise noted, always preheat your oven before baking.
For more helpful information about this recipe, such as variations, substitutions and other pro-tips, check out the blog post.